I have been wanting to attend the AADE conference for about 5-6 years now and I just haven’t been able to attend. This will be my first major conference that I will be attending as “Media” When I attended Scientific Sessions and Friends for Life (once a piece) it was as a vendor for a company that I used to work for.
One of the many reasons that I started my own company was so that I would have the freedom to attend these conferences and not have to worry about having the time off of work. Unfortunately, during that same time period and building a business, I haven’t had the financial freedom to attend these conferences.
Since AADE is in Orlando, I am just a quick 2.5 hour drive away and don’t need to worry about a round trip airline ticket which saves me a lot of money, however, the hotel is still an extra $300-400 that needs to be budgeted for. I decided last year that I will be attending this year’s AADE and I just kept putting a little money aside every month in order to know that I would be able to attend.
I highly recommend this to anybody that has interest in attending diabetes conferences.
Who all is going to AADE? I’d love to meet up with as many of you that I can. Orlando is basically my home, away from home (away from home, since I technically still consider PA my home), so if you need any tips for places to eat at or see, let me know.