Big Ideas for Big Shows

Connect to Large Show Professionals & Insights

Large Show Roundtable exclusively serves executives, directors, show managers, and department managers responsible for shows with 125,000 net square feet and larger. Facilitated discussions explore data, exchange best practices, and solidify enduring connections. Clients will benefit from information-exchange and networking facilitated by Sam Lippman.

Every Decision Can Have Big Consequences

Your best resource for best practices and practical solutions is the community of large show professionals at LSR. Develop a wider circle of contacts with hard won insights that can enrich your show and your organization.

 

November 6, 2025
in Chicago, IL

Registration Fee

$445; $345 for each additional colleague.

Change in plans? Last minute substitutions are welcome or cancel for a full refund up to one week before LSR.

Top Shelf Amenities

  • Welcome reception and dinner.
  • Complimentary room night.
  • Provocative Keynote.
  • Breakfast and lunch included.

LARGE SHOW ROUNDTABLE

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What to Expect

LSR April 2024 Agenda

 

17 Apr 2024
18 Apr 2024
  1. Are you prepared for the day an anchor exhibitor says your show’s carbon footprint will impact their future participation? It could be tomorrow. Increasingly corporate carbon budgets are going to take aim at the sustainability of your event, and specifically its carbon footprint.

    We know from the pandemic crisis, that getting behind the curve forfeits the powerful advantages of preparedness and flexibility. This goal has probably not been on your front burner, but for the future viability of your event now is the right moment to progress to net zero carbon.

    With the expert insights from Glenn Hansen, Founder and CEO of Reduce 2, Saving the Planet by Degree; Ryan Green, Manager of Strategic Supply & Sustainability, GES; and Katerina Chagoya, PhD, Sustainability Coordinator, Facility Operations, Orange County Convention Center, we’ll discuss how to get started and the resources available to you:

    • How to create a baseline of your show’s Scope 3 GHG; what data needs to be collected.
    • Partnering with your venue, destination, contractors, attendees, speakers, and exhibitors/sponsors to get it done.
    • Learn what EDPA and ESCA are doing to aid your journey.
    • Best practices from Sustainability Masters.
  2. Recent research into shifting workplace demographics, consumer and societal trends, and attendee sentiment has uncovered eye-opening insights that will shape the way we plan, market and produce events. It also revealed that our current approach to attendee acquisition should not look anything like it used to. Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes, President of mdg, A Freeman Company, explain how teams, technologies, and tactics should be evolving to fill the attendee pipeline with new prospects, move from mass marketing to mass personalization and meet the growing expectations for engaging, frictionless experiences that keep audiences coming back for more.
  3. Presenting a timely round up of research relevant to executives and managers of large shows. Clients receive a copy of the complete Large Show Research Report.
  4. This session explores the powerful role of partners like CNTV and PR Newswire in reaching more audiences for your event. With pre-event media amplification to post-event content creation and distribution, these strategic partners can take an event's success to the next level. Ben Dunlap, Regional Vice President, Map Your Show, explores how offering additional media and content opportunities for your exhibitors can create more far-reaching attendee awareness and interest for your show.
  5. The exchange is fast and furious when the day's most valued takeaways are reviewed.

Popular LSR Topics

Every LSR covers different ground because every LSR is a fresh team of executives and managers bringing an unmatched wealth of experience. 

These are frequent topics of discussion:

  • Attracting and Retaining Top Talent
  • Recent Developments in Attendee Acquisition 
  • Negotiating with Your Destination for Additional Resources
  • Keeping Anchor Exhibitors Happy: Satisfying the Appetite for More Data
  • Guarding Against Supply Chain Disruptions

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  • Director, Trade Show Operations, PMMI - Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies
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  • Executive Vice President - Expo & Communication Services, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
  • Manager of Exhibition & Sponsorship, NSSF - The Firearm Industry Association
  • Sr. Director of Marketing, Exhibitions - Foodservice Vertical, Informa Connect
  • Sr. Marketing Specialist II, FABTECH Series, SME
  • Sr. Project Manager, FABTECH Series, SME
  • Sr. Show Manager, Technical Shows, Messe Frankfurt
  • Vice President, Meetings & Exhibits, AACR - American Association for Cancer Research

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