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Applications Open for GEAPS Exchange Speakers

Conference Set for February 22-25, 2025

Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS) welcomes applications from interested speakers for the biggest and best show in the grain industry, GEAPS Exchange!

GEAPS’ Exchange Education Planning Committee (EPC) welcomes speaker submissions for in a variety of subject areas including safety, maintenance, processing, management training and automation. GEAPS is searching for speakers for the Idea Exchange, Innovation Stations and full educational sessions. Dynamic speakers interested in sharing new ideas, products or services with the grain industry are encouraged to apply by September 1. Speakers will start getting notified in late September.

Last year, GEAPS Exchange drew 3,716 attendees from 45 United States, 23 nations and nearly 1,000 companies. Education sessions were packed with record-setting participation for the four education tracks designed to meet the needs of grain professionals. Attendees were able to focus on one track or sample a bit of each.

In his day job, Scott Biel is director of safety at MKC. He also serves as chairman of GEAPS’ EPC and understands the benefits of speaking at Exchange.

“Speaking at GEAPS Exchange gives industry experts the opportunity to share their knowledge and experience as well as build collaborative relationships with members of the grain handling community,” Biel said. 

Kevin Walker from Dodge Industrial presented at GEAPS Exchange earlier this year.

“Speaking at GEAPS Exchange helped us provide more detail to interested customers about necessity of having specific solutions we can provide, such as how they are applied and how to manage them,” Walker said. “This drives traffic to our sales team and to our booth on the Expo floor.”

Speaking at GEAPS Exchange also comes with free, full-access registration to GEAPS Exchange, additional opportunities via the “Find a Speaker” resource for GEAPS chapters, a video recording of education session to share with peers and education session added to GEAPS Video Library. GEAPS will also promote each session on GEAPS’ social media channels.

Exchange 2025 is scheduled for February 22-25 back at Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Booth sales for the event open in October, with registration opening in November. Watch GEAPS’ communication channels for more information. 

About GEAPS    

The Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS) is an international professional association of grain handling and processing professionals. GEAPS addresses the industry’s critical grain handling, storage and processing operations needs by providing networking, professional development programs and access to a global marketplace of industry suppliers. GEAPS’ global network includes more than 3,000 individual members from about 1,000 companies. Join our network today!