The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has announced that the final attendance figure for its 2015 annual meeting in Chicago was 51,922, down from 56,026 at RSNA 2014.
The drop of more than 7 percent comes after two straight years of increases in attendance. The last year there was a decrease in overall attendance was RSNA 2012, which had attendance of 53,778, more than 9 percent less than RSNA 2011.
According to an official statement from the society, however, the annual meeting still resulted in a lot of big business for the Windy City.
“RSNA 2015's economic impact to the City of Chicago is estimated to exceed $131 million,” the statement said.
Some other noteworthy numbers provided by the release include:
- RSNA 2015 marked the 100th anniversary of the society’s founding
- There were a total of 1,728 scientific presentations, 444 education courses, 1,762 educational exhibits, and 921 scientific posters at the meeting
- RSNA 2015 Virtual Meeting was attended by 4,141 attendees from 99 different countries
The RSNA statement can be read in full on the society’s website. Additional RSNA 2015 coverage from RadiologyBusiness.com can be found here.
RSNA 2016 is scheduled for Nov. 27-Dec. 2, 2016, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
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