In the Final Analysis

Robinson talks about the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition. The success of the annual event is a year-in-year-out expectation by volunteers, registrants, host facilities, and staff. The TMS2020 was held in San Diego just days before COVID-19 fully manifested its deplorable self and with many attendees from Asia being unable to attend. TMS2020 was nonetheless the best-attended meeting to date, and the reviews were quite good. Then, the world turned upside down. The pandemic pushed us into the unknown territory of virtual event management in the form of TMS2021 Virtual. The pandemic continued to impact TMS2022, and we held a blended event: in person in Anaheim but with some virtual elements. Attendees were delighted with the in-person experience although the virtual elements didn't click with anywhere near the same levels of enthusiasm. For TMS2023, three years after having the last "normal" meeting in San Diego, we are heading back to that southern California city that has so-often welcomed TMS and enchanted event participants. As with TMS2020, TMS2023 is focused on the in-person experience.