Leading world trade shows. Expert audiences. Two languages.
Event host Düsseldorf: for trade shows, congresses and galas
Düsseldorf hosts the world's leading trade fairs. MEDICA, K, drupa, interpack, ProWein, wire and Tube. Standing on a stand stage here, you don't face an audience that wants to be entertained. You face professionals who are working.
The Düsseldorf factor
Felix Uhlig as an event host in Düsseldorf
They give you a few minutes. Then they're in the next hall.
That is exactly what I'm there for. I bring people to the stand, keep them there and make sure they have understood your product before they move on.
A large part of the audience comes from abroad. I host in German and English at native level. Just as important: I know when to slow down. A buyer from Osaka or an engineer from São Paulo doesn't need idioms, they need clear sentences.
And a trade show is rarely one day. Over six days on a stand stage, it isn't the first appearance that counts but the eighteenth. That one has to sound like the first.
Your trade show and event host in Düsseldorf
My showreel as an event host in Düsseldorf
Two minutes and you'll know whether it fits.
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How I host at a trade show
The stage is built. Now someone has to bring people to it.
A familiar picture: the stand cost six figures, the stage is built, the technology works. And then someone from sales is standing there with a microphone, talking against the noise of the hall. In front of four people, two of whom are looking at their phones.
That isn't a staffing problem. It's a craft problem.
A trade show stage works differently from a ballroom. There is no seating plan, no applause, no obligation to stay. Everyone in the aisle decides afresh every two seconds whether to walk on. My job is to turn that decision your way, again and again.
What that means for you, in concrete terms:
The audience gets fetched, not awaited.
I play into the aisle, not just onto the stage. That is the difference between a demonstration and a crowd.
Your product stays the star.
I'm not the show. I'm the amplifier. The demo has to be understood, not me.
English that non-native speakers understand too.
Native level, but deliberately measured. Clear sentences, a clean pace, no idioms that evaporate in the room.
Your sales team sells instead of hosting.
Your best people belong in conversation at the stand, not behind the microphone.
Day six sounds like day one.
Multi-day trade shows are an endurance sport. I pace myself, because I know what's still coming on Thursday afternoon.
The hall by day, the client evening after.
Many exhibitors do both. A host who already knows your subject saves you the second briefing.
Brands like Würth, SIXT, Samsung, Audi and Faber-Castell trust me with their stage. Not because I'm loud, but because I deliver reliably.
Honestly: a trade show stand costs more than any hosting on it. It's worth not saving on the last metre.
Client feedback
What clients say about my hosting in Düsseldorf
Hats off – you got the school teams, the company representatives and Professor Würth and his wife genuinely excited. Chapeau!
Norbert HeckmannWürth GroupLooking for a bilingual host for our stand at CCXP 2019, we made the perfect catch with Felix. He not only prepared professionally for specialist subjects like anime, comics and manga, he also more than rocked it when it came to firing up the audience at our artist battles.
Sandra SuppaHead of Corporate Communications at Faber-CastellWorking with Felix was simply brilliant. On stage he was outstanding, he fired people up and created a fantastic atmosphere. He really had the audience one hundred per cent in hand – quiet or loud, everyone went along with him.
Reference projects from Düsseldorf
Some of my projects as an event host in Düsseldorf
A congress stage and a product presentation, both in the Rhineland, both with a report and photos.
Also near Düsseldorf
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about an event host in Düsseldorf
And if your question isn't here: just call. Five minutes usually clears everything up.
Above all for trade show appearances and stand stages, product presentations, congresses and specialist conferences, client evenings and galas. Düsseldorf is a trade show city, so the focus is on B2B formats with an international professional audience. Added to that are evening events around the respective show.
Yes, at native level. At international trade fairs something else matters too: a large part of the audience speaks English as a foreign language. So I deliberately host clearly and at the right pace, so that visitors from Asia or South America can follow completely.
Beforehand we settle stage times, slots and the running order. Several short appearances a day are usual, rather than one long one. I take on the introductions, the product demo, interviews and audience activities. There is a briefing with your team beforehand, usually by video, and a technical check on build-up day.
No. I organise the journey myself and usually travel the day before, so that nothing on the event day depends on a timetable. For multi-day trade shows I'm on site throughout anyway. I calculate travel costs transparently and as a flat rate.
Honestly: for 100 euros we won't get into conversation. But you don't need to budget for household-name television money either. A fair offer sits somewhere in between – it depends on the scope. Just call: +49 40 1805 80 80.
Those are exactly the moments where I'm sometimes the answer. Call, talk it through briefly – and if it fits, I'm in. It has happened more than once. It has always worked out.
As little as possible. I need a briefing call, the running order and some background – I handle the rest myself. You should be able to sit back. That's what I'm here for.
Let's talk about your appearance
Tell me about your event.
We'll sort out the rest in an eight-minute phone call.
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