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Seed Expo 2008
December 9 - 11, 2008, Hyatt Regency Hotel
Chicago, Illinois

Schedule

General Information | Schedule | Hotel Information
Exhibitor Marketplace
| Exhibitor Information | Exhibitor Registration | Floorplan | Visit the Exhibitors
Badge Hand Lead & Printer | Silent Auction | Forms

Visit CSS 2008

 

Monday, December 8
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Exhibitor Registration

8:00 am - 4:00 pm Exhibitor Move-In (large equipment only)
   

Tuesday, December 9

8:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibitor Registration
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibitor Move-In (small equipment only)

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Exhibit Hall opens with the new Exhibitor Marketplace!
   

Wednesday, December 10

7:30 am - 9:00 am Light Breakfast Fare
7:30 am - 5:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Lunch Concessions
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Seed Expo Reception
   
Thursday, December 11
7:30 am - 9:00 am Light Breakfast Fare
7:30 am - 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Lunch Concessions
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Seed Expo Exhibitors/Associates Division Mtg.

   

Friday, December 12

7:00 am - 4:30 pm Exhibitor Move-Out

 

Set-Up and Tear-Down

Exhibit set-up for LARGE or HEAVY EQUIPMENT* ONLY will be Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. On Tuesday, Dec. 9, set-up for all other exhibitors will be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Small booths WILL NOT be permitted to set up on Monday.  Exhibit tear-down will be from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 12.  Thursday tear-down will not be permitted. Any exhibitor who is found dismantling or leaving prior to 7:00 a.m. on Friday, December 12, 2008 forfeits their right of first refusal on their booth location for the following year**.

*Anything that cannot be easily moved through the aisles once the pipe and drape is in place. Includes oversized equipment, machinery, or mobile vehicles being displayed on the exhibit floor.

**Unless empty cases are not stored with Freeman Decorating, in which case exhibitors can dismantle at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 11 and no earlier. Please note that overtime labor rates apply after 4:30 p.m.

 

 

 

  
 
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