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At ASH, a hematology floor calls for informed introductions. Staff who can hold a serious conversation with a physician or a researcher.

Trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, and lead-retrieval talent for ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026 in New Orleans. Plan the roles, product briefing and coverage your booking requires.

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ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026 staffing

The ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition is the flagship congress of the American Society of Hematology, pairing a major scientific program with a large technical exhibition at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans (meeting December 12–15; exhibits December 12–14, 2026). It draws hematologists, hematologist-oncologists, fellows, laboratory and research scientists, hematopathologists, nurses, and pharmacists evaluating new therapies, diagnostics, and cell- and gene-therapy platforms. On a credentialed floor like this, booth staff have to greet clinicians and scientists without gimmicks, route serious questions correctly, and capture leads cleanly. ASH Annual Meeting staffing is exactly that: polished, briefed trade-show talent who fit a clinical and scientific setting - and TSM Agency, a woman-owned event staffing and talent agency founded in 2005, recruits in New Orleans. Confirm local availability and any travel charges for your booking. See New Orleans event staffing.

Event details

ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026 at a glance

Dates
Dec 12–Dec 14, 2026
Days
Saturday–Monday
Show hours
2026-12-12: 11:00 AM–5:00 PM; 2026-12-13: 10:00 AM–5:00 PM; 2026-12-14: 10:00 AM–2:00 PM
Venue
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (Halls G–J)
Address
900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA, 70130
Event type
Medical & scientific congress with technical exhibition
Official site
www.hematology.org
Why it matters

Staffing priorities for ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026

ASH fills the Morial Convention Center's exhibit halls with pharmaceutical and biotech stands, diagnostics platforms, and cell-therapy displays sitting alongside scientific sessions, abstract presentations, and continuing education. The people walking those aisles are hematologists, oncologists, research scientists, fellows, and the academic and procurement buyers who came to evaluate data and technology, not to be entertained, and who need clear introductions and access to your authorized experts. When your own clinical and scientific experts are deep in a discussion, every unread badge is a referring physician, investigator, 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 hematology floor.

Staffing brief

ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026 staffing brief

ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026 staffing should start with the specifics of the event record, not a generic trade show staffing checklist. Event type: Medical & scientific congress with technical exhibition. Primary industry: Hematology. Related categories: Pharmaceuticals & biotech, blood & cell therapies, clinical diagnostics, laboratory & research equipment. Audience to qualify: Hematologists, hematologist-oncologists, fellows and trainees, laboratory and research scientists, hematopathologists, nurses and advanced-practice providers, pharmacists, and the academic and procurement decision-makers that pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics, and cell-therapy exhibitors come to reach. Local planning context: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (Halls G–J) | New Orleans, LA | 900 Convention Center Blvd. Event positioning: The full 2026 ASH meeting runs December 12–15 in New Orleans. Public exhibits run December 12–14 in Halls G–J, with separate daily hours and corporate-presentation schedules. Booth responsibilities: Greet and qualify clinical, academic, and procurement traffic at the booth, support physician- and scientist-led data and product presentations, scan and tag leads on the show's lead-retrieval system, and represent the brand professionally to hematologists, researchers, and health-system decision-makers at the ASH 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 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026 compete for the crowd on the floor.

ASH fills the Morial Convention Center's exhibit halls with pharmaceutical and biotech stands, diagnostics platforms, and cell-therapy displays sitting alongside scientific sessions, abstract presentations, and continuing education. The people walking those aisles are hematologists, oncologists, research scientists, fellows, and the academic and procurement buyers who came to evaluate data and technology, not to be entertained, and who need clear introductions and access to your authorized experts

Front of the booth

Trade show models for ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026

ASH Annual Meeting trade show models triage visitors by hematology focus before making the handoff: malignant or classical hematology, cellular therapy, transplantation, diagnostics, or laboratory research. At the Morial Convention Center, they can maintain separate queues for medical-affairs discussions, investigator meetings, and commercial product questions while acknowledging fellows and international delegates who arrive between abstract sessions. The team never interprets data or discusses treatment; it gets each hematologist to the person authorized to do so. Request locally based candidates and confirm availability, venue experience and any travel or parking charges. See our lead qualification staff.

Traffic & attention

Promotional models for ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026

ASH Annual Meeting promotional models build attendance around the congress rhythm: abstract blocks, education sessions, poster viewing, and scheduled booth theaters. A staff member inviting cell-therapy investigators to a manufacturing presentation uses a different qualification cue than one filling a diagnostic-workflow demonstration for laboratory directors. We map those audiences, presentation times, literature codes, and scan dispositions in the briefing so outreach remains quiet, relevant, and measurable. See our sampling team.

Brand & message

Brand ambassadors for ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026

ASH Annual Meeting brand ambassadors use a hematology-specific message tree covering approved corporate language, disease-area terminology, pipeline references, and escalation rules. They can introduce a blood-disorder program or cell-and-gene-therapy platform, identify an attendee's institution and interest, and locate the correct medical or scientific liaison without drifting into efficacy, safety, or off-label discussion. That disciplined scope is especially important when investigators, patient-advocacy leaders, press, and potential partners visit the same space. See our field marketing team.

The operational team

Full booth staffing for ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026

An ASH staffing plan can combine disease-area greeters, investigator-meeting check-in, booth-theater hosts, poster-navigation support, multilingual ambassadors, lead retrieval, and a floor captain. Lead fields can distinguish physician, researcher, fellow, laboratory professional, advocacy contact, and industry partner, then tag disease area and follow-up owner. TSM builds the shift grid around the Saturday-through-Monday public exhibit schedule, with separate coverage agreed for other meeting assignments and gives the captain an escalation map for medical-affairs, clinical-trial, partnership, and commercial inquiries. See our event staffing service.

Why TSM

Why exhibitors book TSM for ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026

Local talent. Recruitment in New Orleans. 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 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026 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.

2,000+

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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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 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026.

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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

ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026 staffing FAQs

ASH lists exhibits in Halls G–J at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on December 12–14, 2026. Saturday hours are 11:00 AM–5:00 PM, Sunday 10:00 AM–5:00 PM and Monday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM, all Central time. The full meeting continues through Tuesday, December 15; Tuesday conference hours are not public exhibit hours.

Start with the public exhibit hours, then confirm paid reporting time, briefing, breaks and relief coverage. Corporate presentations and private meetings have separate schedules, including activity before the exhibit hall opens. Confirm each assignment's access, location, credentials and supervisor rather than extending every booth shift to the full meeting schedule.

Give staff approved introductions and an escalation map for medical affairs, research, clinical trials and commercial inquiries. Route study interpretation, treatment selection, efficacy, safety and off-label questions to your authorized representative. Staff can identify professional role and interest, manage appointments and document permitted follow-up requests.

Yes. We provide vetted ASH Annual Meeting trade show models who work the front of your booth at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - greeting and qualifying hematologists, research scientists, and procurement leads, opening conversations, and routing technical questions to your specialists. Confirm local availability and provide your approved product-category and clinical-terminology briefing before their shifts.

Yes. ASH Annual Meeting brand ambassadors represent your brand on-message to a credentialed clinical and scientific audience, briefed on your approved claims and messaging boundaries; ASH Annual Meeting promotional models drive the right physicians and researchers to your in-booth presentations and demos and capture them as leads. Both are briefed on your product and your compliance guardrails.

We recruit in New Orleans. Confirm local availability, venue experience and any travel or parking charges. Include Halls G–J, your 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 data and software presentations. We don't train staff to make clinical claims independently.

Yes. ASH attracts an international professional audience. Request bilingual candidates and confirm proficiency, availability and role fit for your approved product briefing. Request bilingual staffing during your consultation so we can match talent by clinical product category.

ASH 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 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition we provide the booth talent that draws traffic and captures leads at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans - 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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