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Get What You Want out of Trade Shows
Author(s) -
Sarch Ray
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of network management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1099-1190
pISSN - 1055-7148
DOI - 10.1002/nem.4560020309
Subject(s) - computer science , citation , world wide web , library science , information retrieval
M uch of the following may sound like review. But there may just be some things here you might want to learn. As I see it, there are two customary reasons to attend a trade show: to gain knowledge and to have ’a good time’. And, of course, the two are not mutually exclusive. The proportion of each motivation depends, of course, on the individual. I’m going to assume that you are primarily concerned with learning what’s new, with diversions reserved for your spare time. As you probably are aware, all trade shows are not alike. Some, such as PC Expo, home in mainly on one area. Others, such as ComNet, have a broader approach to networking technology. Then we have technical-society-sponsored conferences, such as the IEEE’s Infocom and Globecom. AIthough not classified, strictly speaking, as trade shows, many