Hit the ground running at your next industry event! Make contact and connections with others in your field before you arrive at the venue so that your face-to-face meetings are productive and not centered around “Who are you?” and “What do you do?” questions. New technology is popping up daily to address this very issue. Below are a few new and old, but good, ways to network prior to an event.

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The Consumer Electronics Association will launch the Smart Home Marketplace at the Sands Expo & Convention Center during the 2015 International CES,^, which will run Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas.
 
The Smart Home Marketplace will focus on the growing trend of consumers’ wanting and creating smarter and more efficient homes.

From smartphones and tablets interacting with connected objects and devices to customized security monitoring and home automation, this area will showcase a range of solutions at CES Tech West in the Sands.

The Consumer Electronics Association will launch the Smart Home Marketplace at the Sands Expo & Convention Center during the 2015 International CES,^, which will run Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas.
 
The Smart Home Marketplace will focus on the growing trend of consumers’ wanting and creating smarter and more efficient homes.

From smartphones and tablets interacting with connected objects and devices to customized security monitoring and home automation, this area will showcase a range of solutions at CES Tech West in the Sands.

Event mobile apps are very popular and can add much value to the attendee and exhibitor experience.  How do you ensure that your mobile app adds value and doesn’t simply allow you to check the box that you provided a mobile app for your event?  

Start by thoroughly investigating the features offered in the event app solution to ensure there is something powerful and useful under the shiny, and sometimes distracting, exterior. Recent reviews of our apps show that attendees want an app that is simple to use and adds value to them. 

Event mobile apps are very popular and can add much value to the attendee and exhibitor experience.  How do you ensure that your mobile app adds value and doesn’t simply allow you to check the box that you provided a mobile app for your event?  

Start by thoroughly investigating the features offered in the event app solution to ensure there is something powerful and useful under the shiny, and sometimes distracting, exterior. Recent reviews of our apps show that attendees want an app that is simple to use and adds value to them. 

When Cleveland’s International Exposition Center, also known as the I-X Center, needed an engaging way to entertain their 1.5 million yearly visitors, they turned to NanoLumens®, which specializes in LED indoor displays, to provide the exposition center with a complete range of NanoWrap and fixed NanoSlim indoor LED signage solutions.

When Cleveland’s International Exposition Center, also known as the I-X Center, needed an engaging way to entertain their 1.5 million yearly visitors, they turned to NanoLumens®, which specializes in LED indoor displays, to provide the exposition center with a complete range of NanoWrap and fixed NanoSlim indoor LED signage solutions.

Unless one has been stranded on a remote island somewhere recently, one is sure to have heard about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

The viral campaign has captured the imaginations of millions of people across the globe and some of the numbers being reported are truly mind boggling.

Last week, the ALS Association reported that more than $100 million have been donated by more than 3 million people in just a month through the Challenge.

Unless one has been stranded on a remote island somewhere recently, one is sure to have heard about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

The viral campaign has captured the imaginations of millions of people across the globe and some of the numbers being reported are truly mind boggling.

Last week, the ALS Association reported that more than $100 million have been donated by more than 3 million people in just a month through the Challenge.

Cox Business/Hospitality Network, a provider of telecommunications to the commercial services and gaming-resort verticals, doubled the speed of three tiers of its wired internet packages available to exhibitors, show management and other users at the Las Vegas Convention Center.