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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 in San Diego. Plan the roles, product briefing and coverage your booking requires.

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ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027 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 (meeting April 2–5, 2027; exhibition schedule to be confirmed). 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, recruits in San Diego. Confirm local availability and any travel charges for your booking. See San Diego event staffing.

Event details

ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027 at a glance

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

Staffing priorities for ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027

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 during the four-day meeting; the exhibit-day subset and hours need separate confirmation. 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.

Staffing brief

ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027 staffing brief

ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027 staffing should start with the specifics of the event record, not a generic trade show staffing checklist. Event type: Ophthalmic surgery congress with medical-device exposition. Primary industry: Ophthalmology & vision surgery. Related categories: Ophthalmic surgical devices, intraocular lenses, diagnostic & imaging technology, refractive & cataract systems. Audience to qualify: Cataract and refractive surgeons, comprehensive ophthalmologists, residents and fellows, and ophthalmology practice administrators and purchasers - the credentialed surgical and procurement buyers that ophthalmic-device, IOL, and diagnostic-imaging exhibitors come to ASCRS to reach. Local planning context: San Diego Convention Center | San Diego, CA | 111 W Harbor Dr. Event positioning: The official ASCRS ASOA call for submissions confirms the April 2–5, 2027 meeting in San Diego. Confirm the separate 2027 exhibition-day schedule and clock times before finalizing booth staffing. Booth responsibilities: Greet and qualify surgical and procurement traffic at the booth, support staff-led ophthalmic device and IOL demonstrations, scan and tag leads on the show's lead-retrieval system, and represent the brand professionally to cataract and refractive surgeons and practice administrators at the ASCRS Annual Meeting. That mix determines whether TSM recommends trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, lead capture staff, demo support, bilingual talent, a team lead, or a lighter front-of-booth crew.

The scale of the floor

Booths at ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027 compete 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 during the four-day meeting; the exhibit-day subset and hours need separate confirmation. 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 2027

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 exhibit-floor reception team.

Traffic & attention

Promotional models for ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027

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 demo station support.

Brand & message

Brand ambassadors for ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027

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 field marketing team.

The operational team

Full booth staffing for ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027

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.

Why TSM

Why exhibitors book TSM for ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027

Local talent. Recruitment in San Diego. Confirm talent availability and any travel charges for the assignment.
Prepare the briefing. Define the product message, approved activities and next step for each visitor before the assignment.
One account executive. A single point of contact scopes the team, coordinates the booking, and keeps the talent prepared to support your floor team.
Review the fit. Review proposed talent, relevant experience and the responsibilities agreed for your booking.

Agree the coverage, duties and lead-capture requirements for your ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027 booking.

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

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Local recruitment across 25+ U.S. city markets. Confirm talent availability, relevant venue experience and any travel charges for your booking.

How it works

How it works

Three steps to plan staffing for ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027.

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Step 01

Send your show & booth

Tell us your booth size, dates and roles. Identify any details that still need confirmation.

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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

Confirm the reporting point, paid shift hours, responsibilities and on-site contact for the booking.

FAQ

ASCRS Annual Meeting 2027 staffing FAQs

The official call for submissions confirms the full meeting for April 2–5, 2027 in San Diego. The exact 2027 exhibit-day subset and clock times were not verified from the current official sources checked. The quote retains four clearly labeled conference planning dates with blank times; adjust them to your confirmed exhibition or other assignment schedule before requesting coverage.

Earlier-edition hours and move-out windows do not establish the 2027 booth schedule. Send the current exhibitor timetable, then confirm paid reporting time, briefing, breaks, relief coverage and any separate wet-lab or private-meeting assignment with your account executive.

Route patient selection, visual outcomes, surgical technique, device performance, study interpretation and treatment comparisons to your authorized clinical or medical representative. Front-of-booth staff can identify a visitor's professional role and area of interest, organize appointments and use approved product introductions.

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. Confirm local availability and provide your approved device, indication and surgeon-profile briefing before their shifts.

Yes. ASCRS Annual Meeting brand ambassadors represent your brand on-message to a credentialed surgical and procurement audience, briefed on your approved product information 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.

We recruit in San Diego. Confirm local availability, venue experience and any travel or parking charges. Include your hall, booth, staff entrance, credentials, reporting contact and paid schedule in the brief.

Yes. Brief lead-retrieval staff on your ordered system, access, consent process and qualification fields. Demonstration assistants can manage booth flow and route questions while your clinical staff lead device and IOL presentations. We don't train staff to make clinical claims independently.

Yes. ASCRS draws ophthalmic surgeons from around the world, and you can request Spanish, Mandarin, Portuguese or other bilingual candidates, subject to proficiency, availability and role fit. Request bilingual staffing during your consultation so we can match talent by surgical product category.

ASCRS staffing typically runs $50–$60, $60–$75 or $75+ per hour across TSM's published tiers, depending on role, language, and show length. Send your booth size, dates, and the roles you need; confirm quote response timing with your account executive.

TSM is a woman-owned national event staffing agency founded in 2005 and an MPI member. Request the current certificate of insurance and review coverage, venue requirements and proposed talent experience with your account executive.

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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