Normally the pipe and drape company comes on Sunday afternoon to setup the booths and tables. Exhibitors can come after 4:00pm to set up their stuff. Otherwise we recommend arriving early Monday morning. We encourage everyone to set up prior to 7:30am as many students show up early for coffee and to avoid traffic. Booth takedown is after lunch on Wednesday.

We will post a program schedule that can be downloaded ahead of time on each BPI event location page. We will also have printed schedules on each exhibitor booth table so you’ll know exact break times in the Exhibitor Showcase area.

Because this is an educational session, and not a conference, BPI doesn’t give out lists of students’ names. However we will send participants a “Resource Contact List” so they have YOUR contact information for future follow-up. We encourage exhibitors to have business cards to pass out to participants that stop by. Another idea is to ask them for their business cards and/or have signup sheets that participants can jot down their contact info. for you to reach out to later. Students LOVE candy so that’s always good way to encourage them to stop by your booth!

One of the best ways for participants to remember your company is taking home a special promotional item! Many exhibitors have promotional items set out on their booth table. BPI also gives away daily prizes to in-person students and often companies like to include special prize items with our BPI themed goodies. Some exhibitors hold their own raffle for prizes and some donate special grand prizes for BPI to raffle. We LOVE promoting our exhibitors and sponsors so if your company has something special to make your BPI experience more memorable, we’re more than happy to promote it! Simply email us before the upcoming BPI event and let us know the give-a-way prize and we’ll be happy to market it and your company!