Highlights from the North Carolina Public Safety Communications Conference in Wilmington

May has been a particularly busy month here at Sustema. We had no less than 4 tradeshows simultaneosly. The first one was the North Carolina Public Safety Communications Conference in Wilmington.

On Sunday, after a short flight, a couple of snacks and an even shorter drive, your account manager Louis arrived at his hotel to rest after travelling for the whole day. The streets were quiet at that hour, so it was easy for him to relax and prepare for the tradeshow the next day.

Since the show started early on Monday, with the registration desk opening at 7 am, Louis had just enough time to get everything ready to greet people at the Sustema booth, which was booth number 619, in case you were wondering.

After a quick and small breakfast, and saying hi’s and hello’s to some familiar faces, the tradeshow finally began with a lovely buffet lunch where exhibitors and attendees could get to know each other without a lot of pressure.

Once lunch was finished, Louis headed back to the Sustema booth because there was a vendor speed dating event, which was a fun experience, because only decision makers walk around the show and chat for 2 minutes at each booth. This allowed us to connect with new industry stakeholders in the state, and was a great initiative on the part of the organizers.

As you would expect, the tradeshow continued for a couple of hours more, at a more relaxed pace of course. But still, this show was a great event for Sustema as it helped us solidify existing relationships and discover new growth oportunities.  We got to meet in person past and current clients, because no matter how convenient video calls are, meeting face to face is always better.

At this point the show still had another day to go, but that was only a couple of hours. So, after meeting some more people on the next day, it was finally time to pack our banners and head back home. However, that wasn’t the end of the May-tradeshow-fest, at the same time, in another conference center, in another Sustema booth, another tradeshow was taking place…

If you missed us at the North Carolina Public Safety Communications Conference in Wilmington, you can contact us right here.