2009 Super Expo SupplierInformation

PCCFA is reinventing the Death Care Trade Show & Treating Exhibitors like Partners

Super Selling Opportunity for Exhibitors And Lowest Cost Ever for Attendees

What's the Deal?

• Death Care Industry "Super Expo"
• November 18th and 19th, 2009
• Greater Philadelphia Expo Center (20 miles from Philadelphia in Oaks, PA and accessible from five major routes including the Pennsylvania Turnpike)
• 20,000 Square feet of space has been reserved
• Exhibitors: Value priced packages
  18 exhibit hours in 2 days!
• Attendees: FREE admission
• FREE Continuing Education Credits

Click here for the online Supplier Registration Form

Click here for the printable Supplier Registration Form

If this sounds intriguing, please read on.

Exhibit Hours will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday (Nov.18) and Thursday (Nov.19).

Set-Up Time will be on Tuesday November 17 starting at noon.

Teardown Time will be Thursday after 7:00 p.m. and Friday morning until noon.

How Much Space? PCCFA has rented 20,000 square feet of exhibit space that will accommodate 100 booths. However, more space is available and we suspect we will need it! Please read on...

How Much Will This Cost Exhibitors? This is where the really good news begins!

• $ 895 Non-Affiliate or N.M.Y.B booth Package Price (N.M.Y.B. – Never Met You Before)
• $ 795 IMSA Member booth Package Price
• $ 695 Atlantic City 2008 Exhibitors booth Package Price
  The $ 695 pricing is only available to those suppliers who supported the November 2008 Mid-Atlantic Conference in Atlantic City. It is PCCFA’s way of thanking you for your support over the years and to give you an opportunity to be among the first to have FREE Passes to provide to your customers.

What's included in the Package Price?

• Booth space 10 ft. x 10 ft.
• 8 ft. high back drape
• 42 inch high side drape
• One 6 ft. x 30 inch wide draped table
• 2 chairs and 1 waste basket
• Signage (company name, city, state, & booth number)
• Electric (20 amps--120 volts)
• NO ADDITIONAL CHARGES OR REGISTRATION FEES for people who work the booth! This saves exhibitors hundreds of dollars over other venues.
• No hidden costs!

What's the deal with the FREE passes and who gets them?

A $50 admission fee will be charged to non-affiliated attendees or those without a FREE pass. FREE passes will be provided to PCCFA members and by exhibitors to any customer or prospective customer.

How will that work?

• As an exhibitor, you invite any of your customers and potential customers as well as some or all of their staff to attend the conference and all at no charge to the attendees!
• You provide the FREE pass or passes, either in person or by mail. That’s right! With your invitation they all get in FREE.
• No limitation on the number of people you may invite!
• Everyone with an Exhibitor invitation will get in FREE
• You can develop your own personal invitations if you wish or use ones we provide.
• It is your convention and we are partnering on creating a new business model for Death Care Industry conferences.
• It will help you and the industry if we can make this new business model successful.

What's in this for PCCFA?

The success of this conference will bode well for the future of PCCFA. To be blunt, the old model State Association Conference is over. Regional conference profitability is diminishing and could be headed the same way. We think most in our industry, especially suppliers, understand this reality and that a real change needs to happen.

After studying what some other industries have done, the PCCFA board directors authorized the significant investment in this new business model, a venue that partners with exhibitors and is relevant to your customers.

Why this location?

Population and cost were primary factors.

• There is a density of population within a relatively short drive thus enabling more people to come for a day without incurring overnight expense or airfare.
• Affordability of the location is due in part to food and beverage being available on a cash basis. However, exhibitors who may wish to sponsor either are not precluded from doing so if they wish. Contact Bob Stewart (see below).

What about exhibitor presentations?

There will be two side rooms available for class room size presentations. Set time will be reserved for approved Continuing Education programs. However, there will be limited time available for exhibitors to make presentations if they wish. NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE for the use of these rooms.

What about Continuing Education Credits?

Continuing Education [ConEd] credits are a huge draw for funeral home licensees and it is our intention to offer six hours of ConEd FREE during the 2 days. This is the full amount of ConED required for bi-annual license renewal in Pennsylvania and will be offered FREE. Exhibitors with an approved ConEd course are invited to provide programming.

So, what's different about this event than state/regional conventions of the past?

• FREE Admission
• No overnight hotel expense for attendees
• No airfare expense for attendees
• Which means more people are able to attend
• FREE Continuing Education Credits [huge draw for licensees]
• 18 Exhibit Hours in 2 days! [The most hours in least amount of time for exhibitors]

Summary: PCCFA cannot reinvent an industry conference without your involvement and support. We sincerely hope that you will partner with us as we create a rationale yet exciting conference for the 21st century. Thank you for your consideration. Please resister now and be among the first to have invitations to distribute to your customers and prospective customers.

Click here for the Supplier Registration Form

Thank You,
The PCCFA Board of Directors
Bob Stewart, Association Manager
bstewart-pcfa@comcast.net
or 717-236-9970 or Fax 717-238-2799

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