“My advice to anybody out there is this: I see the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s there. And what it takes is the people that are getting involved in this business to be innovative, to be creative and to participate with the industry as a whole. That’s going to be the success. I didn’t get to where I am without intermingling with all these people through ED and meeting the right people at EXPO. I come to every EXPO, and when I’m at EXPO I’ve got a smile on my face and I’m a happy soul.” — Jim St. John
EXPOAttendees
We're headed back to Vegas! EXPO 2025 attendees can count on four days of must-attend seminars and panel sessions geared toward club owners, general managers, entertainers, DJs, security staff and other key club personnel; two days of a 100-booth Tradeshow with vendors showcasing their latest products and services; the EDI Finals; the Monday Night "Pink Party" at Sapphire Las Vegas; the $10,000 Bikini Contest (venue TBA); and the Annual ED "Honors" Awards Show at the Criss Angel Theater, the only national awards show honoring the industry’s top adult nightclubs and feature entertainers.
EXPO 2025 AGENDA:
SUNDAY, August 24
| 1 – 6 pm | Registration Desk Open | |
| 3:30 – 5:30 pm | ACE National Board Meeting | |
| 5:30 – 7:30 pm | ACE National Reception | |
| 9 pm – Midnight | 2025 EDI Finals at Peppermint Hippo sponsored by Lauren Phillips, Fiji Water, The Pony Clubs & Platinum 84 Denver |
Monday, August 25
| 8:30 am – 6 pm | Registration Desk open | |
| 10 am – 11 am | EXPO Continental Breakfast | |
| 11 – 11:45 am | Seminar – Reinvention = Salvation? | |
| Noon – 12:45 pm | Seminar – The “Other” Women | |
| Breakout seminars:
11:45-12:30 pm 12:45-1:30 pm 1:45-2:30 pm |
Making the most of feature bookings Entertainers Only: Stripper 101 Entertainers Only: Respecting boundaries |
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| 1 -2:30 pm | EXPO Legal Panel: Club Owner on Trial | |
| 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Tradeshow Open – MainStage sponsored by Lauren Phillips | |
| 9 pm – Midnight | The “Pink Party” at Sapphire Las Vegas Transportation begins at 8:30 and will bring guests from Flamingo to Sapphire – please do not take an Uber/Lyft or cab! | |
Tuesday, August 26
| 9 am – 6 pm | Registration Desk open | |
| 9:30 am – 10:30 am | EXPO Continental Breakfast | |
| 10:30 am – 11:15 am | Seminar 1 – Food For Thought | |
| 11:30 – 12:15 pm | Seminar 2 – Are Your Entertainers Secure? | |
| Breakout seminars 11:30 am – 12:15 pm 1:30-2:30 pm | For entertainers – From Online to in the Club DJs only – We Don’t Just Push Buttons! | |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Keynote Address by Nesha Abarno of Maverick Theory | |
| 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Tradeshow Open – MainStage sponsored by Lauren Phillips Don’t miss the first-ever Tradeshow Scavenger Hunt with $1500 in cash prizes! | |
| 7:30 – 9 pm | ED’s Awards Show Reception at the Criss Angel Theater’s lobby area | |
| 9 pm – 11 pm Midnight – 5 am | ED “Honors” Awards Show at the Criss Angel Theater inside Planet Hollywood Transportation will bring guests to and from Criss Angel, beginning at 7 pm “Partypus” Awards After-Party at Drais |
“Wild” Wednesday, August 27
| 2 – 6 pm | The $10,000 Bikini Contest and Pool Party at pool venue TBA | |
| 8 – 11 pm | “Mamacitas & Mojitos” Closing Party at Las Toxicas Gentlemen’s Club |