Event Overview:

CAMEX is Campus Retailing’s Largest Educational Conference and Buying Expo! For 95 years, NACS has brought campus store professionals and vendors together to meet the needs of students, alumni, parents, and the campus community.

Connect with colleagues and industry experts to share solutions and successes. Learn key insights from Keynote Speakers and Thought Leaders. Discover the next trends in fashion, tech, and accessories. Elevate your thinking and enhance your store strategies at the Course Materials eXperience (CM-X).

Educational Experiences Hand-Crafted for Your Success

The CAMEX Conference is created to serve you, so you can better serve your students. Our variety of educational session tracks and formats offer valuable learning and solutions to tackle your greatest challenges in campus retailing.

Educational Programs and Formats

• Course Materials eXperience (CM-X): The premiere learning, networking, and business solutions opportunity for course materials specialists and business partners returns in 2018!
• Keynote Sessions: Inspired speakers will focus on emerging trends and your evolving role in higher education and the campus retail market
• Thought Leaders: Content experts that will introduce you to new concepts and push you to think differently
• Concurrent Sessions: Best practices, case studies, and tactical strategies in 50 minutes or less
• Flash Sessions: 30-minute presentations of a great idea from one of your peers
• Learning Tours: Offered before, during, and after CAMEX to provide more flexibility for your schedule
• Special Learning Opportunities: Unique conference programs to enhance your CAMEX learning

NEW Categorized Trade Show Floor for CAMEX 2018!

From apparel to pencils, candy to temporary tattoos, the CAMEX trade show features items in more than 90 product categories targeted to college students of all ages, campus faculty and staff, plus parents and alumni.

You Asked for It! Now You've Got It!
NEW for CAMEX 2018: Campus retailing’s largest show will seem more compact and more manageable! In an effort to save time, help you efficiently navigate the categories you purchase, and allow you to schedule more appointments with exhibitors, we've segmented the show floor by product category for 2018.

Exhibitor Information:

As the largest and best-attended trade show in the campus retailing industry, we strive to make CAMEX the best event for both our attendees and exhibitors. We wanted to let you know of two exciting changes for next year's Campus Market Expo:

CAMEX 2018 Product Category Areas on the Trade Show Floor

In an effort to make the most of attendees' time at CAMEX, help them efficiently navigate the categories they purchase, and allow them to schedule more appointments with exhibitors, we're segmenting the show floor by product category for 2018. Attendees have been asking for this change and we're thrilled to make this part of CAMEX 2018.

Why Exhibit at CAMEX

• $10 billion campus market!
• 92% of buyers felt the products were relevant to their stores' needs
• $30,754 average spend per store
• Access to future orders—nearly 80% of attendees plan to order from exhibitors after CAMEX.
• CAMEX welcomes 700+ Art Materials World buyers again in Dallas.

About NACS:

The National Association of College Stores (NACS) is the professional trade association of the $10 billion campus store industry. We represent nearly 4,000 campuses in the U.S. and Canada, and approximately 1,000 companies that supply goods and services to campus stores.

We empower stores to support student success, the campus experience, and the academic missions of higher education institutions through a variety of programs, services, and strategic partnerships.

NACS is headquartered in Oberlin, OH, with remote offices around the U.S. and internationally.