How to run trade show registration effectively is the burning question.
Experts abound, but they sometimes have a vested interest in promoting their wares.
Committees are forming to examine standards, or the lack thereof, and goals and objectives are under discussion. Some spokespeople cannot be quoted because they work for large, influential corporations that don't wish to be apportioned a particular viewpoint. Though they can provide solutions to the knotty problems of registration, the people they work with, quite often, don't even know what they need. There are database management programs that can be adapted to the registration process. And even some accounting software may be useful, since registration often involves recording money accepted from attendees.