Sessions on your own vessel

1. Vessel Arrival Times and Key Contact Information

Arrival: anytime on Monday 7th April.
Departure: You must leave by 9am on Friday 11th April

ACTION: Email Cheri with your vessel arrival time and the name and mobile number of the skipper

2. Vessel Questionnaire and Risk Assessment

ACTION: Please complete the NOC Vessel Questionnaire by 3Monday 24th February.

ACTION: Complete the Exhibitor Training and Demonstration risk assessment by Monday 24th February. You will find a link to this in your Exhibitor Manual called “Training & Demonstrations” at the bottom of the manual homepage.

Log in here to your exhibitor manual

3. Important information

• Email Cheri by Thursday 30 September if you would like to book power for your vessel
• Nobody is allowed onto the pontoons whilst the RV Callista is approaching
• Nobody is allowed to sleep on board your vessel whilst it is docked at the NOC
• It is forbidden for anyone to be intoxicated on board the vessels
• All vessels and their guests must return to the NOC by the publicised time at show close
  • Tuesday 8 April show close 19.30
  • Wednesday 9 April show close 17.00
  • Thursday 10 April show close 16.00
• Vessels must dock at the NOC at least once in the middle of the day
• Vessel crew must contact Vessel Traffic Service every time they leave the NOC
• Vessels must not block or get in the way of any other vessel
• Companies hosting their own sessions will not be included in the Training and Demonstration Schedule, they will be responsible for taking bookings via their own stand

4. Booking clients onto your session

Bookings for your sessions must be managed by you. We will inform visitors who register to come to Ocean Business to book into Training and Demonstration sessions at your exhibition stand.

If you want to invite a client to come to your session, remind them to register here for Ocean Business in advance so they can get into the event.

5. Capturing data from your session

You can book data scanner apps and handheld scanners to capture data of all visitors. 1 x app is included in your stand package. You can purchase additional apps, and handheld scanners, via the exhibitor manual before the show. You can also purchase these onsite, however handheld scanners are limited and subject to availability. We recommend booking an app or handheld scanner for your sessions so you can capture the data of all those who attend.

4. General info

• By signing the ‘Contract for Exhibit Space’ and the ‘Training and Demonstration contract’ you have agreed to take out and maintain, at all times, a public liability and employee liability insurance
• We exercise a voluntary code of conduct that companies don’t attempt to go to sessions of competitive technologies. Attendance for competitors is at the discretion of the exhibitor providing the training.

6. And finally…. Promote your session before the show!

Attract the right visitors and fill your session to capacity by raising awareness of it in advance. The Ocean Business marketing campaign for the show and the programme is well under way. You can build on that momentum by inviting key clients and prospective business to come to your sessions.

• Add the details of your session(s) to your email footer
• Add the details of your session(s) to your website
• Email the details of your session(s) to your clients on a regular basis to encourage them to be there!
• Share the news on your personal LinkedIn account
• Send us news about your sessions for us to include in Oceanbuzz, by emailing [email protected]