Expectnation launches on-site lead retrieval

We were excited to launch our new lead-retrieval badge printing system at O’Reilly Media’s recent Where 2.0 conference.

Using Expectnation’s on-site check-in system, attendees were able to check themselves into the conference, receiving a credit card type badge, with their details encoded in the magnetic stripe.

Exhibitors at the conference used Bartizan Leads2Go terminals to scan badges and gather leads. Kiosk computers and Leads2Go terminals were supplied by Global Event Services.

Check-in kiosks and badge printers at the Where 2.0 conference

Screenshot of Expectnation’s badge preview screen

Find out more

If you’re interested in Expectnation’s on-site solutions, whether for plain card badges or magnetic stripe cards for lead retrieval, please get in touch.

Check-in and lead retrieval systems are available as an add-on to any of our regular packages.

The technical bits

If you’re interested in the technical details, read on!

We used two Mac mini servers, running Ubuntu Linux, as the satellite check-in systems. These machines stay in sync with the main Expectnation server over the internet, but enable check-in to continue should the network become unavailable.

The check-in kiosk software uses the Opera web browser’s kiosk mode, talking to a Ruby on Rails application on the server side.

The magnetic card printers are Evolis Dualys 3 models, which support duplex printing and magnetic stripe encoding, connected by ethernet to a CUPS print server.

Kiosks and printers can be dedicated to particular uses, e.g. exhibitor or speaker check-in, or available for general attendee use.