Episode 203 hosts four of our listeners and IA Patrons, Dr Steven Land, Tanya Khan, Dr Bonnie Hawthorne & Dan Julien.

Steven is an experienced cosmetic physician from Newcastle, UK. He previously worked in Emergency Medicine and is KOL for Evolus and Neauvia. 

Tanya is a Nurse Prescriber from Belfast, Northern Ireland and has been an injector for 5 years.

Bonnie is a GP and a Cosmetic Physician with 8 years experience from Newcastle, Australia.

Dan (previously on episode 169) is Nurse Practitioner wirth 5 years experience from Ottowa, Canada. He has his own successful YouTube channel under his business name 'Danesthetics'. Our section with Dan was recorded separately because of his time zone and is included from 1 hour 05 mins.

We explore:

• What is IMCAS?
• Our guests personal motivations for attending one of the world's largest aesthetic conferences
• Their journeys to Paris and insights into just how tricky international travel has become post-COVID
• How to best prepare for a meeting like IMCAS
• The logistics of very large conferences and how to navigate them
• The pros and cons of the exhibition hall
• What lectures our guests enjoyed
• Networking at events - how to approach speaking to KOL's and speakers
• The Gala event
• The social side of conferences
• How often these types of events should be attended

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