Welcome to the NeoCon 2024 Exhibitor Resources Page, where you will find details and links for all your exhibiting needs.
Please be sure to bookmark this page, as you will need to reference it often as you plan for the show. Details will be added as 2024 opportunities and information becomes available.
| Monday, June 10 | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday, June 11 | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday, June 12 | 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Construction/Showroom Renovation
Disabilities/Special Assistance
Exhibitor Sales
Exhibitor Relations
Loading Dock
Management
Marketing
Programming
Meeting Planning & Special Events
Operations
Public Relations
Security
A number of measures and protocols will be in place to address any necessary city, state, or CDC guidelines in June and to provide everyone with a high level of comfort attending NeoCon 2024.
THE MART has received GBAC Star accreditation. GBAC STAR is the gold standard of prepared facilities and the cleaning industry’s only outbreak prevention, response, and recovery accreditation.
An extension of current building practices at THE MART and event measures include:
Optimized air filtration and circulation
Enhanced cleaning protocols
Event measures
Use the NeoCon logos and images from the press gallery to market your presence at NeoCon 2024.
Visit the NeoCon Press Image Gallery
Calendar Listing
NeoCon® | June 10-12, 2024 | THE MART, Chicago
NeoCon, the world’s leading platform and most important event for the commercial interiors industry, returns June 10-12, 2024, at THE MART in Chicago. Since launching in 1969, NeoCon has served as the annual gathering place for the commercial design world’s manufacturers, dealers, architects, designers, end-users, design organizations and media. The three-day event provides unparalleled access to the latest and most innovative products and solutions from leading companies and emerging talent, immersive and inspirational design experiences and events, as well as a robust programming schedule led by industry thought-leaders from diverse backgrounds, offering world-class expertise and insight into today’s most relevant topics. Visit neocon.com
for additional information.
A summary of required and recommended exhibitor tasks and opportunities.
In order for your company to register for exhibitor badges and manage its company profile on the online exhibitor directory for NeoCon 2024, we require a Registration Contact and a Marketing/Admin Contact from each showroom and booth exhibiting at the show. Please also provide any additional marketing contacts that would like to receive all show communications regarding exhibitor marketing opportunities and important exhibitor information. Click the link below to manage your contacts.
NeoCon 2024 Exhibitor Registration is open.
Each exhibiting company was asked to designate an Exhibitor Registration Contact, who is assigned a specific password that is required in order for staff to register for the show (password provided via email).
The exhibitor registration system provides each company’s Exhibitor Registration Contact access to a dashboard that allows them the flexibility to register multiple staff, edit and delete staff at their convenience, and send staff their own confirmations.
Staff may also register themselves once their Exhibitor Registration Contact has provided them their company's password.
If you need to update your company's Exhibitor Registration Contact, please email Molly Wilson.
Exhibitor Registration / Badge Pick-Up Hours
Exhibitor badges must be picked up onsite when you arrive at the show on the first floor of THE MART at the Info Bar, under the Grand Stair.
Day | Hours |
Tuesday, June 4 | 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Wednesday, June 5 | 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Thursday, June 6 | 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Friday, June 7 | 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Saturday, June 8 | 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Sunday, June 9 | 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Monday, June 10 | 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Tuesday, June 11 | 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Wednesday, June 12 | 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
The 2024 NeoCon Exhibitor Directory is live on neocon.com. Don’t forget to populate/edit your company’s listing!
The NeoCon Exhibitor Directory includes virtual floor plans and company profiles, which are searchable by company name, product categories, vertical markets, location, and keywords. Company profiles can include product images, videos, and URL links.
Your designated Marketing/Admin Contact can edit your company profile via the link below. (See Exhibitor Contacts for Marketing/Admin Contact details).
If this is your first time logging in, your password will be "welcome". Upon logging in, you will be prompted to create your own password. To reset your password, enter your email address and click "Reset Password" and your password will automatically reset to, "welcome".
You may go back into your company profile at any time and make edits or additions up until the show.
Showrooms - please note that your NeoCon company profile will be the same company profile that is also featured year-round on THE MART online building directory. We highly recommend that you review your current profile and make any necessary changes.
Should you have any questions regarding your company profile, contact Molly Wilson.
Book in the official NeoCon hotel block and choose from a variety of popular hotels with exclusive NeoCon amenities and a diverse set of room types for any type of traveler. In partnership with onPeak, we've secured discounted rates at a selection of Chicago hotels. Through onPeak we're able to offer you convenient and affordable options for your trip to NeoCon 2024. onPeak is the only hotel provider endorsed by NeoCon 2024, and we encourage you to book through them early for the best selection and price. Additionally, booking through onPeak allows you to make adjustments without penalty.
All deliveries arriving after Monday, May 13 in trucks larger than 12’ high and 30’ long, must be scheduled with our dock at docklabor@themart.com.
Dock Operations
THE MART Dock will operate during its regular business hours below until Sunday, June 2. Please schedule your dock time and labor by emailing docklabor@themart.com with a minimum of 36 hours’ notice.
NeoCon Showroom Schedule
To provide the best experience possible for our attendees, the NeoCon team plans to be “show ready” by the end of the Friday, June 7. While we discourage keeping anything in the corridor and prohibit this practice for more than a day, we understand that it’s unavoidable in special cases; therefore, we ask that you do not have anything in the corridor after Thursday June 6 at 3:00 p.m. Please also have all construction barricades removed at this time and make every effort to have your showroom completed, with all furniture moved in, by Friday June 7, at 3:00 p.m. This will allow us to place NeoCon specific signage in the corridors, clean the carpets, and touch up paint so that your NeoCon environment looks great for your early visitors and sales meeting on Saturday!
Temporary Storage
We will not be able to offer shared storage for NeoCon 2024. Please plan accordingly. If you must store product locally, please check with several nearby storage facilities, including:
Construction
THE MART has the right to approve your construction plans. If you haven't done so already, please share your renovation plans with Nora Bullard from our Construction Services Team. Nora can be reached at nbullard@themart.com. Construction standards and a list of approved contractors can be found here
Contracts & Payment
Access your booth contract and make a payment.
Operations & Booth Services
Access booth service order forms and set-up information including show schedule, labor, drayage and shipping information for 7th floor exhibitors.
Active Badge Scanning: Showrooms and 7th Floor Booths
XPress Leads: Lead retrieval is available to order for NeoCon 2024, through NeoCon official vendor, XPress Leads. Don't miss a single sales lead! Not everyone will carry a business card, however every attendee will have a badge with a QR code for you to scan.
For more details and to order lead retrieval, click here
Please note rate deadlines:
Early Pricing: 3/21/24
Advanced Pricing: 5/2/24
For more information please contact XPress Leads; 800-746-9734, xpressleadpro@cdsreg.com
Passive Badge Scanning: Showrooms Only
SmartZone RFID Trackers: Once again, we are offering NeoCon showrooms the opportunity to rent SmartZone RFID trackers. Each NeoCon 2024 badge will include a unique RFID code, which will allow for passive tracking of attendees in and out of the building.
As a showroom, you may utilize this technology by renting a SmartZone tower and placing it within your showroom to automatically capture contact details and demographics of attendees entering your showroom. This technology can be used in addition to Lead Retrieval scanning offered by Xpress Leads.
For more details on SmartZone RFID trackers, click here
To place your order, click here
Please note rate deadlines:
Early Pricing: Before 4/1/24
Advance Pricing: After 4/1/24
Standard Pricing: After 6/1/24
Questions? visit www.ConventionStrategy.com or email sales@cstrategy.com or call (301) 656-7521, Ext. 211
AV/Computer/Plasma Rentals & Services
Catering
Chair/Table/Linen Rentals
Signage and Graphics
Plant/Tree/Floral Rentals
Specialty Furniture Rentals
Shipping Information
Photography and Video Services
Temp Staffing
Any exhibitor or showroom planning to host an event or large meeting in their booth or showroom must notify show management in advance using the online notification form by the deadline date, May 13, 2024.
Event Rules and Regulations
7th Floor Exhibitors
Showrooms
There are many companies that lead you to believe that they are affiliated with NeoCon or a vendor for NeoCon. A few of the services they offer are databases, list rentals, and housing services.
We will never provide our attendee or exhibitor lists to outside parties. Any solicitations you receive claiming they can provide you with NeoCon affiliated lists or databases are UNAUTHORIZED.
NeoCon’s official housing partner is OnPeak. We are not affiliated with any other company who may offer you hotel services.
If you are contacted by any outside company you find suspicious or are unsure whether they are a legitimate authorized vendor for this event, please forward to us at neoconshows@themart.com. If they use the NeoCon name we will send a cease & desist letter.
What can you do to stop the E-mails from these companies?
Hit reply to the e-mail and type REMOVE FROM LIST in the subject line and hit send.
The Best of NeoCon Submission Site is Now Closed.
Established in 1990, Best of NeoCon is the official awards program that recognizes exceptional new products in 55 product categories from show exhibitors across various commercial sectors, including workplace, healthcare, hospitality, and education.
50 Jurors and In-Person Product Evaluations
Entering the Best of NeoCon competition provides your company access to a distinguished panel of more than 50 jurors, composed of top design professionals, specifiers, facility managers, and decision-makers. This select group will evaluate your product submissions in person, assessing each product first-hand before selecting the winners. Jurors will bestow Gold and Silver awards alongside honors in innovation, sustainability, and business impact at a live awards event on Monday morning of NeoCon.
Business Impact
Entrants will have the opportunity to opt-in to the Business Impact component of the awards program, which will undergo additional evaluation on-site by a panel of business journalists from leading publications.
Promotional Benefits
The awards program includes enhanced marketing and promotional benefits for both entrants and winners, before, during, and after the show.
Eligibility:
Manufacturers who are showroom tenants of THE MART and exhibitors of NeoCon, June 10-12, 2024, are eligible to enter new products introduced since June 1, 2023.
Submission Fees and Deadlines
Early entry by March 31: $800.00
Regular entry by April 30: $900.00
Late entry by May 20: $1000.00
Business Impact Opt-In: $100 per entry
Winners' Awards Event:
Monday, June 10, during NeoCon 2024 at THE MART
Questions? Email: bestofneocon@themart.com
Click here to see a gallery of Best of NeoCon 2023 entrants.
The industry's most coveted awards take place at NeoCon. Be sure to enter your products by the deadlines below. Check back for entry details.
Interior Design HiP Awards
Submissions Close April 26
Interior Design's HiP Awards is a recognition program honoring commercial industry pioneers and innovative product design. Start your entry
MetropolisLikes at NeoCon
Submissions Close April 19
MetropolisLikes is back, spotlighting the best designs from NeoCon 2024. METROPOLIS editors will honor top achievers, featured in SPECIFY and celebrated on metropolismag.com and METROPOLIS digital channels. Recognize and applaud design excellence with us. Start your entry now
20th Annual IIDA Showroom and Booth Design Competition at NeoCon
Submissions Open March 1
Submissions Due May 31
The IIDA Showroom and Booth Design Competition at NeoCon honors original interior design and the visual impact of permanent NeoCon showrooms, temporary booths, and pop-up exhibitors with an emphasis on the innovative use of product, materials, space, color, texture, and environmental graphics. Entries will be reviewed onsite by a jury of influential design leaders and specifiers from the commercial interior design industry on Sunday, June 9. Winners will be notified on Sunday, June 9 with winners publicly honored on IIDA.org, social media platforms, and through the official press release sent to key industry publications the morning show opens. All winning spaces will be on exhibit throughout the show. Submit here
See the 2023 IIDA Showroom & Booth Design Competition Winners.
Sign up for Designed for Excellence, IIDA’s competition newsletter, to stay up to date!
If you were not able to join our Exhibitor Town Hall Webinar, we went through the many PR and social media opportunities available exclusively to NeoCon exhibitors. Below is a link for the recording of the meeting, in case you would like to catch what was covered.
We strive to provide our exhibitors with an array of onsite and digital sponsorship opportunities that will allow your company to share its brand initiatives both at the show and in the months leading up to the show in unique and effective ways.
Please contact Lindsey Martin to learn more and reserve your sponsorships.
As we countdown to NeoCon 2024, June 10-12, we will continue to unite the design community and provide valuable content and programming in the months leading up to the show. All of the action takes place on neocon.com and across NeoCon's social media platforms.
Outlined below are social media opportunities that 2024 exhibitors can take advantage of now.
Complimentary Social Media Opportunities
We are curating content for the ongoing feed across the NeoCon platforms which includes Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Here are some themes that we consider—please submit material for editorial consideration and be sure to include any links or relevant hashtags we should incorporate:
Social Media Sponsorship Opportunities
If you’d like to control the message, we offer dedicated social media content opportunities for a fee. Please contact katiefosdick@novitapr.com for more details and to reserve your spot.
NeoCon 2024 Social Media Sponsorships
Effective media relations strengthen and complement the sales and marketing strategies you implement surrounding your presence at NeoCon®.
Our PR firm, Novità Communications, will be promoting the show and its exhibitors in the months leading up to the event through strategic outreach to print, digital, and broadcast outlets. They will also be hosting hundreds of media outlets onsite during NeoCon in the Press Office. Please be sure to alert Novità if you are launching a new product, celebrating a milestone, or have any additional company updates. In addition, please let them know if you are planning any media events in your showroom or booth during NeoCon. You can reach Novità by contacting Emma Reuland at emma@novitapr.com. We will also be sending out regular exhibitor communication emails with links to submit your pre-show materials, which we can leverage in the months leading up to the show. If an outside PR firm is handling your media relations, kindly share this information with them.
Digital Press Kits
You should have already received your company’s unique link to upload product images, press releases, and video assets as they finalize ahead of NeoCon 2024. In case you missed it, the subject line is “NeoCon has invited you to collaborate on Box” and the sender email is noreply@box.com.
This virtual press kit allows us to streamline the media’s access to exhibitor products and to make it more convenient for both attending editors and those who cannot attend. We will be sharing this wide before, during, and after the show so there is opportunity for exposure to a broader media audience.
If you have note received your link to your company's press kit or have questions. please contact Katie Fosdick.
NeoCon partners with the top media organizations in the industry. Maximize your company’s visibility before, during and after NeoCon with our 2024 media partners.
NeoCon 2024 Media Partner Advertising Contacts and Media Kits
Official NeoCon Directory, by Interior Design
Interior Design’s NeoCon Directory—which is distributed to all attendees—is the only publication that provides exhibitor locations, floor plans, and show details during NeoCon, keeping attendees informed on the happenings at the show.
For advertising information contact idsales@interiordesign.net
Show Daily 1, 2, & 3: The Official NeoCon Guide
Interior Design assures brand placement in front of the entire contract design industry during this key product introduction time.
The Show Dailies are the definitive news and product sources published each day at NeoCon. Show Daily #1 and #2 will be distributed at the show and shared digitally with NeoCon registrants. Show Daily #3 will be shared digitally with NeoCon registrants and across Interior Design’s network. Want to get the word out to A+D? Let Interior Design know about programs, product presentations, parties, exhibitions, and special events you are hosting during NeoCon.
For more information contact idsales@interiordesign.net
First NeoCon
SANDOW DESIGN GROUP, INTERIOR DESIGN, and METROPOLIS have partnered with THE MART to create the First NeoCon program, specifically tailored for a curated group of approximately 30 specifying design professionals attending their first NeoCon. Come on board as a sponsor and you'll have the opportunity to foster brand ambassadors among these designers by educating them on your brand and products, leaving a lasting impression. Spots are limited. If you're interested in learning more or securing your spot as a sponsor, if you’re interested, please contact Tiffany Brieve, Marketing Director, Interior Design at tbrieve@sandowdesign.com.
Metropolis: Specify
SPECIFY is poised to empower architects and designers by facilitating the identification of cutting-edge products across various sectors that contribute positively to health, equity, and the environment. Serving as the definitive guide for product and material selection, SPECIFY will be distributed onsite at the show and to all METROPOLIS subscribers, both in print and digitally. This comprehensive resource acts as a valuable takeaway from the fair, offering a convenient reference for specifiers and decision-makers throughout the year. SPECIFY plays a crucial role in guiding individuals towards informed choices in products, custom manufacturing, and partnerships.
For further information, please feel free to reach out to Betsy Alsip, Sales Manager, at balsip@sandowdesign.com.
Metropolis Sustainability Lab at NeoCon
Calling all NeoCon exhibitors with a sustainability message to be a part of Metropolis Sustainability Lab at NeoCon
The Sustainability Lab at NeoCon is an immersive exhibit and gathering space presented by METROPOLIS in collaboration with NeoCon. The Sustainability Lab will showcase informative exhibits from METROPOLIS and its partners, offering a platform for networking, guided tours, and targeted events throughout the three days. Additionally, METROPOLIS will coordinate showroom crawls, guiding architects and designers from the Lab to partner showrooms on an insightful tour.
As a NeoCon exhibitor, you have the opportunity to engage with a focused and enthusiastic audience for your sustainability message and initiatives. By becoming a Lab Partner, you gain the tools to share your sustainability narrative directly with the Architecture and Design (A&D) community, addressing their needs and providing innovative solutions.
For more details on this exceptional opportunity, please reach out to your dedicated METROPOLIS representative or contact Tina Brennan, Vice President of Marketing, at tbrennan@sandowdesign.com.
officeinsight to Publish NeoCon Preview Issue and Pocket Guide to New Product
Point NeoCon attendees to your newest product by featuring your company and showroom highlights in officeinsight’s digital NeoCon Preview Issue and printed Pocket Guide to New Product at NeoCon. Contact Bob Beck at bob@officeinsight.com to learn how you can maximize your event visibility through officeinsight’s event marketing materials and advertising packages.
Archiproducts Membership
With over 3.7 million registered users, Archiproducts is the international architecture and design network where brands get global reach, connect with qualified leads, and empower their brand awareness worldwide. Join us and discover how to maximize your online visibility and reach an extensive audience of architects and designers, and how to create your own BIM product library with our support.
Our partnership with NeoCon gives exhibitors the unique opportunity to join Archiproducts with a special offer and to be part of our NeoCon 2024 Special Showcase, dedicated to the excellence of the commercial design world in terms of sustainability, product collections, and projects.
Find out more about all the benefits of our Membership by getting in touch with our team at sales@archiproducts.com using code NEOCON2024 in the email subject. Don’t Miss Out
If you receive any type of solicitation from Oser Communications regarding a “NeoCon Hospitality and Design Show Daily”—please note that this publication is in no way affiliated with NeoCon and will not be distributed through us or onsite at NeoCon/THE MART in any way.
Manufacturers, distributors, and reps, this presentation is JUST for YOU. We'll delve into the transformative challenges reshaping our industry, unveiling groundbreaking insights from our latest research on the ever-evolving landscape of customer expectations. Attendees will leave equipped with innovative strategies to not just adapt but lead in this dynamic business arena.
Speaker: Amanda Schneider, Founder + President, ThinkLab
Amanda Schneider, LEED AP, MBA founded ThinkLab, the only research entity wholly focused on the built environment. She's a respected thought leader featured in prestigious publications from the Huffington Post to Forbes to Interior Design Magazine, a sought-after keynote speaker, and the host of the popular podcast, Design Nerds Anonymous.
Presented by: ThinkLab
Sponsored by: INDEAL
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*You must be registered for NeoCon to attend this presentation.
