Empire Education Group’s Future Professionals Expo at the Hershey® Lodge and Convention Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on May 20th & 21st, 2012, will welcome over 2,500 students and hundreds more faculty and staff from each of the 100 plus Empire Education Group schools from across The United States.
An Experience To Remember
The event, one of the largest student tradeshows and student beauty competitions in the world, will begin and conclude with exhibitor showcases and vendor booths, as well as theater classrooms and seminars with 
respected industry professionals for the thousands of attendees at The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center.
The Future Professionals Expo combines students and vendors and opens the door for product introductions to tomorrow’s beauty professionals, possible employment leads, industry partner developments, and more while our students vie for top prizes in several hair and nail competitions during the two-day event.
Network Café
Industry partners like Regis, Smart Style Salons, Great Clips, Arrojo, SportClips, and more
The Hershey Lodge & Convention Center
Plus, we offer our students an evening of fun and amusement at Hershey Park. 
You get to experience Pennsylvania’s most popular attraction at The Sweetest Place on Earth®. Plus, Hershey Park allows us to reserve a private area of the park just for Empire Education Group students! No lines or hassles-just hours of fun and entertainment.
Awards Presentation
The Future Professionals Expo Competitions could be your key to unlocking your creative potential and opening the door to more educational experiences and opportunities! Our winning competitors win all-expenses paid trips to shadow some of the beauty industries and most elite professionals in the field at:
· New York’s SoHo Matrix Global Academy
· Goldwell USA Educational Center
· The Redken Exchange
· And more unbelievable destinations
Other prizes include high-end professional tools, personalized workshops and bragging rights as being one of the best across the nation.
The Hershey Lodge & Convention Center
The Hershey Lodge boasts 100,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space, eight certified meeting professionals on-site and offers the Great American hall—the largest and most advanced meeting space in the region. 
Guests of the Future Professionals Expo may also enjoy luxury accommodations in the any of the 665 guest rooms and surrounding dining, shopping and sight-seeing attractions such as Hershey Park, Hershey gardens, distinctive golf and other special event venues unique to Hershey.
