WETEX 2026 Exhibitors: Lead Capture for Delegations

Visitors at WETEX 2026 often walk the halls in delegations, so one stand conversation may have to reach a whole group. A 60-second Flip Match game from BoothBuzz lets the junior engineer scan first and gives the senior person a time to beat, which brings the group back to your stand.

Who walks onto a WETEX stand

Dates: 20 to 22 Oct 2026 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), so please confirm with the organiser before you book.

The visitor profile is technical and institutional: utilities, EPC contractors, consultants, government buyers and sustainability officers. Delegations often arrive with a schedule, a lead who decides and a junior colleague who may carry the badge and the notes.

Why delegations leave without leaving a name

A delegation often moves as one group, on a timetable, and the person you most need to reach may be the least likely to stop and fill in a form in front of colleagues. A badge scanner takes nothing from the visitor, and many walk past it for that reason. The data is limited to badge fields and the licence is per show, so your exhibitor manual is the place to see what a scan includes. A business card from the senior person, handed over in front of the team, is less likely still.

So the junior engineer becomes your way in. The trick is giving the senior person a reason to walk back.

Why Flip Match suits an engineering crowd

Flip Match, one of BoothBuzz's two games, is a memory game with pairs of tiles: the player clears the board by finding every pair, and the quickest finisher ranks first. Timing happens on the server, to the millisecond, built from the moves the phone reports, so a tampered result is refused. Odd-looking results are marked in the dashboard, which lets your team review them before anything is handed over.

For an engineering and procurement crowd that is the point. The result is measured and fair, which leaves little to dispute with a stopwatch nobody can touch. The live leaderboard refreshes every 6 seconds on a TV facing the aisle, shows medals for the top 3 and never shows emails or phone numbers.

One scan, one board, one rematch

Here is how the networking works with a group. The junior engineer scans the QR, enters a real name, email, mobile and company, and plays for 60 seconds. Their time lands on the TV, and colleagues who watched often want a go: ten people can play at once. The senior person, who might not have stopped for a form, may well come back to beat the board.

Your staff member then opens with the board instead of a pitch. A template, not a quote: "Priya from your team is first, and you are two places behind. Do you want a rematch before the 15:00 draw?"

The board works as a standing invitation: defend the rank, bring another colleague to challenge it, and be there when the draw is announced in public, with your team as hosts rather than salespeople at a counter. Every lead then reaches you with the chat already begun and the time of the visit attached. The consent record behind it is explained in the PDPL consent checklist.

Two questions that qualify a delegation lead

Two custom questions on the sign-up form do the qualifying. "Organisation type: utility, EPC, consultant, government, other" tells you which sales track to use before you call. "Project stage: planning, tender, construction" tells you who to call first, because a contractor at tender stage often has a deadline, while one at planning stage may be able to wait for a reference document.

Player screens also come in Arabic with a right-to-left layout, which may help with government buyers. If your calendar includes the EV World Show, the EV World Show post covers a different crowd and a different set of questions.

Prizes that fit this crowd

Pair one on-message hero prize with branded runners-up and something for every finisher. Look up today's price and the lead time on every product page before you commit, and check your exhibitor manual for what it says about prizes and public draws before you announce one.

Eco-friendly gifts as the hero set: at an energy and sustainability show, the prize the winner holds up for the TV photo should be on-message.
Bottles and flasks as a runner-up: a reusable bottle suits a water and energy crowd and works on a hall floor all day.
Power banks as a runner-up, solar-styled if the product page lists one: phones often run flat on long hall days, so a spare charge is welcome.
Pens for everyone who finishes: tender and site teams often write a lot, and each finisher leaves with your name in a pocket.

The game start screen is the place to announce when the draw happens, 11:00 and 15:00 each day for instance, so delegations can plan their return.

Print the QR where people stop

A delegation is more likely to pause where the board and a QR sit in the same glance, so plan three stopping points. A roll-up banner catches the group as it passes the aisle. A promotional counter stand turns the code towards whoever walks up. Your own team is the third: T-shirts with "Scan me, beat me" across the back work for a relaxed stand, and polo shirts suit a formal B2B one. Inside the stand, table flags on the meeting tables keep the code in front of seated guests.

A workable sizing rule is that the code's width should be roughly a tenth of how far away people view it. From 2 m, aim for about 20 cm.

FAQ

Will a stand game work at DWTC during WETEX?

Yes. BoothBuzz works at any venue with mobile coverage, Dubai World Trade Centre included, because visitors use their own phones. The game is light, opens in around a second on 4G and streams nothing. If the signal drops mid-game, the result is sent again once the phone reconnects. Busy halls share IP addresses and can hit a per-network cap, which you can lift.

Can WETEX visitors play in Arabic?

Yes. English, Arabic (laid out right to left), Spanish and Mandarin Chinese are all available on the player screens and in the dashboard. The phone's browser language is picked up automatically, and players can switch with the Change Language control.

How much does a game cost for WETEX 2026?

A single exhibition day is priced at AED 300; the three days of WETEX therefore total AED 900. No set-up fee, licence or per-lead fee applies, and the game is normally ready within 24 h of ordering.

What do I need to send to set up a WETEX game?

Send your logo, two brand colours, the prize wording and the questions you want asked. Staff test mode then lets your team play the real game before the show starts.

Reserve your game for WETEX 2026 now, or check the pricing first.