Venue · Houston, Texas
George R. Brown Convention Center
Also known as PennWell Conferences & Exhibitions
Coming up
- 20–21 Jan 2027Dates announced
* Held here last time; the organiser hasn't confirmed the venue for this edition yet.
About the venue
The George R. Brown Convention Center is the facilities where you can do all the things you’ve always imagined your event to be. And, you can do it in a facility that is in the middle of sports, dining, entertainment, and nightlife action only found in downtown Houston.
The staff and services of the GRB are unmatched and offer the most precise and professional event planning in the industry. The facility is impressive, true, but the success of a convention or trade show is in the planning – and that’s exactly what you’ll find at the George R. Brown Convention Center – 1.2 million square feet of attention to detail.
The George R. Brown Convention Center features:
o 1.2 million square feet of flexible exhibit, meeting and registration space
o 7 exhibit halls; 862,000 square feet of exhibit hall space
o Contiguous space on Level 1 is 639,000 square feet
o Contiguous space on Level 3 is 223,000 square feet
o 99,000 square feet of registration area on Level 2
o An arena with telescopic seating for 6,000, suitable for large scale presentations, concerts, corporate meetings, and sporting events
o George Bush Grand Ballroom offering 31,500 square feet of tasteful, functional event space - newly upgraded; sub-divides into three sections
o A 3600-seat tiered theater hall; the General Assembly Theater
o Nearly 185,000 square feet of a variety of meeting room space
o 117 meeting rooms
o 4 exterior balconies suitable for festive outdoor receptions, each nearly 3,000 square feet
o 17 Show Offices
o 8 Boardrooms
o 4 Conference Rooms
o 39 Freight Doors
o 9 Drive-in Doors
o 66
From the bvents archive. Halls and facilities may have changed.
Events held here
2020
- 12–14 Oct 2020
2019
- 21–22 Aug 2019
- 11–12 Jun 2019
- 11–15 Feb 2019
2017
- 24–29 Sep 2017
- 16–17 Aug 2017
- 1–2 Apr 2017
2016
- 10–11 Aug 2016
2015
- 13–19 Nov 2015
- 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2015
- 24–26 Oct 2015
- 19–22 Oct 2015
- 19–20 Aug 2015
- 28 Jul – 1 Aug 2015
- 1 Jul 2015
- 29–30 Jun 2015
- 23–25 Jun 2015
- 13–15 Apr 2015
- 13–15 Mar 2015
- 17–18 Feb 2015
- 10–13 Feb 2015
2014
- 30 Oct – 2 Nov 2014
- 23–25 Oct 2014
- 19–22 Oct 2014
- 12–15 Oct 2014
- 9–11 Sep 2014
- 14–16 Aug 2014
- 27–31 Jul 2014
- 15–16 Jul 2014
- 15–16 Jul 2014
- 22–23 Jun 2014
- 17–19 Jun 2014
- 11–14 Apr 2014
- 6–9 Apr 2014
- 28–30 Mar 2014
- 13–15 Mar 2014
- 27 Feb – 1 Mar 2014
- 10–12 Feb 2014
- 4–7 Feb 2014
- 30–31 Jan 2014
2013
- 10–12 Dec 2013
- 20–21 Nov 2013
- 20–21 Nov 2013
- 17–19 Nov 2013
- 4–7 Nov 2013
- 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2013
- 24–26 Oct 2013
- 19–22 Oct 2013
- 6–10 Oct 2013
- 2–3 Oct 2013
- 22–27 Sep 2013
- 14–16 Aug 2013
- 28 Jul – 1 Aug 2013
- 26–31 May 2013
- 3–5 May 2013
- 3–5 May 2013
- 25–27 Apr 2013
- 16–19 Apr 2013
- 9–11 Apr 2013
- 2–4 Apr 2013
- 22–24 Mar 2013
- 13–15 Mar 2013
- 7–9 Mar 2013
- 27 Feb – 1 Mar 2013
- 5–8 Feb 2013
- 30–31 Jan 2013
2012
- 3–5 Dec 2012
- 8–10 Nov 2012
- 27–29 Oct 2012
- 15 Oct 2012
- 8–11 Oct 2012
- 18–21 Sep 2012
- 9–11 Sep 2012
- 22–24 Aug 2012
- 16–19 Aug 2012
- 16–19 Aug 2012
- 27 May – 1 Jun 2012
- 15–17 May 2012
- 13–15 Apr 2012
- 12 Apr 2012
- 29–31 Mar 2012
- 8–10 Mar 2012
2011
- 3–6 Nov 2011
- 13–15 Sep 2011
- 17–19 Aug 2011
- 24–26 May 2011
- 22–25 May 2011
- 18–21 Apr 2011
- 10–13 Apr 2011
- 8–10 Apr 2011
- 24–26 Mar 2011
- 25–26 Feb 2011
- 25–26 Feb 2011
- 7–9 Feb 2011
- 3–5 Feb 2011
2010
- 4–7 Nov 2010
- 17–21 Oct 2010
- 8–11 Aug 2010
- 23–27 Jul 2010
- 27–29 Jun 2010
- 6–8 Jun 2010
- 13–15 Apr 2010
- 9–11 Apr 2010
- 9–11 Apr 2010
- 15 Mar 2010
- 3–6 Mar 2010
- 11–12 Feb 2010
- 2–4 Feb 2010
- 14–16 Jan 2010