ISTELive 27 · ISTE+ASCD · Boston · Venue to be announced

ISTELive Trade Show Booth Rentals

Educators are the most honest audience in events. A booth can’t talk its way past them.

Fixed-price ISTELive exhibits — design, fabrication, graphics, freight, installation and dismantle in one number that doesn’t move. Pre-built, lit and photo-approved before it ships, so what stands up in Boston has already stood up once on our floor.

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Filters the booths below — every one is published with its fixed price.

June 27-30, 2027Show dates · auto-updated
Venue TBAVenue
BostonCity
Advance orders close ~May 2, 2027
EdTechThe industry on the floor
Education LeadersThe audience in the aisles
24 hrConcepts and a fixed quote back
1Project manager, end to end
Built for brands that have to prove it

The kind of booth a room full of teachers trusts

An ISTELive aisle is walked by people who evaluate learning tools for a living — teachers, administrators and district leaders who can tell a genuine hands-on demo from a brochure with lighting in about ten seconds. The work below is what we build for companies whose product has to be used, not just seen: structures designed around the demo station and the sit-down conversation, with every project moving through one team from first rendering to dismantle.

Know the floor before you plan the booth

Two conferences, one badge — and a city, not yet a hall

ISTELive 27 is the ISTE+ASCD conference, co-located with ASCD Annual — one registration covers both, which means your booth is working two audiences at once: the edtech crowd and the curriculum-and-leadership crowd. The city is Boston; the venue is to be announced — the facts strip at the top of this page updates automatically the moment it’s confirmed. None of that needs to slow your planning down.

Boston, venue pending

City confirmed · hall to follow

Only the city is announced so far — venue to be announced, and the facts strip above updates automatically when it lands. That changes less than you’d think: design, footprint, messaging and the fixed price are all venue-independent. The venue-specific pieces — docks, freight windows, rigging rules, labour jurisdiction — are exactly the paperwork we absorb once the announcement drops, and we re-check every order against the actual building.

An educator-heavy floor

Teachers · admins · district leaders

This floor rewards different booths than a pure tech show. Attendees want to sit down, try the product, and talk pedagogy — not watch a hype reel. Open fronts, hands-on demo stations, classroom-style seating and a place for a quiet district-level conversation out-perform spectacle. We design for the lesson, not the light show.

The end-of-school-year squeeze

Your buyers’ busiest weeks

The show lands in late June — see the facts strip for exact dates — which puts your prep season across spring, when your education customers (and often your own team) are consumed by end-of-year. The practical answer is to lock design early in spring so nothing important is being decided while everyone’s calendar is on fire.

What we handle at ISTELive
  • Design for a two-audience floor — edtech and curriculum leadership
  • Layout submission and show approval, filed early
  • Electrical, rigging and material handling calculated and filed at advance rates
  • Labour coordination and on-site supervision
  • COI, EAC and exhibitor-manual deadlines mapped to our calendar
  • Venue-specific logistics re-confirmed the moment the Boston venue is announced
  • Dock target times, dismantle, pack and outbound freight
Billed by the show, not by us

Booth space, electrical, drayage, rigging and cleaning are billed to every exhibitor directly by the show and venue — no exhibit house can absorb them and none should claim to. What we do is calculate them for your exact booth before you commit, and file every order at advance rather than floor rates.

  • Booth space
  • Electrical drops and floor distribution
  • Material handling (drayage)
  • Rigging, if you’re hanging a sign
  • Daily cleaning · internet
Why a fixed price matters most here

The budget your board approved should survive June

Education marketing budgets are scrutinised harder than most — and trade-show invoices are where they usually go to grow: labour hours over estimate, revisions rebilled as change orders, graphics reprints, supervision time nobody flagged. Our model is the opposite — the number you approve is the number you pay, contractually. Design revisions are unlimited until you approve. The quote and the final invoice are the same document.

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One number, and it holds

Design, fabrication, graphics, furniture, lighting, freight, installation, dismantle and project management in a single fixed price.

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Proven before it ships

Your booth stands fully assembled and lit at our 65,000 sq ft facility, and you approve photographs of the actual build — not a render.

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Show costs, known up front

Space, electrical, drayage and rigging calculated for your exact booth before you commit — so the total is a number, not a range.

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The paperwork is ours

COI, EAC, electrical, rigging, freight windows — filed at advance rates, mapped to every exhibitor-manual deadline. Nothing lands on your desk three days before it’s due.

We quote higher and cost less. That’s the whole argument, and it’s why every booth below is published with its price rather than hidden behind a “request a quote” form.

Available for ISTELive

ISTELive-ready booths, with real prices

Every booth below is published with its price and available as a custom build for your brand — rented, not bought. Use the finder at the top of the page to narrow by size and budget.

Or jump straight to your footprint

One click — the catalog opens already filtered to your size, every booth with its published fixed price.

Working backwards from June 2027

Your real deadline is in early May

The advance-order cutoff lands weeks before the show — the exact date is in the facts strip at the top of this page, and it updates automatically each edition. For ISTELive the quiet trap is the spring calendar: end-of-school-year season swallows April and May for everyone in education, including the people who need to approve your booth. Work backwards from show week and the comfortable decisions all sit in winter.

DEC–FEBBrief, concepts and the fixed price locked. Full design freedom.
MARCHLayout submitted for show approval — placement confirmed.
APRILGraphics finalised and sent to production.
EARLY MAYDesign locked. Advance show orders filed. After this, floor rates own your budget.
MID-MAYFreight window and dock target time booked for the Boston venue.
LATE MAYBooth built, lit and photographed for your approval — before school lets out.
SHOW WEEKCrew installs in your move-in slot. You walk in at handover.
Take this to every vendor

Five questions to ask anyone quoting your ISTELive booth

Put these to every exhibit house you’re comparing — including us. They separate the vendors that stand behind a number from the ones whose estimate is an opening position. Our answers are printed here so you can hold us to them.

1 Will you put the total price in writing before I sign — and hold it? Ours: yes. Every booth on this page is published with its price. The quote and the final invoice are the same number, contractually. Printed above · hold us to it
2 Do design revisions become change orders? Ours: never. Revisions are unlimited until you approve, and the price is locked before design starts — a better idea in April costs nothing.
3 Will I see my actual booth before it ships — or a render? Ours: the actual booth, fully assembled and lit at our facility, photographed for your sign-off weeks before move-in. Renders are promises; photographs are evidence.
4 Who files my advance show orders, and at which rate? Ours: we do, at advance rates, mapped to every exhibitor-manual deadline. The advance-versus-floor spread is real money at any show — if a vendor can’t answer this immediately, that’s your answer.
5 The venue hasn’t been announced — what happens to my plan when it is? Ours: nothing you’ll feel. Design, price and timeline are venue-independent; the venue-specific orders — freight, rigging, electrical, dock windows — are our paperwork, re-confirmed against the actual building the day it’s announced. Ask any vendor who absorbs that update.
In their words

What event managers say after the show

★★★★★
“They never just build the booth and disappear — I always know I have someone on call and ready to jump in when the unexpected inevitably happens. That level of responsiveness makes a huge difference in high-pressure event environments.”
Amanda Horner · Three years of booth programmes · Google Review
★★★★★
“I’ve worked with Pure Exhibits for almost a year now, and have had such a great experience! They are our go-to for trade shows, and create memorable booths that represent our brand well. The team is incredibly responsive and reliable.”
Lexi von Schottenstein · Google Review
★★★★★
“It’s always a pleasure to work with Utsav. The process is simple, straightforward, and high quality. I have worked with them for 3 years now and will continue!”
Carlos Bautista · Three-year client · Google Review
★★★★★
“Their team is incredibly flexible throughout the design process and truly collaborative in bringing ideas to life. I highly recommend Pure Exhibits to anyone looking for a reliable, thoughtful, and experienced exhibit partner.”
Amanda Horner · Google Review
Questions ISTELive exhibitors actually ask

ISTELive booth rental FAQs

How much does an ISTELive booth rental cost?
Every booth on this page is published with its price — fixed and covering design, fabrication, graphics, furniture, freight, labour coordination and project management. Separately, the show and venue bill you directly for booth space, electrical, drayage, rigging and cleaning; we calculate those for your exact booth before you commit and file the orders at advance rates, so the total is known before you sign anything.
When should I book a booth for ISTELive 27?
Lock your design by early May at the latest — that’s when advance show orders are filed, and it’s also when end-of-school-year season swallows everyone’s calendar in education. Start the conversation in winter for full design freedom; the exact advance-order deadline is in the facts strip at the top of this page and updates automatically.
The Boston venue hasn’t been announced yet. Can we really start planning?
Yes — only the city is confirmed so far, and the venue is to be announced; the facts strip at the top of this page updates automatically when it lands. Design, footprint, messaging and the fixed price don’t depend on the building. The pieces that do — freight windows, dock schedules, rigging rules, electrical ordering — are the paperwork we handle, and we re-confirm every order against the actual venue the day it’s announced.
Is ISTELive the same event as the ASCD conference?
ISTELive 27 is the ISTE+ASCD conference, co-located with ASCD Annual — one registration covers both. For an exhibitor that’s an opportunity: your booth is in front of both the edtech audience and the curriculum-and-leadership audience. We design for that split deliberately — a hands-on demo face for the practitioners and a sit-down conversation space for the district decision-makers.
What actually works on an educator-heavy show floor?
Booths that teach. Educators want to try the product the way a student would, ask hard implementation questions, and sit down for the district-level conversation. Open fronts, hands-on demo stations, classroom-style seating and a semi-private meeting corner consistently out-perform big-stage spectacle with this audience. We design around the demo and the conversation, not around the furniture.
Will a rental look custom, or will it look reused?
Every booth is fabricated for your brand — custom graphics, layout, lighting and finishes on a modular structure underneath. The builds shown above are rentals. Before yours ships, it stands fully assembled and lit at our 65,000 sq ft facility and you approve photographs of the actual booth, not a render.
Can I install the booth myself to save on labour?
Show floors run on contracted labour under rules set by the show and venue, and what exhibitors may build themselves varies by building — which for ISTELive 27 will be confirmed when the Boston venue is announced. Either way it isn’t your problem to arrange: labour coordination and on-site supervision are inside our fixed price, with venue orders filed at advance rather than floor rates.
What happens if something goes wrong during move-in?
Your project manager and our install supervisor are on site through move-in and reachable across show days. Because everything was assembled and checked before shipping, the problems that usually surface at this stage — missing hardware, graphics that don’t fit, panels that won’t seat — have already been found and fixed on our floor, weeks earlier.
A vendor just fell through. How fast can you deliver an ISTELive booth?
Four to six weeks from approval to show floor for complete pre-built, photo-verified booths from 10×10 through 20×40 — at the same fixed price as a six-month lead time, with no rush surcharge. The earlier in spring you call, the more of that window sits at advance rates instead of floor rates.
Fixed pricing · Pre-built & photo-approved · Full-service support

Exhibit at ISTELive with zero surprises.

Tell us your footprint and what the booth needs to do for an educator audience. You’ll have design concepts and one fixed price back within 24 hours — including what the show and venue will bill you directly.

Or call us directly — (800) 379-8451