The tradeshow dictionary

Q&A management is an event app feature that collects audience questions digitally during a session, letting attendees submit from their seats, upvote each other's questions, and letting a moderator screen and order what reaches the stage. It replaces the roaming microphone with a filtered, democratic queue.

Quiet room is a dedicated low-stimulation space at an event where attendees can retreat from noise, crowds, and sensory overload. Driven originally by the needs of neurodivergent attendees, quiet rooms now serve anyone who needs recovery time — and they're among the cheapest accessibility measures an organizer can provide.

Quota attainment is the percentage of an assigned sales target a rep or team has closed in a period — usually measured in revenue, square metres, or package units.