Exhibitor Information

This symposium includes a joint industry exhibit hall and demonstration theater opportunity. Attendees will meet face to face with solutions providers, discuss firsthand the challenges they face, and explore opportunities for building future relationships.

Exhibitors will display their products and services and offer demonstrations throughout the Symposium on Wednesday and Thursday. There will also be time for vendor interactions with the attendees during the Meet & Greet on Tuesday so please plan travel accordingly.

Your goal is to demonstrate how your solution provides a practical and sustainable path to increased capability. As you prepare, be ready to address:

1. The Roadmap: What is the step-by-step process for implementation? How does your solution provide value at each phase, and what are the realistic timelines for deployment?
2. Lifecycle & Sustainability: What are the long-term costs and training requirements? How does your solution empower partners to become self-sufficient through local maintenance, support, and knowledge transfer?
3. Adaptability: How can your solution be scaled or adapted to fit different resource levels and operational environments on the continent?
4. Affordability: How does your solution offer a cost-effective approach to achieving critical mission objectives, considering both initial investment and operational expenses?

We are looking for partners who can offer achievable plans, not just products.

Technologies of Interest:

Priority Focus: Building Sustainable Capability Together
Reflecting the combined nature of this symposium, we are seeking partners who can provide practical and sustainable solutions across both the communications and logistics domains. Our partners have expressed a high demand for capabilities with clear, achievable implementation roadmaps in the following areas:

• Resilient C4 & IT Infrastructure: Including low-cost secure radios, scalable network monitoring tools, and practical cyber defense solutions for low-bandwidth environments. (J6 Focus)
• Theater Logistics & Supply Chain Management: Systems and processes for readiness reporting, asset visibility, and managing distribution from port to final destination. (J4 Focus)
• Operational & Energy Self-Sufficiency: Including mobile power solutions, field maintenance equipment, and comprehensive life cycle management plans that empower local support. (Cross-cutting J4/J6)
• Data Integration & Security: Practical tools for secure data sharing, analytics, and threat intelligence that can be managed with local resources. (Cross-cutting J4/J6)

Additional Technologies of Interest:

Attendee Representation From:

Exhibitor Portal (Required)

Update your exhibitor profile to include your company description, representatives, key technologies, and contact details. This information will be used to populate your online exhibitor listing as well as the printed program guide. Please use the link below to log-in to your account. If you have previously registered as an attendee or an exhibitor rep for one of our events, you can use the same email address and password. If not, you will need to select “Set/Reset/Forget Password” to set a password. Be sure to use the email address that is on file with NCSI.

Once you are logged in, you will see the option of managing different events that your company has registered to attend. Because each event contains its own specific fields, the information will not be copied from one event to the next and you will need to edit each of the events individually.

Representative and Equipment Registration (Required)

Please make sure all participants have registered here as we do need up-to-date contact information to communicate event details. Please also provide brief details about all equipment being brought into the country.

This includes

• Full names of exhibitor representatives
• Passport numbers
• Brief description of items
• Quantity of each item
• Model/serial number of each item

Please complete the required information by Friday, June 27.

Venue

Hilton Addis Ababa
Menelik II Avenue
Addis Ababa, 1164, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 11 517 0000
Website

Hotel Information

• Complimentary self-parking
• Airport shuttle: $22 per person, one way
• Breakfast buffet: Available for a fee
• Check-In: 2 PM | Check-Out: 12 PM

Additional Hotel Options

Ethiopia Entry Requirements

Requirements for Entry

• Passport
• Visa
• World Health Organization (WHO) card with yellow fever vaccination if coming from country with risk of yellow fever transmission (countries with risk of YF transmission)

Visas: All U.S. citizens are required to obtain a visa to legally enter Ethiopia.  Do not travel to Ethiopia unless you have an approved e-Visa. Travelers without a valid visa will be denied entry. To avoid any disruption to your travel print and carry a copy of your e-Visa with you.  Please, visit https://www.evisa.gov.et/visa/apply to apply for an e-Visa before traveling to Ethiopia.  Contact the Embassy of Ethiopia for the most current visa information. Overseas inquiries about visas should be made at the nearest Ethiopian embassy or consulate.

Guidance from the Ethiopian Embassy

Health

• Ethiopia is a safe and reasonably healthy country provided you take a few commonsense precautions.
• Ensure your inoculations for typhoid, tetanus, polio and hepatitis A are up to date, mainly if you are traveling out of the capital or you will stay away from the largest hotels.
• Anti-malarial prophylactics should be taken if you’ll be visiting low-lying moist regions such as the southern Rift Valley and South Omo. There is also a small risk of malaria, especially during the rainy season, at mid-altitude sites such as Bahir Dar and Harar. Malaria is all but absent above 2000m, for instance in Addis Ababa, Gondar, Lalibela and the Bale and Simien mountains.
• Avoid drinking or brushing your teeth with tap water. Bottled water is safe and widely available.
• It’s a good idea to carry a few packs of antiseptic wet wipes to wash your hands after toilet stops or before meals in more remote areas where running water may not be available.

Safety

• Ethiopia is a safe and politically stable country, though there may be some risk attached to travel in remote border areas with more volatile neighbors such as Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan. None of these areas is likely to be visited on a normal tour.
• Pickpockets and con artists proliferate in central Addis Ababa but are not a serious cause for concern elsewhere in the country.

Power

Ethiopia operates on a 220V supply voltage and 50Hz, utilizing power sockets of type C, E, F, and L. Visitors from countries with 110-127V (like the US) require a voltage converter and a plug adapter. Modern devices like laptops and phones often support dual voltage, requiring only an adapter. Please ensure your devices are appropriately rated.

Currency

The Ethiopian birr is the currency. Banknotes come in denominations of birr 200,100, 50, 10, 5, and 1, and centime and birr 1 coins are also minted. Foreign currency, in particular US dollars, pounds sterling, and euros, can be changed into birr at private ‘forex bureaux’, as well as at most banks during banking hours (usually 8.30 am to 4 pm Monday–Saturday). Local currency can be drawn from a countrywide network of 24-hour ATMs with international Visa and MasterCard.