bio international convention town hall

BIO Town HallBIO Exhibition • Partnering • Education • Networking

April 25, 2013

…from 55 countries

Generating 140,000+ Meeting Requests

2,189 742 94Business Forum Exhibit Hall Both

2,837 participating companies…

Resulting in…

…25,537 Scheduled Meetings

Exhibitor Partnering Displays Strong Growth in 2013

742 Participating companies

5% increase over Boston in 2012

5,430 Scheduled Meetings on the Exhibition Floor

25% increase over Boston in 2012

87% of all exhibitor meetings included a Business Forum Company

411 Business Forum Booths

465 Exhibitor Meeting Points

Biotech37%

Pharma17%

CMO/ CRO11%

Academic/ Tech Transfer

10%

Other9%

Govt/ Econ Dev7%

Services6%

Bank/ I nvestor

3%

What are we doing in 2014?

Continuing to keep the Business Forum and the Exhibit Hall on the Floor

Increased participation of Exhibitor Partnering

• 46% in 2013 • 34% in 2012

Streamlining the Partnering Activation Process

One-on-One Partnering Options

BIO Business Forum Exhibitor Booth Partnering

One-on-One Partnering System

Individual login

Meetings in BIO Business Forum or BIO Exhibition

Meetings participants must have full convention or convention access plus partnering registration

One-on-One Partnering System

One individual login per 10x10

Meetings in Exhibitor Booths

Meetings participants can include booth personnel

Member companies receive 1 free Convention Access

Registration is per 10x10 – can upgrade to BIO Business Forum Partnering for $400

Register as Exhibitor Booth Personnel

Register as Full Convention Access Plus Partnering

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Social Media

• Since Sunday, there have been a total of 11,219 total social mentions around the 2013 BIO International Convention.

• Twitter is the dominant platform, hosting 9,007 (80.2%) of those conversations

• Top conversations on Twitter include:

• Booth & Regional Promotion

• Event Announcements

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Social Media

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