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
221
PLA Conference Offered biennially, PLA Conference has a reputation for excellence in the public library world. The Conference includes nearly 200 professional development programs, numerous social events and networking opportunities, and a bustling exhibit hall.
Organizer: Corcoran Expositions Inc./Public Library Association
# Exhibitors:310
# Attendees:6,052
04/05/2016 to 04/09/2016
Colorado Convention Center Denver
NSF: 67,600
222
The ASSEMBLY Show Thousands of engineers, manufacturers and production managers have come together to exhibit new technologies and network with others in their industry.
Organizer: BNP Media
# Exhibitors:276
# Attendees:7,000
10/25/2016 to 10/27/2016
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont
NSF: 67,000
223
Duty Free Show of the Americas The Duty Free Show of the Americas is a forum intended to bring together IAADFS supplier members with operators of duty free stores worldwide and to facilitate business dealings between these two vital segments of the duty free industry. Meeting attendees include the operators of duty free stores in North America, South America, and the Caribbean, in addition to their suppliers from all over the world.
Organizer: SmithBucklin
# Exhibitors:176
# Attendees:2,422
04/03/2016 to 04/06/2016
Orlando World Center Marriott Orlando
NSF: 66,542
224
AAP Experience National Conference and Exhibition Attendees are members of the American Academy of Pediatrics which consists of about 60,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical sub-specialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. The members are physicians who devote their practice to treating children.
Organizer: American Academy of Pediatrics
# Exhibitors:351
# Attendees:10,306
10/22/2016 to 10/25/2016
Moscone Center San Francisco
NSF: 64,200
225
PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo PhotoPlus Expo is the most important industry event for photographers and image-makers, brought to you by Photo District News (PDN). This annual 3-day event held in October at the Javits Convention Center in New York City attracts nearly 20k attendees and includes educational sesisons by some of the world's finest photographic instructors, keynotes by reknowned photographers, a major trade show including top brand names such as Canon, Nikon and Sony among others, and evening networking events.
Organizer: Emerald Expositions
# Exhibitors:164
# Attendees:16,766
10/20/2016 to 10/22/2016
Javits Convention Center New York
NSF: 64,130
226
HX: The Hotel Experience HX: The Hotel Experience takes the best of 100 years from The International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show® (IHMRS) and looks forward to the next hundred years. HX is North America’s largest hospitality trade show for hotel and restaurant owners, executives, directors, chefs, and GMs from across the hospitality spectrum, and manufacturers and marketers of all things hospitality. It is held annually in November in New York City.
Organizer: Hospitality Media Group, LLC (HMG)
# Exhibitors:408
# Attendees:12,684
11/13/2016 to 11/15/2016
Javits Convention Center New York
NSF: 63,733
227
Modern Day Marine Expo Modern Day Marine is co-sponsored by the Marine Corps Base, Quantico, the exposition's home base. MCB Quantico, home to the Combat Development Command and the Marine Corps Systems Command, is responsible for setting requirements, developing equipment and systems, and purchasing the equipment and systems that the Marine Corp will rely on in the years to come. These vital and unique functions play a large part in positioning Modern Day Marine as the premiere military equipment, systems, services and technology exposition.
Organizer: Emerald Expositions
# Exhibitors:318
# Attendees:
09/27/2016 to 09/29/2016
Marine Corps Base Camp Quantico Quantico, VA
NSF: 62,591
228
APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition The Public Health Expo is the largest and most comprehensive public health exhibit featuring more than 700 booths of information, state-of-the-art products, and services geared towards public health professionals.
Organizer: American Public Health Association (APHA)
# Exhibitors:423
# Attendees:11,675
10/29/2016 to 11/02/2016
Colorado Convention Center Denver
NSF: 62,000
229
Texprocess Americas Texprocess Americas, formerly SPESA EXPO, is the largest North American trade fair for the equipment and technology for the development, sourcing and production of sewn products. Texprocess Americas provides a platform for leading international manufacturers to present their latest machines, plant, processing, IT systems and services for making up textiles and other flexible materials. The fourth edition of Texprocess Americas will be held May 22 - 24, 2018 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia and once again be co-located with Techtextil North America making it the largest and best technical textile, nonwoven, machinery, sewn products and equipment trade show in the Americas. Held in conjunction with the exhibit hall, is the Texprocess Americas Symposium structured to address the most pressing issues faced by today’s sewn product industry.
Organizer: Messe Frankfurt Inc.
# Exhibitors:168
# Attendees:3,839
05/03/2016 to 05/05/2016
Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta
NSF: 61,583
230
ABCA Convention The ABCA Convention Trade Show is the only exposition sponsored by the American Baseball Coaches Association, where more than 300 exhibiting companies utilize more than 100,000 feet of exhibit space to showcase the very latest baseball products and services.
Organizer: Corcoran Expositions Inc./American Baseball Coaches Coaches Association
# Exhibitors:321
# Attendees:6,000
01/07/2016 to 01/09/2016
Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center Nashville
NSF: 60,700
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