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AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition 2020
Join Virginia’s 1000 sq. ft. booth and exhibit your company’s products and services at the AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington D.C.
Held every October in Washington D.C., the AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition is one of the largest land warfare expositions and professional development forums in the world. The Annual Meeting consists of informative presentations, panel discussions on pertinent military and national security subjects, workshops, and important AUSA business meetings. The three-day event also includes over 500 industry and military exhibits occupying over 250,000 net square feet of exhibit space. Presentations on the state of the Army and related defense subjects are given by the Secretary of the Army, the Army Chief of Staff and other senior Army and Department of Defense representatives.
Each year over 26,000 attendees, including senior leaders from the Army, DoD and congress, as well as foreign dignitaries participate in the Annual Meeting. The event provides a unique opportunity to showcase defense industry products and services to key Army and DoD decision-makers, discover new developments in defense technology and meet with colleagues from the world-wide defense community.
Speaking opportunities at AUSA’s Annual Meeting are not readily available to anyone outside the Army and the defense community. The speakers for ILW’s Contemporary Military Forums and other events at AUSA’s Annual Meeting will be determined in coordination with the office of the Army Chief of Staff. Once the panel leaders have been identified, the composition of each panel will be determined either by the office of the Chief of Staff or by the panel leaders themselves.
Registration Deadline
Frequently Asked Questions
The Virginia booth will have space for 6 – 12 companies to participate. The registration process is ongoing until the trade show booth is full or the registration deadline has passed.
The trade show participation fee is $2,500. This fee is per company, not per participant.
The participation fee includes the following:
- Entries in all official show exhibitor listings
- A LCD screen in the booth to display your company’s logo, video, or presentation
- A counter and stool in the booth to display marketing materials, product samples, etc.; each lockable counter will have an electrical outlet
- A printed graphic on the booth wall featuring your company’s logo
- Access to shared booth furniture; the Virginia booth will have a private meeting room with table and chairs
- Two exhibitor badges per registered company
- VEDP assistance before and during the trade show
All travel expenses including airfare, hotels, meals, individual ground transportation to be paid directly by each participant. Additional estimated costs you will incur include (but are not limited to):
- Roundtrip airfare
- Hotels (7 nights)
- Meals
- Airport transfers, taxis, and other miscellaneous items
Each company is allocated two badges.
VEDP will work with the show organizer to secure participants’ badges. You may pick up your badge on-site. Please note that identification is required to collect your badge.
Each person must have a badge to enter the show.
Airline tickets: You book (and pay for) your own airline ticket via local travel agent or online air travel website. If you do not have a travel agent, the Trade Mission Leader can recommend one for you.
Hotels: VEDP is not coordinating a block of hotel rooms. Participants must make their own hotel arrangements and will be responsible for securing and covering the cost of your respective hotel room.
By exhibiting in the Virginia booth, each company and its representatives agree to the following:
- Space and amenities within the Virginia booth, such as meeting tables and chairs, are shared among the co-exhibiting companies. Companies and individuals that are not co-exhibitors in the booth may not use these booth amenities, as they are reserved for the co-exhibiting companies.
- Each representative is expected to be respectful of other companies’ meetings, introductions, and/or networking that may take place in and around the booth. Interference with another company’s meetings, introductions, and/or networking efforts is not permitted.
Thank you for your compliance with these guidelines as we represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in a courteous and professional manner.
Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) is not responsible for the shipment of product samples, promotional materials, displays, posters, banners, brochures, etc., to or from a trade show. VEDP can make introductions to shipping companies upon request. VEDP recommends that these arrangements be made as early as possible so that product samples and/or promotional materials can arrive in time for your event.