For visitors
Attending a show — how to get a pass, what you are asked for, what exhibitors can and cannot do with your details, and what happens at the door.
Attending is deliberately the lightest path here. You should not need to understand any of this platform to walk into a hall.
What you need
A pass. That is the whole requirement. An attendee is a pass — there is no separate account or profile you have to build first.
Two ways to get one
Register on the show's site
Answer the organiser's questions, pay if the show is ticketed, receive a pass.
Claim one you were given
Passes can be shared by a link that needs no Bidancer account. Someone hands you a pass, you claim it, you are in.
Whether you can attend
Shows are open to anyone, ticketed, or invitation-only. The show's site says which — and an invitation-only show will not accept a registration from someone who was not invited.
Your details
This is the part worth knowing, because it is different from most events.
Registering does not publish you to exhibitors
Exhibitors do not receive an attendee list. One learns who you are when you let them scan your pass at their stand — and reaches your contact details only if you accept the follow-up they send.
Walking past a stand puts you on no list. Being scanned starts a conversation you can decline. That is the whole model, and it is why the follow-up you do get tends to be from people you actually spoke to.
At the door
Your pass carries a code, scanned at the entrance. Where the organiser allows walk-ins, a pass can be issued on the spot.
Different passes carry different access — a visitor pass covers show hours, while exhibitor and contractor passes cover the days either side when the hall is being built and taken down.
Getting something out of it
Next
Tiers & signing up
How sponsorship tiers are presented, what to read in each one, and the sign-up flow from expressing interest to a confirmed sponsorship.
Registering & passes
How to register for a show, claim a pass someone shared with you, what the different kinds of pass allow, and what happens when you check in.