Attending a demo

First of all, it is totally free to attend the live demos, but there are a few steps that you need to be aware of and take:

Step One

You have to be physically on site at Ocean Business 2011 to book a place on a Training and Demonstration session, unless the company hosting that particular sessions has pre-booked you a place.

Step Two

Identify which sessions you want to attend by looking at the schedule or the alphabetical list of sessions and make your way to the Training and Demonstration Bureau which is clearly marked on the floor plan and located opposite the show management office.

Step Three

Tell the staff at the bureau which sessions you want to attend and they will check their records to see if there are any places available. If there are, they will give you a ticket which you must present on arrival at your session.

Step Four

Make your way to the sessions you have booked yourself onto in plenty of time. Some of the facilities take some time to get to and you do not want them to start without you. Test tank session hosts and visitors, must meet at the training and demonstration bureau and be escorted to the Test Tank for health and safety reasons.

Step Five

On arrival at your session, present the host of the session with your ticket.

Step Six

Enjoy the session!

What if the session I want to attend is full?

If there aren’t any spaces left for the vessel sessions, we will start to issue ‘stand by tickets’ from the bureau which will allow you access should someone not turn up. Vessel sessions cannot and will not exceed the maximum capacity so please be patient and if you are not allowed access please visit the host of that session on their exhibit stand instead. We will NOT issue stand by tickets for the other facilities (dockside, classrooms or test tank) we advise you to make your way to the session and see if someone hasn’t turned up.

Do I have to go to the Bureau to book into a session

Yes because, you cannot access a vessel session without a ticket and anyone that hasn’t got a ticket or the other facilities will be made to wait until the session is due to begin and if there is room, it is down to the discretion of the exhibitor to let you in. ‘

Can I attend my competitors session?

A voluntary code of conduct will be in place requesting companies do not attempt to attend training sessions of competitive technologies. Attendance will be restricted for competitors and will be at the discretion of the exhibitor who is providing the training.

What are the training and demonstration bureau opening hours?

The bureau will be open at the following times:

Day opening times

Please note that the bureau is especially busy in the mornings, so during the hours of 8am to 12noon on each day, only bookings for that morning will be taken. Bookings for the rest of the week can be made in the afternoons.

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