Press passes are given to professional journalists and analysts to assist them in reporting on BZ Media’s events and in covering the technology industry. BZ Media offers press passes to individuals as a service to the industry and consumers, to add value for exhibitors and sponsors, and to help promote the event.

Press passes at BZ Media events provide access to:

• Exhibit halls and attendee receptions
• Keynote addresses
• Special functions
• Conference classes and panels

Press passes do not provide access to pre-conference and post-conference full-day and half-day workshops, or to testing and certification sessions. Press-pass recipients are not eligible to enter or win prizes in any event drawings.

The names and contact information of individuals given press passes will be made available to event sponsors and exhibitors, to assist in their own media-relations outreach.

Some, but not all, BZ Media events have special facilities for the working press, such as a press room. For details, please contact the conference organizers.

BZ Media, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to approve or restrict press passes on a case-by-case basis.

Press Pass Requirements

Press passes are offered to professional journalists and analysts affiliated with recognized and relevant media outlets or technology analyst firms.

To register, sign up at the event site and select “press” as the registration type. Preregistration is strongly encouraged. We will respond to your registration to request your media credentials. Be prepared to present the following upon request:

• Professional journalists and editors, employed by media organizations: At least two recent and substantive bylined articles in relevant media-company publications, websites or blogs. The articles must clearly display authorship.

• Freelance journalists: Documentation of a specific assignment to cover the event for a relevant media-company publication, website or blog. The documentation must include the assigning editor's contact information.

• Professional technology analysts: An appropriate title showing employment by a recognized and relevant technology analyst firm.

Who Doesn't Qualify?

Free press passes will not be given to: PR/marketing professionals, advertising or other sales professionals, IT professionals, financial/investment analysts, venture capitalists, writers for user-group/community newsletters or blogs, writers for vendor or in-house publications, bloggers for personal or vendor websites, book authors and editors, technology consultants and freelance technology analysts.

Media company executives do not qualify for press passes, unless they are also bona fide professional journalists, as described above.

If you do not qualify for a press pass, your press registration will be either changed to a no-cost “expo only” registration or cancelled. Alternatively, you can register as a paid attendee.