convention center
(US) A building or group of buildings, consisting of exhibit halls and often auditoriums, used for hosting conventions, exhibitions and other events.
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Voice recognition. Running live. Fully on-device. We’re demonstrating real-time keyword spotting on the Electron E1 general-purpose processor. See it for yourself at Sensors Converge 2026. Santa Clara Convention Cen…
allegedly there just isn't another convention center nearby with enough space for the dealer's den along with all the panels and the artist alley, if I'm remembering right, but, I'm not as familiar with the options no…
A REVOLUTION IS COMING to Ontario, CA! 💬 Next weekend, I’ll be making my debut at Comic Con Revolution. You’ll find me in Artist Alley with other talented folks, at table G11. Hope to see you there! 💬 May 16-17 Onta…
And it's not like Amtrak is frequent or taking all of your stuff on the train and then moving it to whatever transit and then to the convention center is actually realistic.
Big heads up if you're not a Portlander but you're coming to Rose City Comic Con. They've been planning/threatening highway closures forever now, but I guess it's actually happening. This will be a serious transportat…
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(US) A building or group of buildings, consisting of exhibit halls and often auditoriums, used for hosting conventions, exhibitions and other events.
“Voice recognition. Running live. Fully on-device. We’re demonstrating real-time keyword spotting on the Electron E1 general-purpose processor. See it for yourself at Sensors Converge 2026. Santa Clara Convention Center May 5–7 Booth #602”
— Bluesky· May 2026“allegedly there just isn't another convention center nearby with enough space for the dealer's den along with all the panels and the artist alley, if I'm remembering right, but, I'm not as familiar with the options now and I don't think I've heard of McCormick Place?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A REVOLUTION IS COMING to Ontario, CA! 💬 Next weekend, I’ll be making my debut at Comic Con Revolution. You’ll find me in Artist Alley with other talented folks, at table G11. Hope to see you there! 💬 May 16-17 Ontario Convention Center, Ontario, CA”
— Bluesky· May 2026“And it's not like Amtrak is frequent or taking all of your stuff on the train and then moving it to whatever transit and then to the convention center is actually realistic.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Big heads up if you're not a Portlander but you're coming to Rose City Comic Con. They've been planning/threatening highway closures forever now, but I guess it's actually happening. This will be a serious transportation mess for the Rose Quarter, where the Convention Center is.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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