Date:
September 26 and 27 (Tuesday and Wednesday)                                   

Location:  
Woodlands Waterway Marriott
1601 Lake Robbins Dr.
The Woodlands, TX 77380

The 2017 Officers and Board of Directors of TABA invite you to join us in The Woodlands for the "2017 Fall Conference and Membership Meeting".  We look forward to making this another learning and networking opportunity for our members and associates.  

We will have a Legislative Update on the regular session and the special session in Austin from our legislative team.  We will also have a legislator present to address the group.  There will be a panel that will address specialty drugs coming to the market place and much more.

Exhibitors Space

Exhibitors will be in the main conference meeting room around the perimeter of the room.  Each exhibitor will have a 6' table top exhibit space.  Booth space will be assigned in the order registrations are received.  There is link below for an Exhibitors Contract.  Please download the form, complete and sign it and return it to TABA.  You will also need to register.  The registration link is below also.

All Exhibitors will be sent an electronic copy of all conference attendees with their contact information after the conferece.  There will also be a listing of all registrants in the conferece notebook that is on the flash drive you will receive when you check in at the conference.

After receipt of your registration and Exhibitor Contract, you will receive an exhibitor packet with additional information about the conference.

Hotel

The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center is situated in the heart of The Woodlands.  It affords easy access to premier shopping, dining and entertainment venues and is just a 30-minute commute to Downtown Houston.  The Hotel is 22 miles from The George Bush International Airport and 40 miles from Houston Hobby Airport.

TABA's special room rate is $179, but that rate is only guaranteed until September 4th.  Click on the Hotel logo on the left to go to TABA's Hotel Reservation Page.  

Registration

Conference registration rates are listed below.  There is a discounted rate for additional registrants from the same company.  Your dues must be current to register at the “Member rate”.  Contact Phyllis Campbell if you are not sure about the status of your dues.   Late fees apply after September 12th.

	Member - Exhibitor	Non-Member - Exhibitor
First Registration	$975.00	$1600.00
Addl Registrants/same company	$345.00	$345.00

 

Golf

There will be reserved tee times for those who want to play golf on Tuesday morning.   There will be prizes and you can register and pay for golf on the online registration page when you register for the conference.  

We will have tee times at a local golf course beginning at 8:00.  More information about the course and the golf event will be sent out shortly. 

There are special golf sponsorships available, as well as tee box signs for your company's name that you can purchase.  Pricing is on the sponsorship registration page.

Sponsorships

We have sponsorships available.  We appreciate the support of our Industry Partners.  You are an integral part of our conference and we couldn’t do it without you!  There is a link below to the sponsorship levels and what is included with the sponsorship.  You can register for a sponsorship on the same page that you register for the conference, or you can contact  Phyllis Campbell about sponsoring.   If your sponsorship includes a free registration, select "Sponsorship Only" in the registration section and the appropriate sponsorship below.

Silent Auction

We will have a Silent Auction at the Conference to benefit our PAC Fund.  If you have an item or service you would like to donate to the Silent Auction, please contact Phyllis Campbell or Denise Villagran.  Please support the auction at the conference.  If you cannot attend you can make a contribution directly to the PAC Fund.  Mail any contributions to the TABA office.  No corporate checks please.

We will be making contributions to Texas Legislators/candidates that have shown support of health care insurance industry issues and that support pro-business and pro-employer's legislation in Texas. 

 Please join us for great time in The Woodlands, Texas. 

 Document Downloads:

Sponsorship Opportunities

Membership Application      Exhibitor Contract      

Conference Agenda