Exhibitor FAQ
The exhibitor list can be searched on the exhibit hall floor plan page by clicking "Exhibitor List": https://www.samesbc.org/floorplan.cfm |
The official dates of the conference are November 20-22, 2024. However, exhibitors may set up on Tuesday, November 19, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The exhibit hall is open beginning on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at 10:30 am and closes at 12:30 pm on Friday, November 22. Exhibitors who tear down before 12:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22 will incur a $550 penalty and will be removed from the 2025 booth lottery. The Expo Group can tear down your booth for a fee if you have a flight conflict. |
Matched Networking information can be found here.
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Please visit the Travel & Lodging page of the website for housing information. |
No. All individuals onsite at SBC must be eighteen (18) years of age or older. There are no exceptions to this policy. |
If you were not part of the booth lottery for this year, you can still get a booth by clicking on exhibits in the menu, then exhibit sales. Once booths are sold out, we will start a waiting list. To get on the waiting list, you must send an e-mail to exhibit@same.org with your company name, booth contact information, and small business designation if applicable. |
There is a key on the right of the layout to explain the colors. When a booth has been reserved, it turns yellow. Once it is paid in full, it turns red. Tier 1 booths, which are highlighted dark blue and only available to Sustaining Member Companies, have been determined to be in high traffic and prime locations by show management and therefore cost more. |
Any additional furniture & services must be purchased through the Exhibitor Service Manual. Additional registrations may be purchased through the Booth Staff Registration form. |
Your company must be a corporate member of SAME to receive the member rate for an exhibit booth. Member booth fees do not apply to individual memberships. Your company can become a sustaining member by signing up here. |
The Exhibitor Service Manual will be available in August and can be found by logging into the on-line SBC Exhibitor Service Center. Your company's booth coordinator will have login information to the Exhibitor Service Center. |
If you did not pay for your booth during the registration process, you may pay by credit card through the Exhibit Service Center. You will see the options for payment, invoice, etc., in the left-hand menu. Payment by ACH is preferred; please use EagleBank account #200271849 and Routing number: 055003298. A remittance email stating the company name, amount, and that the payment is for SBC 2023 exhibit or sponsorship MUST be sent to accountsreceivable@same.org to prevent processing delays. Checks must be received within 30 days of submission of the contract. If no payment is received within 30 days, your booth may be released. Please note the updated address for mailing your check payment to: Society of American Military Engineers |
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Booth Staff Registration will open in July. Exhibitor Sales Contacts will receive an e-mail with instructions for registering booth staff. IF YOUR COMPANY HAS A BOOTH, YOUR INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE REGISTERED THROUGH THE BOOTH STAFF REGISTRATION FORM - NOT THE ATTENDEE REGISTRATION FORM!! Anybody that will need to get into the hall for set-up or tear-down of your booth during non-public hours, should be registered through the Booth Staff Registration Form. This will ensure that they have the right badge holder for access to the hall. All of the same registration types are available in booth staff registration (full conference, one day, etc...). If you are the sales contact for your booth, you are NOT automatically registered to attend the conference. Even though you receive two free exhibitor registrations with your booth, those people MUST still be registered through the Booth Staff Registration form online. |
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You can update your company profile in the Exhibitor Service Center (ESC). Your login and password can be found in your booth confirmation e-mail. Once you have logged into your ESC, click on the "Exhibitor Demographic Update" tab located on the left side toolbar. This is the information that will show up when people search for your company/booth online. If you selected the description upgrade during registration, this information will be printed in the on-site program. Please ensure it is correct! SAME is not responsible for incorrect or missing information. |
There could be many reasons why you haven't received any information from us and in order for you to have a positive conference experience, we need to fix it! We send e-mails from two databases - registration and membership. 1) Are you a member of SAME? Members of SAME receive marketing e-mails about conference and advertising opportunities - including alerts as to when registration is open for particular events. 2) Members - are you keeping your profile up to date? If your SAME Sustaining Member Representative is no longer with your company, our marketing e-mails could be going to an inactive address. 2) Are you the booth contact (i.e. the name associated with the booth) that registered for your company's space? Sometimes due to company turnover, we find that we are sending e-mails to an address that is no longer active. You must contact exhibit@same.org in order to change the booth contact for your company. This is only an issue if you are already registered for this event or exhibited last year. 3) Are our e-mails going to your junk or SPAM folder? You may have to identify the "same," "goeshow," and "theexpogroup" domains as safe in order to receive our e-mails. Please ask your IT department how to do this. 4) If you are worried that you are missing something, please make sure you check the conference website. Most of the time, the information that we send in e-mails can also be found there. |
Show Management will publish an attendee list two weeks prior to the conference and again after the conference to capture any last minute registrants. This document will only include contact information for individuals as they have indicated on the registration form. This list is for contacting individuals and for a one time marketing effort to promote your booth. It should not be used for future marketing efforts. It will be located in all three service centers (attendee, exhibitor, and speaker) and a password will be required to retrieve it for your protection. Your password can be found in your registration confirmation e-mail. |
We expect about 5,500 Attendees, 20% Govt. with the majority of those being USACE employees. |
Yes, you may pass out promotional items at your booth. Please remember that government employees may not accept items valued more than $20.
Marlene Morris marlenem@brand-advantage.com 781-702-5220 x15 |
You can provide a place for passersby to drop business cards to be placed in a drawing for a prize. Here are a few rules of thumb: 1) It is unethical to "rig" the drawing and you could place government personnel and contractors in danger of violating ethics regulations if you do so. 2) Technically, government employees CAN participate in a drawing for an item valued at more than $20 since the drawing is open to all. However, since different offices can make federal regulations more restrictive if they choose, there may be many government employees that are not allowed to participate. Please do not tempt or tease somebody for not participating. 3) It's always a good practice to raffle off an item that can be transported via plane unless you plan to pay for shipping. 4) SAME will not announce winners at any time. It is up to the company organizing the raffle to contact the winner(s). |
SAME may have a limited number of rooms available for rent for private meetings. Prices for room rental will range from $0-$3,000 depending on the size of the room, size of the organization and duration of rental. To inquire about meeting room rental, please contact Alicia Perez-Arrieta, aperez@same.org. |