Dear Colleague:

AATOD’s next national conference, hosted by the Georgia Opioid Treatment Provider Association will convene April 22 - 26, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia at the elegant Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel.

This national conference serves as a central gathering point for the methadone treatment community and offers significant opportunities for exhibiting companies to interact with professionals who are devoted to the treatment of opioid dependence throughout the nation. U.S. based methadone treatment facilities spend more than $1 billion per year treating 215,000 patients in 1,150 treatment programs. The conference also attracts registrants from more than 25 countries, giving exhibitors the advantage of marketing their products to a worldwide audience.

This is an incredibly beautiful time of year for the Metro Atlanta area and we anticipate excellent attendance for the Atlanta conference. Registrants will include physicians, program administrators, nurses, social workers, executive directors and other health care professionals, who are key decision makers for purchasing products and services for their respective treatment programs.

In our effort to provide exhibitors with many opportunities to interact with conference attendees, the continental breakfasts and afternoon coffee breaks will be held in the exhibit area during dedicated times, when no other scientific sessions are in progress. We have also made a number of changes to our exhibit program including the addition of a Networking Reception on Monday evening.

We are encouraging exhibitors to register as soon as possible since recent experiences have demonstrated that exhibit space will sell out. An overwhelming majority of the companies that have previously exhibited have returned to our conferences. Our previous exhibit surveys continue to reveal that 95 percent of the exhibitors rate the quality of the exhibition as being excellent with expectations being exceeded.

Please join us for another successful AATOD conference in a beautiful and historic southern city with great tradition for hospitality and warmth. We urge you to return your completed application as soon as possible so that you can be guaranteed the very best possible exhibit space.

We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta!

Sincerely yours,

Mark W. Parrino, MPA President	Terry L. Willis, MS 2006 Conference Chair

Sunday, April 23, 2006
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Monday, April 24, 2006
7:30 AM – 12:00 PM
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Tuesday, April 25, 2006
7:30 AM – 12:30 PM
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM

The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence National Conference will be held April 22-26, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference theme TREATING PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY: Working with Criminal Justice and Health Care Systems reflects areas in which both impressive progress has been made and daunting challenges still exist.

We anticipate over 1400 physicians, socials workers, nurses, program administrators and executive directors from over 25 countries to participate in this educationally enriching conference. These registrants are decision-makers with purchasing power for their respective treatment centers and are looking for your products, services and information.

OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE DRAWN EXHIBITORS BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR:

• Meet the decision makers with buying power
  
• Influence contacts to win new business
  
• Increase sales with new contacts and build rapport with established contacts
  
• Gain effective recognition and build brand awareness
  
• Showcase new products and obtain qualified feedback

NEW ITEMS FOR THE 2006 EXHIBIT PROGRAM:

• Exhibitor Networking Reception in the exhibit hall
• Fresh new floorplan to promote networking
• Increase unopposed exhibit hours and decrease low traffic hours
• Access to Welcome Reception

We continually strive to present the best possible mix of
education and commercial opportunity for the benefit of
both the exhibiting company and the attendee.

Accreditation Now, Inc.
American Assoc. for Treatment of Opioid Dependence
Ammon Analytical Laboratory, LLC
Bendiner & Schlesinger, Inc.
Branan Medical Corporation
CARF
Calloway Laboratories
Cebert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Clinical Science Laboratory, Inc.
Comstock Computing LLC
Council on Accreditation
Covenant Nutritional Supplements
CRC Health Group
Darts System
eAnytime Kiosks, Inc.
ERP Therapy/SLS Health
Friends Medical Laboratory, Inc.
Friends Research Institute, Inc.
HCE Inc.
Hythiam, Inc.
Inflexxion
International Diagnostic Systems Corp.
JCAHO
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
National Association of Drug Court Professionals
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Netalytics
Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
NOTCA (National Opioid Treatment Clinician Assoc.)
NOVX Systems Inc.
O. Berk Co. of New England & Kols Contain
OraSure Technologies Inc.
Patient Support and Community Education Project
Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals
Reliance Medical Laboratories
RTI International
SAMHSA-CSAT
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health
San Diego Reference Laboratory
Scientific Testing Laboratories Inc.
Smart Management, Inc.
The Johns Hopkins University Press
The National Alliance of Advocates for Buprenorphine Treatment
Tower Systems Inc.
Treatment Software Solutions
USA Lab Test
Vendome Group LLC
VistaPharm, Inc

Exhibitor Fast Facts (PDF)

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Mt. Royal, New Jersey 08061
Phone: 856-423-3091
Fax: 856-423-3420