Pre-conference Programs
CEM Learning Programs Presented by IAEE
(International Association of Exhibitions and Events)
Register for a CEM learning program and come to the Springtime Expo for free! Attendance is limited to 40 persons per program so register early to guarantee your spot. Separate registration required.
Event Operations
A position in event operations requires an understanding of project management functions and may require the skills to run an event, understand and manage marketing, conduct sales and provide exceptional customer service. It may also require the skills to develop print and e-mail marketing materials, to create and update floor plans, maintain the trade show portion of a website, negotiate and manage vendor contracts and much more. This could be a one-person job — or the details could be distributed among several individuals within a department. As a result, there is much to learn about event operations which will be discussed in this course.
Facilities and Site Selection
Strategic planning for an event is imperative to ensure a successful exhibition. This includes selection of the event site to meet or exceed the needs of the proposed exhibition. Making the right decision in site selection requires gathering and analyzing a large amount of input from all stakeholders.
Some exhibition organizers may choose to search for the facilities that match an event's most critical criteria first and others may choose to search for locations most advantageous to an event, followed by an examination of facilities. The selected process is based on many factors. In this module, we will address site selection and the evaluation of facilities.
Finance, Budgeting, and Contracts
Learn the tools necessary to create a budget and accurately project and monitor income and expenses, track cash flow and cost controls, and ultimately measure the success of an event and organization's return on investment. Contract basics for exhibitions and events will also be discussed and circumstances where contracts are important for exhibitors, facilities and vendors can easily be identified.
Convention Center Operations Program
(Must meet eligibility requirements for Expo Hall access.)
Designed to give meeting professionals at all levels a hands-on experience in planning meetings at convention centers. Whether you have been producing meetings at convention centers for years or are just transitioning your meeting from a hotel to a convention center, this program is a MUST attend. Discover how the bureau evaluates your convention business and how to partner and utilize their services to make your meeting a success. Explore what you need to know once your meeting is booked at a convention center such as exclusive and preferred services, contracts and rental cost factors, union versus non union facilities, insurance requirements, health and safety regulations, managing your food and beverage, group freight and deliveries, loading dock and freight elevator scheduling, and more! Get a sneak peak of the set-up and staging of the Springtime Expo while we tour the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. For a full program outline go to www.asaecenter.org/SpringtimeExpo.
- Full-day Convention Center Operations Program
- Private breakfast for Convention Center Operations Program attendees, Full Day of Springtime Expo and Springtime Unplugged ticket
Programming content is designed and delivered in partnership with the staff teams at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and Destination DC.
