Event Overview:

Welcome to GS1 Connect 2016

See how organizations are utilizing the power of GS1 Standards to move their business forward.

GS1 Connect 2016 will bring businesses, trading partners, GS1 Standards and experts together in the heart of our nation’s capital. Hosted at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., next year's conference will continue the tradition of collaboration and innovation that keep attendees coming back to learn about moving their business forward through the use of GS1 Standards.

GS1 Connect is your opportunity to stay current with the latest industry updates, collaborate with trading partners to build best practices, and learn about solutions applicable to your supply and demand chain challenges. 

As the leading trading partner event, the GS1 Connect Conference is an annual knowledge and networking forum that gives you the tools to build your business and maximize the value of applying standards-based business processes to drive efficiency, productivity, and a seamless customer experience.

Whether you are just starting or have been using GS1 Standards, you’ll gain valuable insights–from best practices to industry trends. You will also help keep your business ahead of the curve by engaging with peers, industry leaders and standards experts through events like Trading Partner Roundtables, Solution Provider Exhibits, and informative main conference sessions.

Attendee Information:

We keep our program offering fresh year-after-year and bring the value of the GS1 System to life with an agenda designed with help from our users. Industry representatives from each of our member communities serve on our Community Advisory Board (CAB) and help us address the supply and demand chain concerns facing today’s trading partners to make sure our conference programming is meeting the needs of our audience. 

Exhibitor Information:

BECOME AN EXHIBITOR OR CONFERENCE SPONSOR

Being an exhibitor provides you with the opportunity to meet face-to-face with customers and prospects from over 400 companies across multiple industries.

The GS1 Connect Sponsorship program offers a wide variety of sponsorship options to increase your visibility.

The 2016 Exhibit Hall brings Standardsville to life for attendees and exhibitors alike. Exhibitor booths form our city blocks with GS1 US Industry zones as the town center. The GS1 Standards and Solutions Track and Tech Theater will be located in the back of the Exhibit Hall to increase traffic. Sessions will be held throughout the day and during Exhibit Hall hours. The center of the Exhibit Hall will feature interactive Industry, Solutions, and Experience zones with innovative demonstrations from the GS1 US community.

About GS1:

GS1 US serves more than 2 million businesses in 25 industries in the United States by facilitating industry initiatives, administrating the GS1 System of standards, providing education and support, and connecting communities through events and online forums. 

We bring together communities of stakeholders to facilitate the sharing of business problems and the creation of supply chain standards.

We are guided by the communities we serve. We are user-driven and user-governed.

We engage industries to encourage understanding, widespread adoption, and strategic usage of standards.

We enable the development and implementation of industry and company-level solutions that leverage global GS1 Standards to optimize business processes.

We are neutral and not-for-profit. We succeed when industries and companies derive value from using our standards.

We believe in the power of GS1 Standards to generate supply chain visibility, efficiency, safety, and collaboration.