The School Equipment Show Connects You With the Decision-Makers

THE PREMIER EVENT in the educational facility industry, the School Equipment Show is where new products make their debut and where the industry charts its course. The professionals who evaluate and influence or make the final purchase decision for facilities, as well as distributors and press outlets from around the world attend SES to get business done. Bring your products to the industry's most comprehensive trade show and give your business a jump-start on the future.

Exhibit Space Fees (per 10' x 10')

Please note: Fees must be sent with your application. A company must be an NSSEA Supplier or Service Provider member at the time of application through December 2, 2011 to qualify for the member price.

Save Money By Joining NSSEA

You can save at least $600 per 10' x 10' exhibit space (plus the $100 processing fee is waived!) by joining NSSEA at the same time you reserve your exhibit space. Simply check the membership box on the booth space application and include your dues payment along with your exhibit space payment.

Call NSSEA's Customer Service Center at 800- 395-5550, option 2 or visit the Supplier or Service Provider membership page to find out how NSSEA can help your business be successful in the school market.

What's Included with your Exhibit Fee

• A Show Program listing of your company name, booth location, and the products you will be displaying
• Basic level listing in the Online Trade Show Planner, which attendees use to plan their show.
• Booth drape and identification sign with your company's name and booth number (linear booths only)
• Aisle carpeting
• 24-hour perimeter guard service
• Attendee pre-registration list and final post-show list
• Listing and link on the NSSEA Web site
• Admission to all NSSEA educational sessions
• Admission to all NSSEA networking events (by exhibitor badge)
• Complimentary morning coffee in Exhibitor Lounge
• Continental breakfast provided on show days
• Electronic promotional materials to invite your customers to the show
• 2 complimentary exhibit registrations (for your booth personnel) with each 10' x 10' space
• A list of member dealers (for NSSEA members only)
• The opportunity to make hundreds of business contacts

Show Policies

Non-Exhibiting Company
If you are a supplier or service provider to the school industry and are not planning to exhibit, we ask you to respect the investment of time and money made by our exhibitors. No company that is a supplier, service provider, or original equipment manufacturer may attend the show or any aspect thereof unless exhibit space is contracted or a $1,600 member fee ($2,300 nonmember) is paid. Product/service demonstration or solicitation of business, including but not limited to literature distribution by non-exhibitors at the convention center or in any NSSEA-contracted hotel, is strictly prohibited. Show Management has the sole discretion and right to immediately remove violator(s) from the Convention Center and revoke show credentials from violator(s) without prior notice or hearing and bar any violator(s) from future shows.

Press
Any outside press representative wishing access to the show must first check in with the NSSEA Registration Desk at the show in order to obtain a proper badge for access to the exhibit hall and other show events. Media registration privileges and credentials are limited to editors, reporters, and photographers. Credentials will NOT be extended to those in management, public affairs, public relations, or marketing. Publications wishing to sell advertising space or other services at NSSEA events to exhibitors or attendees must reserve exhibit space.

Exhibitor Services

In order to run the most professional tradeshow possible, NSSEA contracts with Exposition Management, Inc. (EMI), to help manage the tradeshow and assist exhibitors with questions and problems. Exhibitors with any questions about space assignment, their booth, freight, security, installation/dismantle, or training sessions should contact NSSEA’s exhibit management staff: Joe Tucker and Christine Pauley 800-395-5550, option 5 or email nssea@expomanage.net.

Space Assignment

NSSEA Point System

• Two (2) points for each year of continuous NSSEA membership since 1996.
• One (1) point for each year of exhibiting at the School Equipment Show within the past nine years.
• One (1) point for each equivalent paid 10' x 10' booth at the preceding School Equipment Show.

Assignment of Space

Following NSSEA’s Priority Point system, companies with the most points will be assigned first, followed by companies in decreasing order of points. Companies with equal points will be assigned in booth size order and, if equal size, then by date of receipt of contract with payment. Every effort will be made to keep competitive products separated. Companies whose preferences are not available during assignment will be assigned the closest available space to preferences listed on the application. No space will be confirmed without receipt of the entire booth fee and contract.

Show management will try to accommodate exhibitor requests to be assigned near or next to each other. If all companies within the group consent to being assigned space based on the company with the fewest points, then there will be a greater probability of accommo- dating the request. The integrity of the priority point system cannot be compromised so that individual companies with fewer points gain the higher points of another company. Show management must receive this request in writing from all parties involved prior to the assignment date.

NSSEA reserves the right to make a final determination of booth space in the best interest of the show. Exhibit space confirmations will be forwarded electronically to the contact listed on the application.

Exhibitor Service Manual

Click here to visit the Exhibitor Service Manual. The manual contains everything you need to prepare your booth and register your personnel.

Product Donation Program

NSSEA is proud to partner with The Kids In Need Foundation to collect and redistribute post-show product donations. By donating your display items at the end of the tradeshow, your company can provide resources and equipment for local schools in need.