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RETAILER PARTICIPATION - 2024 COMIC INDUSTRY MEETING

The 2025 Comic Industry Meeting will be held in Glendelae, CA on February 20-22, 2025.
In-person registration for retailers is now open here:
2025 ComicsPRO Comic Book Industry Meeting - 2/20/2025

For those who can't attend the meeting in-person, we will also be having an online experience. It will be similar to the in-person experience, but not the same. Registration for the on-line experience will start 1/20/25.

For more information, or if you have any questions, please e-mail marco@comicspro.org

CONFERENCE HOTEL

HILTON LOS ANGELES NORTH GLENDALE
100 West Glenoaks Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91202
(818) 956-5466.

Conference rate is $179.00 a night.
Here's the link to reserve the room at that rate.

WHOVA - OUR CONFERENCE PLATFORM

We are partnering with WHOVA to run most of our conference.

https://whova.com/

We plan to use WHOVA in the following way:

to post the schedule of the conference. (Both online and in-person)
to post attendee information.
As a messaging tool. Atttendees can contact each other.
To allow attendees to schedule meet-ups.
As a repository to hold pdfs, order sheets, etc.
As a way to create forums that attendees can use to discuss whatever is on their mind.

WHOVA will be up and running 1 to 2 weeks before the in-person conference starts. And it will stay up for 3 months after the conference ends.

MEET-UPS

You will be able to interact with publishers, distributors, and other retailers by starting and/or attending meet-ups.

There will be meet-ups in Glendale. Watch out for publishers announcements. Maybe you will be invited to dinner or a special event! Or create your own meet-up! ("Im going to dinner at a vegan place! Anybody wan't to join me?")

Meet-ups can also be virtual. You link up a virtual room using Zoom or any other video conferencing software. And this can be done 1 week before to 1 week after the meeting!

ONLINE FORUMS

You will be able to interact with publishers/distributors and other retailers by posting and responding to forum posts. Forum topics can be started by any participant. There may be forums such as: Graphic Novels for Children, Best Manga, Using Grading Services, etc.

Both in-person and stay-at-home attendees can participate.

VIRTUAL EXHIBIT BOOTH

Each Vendor can set up a Virtual Exhibit Booth. The Virtual Exhibit Hall is designed both for retailers who are attending the meeting virtually and for those coming to Glendale to find out a little bit more about the vendor before the meeting. The virtual booth is a good place to find pdfs of comics, order sheets, vendor contact information, videos, etc.

In the virtual booth there is: A - Alphabetical List of Exhibitors, B - Prerecorded Video, C: ways that you can sign up for more info., D Coupons, Special offers, E - PDFs and Photos. , F- Chat Function . Text chats can be turned into video chats. Also links to zoom discussions.