Come Out & Play!

Exhibitors & Trade – ChiTAG Fair is the GLOBAL hub for inventors, consumers, trade and media. Connect and interact with 25,000+ targeted consumers – your best focus group. Pitch media at holiday selling season kickoff, including 600+ bloggers and their kids.

Consumer Attendees – Kick off your holiday fun! Come out to preview, play with and purchase hot new TOYS and GAMES from around the world, and meet the inventors who created them as well as tournaments, contests, meet costumed characters, see Radio Disney AM 1300 Road Crew, live stage entertainment, contests, and much much more! For more details go to ChiTAGFair.com

The Young Inventor Challenge (YIC) brings together imagination, play and inventive thinking. Over 130 kids enter each year from across the country and overseas. Besides great prizes, toy and game industry representatives provide advice, recognition and encouragement to dream big and discover the possibilities of play! Winners have been licensed by a major toy companies. These kids have great ideas! For more information, click here.

I-SPI, The International Summit for Professional Inventors was a resounding success in its 2011 debut. Organized by Inventors and Designers, for Inventors and Designers, I-SPI brings Inventor Relations Executives from dozens of companies to present their top-secret wish lists to the professional inventor community, who come from all around the world. Fill your schedule to meet with toy and game manufacturers in private meeting rooms adjacent to the conferences. All this, plus information-packed workshops (including contracts and clauses, auditing, royalty and tax accounting, 3D modeling, prototyping, and trends) make I-SPI a must attend event! For more information, click here.

T&GCon is the toy industry’s preeminent, most comprehensive conference available to aspiring toy and game inventors. Since 2006, T&GCon has brought together the nation’s leading toy and game industry experts and the independent inventing community for two days of invaluable networking, educational opportunities and licensing opportunities. For more information, click here.

The Toy & Game Inventor of the Year (TAGIE) Awards are an elegant and playful evening gala that brings together toy industry leaders from around the world (18 countries in 2012) from inventors to manufacturers to retailers for a night of celebration, networking and fun as we honor toy inventors – the creative minds behind our most beloved and popular playthings. For more information, click here.

playCHIC brings play and brands to the people in a fresh and relevant way – on the runway! Haute couture designers paired with toy and game brands create a unique runway of edgy, playful looks. Attended by media (traditional and social), fashionistas,  toy and game industry professionals,  playCHIC is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for brands to strike a pose, dominate the runway and take the media by storm – just in time for holidays. Girls play dress-up. Moms play chic. For more details, click here.