BuddySOS for conventions and conferences
Find your team between sessions without wasting half a day.
What it is
BuddySOS is a group coordination app for conventions and large industry conferences. It provides real-time GPS location, group chat, and one-tap SOS for teams, friend groups, and event staff spread across a convention venue.
Big conventions and conferences — Comic-Con, CES, SXSW, Dreamforce — sprawl across multiple halls, hotels, and offsite venues. BuddySOS keeps everyone in your group locatable in real time so you can stop wasting break time hunting each other down.
Why a regular group chat fails here
- Sessions end at slightly different times — coordinating lunch is a nightmare.
- Venue maps are dense and confusing for first-time attendees.
- Group chats get lost in larger work threads.
- Big convention crowds (Comic-Con SDCC, CES) are physically tiring and easy to get separated in.
What BuddySOS gives you
- Live map shows where every group member is — which hall, which floor.
- Pin meeting spots ('lunch at the food court at 12:30') and let everyone navigate to them.
- Group chat scoped to the trip, separate from your work or company channels.
- One-tap SOS for anyone who needs help, including emergency contacts at the venue.
Built for events like these
Questions about using BuddySOS at conventions & conferences
Is BuddySOS useful for a small team at a conference?
Yes — most groups using BuddySOS at conventions are 3 to 10 people. The app keeps everyone locatable without forcing a separate group chat thread and gives you a one-tap way to find the team between sessions or at the after-hours mixer.
Free for groups. Always.
BuddySOS is free on iOS and Android. Download it tonight, be ready for your next event by the weekend.