A: Yes. While many of the sessions are open to all attendees, other sessions indicating a group number on the agenda are limited to the respective covered entity, industry, or government group(s).
Session restrictions are strictly enforced. Conference staff reviews the stakeholder group for all attendees and may change what an attendee originally selected as their group to match their company type. For example, if you work for a consulting firm and selected Group 1: Community Health Centers, your group will have been changed to Group 10: Pharmacy Related Firms and Other Businesses.
Note: Industry representatives are not allowed to attend on behalf of a covered entity.
These restrictions are in place to allow attendees to freely communicate with like attendees without feeling restricted by the presence of outside groups with whom they might feel uncomfortable discussing the subject matter with.
Please see the
agenda for more information on group numbers and which sessions are restricted.