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CEDIA Expo 2009 Attendance Drops 12%
It seems pretty likely that attendance at CEDIA Expo 2009 in Atlanta will be down from that of CEDIA Expo 2008 in Denver. Meanwhile, the 2008 show's attendance was down… View this discussion thread.
Attendance for CEDIA Expo 2008 was down 14 percent to 25,000 versus 29,000 attendees during CEDIA Expo 2007.
There were more than 400 exhibitors and more than 70 new companies at CEDIA Expo 2009. CEDIA says "over 50% [of those in attendance] were key decision makers."
"In a time where many companies are tightening their operations, CEDIA Expo continues to be the one industry event that professionals make the commitment to attend in order to obtain the tools and product knowledge to help further their business success," says CEDIA chairman Ken Erdmann.
Here are a couple quotes in CEDIA's press release regarding show traffic:
"This year's Expo was one of the best shows in our company's history," said Dave Donald, SpeakerCraft.
"Attendees were more focused and eager to learn," said Michael Bridwell, Digital Projection. "We experienced more in-depth, high-quality conversations than in past years."
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Quality is the key. Every exhibitor probably got to spend at least one more minute talking to every integrator who came to their booth than they were able to at past events. That is much more valuable than just counting the number of badges they can scan.
The location (Atlanta) was one of the reasons for the decline in attendance. The venue was fine… but it’s a very long haul from the West Coast.
There was more quality time available with vendors on the floor and education classes were much smaller allowing the instructors to interact. Overall I think the show went great! I’d rather see more quality than quantity.
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Although attendance was down, it made it all the more enjoyable for those of us who went. We had more time to chat with Vendors, and there were probably a lot fewer tire-kickers at the show.
I just wish some of the dmos could have been better in terms of demo material.
Overall though, it was a very good show, and maybe one of these days they’ll move the expo to a different location!?