Pittsburgh Trade Show Calendar 2026–2027
David L. Lawrence Convention Center Technology Rental Guide

AISTech is the steel industry's largest annual conference and exposition, produced by the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST). The 2026 edition ran May 4–6 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center — a sold-out show with 9,711 total attendees, 652 exhibiting companies, 537 technical presentations, and 142,650 square feet of booth space across 630 assigned booths. AISTech returns to Pittsburgh for the first time in four years. 39 countries represented. Pittsburgh is the historic capital of the American steel industry and home to US Steel Corporation headquarters. Technology demand: HP ZBook workstation laptops for steel engineering simulation and metallurgy analytics demos, Dell Latitude for corporate fleet deployments, exhibitor touch screen kiosks for process control interactive demonstrations, Epson label printers for steel component sample identification, LED video wall booth backdrops for 10x10 through 30x30+ island exhibits, iPad Pro lead capture kiosks, commercial monitors, Shure wireless microphone systems for general session and technical paper presentations, hybrid streaming AV.

The AIST Crane Symposium brings together crane engineers, maintenance professionals, and technology vendors from the steel and industrial manufacturing sectors for three days of technical sessions and an exposition. The 2026 edition runs June 8–10 at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel at Station Square on the South Shore of the Monongahela River. Technology demand: exhibitor demo laptops, iPad lead capture, badge printers, commercial monitors, AV production for technical sessions.

Tekko is Pittsburgh's largest annual anime and pop culture convention, held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The 2026 edition runs July 23–26. Multi-day programming includes vendor booths, celebrity panels and guests, cosplay events and contests, gaming competitions, artist alley, video game room, tabletop gaming, and anime screenings. Gaming competition setups require specific technology hardware configurations. Technology demand: gaming laptops for gaming competition setups and exhibitor gaming demo stations, touch screen kiosks for interactive booth experiences, iPad Pro lead capture and registration, LED poster booth accents, commercial monitors for celebrity panel backdrops, Zebra badge printers, TV rentals for gaming lounge and viewing areas.

The ASBO International Annual Meeting and Expo brings together school business officials, education administrators, and education technology vendors. The 2026 edition runs October 14–16 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Exhibitors showcase school administration software, financial management systems, safety and security technology, transportation solutions, and facilities management platforms. Technology demand: exhibitor demo laptops, iPad lead capture and registration, badge printers, commercial monitors, touch screen kiosks for EdTech interactive demos, LED poster booth accents.

Pittcon 2027 is one of the most significant events in Pittsburgh's 2027 convention calendar — the world's leading conference and exposition on laboratory science returning to Pittsburgh for the first time in 60 years. The event runs April 24–28, 2027 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Pittcon was created in Pittsburgh in 1950 at the William Penn Hotel (two city blocks from the DLCC). 15,000+ analytical chemists, laboratory scientists, spectroscopists, and instrumentation professionals from pharmaceutical, biomedical, environmental, food science, materials science, and clinical research sectors. The exposition floor features the full analytical chemistry and scientific instrumentation supply chain — chromatography, spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, bioanalysis, nanotechnology, environmental testing, laboratory automation, and more. Technology demand: HP ZBook workstation laptops for analytical software and scientific instrumentation demos, HP EliteBook for healthcare and pharmaceutical exhibitor stations, exhibitor touch screen kiosks for instrument interactive demonstrations, Epson label printers for analytical sample identification, LED video wall booth backdrops for all booth sizes, iPad Pro registration kiosks and lead capture, commercial monitors, Zebra badge printers, AV production for keynote and technical session rooms, hybrid streaming.