Exhibits

Exhibiting at KDD 2012 offers many opportunities to distribute/market products, services, and company literature, to give demonstrations and to carry out recruitment activities. The details regarding exhibiting at the conference are as follows:

Specially tiered pricing structure for general non-sponsoring exhibiting companies, governments, non-profit research organizations, publishers, and one day rates for "Start-Up" companies.
Benefits of being an Exhibitor:
- A booth based on the price schedule above
- One complimentary registration for one person manning the booth
- Reduced exhibitor registration fee for all others manning the booth
- One company logo on the conference web site (in the exhibitor section)
- Ability to include a flyer or CD in conference bag for an additional fee
Booth allocations will be made on July 8th, 2012. Every company that has signed up as a sponsor or a general exhibitor by that date will be allocated a booth using the following rules:
- Sponsors will be allocated a booth before General Exhibitors.
- First preference for booth location provided to Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and KDD Cup sponsors in that order.
- General exhibiting companies and "Start-Up" companies will receive higher priority than non-profit research organizations/publishers for booth allocation.
- Ties will be broken on a first-come-first basis.
Companies that sign up after July 8th, 2012 as a sponsor or an exhibitor will be assigned booths from the remaining set of booths on a first come first basis.
Exhibitors will be responsible for bringing all hardware and software required for their exhibits. Some equipment (power strips, etc.) may be available for an additional charge.