WORLD OF CONCRETE 2027 · LAS VEGAS · EXHIBITS JANUARY 19–21

Three days of floor. 47,000 people.
Follow up on everyone you actually met.

MeetDrop is a lead capture app for trade shows. After each conversation you speak one sentence into your phone, and the follow-up email is written and sent before they reach the next aisle.

World of Concrete fills the Las Vegas Convention Center with the commercial construction trade: more than 1,300 exhibiting companies and over 47,400 professionals at the 2026 edition. Exhibits run January 19–21; the education programme starts a day earlier on the 18th. Here is how to leave Las Vegas with the follow-ups already sent.

January 18 – 21, 2027 Exhibits Jan 19 and Jan 20, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM; Jan 21, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM (per third-party exhibitor guide; conflicting 9:30 AM start reported elsewhere) Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV

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1 · You say it

Snap their card or badge, tap the mic, and say what you would have scribbled on the back. Seven seconds, in your own words.

Just met Jack from Northwind, wants the partner agreement, review Thursday.

2 · MeetDrop writes it

Name, company and what they asked for are pulled out. The email is written in your voice, with the right link already in it, and the lead is scored against the people you came for.

The partner agreement — as promised at the booth

3 · You press send

Read two lines, press Send, and it leaves from your own address. Nothing ever goes out that you did not press. Replies land in your inbox.

"So you’ll email me?" — "Already sent, Jack."

Seventy-three seconds, start to finish. The booth is a dramatization; every phone screen is the real app, recorded live. “Already sent, Jack. Take care.”

How World of Concrete week actually goes

Monday, January 18 — education opens, the hall does not

Classes run from the Monday, including the Spanish-language track and the bilingual seminars added in 2026. The people in those rooms are the ones who will walk your aisle tomorrow, and there is no scanner anywhere near a classroom.

Tuesday, January 19 — the floor opens

1,300 exhibitors and a hall that fills immediately. Every conversation is sharp and every card gets a note on the back. By lunch there are thirty cards and the notes have stopped.

Wednesday, January 20 — the day the booth earns its money

Contractors doing their real rounds between Epoxy Live!, the ASCC Decorative Concrete Experience and the SAIA Scaffold Builders Challenge. The good conversations and the polite ones end up in the same pocket.

Thursday, January 21 — exhibits close

Breakdown and the drive out. The follow-up is now a task for the week you are back, competing with 1,300 other stands the same contractor walked past.

With MeetDrop, the follow-up left with the conversation

After each person walks away, whoever spoke to them taps the mic and says what they would have written on the card. You go home with a lead list that already shows who opened and who replied.

MeetDrop is free for World of Concrete. Ten spots on each side of the aisle.

Ten Pro plans for people walking the floor, ten Team plans for booths. The price is one public post saying you are going.

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WALKING THE FLOOR

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10 of 10 left

For contractors, buyers and anyone attending on their own badge.

Unlimited AI follow-up emails for the show, not the 10 a month on Free
Follow-ups sent from your own email domain
Lead scoring, ideal-customer profiles and CRM sync
The show recap: who opened, who replied, who went quiet

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WORKING A BOOTH

Team, free through January 31 $199 / mo

10 of 10 left

For the whole crew on the stand at the LVCC.

Everything in Pro, for everyone on the booth
One shared lead pool with dedupe — three seats included
Assignment, so the rep who had the conversation sends the email
Team recap by rep, by day, by hall

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How to claim it

Post that you are going

On LinkedIn or X, public. Use ours or write your own — it has to say World of Concrete and mention MeetDrop.

We're at #WorldOfConcrete 2027, Las Vegas — exhibits January 19–21, booth number. Come find us. This year every conversation at the booth gets its follow-up the same day, thanks to @MeetDrop. meetdrop.ai/events/world-of-concrete

I'll be at #WorldOfConcrete 2027 in Las Vegas, January 18–21. If we meet on the floor, expect an email from me before I'm home — I'm running my follow-ups with @MeetDrop this year. meetdrop.ai/events/world-of-concrete

Paste the link to your post

In the form on the right, with the email you will sign in with.

We switch it on

A person checks the post and turns the plan on within one business day. You get one email saying it is live. Nothing else.

Going to World of Concrete with MeetDrop

Updated as spots are claimed · each name links to their post

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BOOTHS · 0 OF 10 CLAIMED

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Listed with permission, from the box on the claim form. Ask us and you come off the same day. After the twenty free spots are gone the wall stays open — post that you are going and you are listed, whether or not a plan came with it.

One app, both sides of the aisle

However you work the show, the follow-up is sent before the conversation cools.

The hall is open three days, not four

Education starts Monday; exhibits run Tuesday to Thursday. Staff the stand for three days and the follow-up for all four.

One stand, one lead list

The whole crew captures into the same place with dedupe — so the contractor who came back Wednesday gets one follow-up, not two.

Nothing to rent, nothing to install

No scanner hardware and no laptop on a concrete floor — just the phones your crew already carries.

What we checked with the organizer

6 facts about World of Concrete, each with where it came from.

Exhibits run January 19-21, 2027 while the education program runs January 18-21, 2027, so attendees taking classes arrive a day before the floor opens. source
The organizer has already published the following edition's dates: WOC 2028 on January 25-27, with education January 24-27. source
The 2026 edition drew more than 47,400 professionals and over 1,300 exhibiting companies, including 284 exhibitors new to the show. source
The 2026 education program added bilingual seminars alongside the established Spanish-language track for core classes. source
Interactive on-floor features include Epoxy Live!, the ASCC Decorative Concrete Experience, Artificial Rock Carving Live! and the SAIA Scaffold Builders Challenge. source
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association has been a cosponsor of the show for more than 30 years and offers cosponsor registration pricing. source

What you are actually setting up

Your links, your tone of voice, who you are trying to meet. Then the app writes each follow-up in your words and you press Send. Scoring, your own sending domain, CRM sync and the shared team pool come with Pro and Team — the whole walkthrough is on one page, with what each plan includes.

The capture screen: add a photo or a business card, then tap the microphone — Snap the card, tap the mic

A drafted follow-up email opening with the document the lead asked for at the booth — The email, in your words

Who is worth chasing

The events screen with a trade show set as the current event — One show, one lead list

The Today screen: counts for sent, opened and replied, and a lead who wrote back — Sent, opened, replied

The per-event recap: leads captured, follow-ups sent and who replied — The recap you fly home with

What it costs after World of Concrete

You can start free today with no card. If World of Concrete is the only show you work this year, the Event Pass covers it. The twenty free spots above are Pro and Team at no charge through January 31.

Free

Every lead you meet, kept

Unlimited leads, forever

10 AI follow-up emails a month written and sent for you
Unlimited captures: voice note, card scan, AI extract
Every lead saved, searchable, exportable to CSV
Basic counts
Emails carry a “Sent with MeetDrop” footer

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One show, everything captured and followed up

$49/ show

Unlimited leads, forever

200 AI follow-up emails written and sent for you for one show. 30 days from the first one.
No “Sent with MeetDrop” footer
Replies come back to your address
CSV export
Event recap analytics
Email support

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Pro

FREE FOR WORLD OF CONCRETE

For people who work events all year

$99/ month

or $79 a month billed annually

Unlimited AI follow-up emails written and sent for you
Send from your own domain
CRM sync
Always-on adaptive follow-up
Drop a list
Lead scoring
Advanced analytics, priority support

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Ten spots, one public post.

Team

FREE FOR WORLD OF CONCRETE

For booths worked by more than one person

$199/ month

3 seats included, then $49 each

Everything in Pro for the whole team
Shared lead pool with dedupe
Drop a list for the whole team
Assignment and routing
User management
Team and per-rep analytics
Priority support and onboarding

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Ten spots, one public post.

Enterprise

Ten seats and up, with the pieces a larger organisation needs.

API + webhooks
10+ seats
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Questions people ask before World of Concrete

What exactly is MeetDrop, and why use it at World of Concrete?

A lead capture app for people who meet prospects in person. You photograph a contractor's card and say one sentence about what they asked for; MeetDrop writes the follow-up in your voice and sends it when you press Send. With 1,300 exhibiting companies and 47,000 people across three days of floor, the contractor who liked your mixer on Tuesday has seen several hundred more stands by Thursday.

When and where is World of Concrete 2027?

At the Las Vegas Convention Center. Note the two different spans: exhibits run January 19 to 21, 2027, while the education programme runs January 18 to 21. Attendees taking classes arrive a day before the floor opens — so if you have seen the show quoted as January 18–21, that is the education start, not the hall.

How big is World of Concrete?

The 2026 edition drew more than 47,400 professionals and over 1,300 exhibiting companies, including 284 exhibitors new to the show.

What is on the floor besides the stands?

Interactive features run through the hall — Epoxy Live!, the ASCC Decorative Concrete Experience, Artificial Rock Carving Live! and the SAIA Scaffold Builders Challenge. They pull crowds past the stands near them, which is good for footfall and hard on your memory of who you actually spoke to.

Is there Spanish-language education?

Yes. The 2026 programme added bilingual seminars alongside the established Spanish-language track for core classes, and education runs from the Monday, a day before exhibits open.

When is World of Concrete 2028?

The organizer has already published it: WOC 2028 runs January 25 to 27, with education January 24 to 27. Worth knowing if you are planning a two-year show budget.

What does MeetDrop cost?

Free to start: unlimited leads, with 10 AI follow-up emails a month written and sent for you. An Event Pass is $49 for one show: 200 AI follow-up emails, for 30 days from the first one, with replies coming back to your own address. Pro is $99 a month, or $79 billed annually, for unlimited AI follow-ups, sending from your own domain, lead scoring and CRM sync. Team is $199 with three seats, which is the one to look at if you are running a stand with a crew. Ten Pro and ten Team plans are free for World of Concrete through January 31.

Does World of Concrete have an official badge scanner for exhibitors?

Exhibitors can order lead retrieval through the show's exhibitor portal, and it reads what is printed on the badge. It does not record that this contractor pours forty thousand yards a year, is replacing a batch plant, and wants a quote before the spring season. MeetDrop captures that beside the scan and can import the scanner's export afterwards.

How soon should I follow up after World of Concrete?

The same day, from the show. Most trade show leads never get a meaningful follow-up, and exhibitors who wait more than a week see reply rates fall sharply against those who reach out within two days. World of Concrete lands in January, when contractors are setting the season's buying — the email that arrives while that is still open gets a different answer from the one that arrives in February.

Can attendees use MeetDrop at World of Concrete, or only exhibitors?

Both. Contractors capture the suppliers they want quotes from — useful across 1,300 stands — and exhibitors run the whole crew into one shared list with dedupe. Ten free spots on each side.

What does free for World of Concrete include and how do I claim it?

Ten attendees get Pro and ten stands get Team, free from the day they claim through January 31, 2027. Post publicly on LinkedIn or X that you are going to World of Concrete and mention MeetDrop, then paste the link in the form on this page. A person checks it and switches the plan on within one business day. No card. On February 1 the account returns to Free with every lead still in it.

Do I need to install anything?

No. It runs in your phone's browser, which is what you want on a hall floor where your crew is spread across a stand all day. Sign in with Google or an emailed code, set World of Concrete as your event, and the capture screen is ready. There is an iOS app if you prefer one.

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