Call For Speakers

Proposal Submissions are now closed

If you have an idea you would like to share, please submit it, however consideration for the Spring 2025 program is not guarenteed, nor is a status update for the submission.

Submit a Proposal

Restoration and Cleaning Professionals Want to Hear About:

  • Tips on how to manage and grow their businesses.
  • New technology in the restoration and cleaning industry.
  • How to best navigate insurance/ legal matters.

Topics we are seeking

  • Cleaning: Health and safety, rug, flooring, upholstery, stone and tile, inspection etc; and service upgrades tailored for cleaners.
  • Restoration: Health and safety, water, fire, mold, mycotoxins, contents, biohazards, Indoor Air Quality, etc; air and surface contamination control, employee retention, and revenue growth for restorers.
  • Business Development Marketing: Administration, industry trends, management, marketing, recruiting and training techniques for business growth.

Our goal is to inform and inspire by showcasing technology-based innovations now in trials and soon to emerge to improve design and construction.

  • New Technologies or Technology-based Processes: We are looking for progress reports on developing innovations that are truly new, have been significantly tested on real projects, and have the potential to change the future of the industry.
  • Innovative New Uses of Existing Technologies: We also are interested in seeing demonstrations of novel and creative ways to use existing technologies to achieve unprecedented results that are repeatable by others and scalable to achieve great things.
  • New Ideas in Technology Development and Deployment: We are interested in fresh ways to cultivate and encourage technology trials, refinement and adoption, as well as new insights into how technology can be better implemented and evaluated in the industry.

Pavilions

Last year we introduced the NEW Restoration Pavilion; an expansion of The Flood House. With this, you will find all of the same hands on opportunities as before with a fresh twist to display more of what the restoration industry has to offer!

Restoration Pavilion
Cleaning Pavilion

Our Audience

The Experience Tradeshow and Exposition is designed for ambitious cleaning and restoration professionals seeking to grow their business and increase profits.
The Experience provides a consistent schedule of direct, hands-on training. Across three days, the conference features the very best our industry has to offer, including top-level keynote speakers, and the opportunity to learn from and network with nearly 150 blue chip industry solution providers on the trade show floor. This is a systematic EXPERIENCE to increase your knowledge and grow your business!
The Experience helps you navigate new markets, enhance profitability, and refine your skills under the guidance of industry experts.

Who Should Submit A Proposal

Cleaning and restoration industry experts seeking to share their knowledge of how to enhance business and increase profits with content geared towards the owners, managers, and technicians at cleaning and restoration companies.


Show Format

The three-day conference with a 2 day exhibition will feature expert keynotes, breakout sessions as well as live hands-on demonstrations. Your submission will be considered for inclusion in any of these formats at the planning committee’s discretion.

Additional Notes -

  • Technologies should be reasonably available to the industry now, or very soon, (not in initial or conceptual development stages or available only to the presenter’s company.)
  • A person or firm may submit multiple proposals. Proposals from teams for live on-stage demonstrations also are welcome.
  • Length and formats of presentations selected for the 2025 program will be determined by Restoration & Remediation (R&R) and coordinated with the presenters.
  • Proposals will be evaluated by Restoration & Remediation (R&R) editors based on innovation, transformative potential and the WOW factor, so show us your best!
  • Conference speakers will receive a complimentary full registration to attend the conference, with a partial discount code for a limited number of colleagues.

Important Dates

  • Submissions: Now Closed
  • Review period: Review and program development will take place in the weeks following the deadline.
  • Notification: Selected speakers will be notified mid-December 2024.
  • Show dates April 8-10, 2025 at the Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center in Punta Gorda, FL


Questions about your proposal? 
Contact: Kayla McGowan, Editor-In-Chief, Restoration & Remediation (R&R)
mcgowank@bnpmedia.com 

The Experience Conference and Exhibition

The Experience Conference and Exhibition

April 8 - 10, 2025
Punta Gorda, FL
The Experience Convention and Trade Show

The Experience Convention and Trade Show

September 3 - 5, 2025
Las Vegas, NV