It turns out that setting up for 1,200 attendees takes a bit more time than we had anticipated. But everything is set, the demos are all working, and we are ready to kick things off Tuesday morning at 9 AM sharp.

You can read all about the 64 product launches during the next two days at our Finovate blog. And we’ll be tweeting away from @finovate while hundreds of others do the same with the #finovate hashtag.

To everyone joining us in San Francisco, and for all that are following from afar, we truly appreciate it!

We have a diverse bunch on stage at the fifth annual FinovateSpring next week. The 64 demoing companies come from all over the U.S., and from around the globe.

Here’s the geographic distribution of the 64 demoing companies (click to enlarge). It’s no surprise that we have 24 from California. But there’s almost twice as many from elsewhere around the country and world.

Next, here’s a graphical representation of the job titles from the FinovateSpring 2012 registration records:

And if you will be in the record-breaking crowd next week (thanks, everyone!), here’s the demo schedule which lists each company. See you in San Francisco.

We have a diverse bunch on stage at the fifth annual FinovateSpring next week. With 64 demos, many touching on multiple themes, it’s hard to boil down the topics to a few soundbites.

But that didn’t stop us from trying. We fed each presenter’s keywords into a nifty little software app and created our first ever "demo word cloud."

I don’t think anyone will be surprised there’s a bit of attention being devoted to "mobile payments." But who would have guessed (prior to last year), that "rewards" and "coupons" would get so much attention. Welcome to the new world of ad-supported banking.

Here’s the geographic distribution of the 64 demoing companies (click to enlarge). It’s no surprise that we have 24 from California. But there’s almost twice as many from elsewhere around the country and world.

Finally, here’s a graphical representation of the job titles from our registration records:

And if you will be in the record-breaking crowd next week (thanks everyone!), here’s the demo schedule which lists each company. See you in San Francisco.

In preparation for FinovateSpring next week, the 64 presenting companies have been busy perfecting their 7 minute demos, while we have been learning about the fintech they’ll demo on stage.

We assembled this graphic to give you a taste of some different fintech categories you’ll see on stage at FinovateSpring:

Want to see these and more demonstrated live, on stage? Get your FinovateSpring ticket here.