Global Aesthetics Conference

What Global Aesthetics Conference does

The Global Aesthetics Conference (GAC) is a privately held, founder-owned annual medical education conference created by Dr. S. Randolph Waldman, who has organized over 60 major conferences and previously founded the Vegas Cosmetic Surgery Conference. GAC targets aesthetic physicians across four specialties — facial plastic surgery, dermatology, plastic surgery, and oculoplastic surgery — and positions itself as the only multispecialty aesthetic conference not operated under a large corporate entity. The flagship product is a four-day in-person conference scheduled for November 5-8, 2026 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel, featuring 350+ presentations delivered by 150+ faculty members.

Name

Global Aesthetics Conference

Legal name

Global Aesthetics Conference

Website

https://globalaestheticsconference.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GAC is an annual four-day multispecialty medical education conference serving aesthetic physicians across facial plastic surgery, plastic surgery, dermatology, and oculoplastic surgery, offering ACCME-accredited CME credits and generating revenue through attendee registration, exhibitor booths, and sponsorship packages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education Conferences

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Medical Congresses (MPAGAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical & Health Sciences Congresses (THAHAJAA), Executive Summits & Invitation-Only Forums (MPAGAGAK)

Keywords

• Medical aesthetic conferences
• CME education events
• Aesthetic surgery training
• Multi-specialty medical meetings
• Medical practice conferences

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Conference Registration Fees: The primary revenue stream comes from attendee registration fees, tiered by profession type (physicians, advanced providers, clinical staff, industry, residents) with early-bird pricing incentives. Pricing ranges from $595 (2-day pass) to $1,695 (industry rate at peak pricing).
2. Exhibitor Booth Sales: Revenue from companies renting exhibition space at the conference. Standard booths are offered alongside premium sponsorship opportunities. Major exhibitors include Allergan, Galderma, Merz, Sofwave, and other aesthetic industry companies.
3. Sponsorship Packages: Tiered sponsorship opportunities including onsite sponsored opportunities (dinner symposium $20,000, cocktail workshop $10,000, presidential suite reception $15,000) and onsite advertisement opportunities (attendee bags $15,000, lanyard sponsorship $15,000, WiFi sponsorship $20,000, app sponsorship $10,000).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Global Aesthetics Conference is an annual four-day educational conference for aesthetic medical professionals featuring 350+ presentations from 150+ faculty members across four core aesthetic specialties (Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, Dermatology, Oculoplastic Surgery), held at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. The conference offers up to 30.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits, live surgical video demonstrations, hands-on cadaver workshops, and dedicated practice management education for physicians and their staff.

Product overview

Global Aesthetics Conference is a single flagship product: an annual four-day educational conference for aesthetic medical professionals. The core offering is supplemented by six specialized educational tracks (Aesthetic Surgical Strategies, Less Invasive Strategies, Breast & Body Contouring, Aesthetic Practice Solutions, Executive Sessions, and Top 10 Sunday) that run concurrently, plus add-on services including a CME Credits Program, Conference Registration System, Exhibitor/Sponsorship Packages, and Hotel Accommodations. The conference features 350+ sessions across 4 aesthetic specialties delivered by 150+ faculty members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• Global Aesthetics Conference (Annual Conference) The flagship annual four-day educational conference for aesthetic medical professionals featuring 350+ sessions, 150+ faculty, and four aesthetic specialties (Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, Dermatology, Oculoplastic Surgery). Offers CME credits, live surgical video demonstrations, hands-on cadaver workshops, and dedicated tracks for surgical, non-invasive, breast/body contouring, and practice management education. Held at Loews Miami Beach Hotel.
• Exhibitor & Sponsorship Packages Commercial booth and sponsorship packages for medical device, pharmaceutical, skincare, and aesthetic industry companies, including booth spaces starting at $5,950, dinner symposiums, cocktail workshops, presidential suite receptions, advertising opportunities, and branded materials placement throughout the venue.

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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AI capability6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Incredible MarketingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDigital marketing agency providing online marketing services for the Global Aesthetics Conference. Credited in website footer as the digital marketing provider for GAC.
• The International Institute for Continuing Medical Education (iiCME)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACCME-accredited CME provider that jointly provides the educational activity for GAC. iiCME is responsible for educational planning, conflict of interest resolution, and CME credit designation in partnership with Facial Plastic Surgery International.
• Facial Plastic Surgery InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that co-provides the GAC educational activity with iiCME. Co-founded by Dr. Stephen Perkins and Dr. Capi Wever for international educational opportunities.
• Marina MedicalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for off-site cadaver lab training opportunities at GAC. Marina Medical provides cadaver lab facilities for hands-on surgical training.
• Multispecialty FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccredited provider of continuing nursing education. Florida State Board of Nursing accredited (Provider #50-44460) for nursing contact hours at GAC.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Vegas Cosmetic Surgery Conference: Multi-specialty aesthetic medicine conference historically founded and directed by Dr. S. Randolph Waldman - the same founder of GAC. Closest direct peer in content, audience, and historical lineage; both serve facial plastic surgeons, plastic surgeons, dermatologists, and oculoplastic surgeons seeking CME-accredited education.
• IMCAS World Congress: Leading international congress on plastic surgery, dermatology, and aesthetic science, held annually in Paris. Highly comparable as a multi-specialty aesthetic medicine congress with strong industry sponsorship and global faculty, though with stronger European/EMEA geographic mix.
• American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (The Aesthetic Meeting): The Aesthetic Meeting is ASAPS's flagship annual meeting focused on cosmetic plastic surgery education. Targets a closely overlapping audience of board-certified plastic surgeons seeking CME and is a comparable scale conference within the same multispecialty orbit GAC operates in.
• The Aesthetic Show: Annual multi-specialty medical aesthetics conference combining surgical, nonsurgical, and practice management content for physicians and practice owners. Directly comparable audience, content scope, and exhibitor base to GAC's four-day program.
• American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) Annual Meeting: Society-led annual meeting serving facial plastic surgeons - one of GAC's four core specialty audiences. Directly competes for the same faculty and CME-attendee segment, with the historical distinction that Dr. Waldman organized earlier AAFPRS meetings before founding GAC.

Others

• CosmoProf North America: Major B2B beauty industry trade show covering skincare brands, device makers, and spa suppliers. Related exhibitor ecosystem with overlapping aesthetic industry sponsors (e.g., Galderma ecosystem), but serves beauty retail buyers rather than licensed physicians.

Emerging players

• AmSpa (Bootcamp and Medical Spa Conferences): Education and events business for medical spa and non-core aesthetic practices. Addresses an adjacent but more practice-management- and medspa-oriented audience, partially overlapping GAC's Practice Solutions track and Advanced Provider segments.
• Aesthetic Next (Pratt and Associates / Aesthetic Next Symposium): Annual aesthetics meeting focused on injectable and minimally invasive techniques for physicians and injectors. Comparable audience subset (core aesthetic injectors, dermatology APPs) but with a narrower procedure mix than GAC's four-specialty scope.

Broad incumbents

• American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting: Largest dermatology society meeting globally. Reaches a subset of GAC's dermatologist audience but operates as a broad medical dermatology convention with an aesthetics subset, rather than as an aesthetics-focused event.
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons (Plastic Surgery The Meeting): Largest US plastic surgery society conference, serving the full breadth of plastic surgery including reconstructive and cosmetic. Overlaps with GAC's plastic surgeon audience but is a broader, society-owned incumbent rather than a multispecialty aesthetic specialist.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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