The short answer
For material and product discovery, peer relationships and exposure to work you would not otherwise see in person.
Expos let you handle materials and compare products in one place; festivals and biennales expose you to ideas and installations that photographs flatten. The conversations in between are often the most valuable part.
Choose a small number of events tied to your current work — a material you are specifying, a market you want to enter — rather than attending everything on the calendar.
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