Becoming a Forum Vendor

May 22-23, 2012 - Education Breakout sessions

May 23, 2012 - Vendor exhibits 9:00 am to 3:30 pm

Location: Saint Martin's University in Lacey

Forum is an annual information technology seminar and trade show sponsored by the IPMA. For thirty seven years, Forum has proven to be an effective opportunity for vendors to demonstrate their products, for speakers to share their expertise and knowledge, and for state employees and others to attend free seminars and product demonstrations. Forum is one of the premier technology shows in the Pacific Northwest and the largest to focus solely on the public sector. Approximately 675 state, county, city and private sector employees attended Forum last year.

Schedule for Vendors for Forum

January 1 - Begin recruiting vendors
April 15 - Complete sign up of vendors
May 23 - Set up vendor booths from 7:00 am to 9:00 am
May 23 - Booth exhibits open from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm

Don’t miss out on having a presence at Forum 2012 in May. Although the state is having financial problems, the problem is mostly impacting “general fund” state agencies. Many state agencies have their own sources of funds such as the gasoline tax, licensing fees and federal grants, etc.

Participating corporate members, vendors and other at Forum 2012 include

Corporate Members include: Adobe, Cisco, CodeSmart, Comcast, Denali, Gartner, General Micro Systems, HP, IBM, INX, Microsoft, PCG Technology Consulting, CenturyLink, RSI, SAS, QuickStart, Symantec, and Xerox.

Vendors:

Other organizations: PMI, IPMA, BC/DR Group, OMUG

Booth information

Booth fee is $950. Each fee provides the use of one 10' X 10' booth from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm Wednesday. This time period allows for setup and removal of exhibits. Each three-sided, drapery-walled booth will have an eight-foot back wall, three-foot sidewalls and will be carpeted. Each vendor booth will include one 3'x 6' linen skirted table, 1,000 watts of electrical power, and two chairs. There is a limit of two booths per vendor.

All participating vendors will be given access to last year's Forum attendees mailing list. Vendors will also be given access to the Forum 2012 attendees list after it is completed in early June.

To signup as a vendor

To signup, please view the attachment at the bottom of this page for the Forum exhibit area layout (Excel file). and select your first, second and third choices for a booth. Please email your contact information and booth numbers to the Forum Director.

Upon receipt of your request, the Forum Director will reserve your requested booth and will email you an invoice. The invoice will contain all pertinent billing information for your booth(s).

Please contact our Forum Director, Jim Andersen at 360-786-1445 or ja_andersen@msn.com for any additional information.