As an attendee in expo, you can manage your data, browse different booth products and services, and network with other participants. Expo is a Zoom Events feature that allows event organizers to set up a virtual exhibition that connects attendees with exhibitors and other attendees through networking and chat functionalities.
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Participants can join expo from the event lobby on either the desktop client or a web browser. The web browser support for expo allows users to join expo on the web browser and have the same experience as they do on the Zoom client.
Note: Besides the different joining expo processes (on the desktop client and a web browser), the expo experience will be the same for attendees, regardless of using the desktop client or a web browser.
Note: To get this feature, attendees must have the Zoom Chat feature enabled and will need to opt-in to the lobby chat to view and participate in the event chat at registration.
Note: To get this feature, attendees must have the Zoom Chat feature enabled and will need to opt-in to the lobby chat to view and participate in the event chat at registration.
After you access the Expo tab, you must be walked through a one-time onboarding flow before being placed on the expo floor. Once you’ve completed the onboarding flow, any return visits to expo will immediately place you on the expo floor. For example, this applies to attending expo on a different day but the same event.
Note: For a different event, each participant must be walked through the onboarding flow again.
The expo onboarding flow is a short series of windows that help you understand the expo experience.
Note: Once you start the onboarding flow and want to leave, you must either finish the onboarding process or click the Back button until you return to the welcome screen where you can click the Leave Expo button.
After completing the one-time onboarding flow, you will be placed on the expo floor. By default, your avatar will be placed right above the Welcome area. From here, you can navigate your avatar across the floor by using your mouse or keyboard arrow keys in the following ways:
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On the bottom left corner of the expo floor, you can view and use the following options from the toolbar:
On the expo floor, use the search bar to find booths or other expo elements. You can use the search bar in both the spatial and non-spatial views. When you enter the booth's name, you can click Enter from the pop-up search results and enter the booth.
Settings includes the Spatial View option. When you click the Settings icon , an Expo Settings pop-up box will appear, displaying the Spacial View toggle. To close the pop-up box, click the Settings icon again.
In the non-spatial view, you will not see your own avatar or other participants' avatars. All other experiences are the same as the spatial view, such as joining a booth, joining a session, and so on. This experience is best suited for participants with accessibility needs and those who navigate by keyboard only.
In the non-spatial view, only the Spatial View toggle is supported on the expo floor toolbar. When you are in a booth, the non-spatial booth toolbar will be the same as the Expo booth toolbar in the spatial view.
Click Near Me to open a pop-up box. In the pop-up box, you can locate booths and other participants near you based on the proximity of your avatar.
To close the right panel, click the Near Me icon again.
Click the Mini Map to display a miniature preview of the expo floor with an avatar dot indicator. The mini map allows attendees to click and drag the view box while seeing changes on their screen.
The mini map window is open by default; it can be minimized using the map icon. You can view the avatar dot indicator, showing the avatar's location, and zoom in/out of the map.
Click the zoom in button to enlarge an area of the expo floor. Click the zoom out button to reduce the size of the area of the expo floor.
When you are in an Expo booth, you can view and use the following options from the toolbar on the bottom left corner of the screen:
In the Chat panel's navigation view, attendees will see chat notifications. Private chats have numbered notifications (e.g. 1:1) and public chats have general notifications (e.g. expo chats).
Additionally, when you view the list of all attendees in chat, you can see the number of event participants. After 1,000 users join the lobby chat, the total number of participants will be displayed as 1,000+, 2,000+, and so on.
When you're in a chat, the back navigation arrow will always be visible; click this to enter the navigation view from a chat view. The navigation view includes:
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Note: Everyone can see your messages with everyone. Only the event host can save the messages and share them with others.
When you join a booth in expo, you can communicate in a group chat with other users and exhibitors/sponsors. Exhibitor or sponsor group chats will not be visible to you unless you join the booth. The booth owner is automatically assigned as the chat admin, and both the booth owner and booth representative(s) are placed in the chat channel. This chat feature includes a booth chat that's separate from in-meeting chat for a persistent, continuous conversation relevant to any booth. You can see booth chats in the same chat panel throughout the Zoom Event.
In the chat navigation panel, the expo booth and exhibitor group chats are visible under Exhibitors.
To connect with other attendees and exhibitor representatives in expo chat:
Event organizers and co-editors with expo permission can pause or resume expo during an event. Pausing expo will close the expo floor and remove attendees from the expo floor, directing them back to the lobby. Resuming expo will allow the expo floor to be open again (within the expo hours of operation).
When expo is paused, you will receive a pop-up notification that expo will close soon.
If you remain on the expo floor, you will receive another pop-up notification that the expo floor is closed. You will need to click Return to Lobby and exit the expo floor.
When expo resumes, the expo floor will open again and all participants can return to expo (within the expo's hours of operation). Attendees will need to continue to check the lobby’s Expo tab to see when expo resumes.