Top tips to make the most of your show experience
Headed to CONEXPO-CON/AGG & IFPE March 7-11 in Las Vegas? Make the most of your show experience with these “know before you go” tips so you don’t miss out on all that the shows have to offer.
Register in advance
Save time and money and avoid the hassle of onsite lines. For added convenience, pre-registered attendees can pick up their registration badge-packs at select Las Vegas hotels, monorail stations and the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport as well as onsite.
Make a plan
The shows are huge with more new product categories and more new exhibitors – 2,500,000-plus net square feet of exhibits and 2,500-plus exhibitors. Use the online searchable show planner to see who’s exhibiting, check out the new products and create a personalized agenda of exhibits, education and networking meetings.
Download the mobile app
Navigate the show floor more easily with the app’s advanced 3D maps with routing, stay connected to fellow attendees, get real-time show updates, and much more. The app continuously synchronizes with the online show planner so you can make last-minute updates to your show agenda.
Sign up for education
Don’t miss this unparalleled learning opportunity, with convenient access to industry-focused education developed and presented by industry leaders. CONEXPO-CON/AGG education will be grouped into 10 tracks, including a new technology track, emphasizing industry issues and trends, management and applied technology.
See the future at new Tech Experience
The new 75,000-plus square foot Tech Experience offers an interactive look at the trends and solutions developing now and emerging in the next several years in three key areas: the job site, workforce and infrastructure.
Highlights include the unveiling of the world’s first fully functional 3D steel printed excavator, the Infrastructure Vision 2050 initiative of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), a Drone Zone and 3D Printworks.
And don’t miss the Tech Talks forum with short yet content-rich presentations to inspire and inform. Speakers will focus primarily on the growing opportunity for applied and blue-sky innovation to benefit infrastructure projects and construction job sites.
The 40-session lineup includes some of the world’s leading innovators, including:
• Captains Mark & Scott Kelly, former NASA astronauts
• Wayne Rapp, Director of Manufacturing, Hyperloop One
• D’Arcy Salzmann, Senior Director, Strategy, Microsoft HoloLens & Studio Manager
• Scott Brusaw, Co-Founder, Solar Roadways
• James Benham, CEO, JB Knowledge
Have fun – networking made easy
And don’t forget all the other great networking events available, including NASCAR experiences and related raceway offers, young attendee get-togethers to foster professional growth and more.
“Don’t miss this ultimate one-stop destination to find the newest product innovations and best practices, meet with the industry experts, network and have some fun,” said Sara Truesdale Mooney, show director and vice president exhibitions and business development, Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
CONEXPO-CON/AGG is the international gathering place for the construction industries every three years in North America, spotlighting the latest equipment, products, services and technologies. The international IFPE exhibition focuses on the latest innovations and expertise in the fluid power, power transmission and motion control industries.