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PITTCON STATISTICS


RECENT REGISTRATION DATA   2005 - 2011

    Registration Type/Year 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
    Full Conferee 5,893 6,046 6,613 7,398 7,514 6,773 7,185
    Corporate Guest 2,125 2,132 1,726 1,442 1,106 919 780
    One Day 897 756 1,595 610 1,576 1,097 1,099
    Graduate Student 684 692 889 764 943 654 *
    Subtotal 9,599 9,626 10,823 10,214 11,139 9,443 9,064
    Media 213 231 224 244 253 190 175
    Student 318 241 328 219 483 295 980**
    TOTAL CONFEREE 10,130 10,098 11,375 10,677 11,875 9,928 10,219
    Exhibitor 7,069 6,778 7,643 8,859 10,338 9,743 10,728
    TOTAL ATTENDANCE 17,199 16,876 19,018 19,536 22,213 19,671 20,947


      *Graduate students not reported separately

    **Graduate and undergraduate students



REGISTRATION PROFILE SUMMARY

    (Source: ITN International, 2011 Registration Statistics)




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    SCIENTIFIC SPECIALTIES TOTALS
    Thermal Analysis 675
    Surface Analysis 726
    Spectroscopy-X-ray 723
    Spectroscopy-Other 427
    Spectroscopy-Mass 2,414
    Spectroscopy-Magn Res 262
    Spectroscopy-IR/Raman 1,419
    Spectroscopy-ICP 1,238
    Spectroscopy-AA/Emission 814
    Spectroscopy UV/Vis 1,747
    Sequencing 316
    Process Control/Monitoring 977
    Physical Measurements 1,145
    Particle Analysis 1,077
    Other 1,591
    Microscopy 1,381
    LIMS 751
    Lab Automation 1,654
    Electrophoresis 812
    Electrochemistry 948
    Chromatography-Other 685
    Chromatography-Ion 1,068
    Chromatography-Gas 3,142
    Chromatography/Liquid 3,342



2011 CONFEREE DEMOGRAPHICS

    (Source: ITN International, 2011 Registration Statistics)


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    Purchasing Role:

    Final Decision Maker29%
    Recommend Products/Brands33%
    Specify Products/Brands8%
    Other29%


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    Primary Responsibility:

    Administration6%
    Bench Chemist/Scientist/Researcher17%
    Engineer5%
    Group/Section Leader4%
    Lab Manager/Supervisor9%
    Lab Technician/Service5%
    Other6%
    President/VP/GM/Director14%
    Purchasing2%
    Sales/Marketing18%
    Academic16%



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    Type of Industry:

    Agriculture2%
    Biotechnology/Biochem10%
    Chemicals8%
    Contract Laboratory2%
    Education13%
    Energy/Power2%
    Environmental8%
    Food/Beverage3%
    Manufacturing12%
    Medical/Forensics4%
    Other21%
    Petroleum/Petrochemicals2%
    Pharmaceutical9%
    Process/Manufacturing4%



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    Age Range:

    30 years & Under19%
    31-40 years24%
    41-50 years28%
    51-60 years20%
    Over 60 years9%





ATTENDANCE HISTORY

    Statistics for Pittcon – 1950 to 2011

    YEAR SITE PAPERS BOOTHS SEMINAR RMS EXHIBITORS ATTENDEES HOTEL ROOMS
    2011 Atlanta, GA 2,489 2,059 37 979 17,199 NA
    2010 Orlando, FL 2,348 2,005 36 960 16,876 NA
    2009 Chicago, IL 2,329 2,249 42 1006 19,018 8,834
    2008 New Orleans, LA 2,808 2,457 47 1110 19,536 11,228
    2007 Chicago, IL 2,308 2,376 46 1085 22,213 11,004
    2006 Orlando, FL 2,368 2,404 51 1096 19,671 9,352
    2005 Orlando, FL 2,433 2,474 47 1132 20,947 9,525
    2004 Chicago, IL 2,407 2,714 53 1195 25,114 10,965
    2003 Orlando, FL 2,625 2,856 54 1260 22,473 11,985
    2002 New Orleans, LA 2,547 2,911 53 1144 23,123 10,122
    2001 New Orleans, LA 2,295 3,290 53 1240 25,040 11,462
    2000 New Orleans, LA 2,222 3,304 50 1280 27,670 10,543
    1999 Orlando, FL 1,960 3,238 42 1276 29,893 10,154
    1998 New Orleans, LA 1,931 3,161 47 1217 28,115 14,339
    1997 Atlanta, GA 1,825 2,985 38 1157 31,411 12,494
    1996 Chicago, IL 1,790 2,949 34 1116 34,079 11,885
    1995 New Orleans, LA 1,828 3,144 34 1163 31,089 13,955
    1994 Chicago, IL 1,682 3,120 35 1083 30,922 13,800
    1993 Atlanta, GA 1,864 3,110 44 1083 28,941 12,080
    1992 New Orleans, LA 1,862 2,870 50 1011 27,987 12,994
    1991 Chicago, IL 1,373 2,763 54 988 29,947 11,881
    1990 New York City, NY 1,059 2,596.5 60 860 34,048 10,133
    1989 Atlanta, GA 1,324 2,556 45 850 26,741 10,736
    1988 New Orleans, LA 1,134 2,326 43 830 25,264 10,956
    1987 Atlantic City, NJ 1,097 2,040 43 790 31,555 10,675
    1986 Atlantic City, NJ 1,086 2,011.5 43 767 29,146 10,613
    1985 New Orleans, LA 1,213 1,830 41 730 20,733 9,760
    1984 Atlantic City, NJ 962 1,607 34 630 24,648 9,100
    1983 Atlantic City, NJ 946 1,475 34 560 21,728 8,794
    1982 Atlantic City, NJ 849 1,373 35 560 19,884 8,231
    1981 Atlantic City, NJ 884 1,199 34 498 17,270 7,953
    1980 Atlantic City, NJ 820 1,058 33 451 16,032 7,596
    1979 Cleveland, OH 700 942 25 369 15,838 5,653
    1978 Cleveland, OH 648 800 17 362 13,489 4,857
    1977 Cleveland, OH 483 692 18 319 12,051 4,446
    1976 Cleveland, OH 492 642 12 308 10,959 3,967
    1975 Cleveland, OH 532 580 9,318 3,559
    1974 Cleveland, OH 434 577 10 275 8,369 3,541
    1973 Cleveland, OH 318 515 8 253 7,486 3,227
    1972 Cleveland, OH 385 483 247 6,803 2,836
    1971 Cleveland, OH 317 444 246 6,384 2,533
    1970 Cleveland, OH 315 509 236 6,539 3,127
    1969 Cleveland, OH 291 481 220 6,232 2,762
    1968 Cleveland, OH 266 379 211 5,405 --
    1967 Pittsburgh, PA 298 288 189 5,393 --
    1966 Pittsburgh, PA 260 275 181 4,808 --
    1965 Pittsburgh, PA 292 261 178 4,585 --
    1964 Pittsburgh, PA 226 226 154 4,103 --
    1963 Pittsburgh, PA 226 223 153 -- --
    1962 Pittsburgh, PA 185 200 136 -- --
    1961 Pittsburgh, PA 222 151 108 -- --
    1960 Pittsburgh, PA 169 138 102 -- --
    1959 Pittsburgh, PA 160 104 75 3,182 --
    1958 Pittsburgh, PA 152 101 75 2,856 --
    1957 Pittsburgh, PA 131 75 50 2,839 --
    1956 Pittsburgh, PA 187 75 50 2,800 --
    1955 Pittsburgh, PA 183 57 37 2,050 --
    1954 Pittsburgh, PA 122 54 36 1,653 --
    1953 Pittsburgh, PA 129 43 26 1,360 --
    1952 Pittsburgh, PA 121 33 24 1,300 --
    1951 Pittsburgh, PA 87 25 17 1,006 --
    1950 Pittsburgh, PA 56 25 14 800 --