On this page, we have compiled various instructions and tips for the fair day; how to prepare for the day of the fair, as well as what things should be taken into account on the day of the event and afterwards. Thank you for participating in Contact Forum 2025!
Company representatives must complete a personal registration for the event. After registering, you will receive a QR code in your email, which you can scan to print a personal badge at the event registration point.
Secure a stand in the best location for Contact Forum 2026 on January 22, 2026 - free cancellation until February 7, 2025!
You can post job vacancies by logging in to Contact Forum's job site with your own account. If you are not already registered, you can register using the link below.
Please note, each company has one company-specific profile. If you do not know whether you have an account, you can see the companies registered on the “Companies” section of the site.
(behind the link you will find ready-made material that you can pick up and use freely in your marketing):
If you have ordered a screen when ordering furniture, you can send the material/video to the rental screens via the following link. This way we can test and have the video ready for you to play on the screen before the event starts.
Videos must be in mp4 format, maximum resolution 1920×1080.
If it is a PowerPoint presentation, please save it in mp4 format first.
Submit the material by 14.1. 14.1. by!
Are you looking for inspiration and tools to develop your organization's employer brand?
At the same time as Contact Forum, a new event, Employer Branding Forum, will be held at Messukeskus, which will include:
You can read more about the event from here
A limited number of tickets are available for CF partners at a discounted price!
You can order tickets using this form:
You can also come to the exhibition side of the event to network and explore for free!
Registration for the exhibition area includes access to the exhibition, networking area and Speaker Corner.
Register for free below!
Please let us know your relevant keywords so that we can target our marketing to the appropriate subject associations.
Read the graphics instructions for your stand if you have a gold/platinum stand or if the graphics have been ordered as an additional service for your classic stand:
Please submit your finished wall graphics, counter branding material and vector logos for Classic departments via the form below (deadline 13.12.2024.)
Below are examples of the stands that were on display at Contact Forum 2023:
Wednesday 22.1. Construction Day
10.00-18.00 Maintenance door 5.6 open
10.00-14.00 Building only in separately agreed situations
14.00-18.00 General construction and decoration time for partners
Thursday 23.1. Contact Forum 2025
8.00-10.00 Service door open 5.6.
8.00-17.30 Messuaukio main entrance & Messuparkki entrance open
10.00-17.00 During the opening hours of the event, service via the public entrances
10.00 Doors open for visitors!
17.00 Event ends, dismantling begins (Service door 5.6.)
22.00 End of dismantling
All exhibition stands ordered through CF will be built for you. All partners have the opportunity to come and prepare their stand as early as Wednesday 22.1.2025 at. 14-18.
Access from the maintenance door 5.6. No need for separate access permits!
In exceptional circumstances, stands can be prepared earlier on Wed 22.1, but please contact us in time so that we can arrange these cases separately with our constructor.
All large structures must be brought to Messukeskus on Wednesday 22.1. Large structures are any furniture that is difficult to move due to its size or weight. Roll-ups are not considered heavy furniture.
Contact: Ida Lehdonpolku 050 464 6420 / ida.lehdonpolku@contactforum.fi
All the furniture ordered through CF is already delivered to the stands.
During the set-up period (Wednesday and the morning of the fair), you can make the final preparations for the stand and set up the furniture.
Attachment methods to walls:
Velcro tape
Tape
Hooks
NO STAPLES OR PINS!
NOTE.
Posters or logos can be attached to a non-branded wall.
NOTE.
Exhibitors are liable for any damage to structures.
If you are using your own transporter or builder, please also ensure that you have a timetable for unloading. If anything is left in the exhibition hall, we will charge the Messukeskus' freight forwarder for storage in accordance with Niemi Messupalvelut Oy's price list.
Niemi Messupalvelut Oy,
puh. 020 554 5670,
Note: Please take your wall prints with you after the day! Prints left at the exhibition center will be thrown away. Wall prints can be reused at future events.
Fair Buffet 10.30-15 (NoHo)
Mesta 11-15 (NoHo)
Café Milano 8-17 (NoHo)
Cafe&deli 11-15 (NoHo)
Hanko Aasia 11-15 (NoHo)
Platta 11-22 (NoHo)
Note! Access from the outside.
Open Lobby 11-22 (NoHo)
Note! Access from the outside.
Friends&Brgs 10-16.30
Hesburger 11-15
Piazza Italia 9.30-17
Pre-ordered lunch tickets are valid at NoHo restaurants.
Fair Buffet 10.30-15 (NoHo)
Mesta 11-15 (NoHo)
Lilla Strindberg 9.30-16.30 (NoHo)
Café Milano 8-17 (NoHo)
Cafe&deli 11-15 (NoHo)
Hanko Aasia 11-15 (NoHo)
Cafe 5 8-16 (Partners break room only)
Platta 11-22 (NoHo) Note! Access from the outside.
Open Lobby 11-22 (NoHo) Note! Access from the outside.
Friends&Brgs 10-16.30
Hesburger 11-15
Piazza Italia 9.30-17
The NA price (14,60€/buffet lunch) is available with a badge (without QR code).
Remember to mention Contact Forum exhibitor lunch
On public: South main entrance, Messuaukio 1, 00520 Helsinki
The event will be in Hall 4, located on the second floor, immediately to the left from the South entrance.
By car: Messuparkki, North entrance: Ratapihantie 17
When arriving from the North entrance, walk straight to the other end of the Messukeskus, go up the stairs and just before the doors of the South entrance, turn right.
The parking fee for one day is 14€ (updated price 2024).You can buy parking tickets in advance or pay on the spot according to your usage via the following link.
At the registration point of the event, you will find sticker sheets of different colours. If you want, you can stick stickers of a suitable colour on your name badge or stand to let visitors know which field of study you are looking for!
Blue = technology / industrial / engineers
Yellow = IT / ICT / engineering
Green = business economics / administration / commerce / sales
Orange = other study fields
Please note that you separate visitors from company representatives from the QR code on the name sticker. The company representatives do not have a QR code on their name badge, whereas visitors do.
The Western cloak room and registration is located at the glass gallery when turning immediately left from the Southern entrance. Please note, other cloak rooms are not in use for the participants of Contact Forum.
There are other events at Helsinki Messukeskus during the same day.
Network: "Exhibitor"
Password: "Expo124578"
Inside the exhibition hall, in block 5D (in the adjacent exhibition area, towards the service door 5.6 from the exhibition area), there is a café with a dedicated break area for partner representatives. The partner break area is located on the upper level of the café and coffee and tea are available throughout the day!
Also visit the Redbull area to get energy for the day!
A storage room where you can store your handouts or other items during the day. The storage room is located in the upper right corner when viewed from the fair map (on the left end when viewed from the entrance to the fair hall, in front of the toilets).
There is an EKO point in the exhibition area where you can take waste generated at the stand. Each stand has its own small bin to make it easier to collect rubbish.
If you need extra cleaning during the day, exhibitors will order the cleaning of their stand directly if necessary.
From Sol - 040 561 7848
Please be kind and leave the stand tidy at the end of the day and collect your rubbish at the recycling point!
Thank you to the participants and applicants.
Tell us what places you still have open, many visitors only send the application after the event.
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