2016 Top 250 US Trade Shows

The 2016 TSNN Top 250 List is exclusively sponsored by Expocad and the Orlando/Orange County Convention Center.

For a complete 2016 TSNN Top 250 Trade Shows list that includes contact information please contact John Rice jrice@tsnn.com.

TSNN Rank by NSF Event Event Date(s) Venue
131
Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East, EastPack, and Various Other Co-located Shows Face-to-face community where advanced technology manufacturers find products and services to accelerate projects, and advance their careers by networking with industry peers and thought leaders.
Organizer: UBM Advanced Manufacturing
# Exhibitors:924
# Attendees:9,176
06/14/2016 to 06/16/2016
Javits Convention Center New York
NSF: 153,420
132
Greater New York Dental Meeting GNYDM is the Largest Dental Congress/Expo/Convention in the United States. Over 700 national and international companies displaying the latest products and services for the dental professional.
Organizer: Greater New York Dental Meeting (GNYDM)
# Exhibitors:705
# Attendees:19,471
11/15/2016 to 11/30/2016
Javits Convention Center New York
NSF: 153,100
133
American Film Market The American Film Market is the world’s largest motion picture business event. Over 7,000 industry leaders converge in Santa Monica for eight days of deal-making, screenings, conferences, networking and parties. Participants come from more than 80 countries and include acquisition and development executives, agents, attorneys, directors, distributors, festival directors, financiers, film commissioners, producers, writers, the world’s press all those who provide services to the industry. Unlike a film festival, the AFM is a marketplace where more than US$1 billion in deals are sealed every year — on both completed films and those in every stage of development and production. Participants may view more than 500 screenings of 300+ films – the majority world or U.S. premieres. Titles range from big budget blockbusters to lower budget art and genre films.
Organizer: Independent Film & Television Alliance
# Exhibitors:366
# Attendees:7,023
11/02/2016 to 11/09/2016
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel Santa Monica
NSF: 150,484
134
Aviation Week MRO Americas Conference & Exhibition MRO Americas provides thought leadership on the crucial industry issues and concerns through its superior editorial content and extensive conference agenda, delivering an unrivaled industry forum where key intelligence is gathered and real business leads are generated. MRO Americas offers unparalleled networking opportunities over the 3 days of the event and is the place to forge new partnerships and cement existing relationships.
Organizer: Penton (a division of Informa)
# Exhibitors:828
# Attendees:7,455
04/05/2016 to 04/07/2016
Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas
NSF: 150,400
135
SC: High Performance Computing The SC: High Performance exhibit hall showcases the latest high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis products and innovations.
Organizer: Hall-Erickson, Inc.
# Exhibitors:387
# Attendees:11,153
11/14/2016 to 11/17/2016
Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City
NSF: 150,000
136
CAMEX 2016 Produced and hosted by the National Association of College Stores (NACS), Campus Market Expo (CAMEX) is campus retailing industry’s largest educational conference and buying expo, attracting more than 1,900 attendees from nearly 900 campus stores as well as 600+ exhibiting companies.
Organizer: National Association of College Stores
# Exhibitors:615
# Attendees:1,916
03/06/2016 to 03/08/2016
George R. Brown Convention Center Houston
NSF: 147,600
137
BIO International Convention Hosted by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the BIO International Convention is the largest global event for the biotechnology industry, offering networking and partnering opportunities with high-level policymakers, scientists, CEOs and newsmakers, and hundreds of sessions covering biotech trends, policy issues and technological innovations. The BIO attendees are upper management and senior staff from biotech, pharma, academic, research institutions, tech transfer offices and policy makers. The more than 15,000 come from more than 65 countries to BIO International Convention for the superior networking, partnering, exhibition and education. More than 125 sessions and high-level keynotes share breakthroughs in medicine, diagnostics, the environment, energy production, business operations, financing, partnerships, policy issues and food and agriculture.
Organizer: Biotechnology Industry Organization
# Exhibitors:1,800
# Attendees:12,016
06/06/2016 to 06/09/2016
Moscone Center San Francisco
NSF: 146,000
138
ASH Annual Meeting and Exhibition

As the premier hematology event, this meeting will provide attendees with an invaluable educational experience and the opportunity to review more than 3,000 scientific abstracts highlighting updates in the hottest topics in hematology, interact with the global community of more than 20,000 hematology professionals from every subspecialty, attend the hallmark Education and Scientific Program sessions, and network with top minds in the field.

Organizer: American Society of Hematologly/Spargo, Inc.
# Exhibitors:208
# Attendees:24,324
12/03/2016 to 12/06/2016
San Diego Convention Center San Diego
NSF: 145,800
139
AmericasMart® VOW | New World of Bridal Leading bridal buyers from across the United States and the world gathered in Atlanta for the industry’s preferred buying event, VOW | New World of Bridal, staged September 21-23, 2016 at Atlanta Apparel. The largest-to-date Market saw double digit growth in buyers with significant growth in Northeastern, Midwestern and international retailers.
Organizer: AmericasMart® Atlanta
# Exhibitors:131
# Attendees:1,437
09/21/2016 to 09/23/2016
AmericasMart Atlanta Atlanta
NSF: 145,725
140
Fire-Rescue International FRI, the annual conference and expo of the IAFC, has provided senior-level leadership training for 140 years. As an organization, the IAFC represents the world's leading experts in the first responder community. The IAFC's commitment to excellence is seen throughout FRI—from the classroom to the expo, the IAFC delivers when it comes to quality and value.
Organizer: International Association of Fire Chiefs
# Exhibitors:437
# Attendees:7,280
08/17/2016 to 08/20/2016
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center San Antonio
NSF: 145,200
Partner Voices
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