WHAT IS CONNECT17?
CONNECT17 is a two-day event for anyone involved in the planning, organising or running of meetings and events. Whether you’re a CEO, a marketer, a PA or an events industry professional, Connect17 has something for you.
If organising events is what you do, this is an unmissable event to help you plan and enhance your next 12 months of event activity.
THE STORY SO FAR….
Visitors through the door
Floor Space M2
Exhibitors
Education Sessions

AT A GLANCE
Tuesday 17th October
08:00 Educate at Eight
Connect TALKS kicks off with 7 keynote speakers
13:00 Connect17 Showfloor Opens
A Market Place for Business Exchange
18:00 Connect FEST
Entertainment, Food and Fun!
Wednesday 18th October
08:00 Connect17 Showfloor Opens
A Market Place for Business Exchange
09:00 Learning Lounges Commence
An intimate setting for learning
13:30 Connect17 Closing Ceremony
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ATTENDEES
Connect17 will be an experiential and educational experience like no other.
Discover new ways to refresh and revitalise your next event. Ireland’s top experiential
marketers, production companies, hoteliers, food gurus, entertainment and activity
providers will be on hand to help you inject imagination and creativity into your
next masterpiece.
Join us for unparalleled discovery, networking, and inspiration at Connect17.
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EXHIBITORS
Connect17 is a LIVE Irish Showcase of the events industry
CONNECT17 is an unmissable TWO day business to business marketplace
for those involved in the Meetings & Events industry to demonstrate their unique offering
and product experience. No other form of marketing can put you in a room
with so many potential customers actively looking for suppliers of your product or service.
CONNECT17 will give you the platform to conduct face to face
meetings with national and international buyers.
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HOSTED BUYERS
Connect17 promises to be the only event this year
that gives you an insight into Ireland’s culture, music, food, artisan producers,
hotels and venues, activity providers and top speakers all in a “live” environment,
supported by a pre and post familiarisation trip in our amazing country.
“Over the top impressed with this show. To have just one country highlighted and showcased
made it so much easier for me as a planner…“
Jane Gray – Eventus, Canada
Connect17 HQ
The Hyde Building, The Park Carrickmines, Dublin 18, Ireland
Tel: + 353 1 296 8688, Web: connectshowcase.ie