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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, trained before the doors open, and managed 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.

Event details

ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027 at a glance

Dates
Apr 2–5, 2027
Days
Friday–Monday
Venue
San Diego Convention Center
Address
111 West Harbor Drive, 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 give your stand a professional, clinical-appropriate front so no cataract surgeon, refractive specialist, or practice administrator walks past unacknowledged across the four-day exposition. Our trade show models work the front of the booth on the San Diego Convention Center floor — opening conversations, qualifying surgical and procurement visitors, recognizing private-practice versus academic profiles, and handing genuinely interested surgeons to your specialists rather than guessing at technical answers. They're briefed on your device, its indication, and the terminology your audience expects, and because they're sourced in San Diego you skip the airfare, hotels, and per-diems ASCRS week piles on. The outcome: a composed, consistently staffed booth that engages a credentialed audience the way an ophthalmic exhibitor needs. See our trade show models service.

Traffic & attention

Promotional models for ASCRS Annual Meeting

ASCRS Annual Meeting promotional models drive attendance to your in-booth education and live demonstrations — the way you stand out on a surgical floor where flashy gimmicks fall flat with surgeons. Our promotional models pull the right cataract and refractive surgeons toward your theater presentations, hands-on device stations, and scheduled demos, distribute clinical literature, and keep the schedule full through the exhibit-floor surges that follow wet-lab sessions. Each is briefed on your messaging and on the single action you want every qualified visitor to take, so the energy reads as professional invitation rather than carnival barker. The outcome: more of the credentialed audience actually seated for your demonstrations and captured as leads, instead of drifting to the next aisle. See our promotional models service.

Brand & message

Brand ambassadors for ASCRS Annual Meeting

ASCRS Annual Meeting brand ambassadors represent your company on-message to a credentialed, compliance-aware audience — cataract and refractive surgeons and the practice administrators deciding what their surgical programs purchase. Our brand ambassadors are trained on your positioning, published study endpoints, and the boundaries of what staff may and may not say, so booth conversations stay within approved messaging and route detailed clinical inquiries to your MD or PhD team. For a launch in new IOL platforms or femtosecond technologies, they carry your story consistently from the booth to press and VIP walk-throughs. The outcome they serve: accurate brand representation and recall with the exact surgical decision-makers ASCRS assembles. See our brand ambassadors service.

The operational team

Full booth staffing for ASCRS Annual Meeting

As your ASCRS Annual Meeting event staffing partner, TSM Agency fields the full booth team for an ophthalmic exhibition: product demonstrators briefed to support staff-led device and IOL demos accurately; lead-retrieval specialists trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik, and Bartizan so every surgeon, practice, and procurement contact is scanned and tagged by priority tier in real time; demonstration assistants for queuing and headset distribution at live theaters; presenters and hosts for in-booth education; bilingual talent for the international surgeon delegations ASCRS draws; and a team lead to run shifts, breaks, and coverage across the four-day run. One account executive scopes the mix to your booth size and clinical audience and manages the team on-site — talent works through show close each day, never an early walk-off. The outcome: a professionally staffed booth and a clean, complete lead list of credentialed buyers. 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
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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, manages on-site, and owns the outcome.
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.

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Events Staffed

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

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Talent Network

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

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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.

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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

We manage on-site

Your talent arrives show-ready and is managed on the floor, every day, 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.

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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).

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