EXHIBITOR INFORMATION
Thank you for supporting our event! We are excited to have you with us!
Exhibit Information
Exhibitor booth spaces are 10’x10’ and include 8’ skirted table, 2 chairs, drapery, and a sign.
Exhibits are located in Hall C of the Peoria Civic Center. You can load in from Kumpf Boulevard.
You will find the access at the end of the loading docks. Weather permitting the OVERHEAD door to Hall C may be open to drive in and out. There is also bank of three doors that allow access to HALL C and FLATBED CARTS are available to assist you in load in and out.
Vehicle Parking
Once your vehicle has unloaded, you may park it for free. The Peoria Civic Center graciously is providing free parking for individual vehicles in the Marquee Parking Lot. (Please note that the Fulton lot is being used to park school and group buses and vans and an attendant will be clicking these vehicles in.)
Lunches
All food is catered or purchased at the Peoria Civic Center unless you have dietary restrictions that cannot be met. You may pre-order a box lunch served with an individual bag of chips, bunch of grapes, a freshly baked cookie and a bottle of water that will be delivered to your booth or purchase your lunch at concessions in Hall C. Choices are:
Regular • Southwest Chicken on Sun-dried Tomato Wrap
Veggie • Vegetarian with Hummus on Spinach Wrap
Please Pre-Order your Box Lunch before April 14
After April 14?
Plan on purchasing your food and beverage at Concessions in Hall C open 9 am - 1pm. All transactions are cashless. Thank you!
2025 Event T-shirt
2025 Event t-shirts are through pre- order sales only. Orders can be placed through April 14.
Displays should engage middle school and high school students.
The key element is interactivity. The display should not be a passive picture but a set of tools, a game, a problem to solve, or a skill to learn. As you are designing your display, do not spell out the information; allow the participants a chance to discover the idea for themselves. Set up a problem that encourages them to learn a useful skill. “What can I do?” should be asked and answered by each student.
Eliminate single use plastics. Please consider carefully what you share as promotional items. Consider items made from renewable resources, instead of plastic or you could use the money you budget for promotional items as a prize a classroom could win if a student enters a drawing.
More than 1500 students could view your exhibit. Some will stroll past, passively glancing at your materials, some may stop and ask a question, some will become entirely involved, but your display’s goal is to entice observers to participate or to take a closer look at the tools you have provided. Keep in mind all three levels of participation.
CAREER PATHS
Students may be curious about how they might learn to do what you do!
Be sure to talk about how you became involved in the work you do, the experiences that shaped your career path.
SET-UP TIMES
Sunday, April 27: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Monday, April 28: 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Tear down time - Monday, April 28 - 2:00 pm
We ask that no exhibitors tear down their displays before 2pm. There will be lulls in the foot traffic but we do have several classes and our general public that will be onsite until the official EOD at 2pm. Thank you for your consideration.
Special note
At 12:15-12:45 we will have the Drumline come through the exhibit hall C followed by the Eagle Ridge drum performers and the Fancy Dancers performance. If you are sensitive to loud noises please bring any ear protection you see as necessary for noise sensitivity.