Located in Ballroom E

This year's exhibitors include a wide range of organizations, from the American Kennel Club to the Iceland Tourist Board. Be sure to visit them and the Barnes & Noble Book Fair in Ballroom E. The Book Fair will stock recent books by participating panelists and moderators. The Idea Marketplace and Barnes & Noble Book Fair will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 16th.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons provides education and practice management services for orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals. The Academy also serves as an advocate for improved patient care and informs the public about the science of orthopaedics. Founded in 1933, the Academy has to the world's largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists, serving about 24,000 members internationally.

American Kennel Club
The American Kennel Club (AKC), founded in 1884, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of purebred dogs, maintains the largest registry of purebred dogs in the world and oversees the sport of purebred dogs in the United States. Along with its nearly 5,000 licensed and member clubs, AKC educates the general public with such programs as Responsible Dog Ownership Day (Sept. 17) and the Canine Good Citizen® test. More than 16,000 competitions for AKC-registered purebred dogs are held each year including conformation, agility, obedience, rally, tracking, herding, lure coursing, coonhound events, hunt tests, field and earthdog trials. For more information, visit www.akc.org.

Association of Personal Historians (APH)
The Association of Personal Historians (APH) is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to the business of helping individuals and groups record and preserve their histories and lifestories. APH professionals from across the United States and around the world specialize in a variety of methods of preserving personal histories-- audiotaped interviews, heirloom books, video and multimedia biographies, and teaching lifestory and memoir writing workshops. APH's more than 400 members come from a wide range of backgrounds, including journalism, graphic design, publishing, social work, nursing, law, teaching, film, and marketing.

Barnard College
Barnard has been a distinguished leader in higher education for women for over 100 years and is today the most sought-after private liberal arts college for women in the nation. Founded in 1889, the college was the first in New York City, and one of the few in the nation at the time, where women could receive the same rigorous liberal arts education available to men. Its dedication to the advancement of women, combined with its affiliation with a great research university and its setting in an international city, makes Barnard unique among liberal arts colleges today. Although affiliated with Columbia, Barnard is an independent college with its own administration, trustees, faculty, curriculum, endowment, budget, and campus. Barnard alumnae include pioneers like anthropologist Margaret Mead and Judith Kaye, the first female Chief Judge of the State of New York, along with prominent cultural figures such as choreographer Twyla Tharp, writers Zora Neale Hurston and Mary Gordon, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Anna Quindlen and Natalie Angier. Our website address is www.barnard.edu.

Blanc & Otus
Blanc & Otus is a Public Relations agency that represents numerous technology companies across the globe. Covering consumer technology, digital entertainment, enterprise software, security, small business solutions, security, networking hardware, internet technology, search engines, creativity software and more. From start-ups to Fortune 50 companies, Blanc & Otus helps clients reach their business objectives. Blanc & Otus, a Hill & Knowlton company, has offices in San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Austin and London. www.blancandotus.com.

Blumenfeld and Associates Communications
A New York-area public relations agency, established in 1980, to focus on the promotion of resort destinations and outdoor recreation products. www.blumenfeldpr.com. The Blumenfeld agency will be representing:

• CW-X Performance Conditioning Wear for running, skiing, snowboarding, cycling, and other outdoor aerobic sports. www.cw-x.com.
• Mares and Dacor scuba diving and snorkel gear including the new Mares Limited Edition – BC's, fins and regulators. www.divemares.com.
• Iceland Tourist Board - Iceland is a special place with spectacular northern lights, glistening waterfalls, ancient geysers, purifying hot springs and spas, majestic mountains, and tempting cuisine – an impressive palette of outdoor adventure, sports, culture and food. www.icelandtouristboard.com.

Chamberlain Communications Group
Chamberlain Communications Group is a healthcare public relations agency specializing in the health, medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Over the years, Chamberlain has served as an ongoing resource for reporters covering the health beat, on a diversity of issues ranging from neuroscience and cardiovascular medicine to oncology and infectious diseases. We take pride in our efforts to understand the individual needs of reporters, and furnish them with information that is relevant, timely, topical and substantive. At Chamberlain, we consistently go that extra mile for reporters by providing expert opinion, third party commentary and background material that serves to ease the burden of a reporter on deadline. Chamberlain's strong analytic rigor and insightful research have consistently added value to high-profile media stories in both the consumer and trade press. www.chamberlainpr.com.

Clemson University (CU)
Clemson University is a public, land-grant university in Clemson, South Carolina. Approximately 17,100 undergraduate and graduate students study on the 1,400-acre campus. University faculty, staff and students are committed to world-class teaching, research and public service. Students graduate from more than 70 degree programs in the University's five colleges:

• Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences;
• Architecture, Arts and Humanities;
• Business and Behavioral Science;
• Engineering and Science;
• Health, Education and Human Development.

Curaçao: Island of Sophistication and Education
Curaçao is so much more than the typical Caribbean island. Curaçao's defining characteristic, both in terms of business services and the tourism experience is one of sophistication. Curaçao serves up a culturally enriching quality of life from its selection of fine dining restaurants to the diversity of its people and their flair for languages, to the living history of Historical Willemstad. It can be argued that true sophistication is a product of education; and this applies to Curaçao whether it is the intellectual capital that exists in its globally competitive financial sector, its many museums, its activities such as dolphin therapy, or the campus-like feel of Punda and Otrabanda. Come see the difference: www.investcuracao.com.

Douglas Gould & Co.
Douglas Gould and Co., Inc. helps progressive not-for-profit organizations and foundations use the most effective communications tools to advance important causes. We create inspiring ideas, innovative messages and informative public campaigns to move organizations and important issues forward, promoting engagement, action and lasting change. For more information go to www.douglasgould.com.

Ernest Becker Foundation
Ernest Becker was a cultural anthropologist and writer whose extraordinary book, The Denial of Death, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1974. Becker's inquiry into the sources of violence and evil was groundbreaking because it was interdisciplinary, encompassing both science and religion. The Ernest Becker Foundation strives to: 1) Cultivate and support scholarly work that explores and extends Becker's insights; 2) disseminate to the public and its institutions the understandings which emerge; 3) to apply these principles to the mitigation of violence and suffering. To learn more, visit www.ernestbecker.org.

Federal Citizen Information Center (FCI)
For more than 30 years, the Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) has been a trusted one-stop source for answers to questions about the programs and services of the federal government and everyday consumer issues. Consumers can get the information they need in three ways: by calling the National Contact Center toll-free at 1 (800) FED INFO, through the free Consumer Information Catalog, which lists more than 200 free or low-cost federal publications available at Pueblo, Colorado 81009, or from information posted on FCIC's family of websites: www.firstgov.gov, www.pueblo.gsa.gov, www.kids.gov and www.ConsumerAction.gov.

Financial Planning Association (FPA)
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is the membership organization for the financial planning community. Its 28,000 members are dedicated to supporting the financial planning process in order to help people achieve their goals and dreams. FPA believes that everyone needs objective advice to make smart financial decisions and that when seeking the advice of a financial planner, the planner should be a CFP® professional. For more information on FPA, please call 800.322.4237 or visit www.fpanet.org/press.

Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World Awards
Each year, the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World Awards program recognizes leaders and leadership groups not broadly known beyond their immediate community or field. Award recipients work on issues that include: economic development; community development; environment and environmental justice; human rights; citizen participation and government accountability; human development; sexual and reproductive health; education reform; youth development; religion and social change; arts and social action; and access to media, including new technologies. The program seeks to confirm that resourceful leaders are bringing about positive change in virtually every community. These activists, from across the U.S., are available to journalists to comment and provide expertise from their very unique experience. Information about the program and award recipients can be found at www.leadershipforchange.org.

GOJO Industries, Inc. (GOJO)
GOJO Industries, Inc. is the inventor of PURELL(r) and manufacturer of PROVON(r) and GOJO(r) brand professional skin care products. Our company has a nearly 60-year history of leadership in improving well-being through hand hygiene and healthy skin. We have products and programs to kill germs on hands and solve skin care-related problems in a variety of markets, including healthcare, foodservice, manufacturing, automotive, education, government and workplaces. Visit our booth to learn more about the new PURELL at Work Program. www.gojo.com.

Humane Society of the United States (HS)
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the nation's largest animal protection organization with over eight million members and constituents. The HSUS is a mainstream voice for animals, with active programs in companion animals and equine protection, wildlife and habitat protection, animals in research and farm animals and sustainable agriculture. The HSUS protects all animals through legislation, litigation, investigation, education, advocacy and fieldwork. The non-profit organization is based in Washington, DC and has field representatives across the country. On the web at www.hsus.org.

iUniverse
iUniverse provides individuals a simple, fast, and affordable solution for book publishing, book marketing, and book editorial services. The company is one of the largest book publishing companies in the United States. By eliminating the necessity of massive print runs, iUniverse dramatically shortens time-to-market, and gives authors control over when and how their books are published. iUniverse's book publishing services are endorsed by industry-leading author organizations, including the Authors Guild and ASJA. iUniverse is a proud member of the Association of American Publishers, Publishers Marketing Association, and Small Publishers Association of North America. The company's major investors include Warburg Pincus and Barnes & Noble. www.iuniverse.com.

Joan's Legacy: The Joan Scarangello Foundation to Conquer Lung Cancer
Joan's Legacy is committed to fighting lung cancer by searching for a cure and focusing greater attention on the world's leading cancer killer. Joan's Legacy is now accepting submissions for its 2005 "Joanie Award," which recognizes excellence in medical reporting about lung cancer. The award – like the foundation – is named for Joan Scarangello, a gifted writer and non-smoker who died of lung cancer in 2001 at age 46. The award is open to both print and broadcast journalists and carries a $10,000 prize. "Joan was passionate about reporting and believed that lung cancer – the world's leading cancer killer -- deserved greater attention from the media," said Patrick McNeive of ABC, the foundation's president and chairman of the Joanie Awards Committee. "We honor Joan's memory with this award, as we honor the exceptional journalists who are brave enough to shine a spotlight on lung cancer, despite the stigma of smoking which clouds so many other important aspects of the disease."

Kotis Properties
Kotis Properties is a commercial real estate developer, specializing in restaurant and retail development in the Carolinas. With offices in NC, SC, CO, and soon FL, Kotis Properties is known for its quality developments and extensive use of technology to stay on the cutting edge of the industry. Kotis Restaurant Group, a division of Kotis Properties, is the largest restaurant real estate developer in the Carolinas. Kotis has numerous available restaurant sites throughout the Southeast, many of which are fully-equipped. Kotis Restaurant Group also represent clients, such as Golden Corral, Ale House, T-Bonz, and Salsaritas, in various markets throughout Virginia, the Carolinas, and Florida. In addition to these site selection activities, Kotis helps restaurant owners sell underperforming units while helping to grow exceptional concepts through its restaurant finance division.Our websites are www.kotis.org, www.restaurantland.com, and www.mbeach.com.

Pharmavite News Bureau
The Pharmavite News Bureau (manufacturers of Nature Made vitamins, Nature's Resource herbal supplements and OLAY Vitamins) provides quick access to a wide range of independent health care experts, including physicians, dietitians, Ph.D.s and principal investigators of clinical studies. We can provide materials and experts on a variety of topics, such as women's health, men's health, dietary supplement regulation, herbal supplements, etc. In addition, the Pharmavite News Bureau offers access to our clinical study database on dietary supplements and will provide abstracts and/or complete studies to media upon request. We also offer our health experts as sources who can evaluate the significance of the latest dietary supplement studies, based on a collective body of data. Please visit www.Pharmavite.com to find news releases, photos, audio and video files and access to Vitamin and Herb University, an online compendium of dietary supplement research and information. Or you can call the Pharmavite News Bureau toll free at (877) 866-2539 or e-mail PNB (AT) carryonpr DOT com to schedule an interview, access clinical studies or gain additional information.

Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes is the world's leading provider of integrated mail and document management systems, services and solutions. The $5.0 billion company helps organizations of all sizes efficiently and effectively manage their mission-critical mail and document flow in physical, digital and hybrid formats. Its solutions range from addressing software and metering systems to print stream management, electronic bill presentment and presort mail services. The company's 80-plus years of technological leadership have produced many major innovations in the mailing industry, and it is consistently on the Intellectual Property Owner's list of top U.S. patent holders. With approximately 35,000 employees worldwide, Pitney Bowes serves more than 2 million businesses through direct and dealer operations. More information about the company can be found at www.pb.com.

ProfNet (PN)
ProfNet (www.profnet.com) is dedicated to linking reporters quickly and conveniently with expert sources. Public relations professionals ("information officers") comprise the backbone of our network, responding to ProfNet Search queries transmitted by broadcast email; creating and managing expert profiles in the ProfNet Database, and spotlighting timely sources in weekly email tipsheets (ProfNet Wire). As is the case for all reporters, the ProfNet service is free to ASJA members. By special arrangement, ASJA members also may profile themselves as experts in the ProfNet Database at no charge.

Texas Children's Hospital
As the nation's largest pediatric hospital, Texas Children's is renowned for its expertise and breakthrough development in the treatment of cancer, premature infants, cardiogenic disorders, diabetes, asthma, HIV/AIDS and attention-related disorders. Since opening its doors in 1954, the Texas Children's Hospital Integrated Delivery System (IDS) has cared for more than 1 million children from every corner of the world, and has more than 1.6 million patient encounters a year. Internationally recognized, the hospital is ranked in the top four among children's hospitals by both Child magazine and U.S. News and World Report. Texas Children's award-winning medical staff consists of more than 1,580 board-certified, primary-care physicians, pediatric subspecialists, pediatric-surgical subspecialists and dentists, in addition to a highly skilled nursing and support staff of more than 6,000. www.texaschildrenshospital.org

University of Michigan Health System
The University of Michigan Health System is widely considered one of the nation's top centers for medical care, research and education. The Health System includes the U-M Medical School and its many research laboratories, the U-M Hospitals & Health Centers and their noted clinical and research programs, and the M-CARE health plan. From organ transplants to depression, and from children's cancer to molecular biology, UMHS offers a wealth of experts and story ideas to writers interested in medicine, health policy, the life sciences and medical education. Visit our web site at www.med.umich.edu.

The Yearbook of Experts
The Yearbook of Experts is a sourcebook of 700 experts available for interivew by the news media, complete with bios and links to their web pages. Plus the InterviewNet system so you can broadcast questions to relevant experts. Called "Dial-an-Expert" by the New York Times, tens of thousands of copies have been requested by journalists. Pick up a free copy of the Yearbook of Experts at out table. Or register at www.Yearbook.com and we will mail it to you. Plus register as a journalist at www.ReviewBook.com to make one-click requests for review copies of new books, and get NewsReleaseWire.com of daily or weekly story ideas. Cloaked or public registration available free. 1-800-YEARBOOK, YEARBOOK.COM.