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Location, location, location.
Barring the BIG shows (which you'll attend anyway) the number one factor determining who'll be there is where it is.
The regional shows are smaller, but less hectic and more conducive to business.
If you don't have a specific regional focus, and just want to cover as many bases as possible throughout the year, I would say draw 3 rings around your home city of increasing travel-time radius (as determined by budget and practicality), and go to at least one show per ring, per year.
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