Conventions & conferences

BuddySOS for conventions and conferences

Find your team between sessions without wasting half a day.

Overview

What it is

BuddySOS is a group coordination app for conventions and large industry conferences. It provides real-time GPS location 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) spread across multiple halls, hotels, and offsite venues. A BuddySOS group keeps each person locatable in real time, so you can stop wasting break time hunting each other down.

Why standard apps fall short here

  • Sessions end at slightly different times. Coordinating lunch is a nightmare.
  • Venue maps are dense and confusing for first-time attendees.
  • Texts get lost in larger work threads.
  • Big convention crowds are physically tiring. Easy to get separated in.

What BuddySOS gives you

  • Live map shows where each group member is. Which hall. Which floor.
  • One-tap SOS for anyone who needs help.
  • Private to your team. Not visible to other attendees.
  • Battery Saver Mode for long convention days.

Built for events like these

San Diego Comic-ConFive days, 130,000+ attendees, multiple venues.
CES Las VegasFour days, 100,000+ attendees, multiple Vegas hotels.
SXSWMulti-week Austin event spanning music, film, interactive.
DreamforceSalesforce annual conference, downtown San Francisco.

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 each person locatable and gives you a one-tap way to find the team between sessions or at the after-hours mixer.

Free for groups. Forever.

BuddySOS is free on iOS and Android. Download it tonight, be ready for your next event by the weekend.