Speakers: Daniel McKinnon, EVP, Exhibitions, MHI
Daniel McKinnon: We enjoy being in Chicago for our ProMat trade show and conference every other year. One of the primary reasons that we are in Chicago is the size and scale of ProMat requires a large and sophisticated building and city with lots of hotels. Chicago offers not only an amazing facility with McCormick Place, but also really, really great hotels and entertainment options. A lot of cultural features that really creates a fantastic environment for our community. Both our attendees and exhibitors consistently indicate that Chicago is a great place for them to come. Many of them come many times a year for other events and for other opportunities and simply because Chicago is a destination, we believe that Chicago is a great city for ProMat and our plans are to maintain our partnership with the building and with the city for many, many years to come.
Daniel McKinnon: Choose Chicago has been very helpful and connecting us to other opportunities based on the line of business that ProMat represents, we are extraordinarily happy with not only the relationships created with the hotels and restaurants and entertainment and cultural options, but also with really, really topical issues that have helped us make ProMat a better. One recent introduction was to 1871 an incubator for the supply chain. It's a laboratory for supply chain which really fits well into our startup community and to some of the more specific industry groups that we are working with. We're extraordinarily excited about what this introduction will bring also before, during and after the show to Chicago brings a lot of attention to ProMat and to the supply chain industry. One example was at the last ProMat, a CBS reporter came down and interviewed me on the show floor. It was on the evening news and I saw many, many different responses to it that were sent to me and how excited people were to see ProMat being featured on live television news, a local CBS affiliate. So that was exciting but really, it's just a larger picture the connections that Choose Chicago provides to MHI to help benefit ProMat are, are truly invaluable.
Daniel McKinnon: I feel like Chicago goes above and beyond consistently. there are several examples. However, I would just say that Chicago has really opened a lot of doors and opportunities for us to create a wonderful market access platform for our MHI members and the global supply chain industry. We are grateful for it and we believe that our partnership with Choose Chicago will not only help us continue to grow ProMat but will help us to create really, really dynamic and compelling content on the show floor and in the city during the show, which makes not only me happy but makes our entire community exhibitors and attendees and media and our team really satisfied with our relationship with Choose Chicago.
