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What People Say:
It's far more effective than attending exhibitions and trade shows in the traditional format. Lots of good quality meetings and contacts. Fast effective communication vs a traditional trade show - this is much better.Andrew Wetton, Vice President, Asia,
Altro Floors & Walls (Attending Supplier)
Focused meetings that have the full attention of both parties with no distractions.Sam Hall, Director Interior Design,
Fairmont Hotels, Dubai (Attending Buyer)
Meetings
Nothing beats a face-to-face meeting. At HI Design Asia, we do all we can to ensure you meet the right people and we provide a focused environment, free from distractions so your meetings are as productive as possible.
One month before the event you will select your meetings. You will be given a password to access the delegate area of the HI Design Asia website which will give you access to detailed profiles on all confirmed attendees. We ask both buyers and suppliers to provide as much relevant information as they can. Use this information to make an informed choice of the people you would most like to meet. Suppliers select the 20 buyers they would most like to meet and the buyers/designers nominate their 'top 20' suppliers. Your meeting requests are prioritised 1 to 20.
Your personalised meetings schedule is then produced. Our system ensures your schedule is the most effective combination possible of Buyer and Supplier requested meetings. You will have 3 types of meeting: your own requests, those requested by other delegates who want to meet you and those where you have both asked to meet each other. These will be indicated on your provisional meetings schedule which you will receive and be able to approve 1 week before the event.
The confirmed delegate lists are only available to other confirmed attendees as they contain full contact details. This, of course, provides an excellent opportunity to open up the communication lines as appropriate before the event.
New Meetings Format
There are 4 meetings sessions over the two business days of the event. Each meeting lasts 20 minutes with a five-minute break in-between. Since 2011 we have changed things around a bit. Having asked our 2010 delegates if there's anything they'd like to try differently, it seems you wanted a more traditional approach to the meetings format: each Supplier delegate will now have their own designated Meetings table which the buyers will now visit, according to their meetings schedule. HI Design EMEA will continue with the Buyer-designated Meetings tables as requested by this year's attendees.
Remember, your personalised meetings schedule is just one of the many opportunities you will have to meet the other attendees over the course of the event.
