Preparation
Please dress professionally. Business causal or above.
Please prepare your business cards or resume if you are towards graduation and will be on the job market.
Look into tutorials. Usually it is very cheap to students. I can pay for it.
Look into the brochure and find the sessions you can attend before hand. Attend a few sub-committee meetings to sign up to those relevant to your research.
Attend the receptions and hospitality suites hosted by vendors. There, you can see demos of software and know more people who are also interested in it.
Plan to stay at the conference the whole time and learn to interact with people.
If you find a good presentation, ask the presenter for slides.
Network with fellow students, faculties, and industry folks working in your area.
Take some pictures of the posters.