The Silver Dancers from the San Antonio Spurs NBA team greeted visitors to The Self-Service & Kiosk Show, held Sept. 28-29, in the city of the Alamo. Click here to read the complete round-up of the show and what the companies brought to it.

Attendee Kazuo Ikeda, with E-Net Co. in Japan, enjoyed the warm Texas greeting.

The dancers had the beauty. An authentic mariachi band had the beat.

Commence the festival!

A tradition of The Self-Service & Kiosk Show has been an opening reception where attendees can partake of the latest self-service technology and the tastiest of beverages and appetizers at the same time.

Alan Fryrear (left) is chairman of NetWorld Alliance, which owned The Self-Service & Kiosk Show until selling it in September to JD Events, owner of KioskCom. Tracy Kitten is editor of ATMmarketplace.com.

A significant draw to San Antonio for show organizers was the famed River Walk. Warm, clear weather made gentle cruises an end-of-day delight.

Landel provided small kiosks where attendees could complete a show survey for a chance to win an iPod.

Laura Garza, attending from To See Group, used interactive digital signage from EuroTouch Kiosks to help plan her way through the crowded show floor and information-packed seminar schedule.

The changing guards. Dick Good (left), CEO of NetWorld Alliance, and Joel Davis (center), president of JD Events, visit with an exhibitor.

The Self-Service & Kiosk Association held its annual meeting during the show. At a breakfast, it inducted St. Clair Interactive Communication’s Doug Peter into its Hall of Fame.

Sylvia Beren is co-founder of Apunix Computer Services and a long-time supporter of the Self-Service & Kiosk Association, the annual meeting of which she is shown here attending.

Francie Mendelsohn (left, Summit Research Associates), Jim Phelps (center, CompuShop Services) and Alan Fryrear (NetWorld Alliance) chat at the Self-Service & Kiosk Association annual meeting.

oseph Grove, associate publisher of NetWorld Alliance, prepares to present the Self-Service World Outstanding Achievement Awards.

Do you have ESP? Electronic Systems Protection, that is. The company markets power filters and surge protectors. Mike Honkomp demonstrated one of his wares to a pair of attendees.

WebRaiser is developer of the award-winning VendiSoft software, a tool for creating and customizing self-service applications.

Anna Nelson (left) and Rebecca Piotter took CeroView’s message throughout the hall by wearing a digital-signage application in a backpack.

The ADFLOW Networks team enjoyed some special attention from the Silver Spurs dance team of the San Antonio Spurs. ADFLOW president David Roscoe is standing, center.

An application from ADFLOW Networks helps shoppers learn about products without having to depend on a store sales associate.

Representatives from Comark Corporation were prepared to discuss their indoor and outdoor kiosk solutions.

King Kiosk is known for its Netstop software application.

Julie, a Silver Spurs dancer, demonstrated the Virgin LifeCare kiosk, an application developed in partnership with IBM

IDTech is a manufacturer of smart card, mag stripe, contactless and hybrid readers, as well as barcode scanners and other like devices.

Digital displays were on display at the U.S. Exhibits space.

In addition to bringing samples of its digital display work, U.S. Exhibits sponsored kiosks where show attendees could check e-mail and check in for their flights home.

PDNB and partner Tio Networks have made a great deal of news recently as their relationship continues to facilitate more of the unbanked and underbanked, settling accounts quickly and easily for that segment and their services providers.

The DynaTouch booth, where not all of the company’s 500-plus kiosk projects would fit. The company does work for many public entities, including the U.S. Army.

David Drain (r) is the executive director of the Self-Service & Kiosk Association. He and Matthew Stethen, an account executive for NetWorld Alliance, introduced attendees and exhibitors to the benefits of belonging to the industry’s only advocacy group.

Planar Systems is a 22-year-old provider of solutions for demanding environments, including touchscreen monitors and kiosk systems.

Whitech USA offers information technology services to retail business, including the award-winning Photo.Teller kiosk.

RealTime Shredding’s kiosk is like my brother, Michael: It’ll eat anything. Tony Rodenbaugh (left), account executive, and Johnny Podrovitz, vice president of business services, hoped to feed it some business.

The pxi digital photo kiosk from Mitsubishi was part of the Photo Kiosk Gallery, presented by Photo Marketing Association International.

Drs. Peter (left) and Sylvia (right) Berens pose with marketing guru Timothy Gendreau.

The award-winning Pay-Ease Automatic Commerce Machine used by several local governments to issue permits and accept payments by cash, check or charge.

Richardson Electronics touted its 21-inch to 42-inch digital displays, which display images in 3-D.

RESOLUTE TAP Services touted its complete kiosk logistic, software and management solutions.

Telpar showcased its impact and direct thermal printers for varied applications, including a modular printer for gaming machines.

Ventus Networks presented its cellular networking hardware and management capabilities for networking ATMs and secure financial machines in remote locations.

Fujitsu company PFU showed its kiosks, media terminals and technical solutions.

Hardware offerings from Electrone Americas, which builds data input products and a mini-kiosk.

Hardware offerings from Electrone Americas, which builds data input products and a mini-kiosk.

SLABB showed its large-format X14 kiosk, which can accommodate a 30- to 67-inch plasma screen mounted either vertically or horizontally, and available in a variety of color schemes.

The IBM Store of the Future featuring self-service devices installed by cutting-edge retailers.

Evolution Robotics’ LaneHawk takes a photo of the contents on the bottom of a shopping cart, looks up the UPC codes for the products and sends that information to the POS.

The IBM Model 171 self-checkout unit, a centerpiece in the Store of the Future.