The show, to be held Oct. 17-18 at the South San Francisco Conference Center, is designed to provide business leaders across a spectrum of industries with hands-on opportunities to try out self-service systems and to learn about the merits of implementing self-service programs to boost the bottom line by increasing sales and decreasing personnel cost.

Officials expect the fall show to be the best attended yet, and exhibitor space has been filled for a couple of weeks. Greg Swistak, kiosks.org association executive director and Self-Service & Kiosk Show organizer said, "I think the fact that we have a full exhibit floor is evidence that self-service is one of the hottest trends in business today. The market demand for self-service technology touches virtually every industry including retail, hospitality, financial services and beyond, and these exhibitors are ready to meet that demand."

Exhibiting companies and their new technology include:

Hand Held is excited to be exhibiting at The Self-Service & Kiosk Show. Nick Daddabbo, the company's senior product manager, said, "For all answers in self-service - whether how to implement self-service technology, what to use, the benefits of the technology, or new things coming out - this show is the place to be. Every vendor who is anyone in the self-service industry is going to be at this show. You can walk in and walk out with a solution because you can find everything from hardware to software and peripherals in one place."

The software enables reliable kiosk deployment. V. Miller Newton, Netkey's chief executive officer, said, "Companies deploying kiosks are challenged by issues related to application development, security, content management and remote monitoring. Netkey 6.5 provides … a powerful and robust software platform that lets them get to market faster with secure, reliable kiosk applications."

Kiosk software company Kioware, also of York, Pa., will exhibit a mobile kiosk it is developing with partner Citywide Transportation. The interactive taxicab kiosk provides passengers with information on topics such as attractions, maps, restaurants, nightlife and hotels. The kiosk also can provide public service information such as Amber Alerts, severe weather notifications and information on community events. Citywide Transportation uses Kioware to secure the kiosks and uses Kioware's attract screen feature to advertise local attractions and businesses.

Swistak is excited about the number and diversity of the companies that will exhibit at the show.

"Our show has always been a place for companies to showcase their offerings in self-service applications. What we're seeing with this show is that many companies are taking advantage of the show's media coverage and primarily end market audience to launch new programs. Anyone wanting to learn about the state of the art in kiosks and other self-service devices should come to San Francisco."