Hello,
I'd like to bring your attention to next year's CeBIT in Hannover. CeBIT
is amongst the longest and most important trade shows, at least in
Europe, and we have been there ever since, mostly due to the laudable
efforts of Jacqueline and Thomas. It takes place early March and lasts
(IMHO) 5 days.
Given the international recognition and audience of CeBIT, it definitely
makes sense to represent TDF internationally here, should we attend,
e.g. by having people join for one or two days from the various at least
European countries we are active in, and be present with talks.
Thomas Krumbein from FrODeV kindly checked prices and conditions, and is
willing to organize CeBIT and staff the booth for the full week (but of
course, more than just one person is needed, see above).
The drawback of CeBIT is the high costs, ranging around 7-10k € for the
booth and booth rental, for about 12 m². While there are surely options
of having a smaller booth, those don't make much sense - I'd rather
prefer to not exhibit there, or to solely send in talk proposals, than
joining at a small booth nobody looks at.
Last year, we paid about 4k € or so, but feedback was that by not having
an individual booth, our recognition was rather low.
How do people generally feel about attending CeBIT and the associated
costs? Is this something we should look forward into planning, and start
looking for sponsors to cover parts of the cost, or shall we go for a
different approach?
Thoughts welcome,
Florian
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