What convention groups has New Orleans recently hosted?
Convention and meetings business has returned to New Orleans, building upon the successful city-wide meeting of the 17,000 members of the American Library Association in June 2006, the first since Hurricane Katrina. Highlights include: • The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) met in New Orleans April 29-May 3 for its 45th Annual Conference & Exhibition with nearly 10,000 people. RIMS’ meeting was the third major city-wide to gather in New Orleans in 2007. Highlights of the conference included a community service day where hundreds of RIMS volunteers spent an afternoon cleaning City Park. • The American College of Cardiology met in New Orleans March 24-27 for its 56th Annual Scientific Session and i2 Summit. With 30,000 attendees, the meeting was New Orleans’ largest since 2005. The conference received rave reviews from ACC leadership and members. • The largest convention in New Orleans of 2006 was the National Association of Realtors, November 8-13. The final count was 23,560
