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At ASCRS, an ophthalmic-surgery floor rewards a booth that sounds clinical and stays composed. Staff who can hold a credible conversation with a cataract surgeon.

Trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, and lead-retrieval talent for ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027 - locally sourced in San Diego, briefed before the doors open, and ready to support your team on site. (Almost) instant quotes.

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ASCRS Annual Meeting staffing

The ASCRS Annual Meeting is the flagship congress of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, pairing peer-reviewed paper sessions and hands-on wet labs with a medical-device exposition at the San Diego Convention Center (Apr 2–5, 2027). It draws cataract and refractive surgeons, comprehensive ophthalmologists, residents and fellows, and the ophthalmology practice administrators evaluating IOL platforms, refractive systems, and diagnostic imaging. On a credentialed floor like this, booth staff have to greet surgeons without gimmicks, route serious questions correctly, and capture leads cleanly. ASCRS Annual Meeting staffing is exactly that: polished, briefed trade-show talent who fit a surgical setting - and TSM Agency, a woman-owned event staffing and talent agency founded in 2005, fields it locally in San Diego.

“A major show is a short window with a lot riding on it, and your booth staff decides how much of that crowd you actually reach. I have watched two exhibitors with the same booth get completely different results because one team engaged people and the other waited to be approached. The right staff turns foot traffic into conversations and conversations into leads. That is the whole game on a show floor, and it is what we train our talent to do.” Caryn Hanna, Owner of TSM Agency
Event details

ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027 at a glance

Dates
Apr 2–Apr 5, 2027
Days
Friday–Monday
Show hours
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Venue
San Diego Convention Center
Address
111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92101
Event type
Ophthalmic surgery congress with medical-device exposition
Official site
annualmeeting.ascrs.org
Why it matters

What ASCRS Annual Meeting asks of an exhibitor

ASCRS fills the San Diego Convention Center with exhibits of cataract surgery platforms, intraocular lenses, refractive technologies, and diagnostic imaging sitting alongside paper sessions and hands-on wet labs across four days. The people walking those aisles are cataract and refractive surgeons, comprehensive ophthalmologists, and practice administrators who came to evaluate devices, not to be entertained, and who can tell within a sentence whether your staff understand the field. When your own clinical and sales experts are deep in a demo, every unread badge is a surgeon or procurement lead you paid the exhibit fee to meet. The four roles below each solve a different part of staffing a quiet, high-stakes surgical floor.

The scale of the floor

A ASCRS Annual Meeting booth competes for the crowd on the floor.

ASCRS fills the San Diego Convention Center with exhibits of cataract surgery platforms, intraocular lenses, refractive technologies, and diagnostic imaging sitting alongside paper sessions and hands-on wet labs across four days. The people walking those aisles are cataract and refractive surgeons, comprehensive ophthalmologists, and practice administrators who came to evaluate devices, not to be entertained, and who can tell within a sentence whether your staff understand the field

Front of the booth

Trade show models for ASCRS Annual Meeting

ASCRS Annual Meeting trade show models qualify ophthalmic visitors by procedure and practice: cataract, corneal, refractive, comprehensive ophthalmology, resident training, or practice administration. They can identify interest in IOL selection, biometry, femtosecond workflow, diagnostics, or refractive platforms and route the surgeon to the relevant clinical specialist or demonstration station. San Diego talent maintains reception and appointment flow across the paper, wet-lab, and exposition schedule. See our booth engagement crew.

Traffic & attention

Promotional models for ASCRS Annual Meeting

ASCRS Annual Meeting promotional models recruit procedure-matched surgeons for IOL planning, diagnostic imaging, surgical-system, and refractive-workflow demonstrations. They manage headset or workstation turnover, confirm whether a session is intended for experienced surgeons, residents, or practice teams, and capture the attendee's technology interest. Scheduling around wet-lab and paper-session releases keeps small demonstration stations productive without overcrowding them. See our traffic-driving event talent.

Brand & message

Brand ambassadors for ASCRS Annual Meeting

ASCRS Annual Meeting brand ambassadors use an ophthalmology-specific guide covering indication, surgeon profile, platform compatibility, and escalation boundaries. They can introduce an IOL family or diagnostic workflow and identify the appropriate practice setting, but visual-outcome claims, patient selection, surgical technique, and study interpretation go to the medical or clinical team. The distinction protects accuracy during surgeon, resident, press, and practice-owner conversations. See our trained product representatives.

The operational team

Full booth staffing for ASCRS Annual Meeting

An ASCRS roster can include surgeon reception, wet-lab registration, diagnostic-workstation scheduling, theater support, headset management, lead capture, multilingual staff, and an ophthalmic-briefed captain. Qualification can record procedure mix, annual cataract volume, practice type, current platform, IOL or refractive interest, purchasing influence, and requested clinical follow-up. TSM coordinates each station so clinical specialists remain available for surgical questions instead of queue administration. See our event staffing service.

A buying audience

They came to see new products.

92% of trade show attendees come specifically to see new products - primed to engage at your booth, if someone engages them first.

Source - CEIR
92%
come to see new products
Why TSM

Why exhibitors book TSM for ASCRS Annual Meeting

Local talent. Crews sourced in San Diego - no airfare, hotels, or per-diems on your invoice.
Trained before the doors open. Every booking is briefed on your products, message, and the one action you want from each visitor.
One account executive. A single point of contact scopes the team, coordinates the booking, and keeps the talent prepared to support your floor team.
Vetted & reliable. Woman-owned since 2005, rated 5.0 on Google, with talent that shows up and performs.

A booth that's professionally staffed open-to-close at ASCRS Annual Meeting - and a clean lead list when the show ends.

Why brands trust us

Why brands trust TSM Agency

Woman-Owned

A woman-owned talent agency co-founded by Caryn Hanna, a former professional model.

Founded 2005

More than 20 years of trade show and event staffing experience.

2,000+

Events Staffed

More than 2,000 trade shows, conventions, and promotional events staffed across the United States.

2,000+

Talent Network

Over 2,000 experienced trade show models, brand ambassadors, and promotional staff across 25+ U.S. cities.

5.0

Rated on Google

Rated 5.0 stars on Google Reviews based on verified client feedback.

MPI Member

A member of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the largest global community of meeting and event professionals.

$1 Million Insurance Coverage

Fully insured with $1M per occurrence and $2M aggregate general liability. Certificates of insurance available on request.

25+

City Markets

Local talent in every major U.S. convention city, eliminating travel expenses, with staff who know the venue.

How it works

How it works

Three steps to a fully staffed ASCRS Annual Meeting booth.

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Step 01

Send your show & booth

Tell us your booth size, dates, and the roles you need. Most quotes come back fast.

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Step 02

Choose your team

Select your talent from our curated recommendations - we recommend, you choose - and we brief them on your brand.

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Step 03

Your team leads on site

Your talent arrives briefed, ready to support your booth, and works through the close of the show.

FAQ

ASCRS Annual Meeting staffing FAQs

Yes. We provide vetted ASCRS Annual Meeting trade show models who work the front of your booth at the San Diego Convention Center - greeting and qualifying cataract and refractive surgeons and practice administrators, opening conversations, and routing clinical questions to your specialists. They're sourced locally in San Diego and briefed on your device, its indication, and your target surgeon profile before the show.

Yes. ASCRS Annual Meeting brand ambassadors represent your brand on-message to a credentialed surgical and procurement audience, trained on your published study endpoints and messaging boundaries; ASCRS Annual Meeting promotional models drive the right surgeons to your in-booth education and demos and capture them as leads. Both are briefed on your product and your compliance guardrails.

Yes. All ASCRS staffing is fielded from the San Diego market, so you avoid the airfare, hotels, and per-diems ASCRS week adds, and your team already knows the San Diego Convention Center's halls, loading docks on Harbor Drive, and exhibitor access. Local staff also arrive without the travel fatigue that hits fly-in crews mid-show.

Yes. Our lead-retrieval specialists are trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik, and Bartizan for accurate, real-time scanning and can tag leads by practice type and priority tier, and our product demonstrators are briefed to support your staff-led device and IOL demonstrations - managing booth flow and first-line questions while your clinical staff lead the demo. We don't train staff to make clinical claims independently.

Yes. ASCRS draws ophthalmic surgeons from around the world, and we can provide Spanish, Mandarin, Portuguese, and other bilingual brand ambassadors and demonstrators to engage international surgeon delegations in their primary language. Request bilingual staffing during your consultation so we can match talent by surgical product category.

ASCRS staffing typically runs $50–$85/hr depending on role, language, and show length. Send your booth size, dates, and the roles you need; during business hours most quotes come back within a couple of hours - often minutes once details are complete and approved.

Yes. We're a woman-owned national event staffing and talent agency founded in 2005, an MPI member rated 5.0 on Google, with 2,000+ events staffed and $1M per-occurrence / $2M aggregate general liability coverage, and we can provide a certificate of insurance for San Diego Convention Center exhibitors on request.

No - TSM Agency is a trade-show and event-marketing staffing agency, not a catering, hospitality or exhibit-labor company. For ASCRS Annual Meeting we provide the booth talent that draws traffic and captures leads at San Diego Convention Center in San Diego - trade show models, brand ambassadors, promotional models, product demonstrators, lead-retrieval specialists and registration staff. We don't supply catering, bartenders, wait staff, ushers or booth installation and labor; for those, a hospitality or exhibitor-services company is the right fit.

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Talent are independent contractors who set their own rates. Subject to availability, we can sometimes book a higher tier at the next tier's price - Elite at Tier One rates, or Tier One at Tier Two rates. Ask your account executive.

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