Spring Success at ACRL 2025 and WQA 2025
The Corcoran team kicked off the spring trade show season with incredible back-to-back events this April.
From left, top: Dan Corcoran (Corcoran), Tory Ondrla (ACRL), Margot Conahan (ACRL). From left, bottom: Madison Schmelig (Corcoran), Corey Norlander (GES), Ben Cramer (GES), Jane Harding (Corcoran), Emma McElherne (Corcoran).
ACRL 2025 Conference
April 2-5 | Minneapolis, MN
2,400 academic and research library professionals came together in Minneapolis for the ACRL 2025 Conference, the premier event for academic and research libraries held once every two years.
Over three days, 158 exhibiting companies connected face-to-face with this powerful group of decision-makers shaping the higher education landscape in the bustling Exhibit Hall.
The Exhibit Hall Scavenger Hunt, first introduced at the 2023 event, proved popular once again with close to 20% of attendees participating in the traffic-driving game for a chance to win fun prizes, including a Prince/Purple Rain leather jacket, a nod to the conference’s host city.
From left: Haley Fioretti (WQA), Lindsay Garrity (WQA), Anna Johnson (Corcoran), Jonathan Adams (WQA), Angie Silberhorn (WQA).
2025 WQA Convention & Expo
April 22-24 | Long Beach, CA
Thousands of water quality professionals gathered in Long Beach, CA for the 2025 WQA Convention & Expo–the most comprehensive annual gathering of water treatment professionals in North America.
This year marked the largest WQA Convention & Expo of all time in square footage, with 210 companies reserving 52,400 SQFT of exhibit space. 81% of this total has already been reserved for the 2026 event in Miami Beach through our online and onsite renewal programs.
Congratulations to our partners, the Association of College & Research Libraries and the Water Quality Association, for organizing incredible events. Trade shows work!
