Equip Exposition Announces Programming and New Tradeshow Hours for 2022
Equip Exposition, formerly known as GIE+Expo, has announced expanded tradeshow hours and new attendee experiences for its 2022 tradeshow, which will take place October 18-21.
New for 2022, Equip Exposition will kick off Tuesday evening with a welcome reception for all attendees at Louisville Slugger Field. The Expo will open Wednesday at 9 a.m. for dealers and noon for contractors, and will feature a TurfMutt Foundation 5K at the Louisville Downtown riverfront and across the Ohio River pedestrian bridge. The 2022 event will close Friday with a networking breakfast and keynote.
“We’re excited to provide new and enhanced experiences for attendees and exhibitors in 2022,” said Kris Kiser, President of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), which owns and manages Equip Exposition. “This show is the industry’s family reunion, and events like our Welcome Reception, Mulligan’s 5, and new networking breakfast Friday all bring attendees together to connect.”
Specifics on the 2022 event include:
- The Equip Exposition experience kicks off Tuesday, October 18, with the show’s first-ever Welcome Reception, hosted at Louisville Slugger Field in downtown Louisville. All attendees are welcome for food and fireworks from 6:30-9 p.m.
- The tradeshow will open earlier for attendees Wednesday, starting for dealers at 9 a.m. and landscape contractors at noon.
- Mulligan’s 5k Run and Walk, sponsored by Ariens Co. and the TurfMutt Foundation and benefiting the Kentucky Humane Society, steps off Wednesday 7 a.m. and takes participants across the Ohio River on the city’s Big Four pedestrian bridge.
- The show’s premium concert event featuring country star Trace Adkins moves to Thursday evening at Fourth Street Live!
- Equip Expo keynote speaker golf and television personality David Feherty shifts to 11 a.m. at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
- All show attendees are welcome to connect with colleagues at the KEC Friday morning for a networking breakfast and closing keynote address from National Geographic Photo Ark creator Joel Sartore.
Plus: Hardscape North America will again co-locate with Equip Exposition in 2022. In addition, the show notes in a statement to “look for updated landscape contractor education, as well as irrigation and tree care classes at the Kentucky Exposition Center at the 2022 show.”
“As we take on full ownership and management of the show, we brought over many of the longtime staff to continue the successful management of the industry’s largest event,” says Kiser. “We also are integrating the show’s operations into the association’s structure to provide more value for members and the industry.”
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