IFES Worldview 3 / 2019

WORLDVIEW Issue No. 3 | 2019

The Official Publication of the

ENGAGEMENT

IFES MEMBER LIST 2019

International Federation

07 Stop talking –

62 Find your right partner

of Exhibition & Event Services

Start doing

around the globe

global collaboration network.

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INDEX

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Editorial

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Engagement for the Industry

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UFI’s 5 Trends to watch

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She Means Mentoring

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AI meets the Exhibition + Event Industry

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The Joy of Association

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Do not Blame – find Solutions

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Meet the IFES Board

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Get inspired

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IFES Insights

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Member List 2019

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Imprint

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“ The future depends on what we do in the present” Following this famous quote from Mahatma Gandhi IFES takes up the challenge of continously establishing itself as a trustworthy, transparent and cosmopolitan network.

As we enter the last year of this decade we must prepare for the future, as the only truly worldwide association we have become.

This is why we want to increase our partnerships with National Associations through-out the world, take a deeper look into the emerging markets of our industry and be aware of the upcoming changes in the Blue-Chip-Regions.

Our education program are constantly evolving, and after the success of MasterClass in 2018, we will aim in making them more advanced the years to come.

We will continue exhibiting and making our presence known in renowned exhibitions and events worldwide, such as ExhibitorLive in Las Vegas this February, or EuroShop next year, in order to greet current members as well as introducing ourselves to potential ones.

The World Summit in Athens, between the dates of June 26th – 28th, and whose motto is “The Summit of Inspiration”, is intended to surpass any previous attendance, and moreover, “inspire” our audience on the latest trends and ideas of our industry. The Sustainable Starter we created as a new platform at the Chicago summit last year will continue at this year’s summit.

We encourage all of you, especially the young and passionate ones to come and join our activities. We need volunteers who are willing to share time and ideas with the “mature generation” and become better altogether.

Together, we shall make every effort for new ideas and inspirations and continue to be “the” global collaboration network.

THE IFES BOARD

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This is the third edition of IFES Worldview.

Its focus is on “Engagement”.

Engagement in the trade show and event industry now has a number of faces: it is about ecological involvement in a circular economy, about ­e mpowerment of women in exhibitions, about ­visionary concepts, for example in the use of Artificial Intelligence, and about involvement within ­associations. We have selected four examples, four that encourage and inspire. We will address these topics at our “Summit of ­Inspiration”, which will take place in Athens at the end of June. We cordially invite you to participate in the discussion.

Until then, we hope you enjoy reading it.

UTA GORETZKY

Engagement for the ­Industry A group of women join forces to support young f­ emale talents in their career planning, a manager d ­ ecides to give up his job, collects plastic bottles and makes design furniture out of them which can then be rented for trade shows, a company uses ­Artificial Intelligence and digital evolution – the supposed arch-enemy of the trade fair industry – to make trade fairs more successful. These are examples for a ­commitment in very different fields of our industry. ­Nevertheless, these examples have one thing in c ­ ommon: they impressively demonstrate how the trade fair show can be successful in the long run.

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UFI’s 5 trends to watch in 2019 2018 has become a memorable year for the ­exhibition and business events industry around the world – with much of the attention on M&A, on changing event formats or “festivalisation”, and on a changing global landscape.

As every year, the UFI team has used its association’s Global Congress as well as many separate conversations all around the world to isolate and identify the core themes that we feel will impact the global exhibition industry in 2019.

1. Shifting trade patterns and a jittery global economy Amidst a climate of political tension, protectionism and false news globally, economic growth is slowing down. The latest IMF forecasts point to rougher times ahead for the global economy, citing protectionism and new tariffs as a major cause. The US/ China tariffs alone are calculated to reduce global economic growth by 0.4% in the long-term.

Even without this additional burden, growth has become difficult to sustain, especially in

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UFI’s 5 trends to watch in 2019

the mature exhibition markets: CEIR data shows that, in the U.S. alone, our industry has seen below par growth compared to the U.S. economy as a whole in seven out of the last eight quarters.

It comes as no surprise that, whatever survey you look at, growing numbers of U.S. organizers are looking into doing business outside of their home country. In parallel, 2018 has seen the first ever time when a Chinese organizer has taken a majority share in a trade show outside of China.

We will see players from the two largest domestic markets in the world looking into options abroad. All of this offers new opportunities to partner between organizers from different markets, and to capitalize on joint interests.

2. Digital is everywhere – but it is not everything Ten years into the mass adaption of social media and the rise of the smartphones, it is time to end the discussion about the role of digitization in our industry.

Today, digital is simply everywhere – on the show floor, in the show manager’s office, in the customer’s exhibition experience.

As digital has become as common as electricity, it has become a commodity (just as show security, by the way).

The adoption of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) is leading us to a “new normal” in the way that we as an industry are dealing with customer data and are building up the in-house resources to achieve that.

Data handling and data security will be big topics in the

future. As show brands around the world increasingly commu­ nicate digitally with their customers and communities all year round, data operations will be as relevant as show floor operations.

3. Getting the basics right goes a long way on creating experiences For many years, the “show” in this very word “show floor” was understood to be about the exhibitors showcasing their products and services. To the millennial and post-millennial generation, however, it is just as much about the “show” that a show organizer puts on around the show floor itself.

“Festivalisation” is a buzzword, and will rightly disappear again.

But we are well advised to listen closely to our customers and their call for very personal and individual experiences when they attend an exhibition. As the overlap between tradeshows and congresses/conferences continues to grow, there are opportunities to deliver that – and there is a risk for those who don’t pay attention to these shifting demands.

After polling more than 13,000 show visitors globally for the UFI/Explori Global Visitor Insights, there is a solid understanding of visitors’ changing expectations. Many visitors are reporting “trade show fatigue” (less so in developing markets

than in developed markets, and with the highest share – one quarter – in the Americas).

Visitors say that their interest in other channels such as online marketplaces and conferences will likely rise significantly relative to trade shows.

Organizers and venues alike are well advised to never forget to deliver excellence in terms of the basics, as visitor pain points are surprisingly simple. The top five are: seating, catering, queueing, parking, and quality of the exhibitors. Organizers can go a long way to pleasing visitors by getting these five factors right.

4. Consolidation and ­collaboration We have seen an intense level of M&A activity in the past two years – shaking up our industry in the process. In addition, more and better venue space around the world is being built, as UFI’s World Map of Venues shows.

In 2019, we are expecting the opening of what is poised to be the world’s largest exhibition venue complex in Shenzhen.

Billions of dollars are flowing into our industry. And all the signs right now are indicating that, despite the less positive economic outlook, the exhibition industry remains attractive for investors looking for solid, mid-term returns of their investments.

The mix of players in the industry remains varied: listed

companies, publicly owned organizer/venue operator enterprises, family businesses, entrepreneurs and government bodies. The growing number of “out of the industry investors” is driving prices to new heights, but it remains to be seen whether all these bets on growth will be successful. Our industry’s reputation, however, is certainly benefitting from this trend. It is helping our stakeholders to better understand the economic impact that every show, every venue creates every day.

5. Diversity in leadership If you look at the teams who deliver and grow exhibitions around the world, and who operate venues, you find a broad diversity of skills, nationalities, and qualifications. Slowly but surely, our industry is reflecting this as well in its leadership.

We’ve seen a steady flow of senior appointments enriching the diversity of boardrooms over the past two years, adding new voices to the respective tables – most notably women on the one hand, but also hires from outside of the industry. Both of these trends will accelerate, and continue, in 2019 and beyond, to the benefit of our industry.

To reduce this discussion to a gender issue alone, however, leaves out a major part – cultures and skills are just as important as part of the mix.

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“She Means ­M entoring” – launch of the mentoring ­program for ­women in the event industry For the first time the International Festival of Brand Experience (BrandEx) took place at Messe Westfalenhallen in Dortmund on 15 January. Around 1,000 guests were able to follow 100 contributions by ­r enowned speakers on 15 stages in parallel.

In the evening the BrandEx Awards ceremony took place awarding the best contributions from live m ­ arketing and live communication from last year.

The festival got its special structure from the chosen open space architecture, which bundled all the ­stages, hospitality offers and retreat areas in one large room. This openness offered space both for concentrated listening and discussions as well as for animated conversations.

Part of the program was also the announcement of “She Means Mentoring”, an initiative to promote women in the exhibition and event industry.

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“She Means Mentoring” – a new initiative for women in the global meeting- and event industry “She Means Mentoring” is a mentoring initiative for the events industry to aim for gender equality “She Means Mentoring” is inviting women all over the world to support each other and to empower young women.

Karin Ruppert, Bettina Metz, Christiane Appel, Sabine Loos, Kerstin Wünsch

Is equality between men and women in the global meeting and event industry even an issue? Especially as our industry is already disproportionately female anyway?

It is, indeed! A behind-thescenes survey, in the form of a 2017 poll, has shown that every second woman in the MICE industry does not feel equal in terms of her career opportunities and salary. And although the MICE industry is approximately 75% female, a disproportionately small number of women are in management positions. Time to change this!

Women for women – from the first “She Means Business” to the new mentoring initiative “She Means Mentoring” Because sustainable results can be better achieved through collaboration, leading industry events and players and their strong women behind them have come together in a joint effort to work together to achieve the grand goal: equality for women in the global meeting industry.

The successful launch of the first “She Means Business”

conference as part of IMEX in Frankfurt in 2018 as a cooperative project between tw tagungs­ wirtschaft and the IMEX Group has clearly shown a need for formats and events that support gender equality. “She Means Business” is a conference with a high-caliber education pro­gram that networks women and celebrates the role of women in the meeting industry.

An only logical next step was the development of the mentoring initiative “She Means Mentoring”. This initiative was announced on January 15th during the first BrandEx Festival in the Dortmund Westfalenhallen.

Chairwomen of “She Means Mentoring” are Sabine Loos, Managing Director Messe Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH, Bettina Metz, Managing Director UN Women National Committee Germany e.V. and Carina Bauer, CEO of the IMEX Group. “She Means Mentoring” will also be part of the next IMEX in Frankfurt 2019 as there will also be a next “She Means Business” with a high end educational and networking program.

Benefits for mentors and mentées + Mentor shares knowledge and experiences, gets new/ fresh ideas/technologies, networking, training (learn about mentoring) + Mentee gets career guidance, advice and assistance, network building Chairwomen Bettina Metz, Managing Director UN Women National Committee Germany e.V.; Carina Bauer, CEO IMEX Group; Sabine Loos, Managing Director Dortmund Westfalenhallen Founders Karin Ruppert, Head of communications FAMAB; Kerstin Wünsch, Editor-inchief tw tagungswirtschaft; Christiane Appel, ­Editor-in-chief m+a report

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Statements of the chairwomen Sabine Loos

Bettina Metz

Carina Bauer

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The event industry is largely female. However, this fact is not reflected in the management positions.

I would like to encourage women to be enthusiastic about management tasks and plan their careers systematically.

Women are particularly burdened at work if they want to combine their career with a family. This particularly affects the event industry because working hours are often not family-friendly. That is why working mothers need special support at this point.

The industry also needs more young talents. In concrete terms, this means that we also have to make a special effort to attract female employees. For this we have to raise awareness of the need to improve the basic conditions for working women and mothers. In my opinion, high-quality and flexible childcare is a crucial factor here.

I want to lead by example.

I am a woman in a leadership position myself and a mother at the same time. I know what it means to combine them both.

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Mentoring means networking.

Networking between people of all ages, people who have been working in a company for a long time and people who just started to work there as well as networking between women and men.

Women still do not benefit from networking as men do. This has to change with “She Means Mentoring”.

Women are well educated; they do have a lot of knowledge and abilities. Women are able to compete with men on all fields, but they do not have the same chances. We need role models who support women.

We need people listening and encouraging mentees on their careers. “She Means Mentoring” will provide this support – h ­ opefully with you on board.

“She Means Mentoring” is the sister initiative to “She Means Business”, the great networking event and educational program for women in the global meeting industry. “She Means Mentoring” is about supporting each other within our industry and learning from each other. Every woman has a great story to tell and by sharing, we can learn from each other and profit from this valuable experiences and knowledge.

I am very happy to be a chairwoman for this wonderful initiative and to be able to help women to achieve their personal and carrier goals. We do need formats like this, as our survey has shown.

I am looking forward to welcoming women around the globe to both, our next “She Means Business” and “She Means Mentoring” at IMEX in Frankfurt 2019.

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Artificial Intelligence meets the Exhibition+Event Industry Considering how fast the world is moving, adapting and innovating and how the competitive gaps are becoming smaller and smaller due to this digital ­evolution, as members of the exhibition industry, we need to make proactive effort to ensure that we keep abreast of all the new ways the digital world is and will influence the way we conduct business.

It is understandable however, that although a good majority are fascinated by the prospect of fusing ­digital with the exhibition world, it is comprehensible that there may be some apprehensions by many c ­ olleagues, who are not convinced that the door of Artificial Intelligence should be opened into an i­ndustry so embedded in human interaction.

However, it is up to us, as professionals in the exhibition industry, to decide which digital services will enhance and promote the purpose of exhibitions and to ensure that there are guidelines on how we can remain customer focused and at the same time respecting the boundaries of ethical behaviour to ensure the credibility of the industry remains in tact.

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To show what is in place today and as an example of effective AI, the World-of-Watson, is a “must see”.

For those not yet familiar with Watson; named after IBM’s first CEO, Watson started life as a question-answer computer system, initially developed by IBM’s DeepQA team to answer questions on the TV quiz show Jeopardy. In 2011, Watson

competed in Jeopardy, against legendary champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, winning the first-place prize of $1 million.

In 2014 IBM created IBM Watson Group, a business unit focused on deploying Watson across three divisions, Watson Discovery Advisor, Watson Engagement Advisor, and Watson Explorer.

The intention to allow enterprises to integrate and use Watson’s

capabilities to develop business and commercial products.

Trade show management with WOW The objective of WOW was to attract a projected 50% of conference attendees to a private trade show, to generate sales leads and increase sponsorship revenue. IBM’s strategy involved creating a private trade show as part of a conference that illustrated the wide-range of data-mining applications the Watson Artificial Intelligence is capable of.

The tactics they used was to divide the trade show into individual zones focusing on different examples of how Watson has been used by genuine companies to cut costs, increase sales and/or improve products. They employed

Augmented Reality and multiple live examples in the zones to convey the overwhelming range of industries, from airlines to chocolatiers, that Watson has successfully helped.

To give you an example of what was on offer at the trade show, the Watson Welcome Immersion area teased visitors with the sheer da Vinci-like scope of Watson’s Renaissance-man talents, the visitors flowed from that section onto a 400-square-foot responsive-tile walkway. When they stepped on the flooring, weight-triggered sensors beneath the 24-by-24inch tiles activated a media server, which then triggered a projector to flash marketing messages onto the fabric structures such as “You Envision/Watson Discovers“.

Another show service and product display was the shuttle service – ­branded “Olli”.

D ­ esigned as an on-demand transportation device that passengers can order with a mobile app just as they would an Uber, the electric-­powered Olli gave up to eight attendees at a time a brief ride around the show floor.

Attendees could take a spin around the concourse in Olli, an autonomous, 3-D-printed minibus partly designed by Watson. Once they boarded, they could chat with Olli about anything from its technical specs to its tourist recommendations.

Once guests boarded Olli, the minibus acted like a souped-up Johnny Cab from the movie “Total Recall,” using 30 sensors and a natural-language interface to chattily field questions on

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the fly, including, “How does this bus work?” and “Which restaurants nearby would you recommend?“ After a short five-minute jaunt, passengers disembarked the driverless shuttle and then extended the experience at an interactive digital kiosk upon which rested a scale model of Olli. Here, guests learned how Olli can be printed and put together in about 10 hours and will first be used on campuses and at airports before, perhaps, being rolled out for city-wide transportation.

LED Cognitive Dress In a separate area, on display was the Cognitive Dress that Watson helped create for the Met Gala, New York’s extravagant annual fashion event. Collaborating with fashion designers from Marchesa Holdings LLC and 16

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software developers from Inno360 Inc., Watson assisted in designing a white tulle gown embellished with 150 LEDconnected fabric flowers.

During the event Watson monitored tweets using the #MetGala and #CognitiveDress hashtags, then painted the dress in kaleidoscopic hues via the LEDs, which glowed rose when Watson detected joy and aqua when it sensed excitement.

A final example is the chat room area, where resting on acrylic bubble chairs, attendees tried out the Virtual Immersive Data Analytics (ViDA) project, where they could converse with Watson in natural language on various topics. Watson un­covered unorthodox information and insights for the participants, then graphically depicted them with both 3-D and 2-D objects in the virtual world.

The success of this trade show supported by Artificial Intelligence features are in the results where of the 20,000 visitors invited to attend the annual conference, 85% i.e. 17,000 converted into attendees of which 90% visited the trade show (40% above target). The show generated 15,000 leads and

contributed to 37% increase in sponsorship!

This is a solid case-study of where digital innovation can not only enhance the customer experience but increase the ­revenue potential for both exhibitors and organizers.

A FINAL WORD Face-to-face business can and will remain a necessary and effective tool in so far as we prepare for, embrace and influence what the future holds for the benefit, evolution and sustainability of our industry.

Personally, I am looking forward to a future of an integrated digital and exhibition world, with endless possibilities of creative formats and customer centricity.

AUTHOR M AT T H I AS “T ESI ” BAUER, MBB-CONSULTING GROUP WITH OVER 18 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR THE WORLD’S LARGEST SHOW ORGANIZERS SUCH AS REED EXHIBITIONS, MESSE FRANKFURT, UBM AND MANY MORE, THE TEAM OF MBB-MEDIA IS WELL EQUIPPED TO SUPPORT CLIENTS OF THE TRADE SHOW INDUSTRY.

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The Joy of Association There is, undoubtedly, an association for every kind of business and activity on the planet. But I believe the best trade associations in the world share the same characteristics, many benefits and similar ­ mbitions for their members. Broadly speaking, a a trade association should exist to benefit its m ­ embers in three spheres: personal development, business improvement and industry strength.

Should you join a trade association? I think that if it can truly offer these three realms of benefit, then you should seriously consider it.

It’s essential to the future of any industry to attract and retain talented people, and so it’s the responsibility of an association to underpin every member’s efforts to develop the skills and careers of their employees. Whether it means delivering accredited courses that enable people to move easily between businesses without leaving the industry, or providing resources for members to develop and deliver their own training and up-skilling material, providing positive career development potential is the key to industry longevity and stability.

Without the continuity and insight that comes from a long career in one sector, expertise and knowledge is lost, whilst long standing conventions can break down. Providing a strong emphasis on education, and encouraging members to create careers rather than simply jobs, will give young people a reason to enter the industry and the incentive to stay there.

Share information Running a business is never easy, and every step an association can take to make it more profitable, efficient, credible or well-known is a welcome benefit. Whatever industry you are in, you’re in competition with other businesses for a finite amount of trade. So it may seem counter-intuitive to ask you to get together and share information with all those competitors.

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good customer service. The result? The growing awareness that association membership is a quality marque, an indicator to customers that they can expect the best of what the industry has to offer.

Association membership isn’t easy The truth is that an association is only as effective as its members, because it is its members. The more time and effort you devote to your association, whether that is sitting on working groups, leading a forum, or simply attending the AGM and conference, the greater benefit you will enjoy. You should support your association as much as it supports you. Evangelise, be an advertisement for membership, help the association to grow, because to grow the association is to add greater strength, knowledge and power to your own business.

There’s a well known phenomenon known as “The Network Effect” which applies here. It states that adding more users of a service has a positive effect on all the value of the service to all other users. The perfect example is the telephone. If there is only one telephone, it’s useless – there’s no-one to call. If there are two telephones, then two calls are possible, ten telephones give you ninety possible calls, and so on. Building a business network, and sharing pragmatic solutions to common issues, becomes a powerful tool when you can do it with dozens of competitors in a convivial and collaborative environment.

It’s up to your association to

create these opportunities, but it’s up to you to make them a success!

When you speak as an industry, people listen. ESSA represents a part of a £42 billion industry in the UK and we exist to enable our members to speak with one voice. Whilst association membership can benefit your business directly and positively, perhaps the most important work it can do is to represent the whole industry at the legislative and regulatory level. The unintended consequences of legislation, burden some regulation, and interna­ tional business conditions are threats that can face every business.

Without associations, it is very difficult for individual businesses to make their case to the authorities that matter. Association membership gives every member business the chance, and arguably the responsibility, to contribute to the debate in a meaningful way. This is how a good association enables its members to author their own future as much as possible.

At ESSA this is our ambition, helping the industry to thrive by putting the people with the knowledge and experience at the helm, providing a platform to communicate with government, other sectors and inter­ national partners, and creating an industry where people want to work and progress.

AUTHOR AN D REW H ARRI SO N

Do not Blame – find Solutions

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About the plastic waste problem The plastic soup is a growing global problem. Plastic waste is polluting the world’s waters more and more, with all its consequences. No less than 80 percent of all waste that ends up in the ocean consists of plastic waste. This is more than 8 million tons annually. Animals in and around the water become entangled or suffocate in the plastic waste. In addition, plastic waste breaks into very small particles (“microplastics”) that are swallowed by fish and are absorbed by all kinds of organisms, such as mussels and oysters. So these particles end

up in the food chain and we finally get it back on our plate.

About Plastic Whale Plastic Whale is the first professional plastic fishing company in the world. A social enterprise with a mission: to make the world’s waters plastic-free.

We do this by creating social awareness for the problem, but mainly by taking action with as many people as possible and by fishing plastic. To date, Plastic Whale has fished more than 100,000 PET bottles from the water, which are then upcycled into high-quality products, including high-quality design locks and now also office

furniture. We ultimately hope to go ‘out of business’ by achieving our mission. Over­ fishing is positive in our case. www.plasticwhale.com About Vepa Since the foundation of Vepa in 1971, they have developed into one of the most versatile offices and project furniture manufacturers in the Netherlands.

Versatile, because they make all their products 100% in their own factories in the Netherlands and thus realize both a wide range of products and customer-specific solutions. Their state-of-the-art machinery also gives the opportunity to con-

stantly strive for new circular solutions, now with the Plastic Whale Circular Furniture collection.

About JMT JMT was founded in 1982 and has provided the livecomm industry with more than 35 years of its materials and services.

With 13 offices in 7 European countries, JMT is one of the largest providers of rental furniture and flooring for events, fairs and conferences in Europe.

JMT is based in the Netherlands, England, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland and Germany and with a warehouse close to every major event location.

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Stop talking – Start doing Under the watchful eye of colleagues and the press, a unique partnership between plastic fishing company Plastic Whale and furniture manufacturer Vepa and the IFES member JMT was signed. With a powerful network in Europe, JMT will provide distribution and awareness of the Plastic Whale Circular Furniture line, which was launched in February.

JMT is happy to contribute to sustainable entrepreneurship within the livecomm industry.

With Corporate Social Respon­ sibility as paramount, JMT made use of the unique opportunity to become ‘Launching Partner’ of Plastic Whale Circular Furniture. Plastic Whale, ­establish­e d in Amsterdam and founded

by Marius Smit, has created a unique furniture concept in cooperation with Vepa: design furniture made from recycled plastic, collected from the canals of Amsterdam.

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Stop talking. Let’s start doing!

This is the motto that Plastic Whale develops its activities under. “We create economic value from plastic waste with the involvement of as many people as possible,” says Marius Smit the founder of Plastic Whale.

“Every year we fish for plastic in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, together with thousands of people. From these plastics, we have already built eleven design sloops. We can make an even greater impact with office furniture. “The cleaned plastic may no longer be called waste.”, Janwillem de Kam from ‘furniture factory’ Vepa says: “It is a real raw material that fits the pro­d uction process of the furniture really well. By making design furniture, we remove this plastic from the chain for a long time. We add value and ­e nsure that form and function match the wishes of our customers.”

Big impact The Plastic Whale and Vepa collection will take off in the course of 2019. The items that are suitable for the rental will become part of the permanent collection of JMT and will be offered through JMT offices in the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, France and Germany. In addition to the design, properties such as size, weight and, for example, stackability are important in the consideration. A sustainably produced piece of furniture is only really sustainable when it is rented out, if it is also sustainable to transport. “In this way, contributing to sustainability can be contagious, and this certainly applies to our fellow branches, but we also count on our customers to embrace the idea and wtackle the plastic soup together with us!”, says JeanPierre Brouwers, managing director rental furniture JMT.

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Meet the IFES Board

Meet the IFES Board The following pages will show the personal ­commitment of all IFES Board members.

It gives a deeper look into their engagement for our industry and even beyond.

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Peter Theodorides President “Motivation is what gets you started – Commitment is what keeps you going.”

When I first learned what IFES was all about, and that was 13 years ago, I saw there was something here that would help me both as an individual and as an owner of a company to expand worldwide, and be able to understand my industry much better.

13 Years later, I am honored as President of this association, and be able to say in all humbleness, that I am committed the next two years to offer my best to ensure that we keep growing altogether and to maintain the stability we have by focusing in three main pillars: Continue being a worldwide association Build on enhancing colla­bo­ra­ tions among our ­members

What is more, I believe that all of us have hidden potentials that can only be seen if we find a meaning in what we do. Keeping this in mind, I intend to involve more members in decision making issues and allow them to be part of the problem.

By doing so, I will attempt constructing and preserving an environment which is meaningful. Connecting innovation to long-standing values can help us all link the new with the old and enhance the growth and steadiness of IFES. All in all, I would like to invite all members to get involved as much as possible in new and challenging projects, which altogether we can accomplish.

It is important to realize that in order to excel as an association and to be able to perform innovation, there must be the support which I am willing to provide, and the cooperation that will help us overcome any obstacles. My passion, as well as my devotion for this asso­ ciation, make me stronger to reach out to what I want for all of us – a win-win formula that

will ensure a superior performance for outstanding results the years to come!

Voicu Sferdianu Past President Commitment to IFES framework grew naturally from year to year adding substance and value with each Association meeting.

Exchanging energy both ways with IFES members, stakeholders and framework got me the tools that plugged us into our unique Visions, Values and Roles in order to improve our effectiveness and find true fulfillment for our companies in particular and the Exhibition Industry as a whole.

Commitment has paid off long time already, not only professionally but personally as well through solid friendships and engagements.

And it keeps going.

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Justin Hawes Vice President Finance/ Treasurer My association with IFES has been infinitely rewarding and has enriched my career in the exhibition industry.

My advice to new and existing members is to get actively involved in the Association – the more one engages, the more one gets out.

I am a Chartered Accountant and this has enabled me to assist IFES with its financial management, serving as its Treasurer for the last seven years.

Furthermore, I am the Managing Director of an African exhibition and events company and I am based in Johannesburg, South Africa. My company, Scan Display, has been a member of IFES for over 10 years. It was the Association’s first African member.

My involvement with IFES has generated substantial foreign business for my company, and I have enjoyed developing fruitful partnerships with other members over the years. It has been interesting to learn about the workings of the exhibition industry in other countries. As the only board member from a developing country, I understand the challenges faced by members from other developing countries, and I promote their interests within the Association.

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Torsten Heinze Vice President Strategy Hello, as we say at Czarnowski! I am attending IFES meetings since 2007 and I can tell you that the whole dynamic has changed.

Since the former Board decided to open IFES to individual members, we have a totally different self-conception of ourselves.

The IFES network plays an important role in our company’s offer to our clients: we are able to offer projects everywhere, with the highest available quality, at the highest national safety and security level and respect for human rights under the Code of Conduct. I will do my utmost to continue this path and grow IFES for and with our fellow members and friends.

John Pavek Vice President Marketing & Membership I consider the opportunity I have been given to serve on the IFES Board both a privilege and an honor.

It is inspiring to be part of the IFES family. The global collaboration network, once an aspirational goal, is now a reality.

The possibilities are limitless.

As members of IFES, we can learn, grow and shape the future of face-to-face marketing around the world. When we build a stand for an exhibition, it’s temporary. But with IFES, the people we meet, and the knowledge and wisdom we gain, will last a lifetime. I truly believe, the theme of this issue of WorldView, is the key to our future success – “Engagement.”

Cam Stevens Board Member Education Sharing Knowledge… Education.

It is such an important word and can be such a huge differentiator in today’s world.

Education can help communities climb out of poverty, it can help us excel and advance in our careers, and it can shape the very fabric of our lives. The quest for new knowledge should be a life-long desire… and it should be unquenchable.

As an entrepreneur, Education is near and dear to my heart.

With my past work at EDPA as VP of Education, my master’s degree specializing in Family Business Transitions and entrepreneurship, and my present work with IFES working as Chair

of Education, I am passionate about working to bring value to our members through education.

Whether that is in the form of speaker content at a Global Summit, a Masterclass containing relevant/current content, or how best to do business in a country that you are unfamiliar with, my commitment to the organization is to work to foster and develop content to help quench your appetite for education.

I’m excited to see another year ahead of opportunity on the heels of a very successful Masterclass program which took place in Amsterdam this past December. My commitment to you is to work hard to continue to explore new and exciting ways of educating our members through Sharing Knowledge…

Philippe Beille Board Member Sustainability We are conscious that Sustainability is our new responsibility.

We must integrate Sustainability within our core strategy.

Let’s open bright and innovative horizons.

At first glance, it may look like a huge intellectual and financial effort. But innovative approaches

in sustainability will attract new customers and secure the loyalty of existing ones. These innovative approaches will open doors to new markets and new employment opportunities. Most of us don’t have time or knowledge to craft new sustainable approaches. IFES community is the right platform to brainstorm, execute and share. Our sustainablilty commitment is the guarantee to be a part of the exhibition market in the future.

Our motivation and success should be shared with IFES numbers and benefit us all.”

Ninni Arion Board Member Young IFES My name is Ninni Arion and I come from the very north of Finland.

Our country might be small, yet the companies here are very international. They go to shows around the world, and we offer our experience and help them to get the most out of their exhibition targets.

Everyone who exhibits or organizes a show abroad knows, that there are a million little things to know, different ways to produce the stands and attract visitors. Many times,

the shows take us to Germany, but sometimes we go to Kazakhstan, Colombia or Vietnam. It is essential to know people, build networks and have connections globally, to offer our clients the best customer service and confidence. IFES is a wonderful platform to build your connections. We depend on our IFES partners to meet the demands and challenges that the world brings.

Associations in general, IFES especially, is a wonderful platform which helps me to stay tuned. Issues like sustainability and changes in technology will drive our group together as we can learn and grow together.

Exhibition service providers can be seen as competitors, but we also share the same worries, and challenges. Together we can make the difference in the industry, develop and invent new and smarter ways to communicate and meet people in real life.

Together we are powerful.

At YIFES my personal interest and commitment is to engage the younger generations in the event industry. We have faced a problem with educational systems not supporting our industry and some consider our fantastic work too demanding and hectic. My purpose is not only to bring new generations to our industry, but also to communicate what we do, why our work is meaningful for so many people and economy.

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Tuesday, 25 June, 2019

Thursday, 27 June, 2019

Evening: Meet + Greet on the fabulous roof top terrace at the Athens Marriott

Daytime: The Summit of Inspiration will start with sourceful keynotes, discussions, workshops and a lot of networking occasions!

Wednesday, 26 June, 2019 Morning: Sustainable Starter For the 2nd time IFES is offering this format focused on the latest trends and solutions in sustainability! Learn from colleagues around the globe and discuss differences of circular management Noon: Welcome Lunch at the Eugenides Foundation Afternoon: IFES New Member Induction & AGM Evening: Dinner + Welcome Party @ Orizontes Lycabettus Enjoy the tremendous view of Athens sight No.1: The Acropolis!

Evening: An evening under the Stars – join the Blue Carpet on a Headland at the Mediterranean Coastline.

Friday, 28 June, 2019 The Inspiration continues!

Join the second day of this fruitful conference.

Saturday, 29 June, 2019 It is the time to take a deep dive into Athens!

NEW STATE OPERA HOUSE AND NATIONAL LIBRARY

MOST ADVANCED DIGITAL PLANETARIUM IN THE WORLD

ORIZONTES LYCABETTUS

The Venue – Eugenides Foundation: Eugenides Foundation, a nonprofit public benefit foundation, was established in 1954 in execution of the will of the notable national benefactor Eugene Eugenides. It is based in Athens and operates as a private entity.

The end of the 20th Century marked the conception of a new vision for the foundation. The activity of the renovated Eugenides Foundation is oriented towards six basic directions: T he New Digital Planetarium, one of the largest and the most advanced digital planetarium in the world, equipped to function as a wide screen domed theatre.

A Science Museum, with a modern exhibition area forming a space over three floors which occupy an overall surface area of about 2,000 sq.m.

T he UTech Lab, a Techno­logy Laboratory for secondary education students aged 13-17 years and the general public, dedicated to modern technology.

A Library, with multimedia applications and distance learning technology.

A modern Convention Centre.

N ew publishing activities.

E xpanded training and collaborative activities.

And it is the perfect place to host the IFES World Summit 2019!

In direct neighborhood: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center– or better know as the New State Opera House and National Library of Athens.

Designed by the architectural firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), the SNFCC is a sustainable, world-class cultural,

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educational and recreational urban, located within the Stavros Niarchos Park. The SNFCC was completed in 2016.

The SNFCC is one of the world’s most sustainable building complexes of its size.

In November 2016, the SNFCC achieved the highest and most stringent international standard for sustainable design and construction – the Platinum LEED – for its innovative architecture and green technology.

The platinum LEED certification is awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

This year the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will have the biggest and most cultural events in Athens from June-August 2019.

The calendar of events during our Summit will be published after March.

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The title of the IFES Summit in Athens is: Summit of Inspiration. For three days, the industry will meet at a place where others can look into the stars, at the Ephenidios Planetarium, to discuss what is occupying, moving and inspiring the ­industry today. For this purpose, a mix of lectures, discussions, workshops and networking has been created, which is looking for the same in its breadth and quality. Here is a small excerpt of what visitors to the Summit of Inspriration can expect: ISABEL BARDINET From her evolving roles within the meetings industry to leader of one of the most important medical associations in the world today, Isabel Bardinet has been a consistent advocate for developing more relevant ways of identifying, measuring and advancing the values of what meetings, congresses and conferences achieve in broader professional and academic terms as opposed to simply their economic impacts. Much of what she advocated years ago has become mainstream industry thinking today.

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event outcomes, she promoted the role of women in the MICE industry, as well as in overall professional education initiatives.

Her keynote at the IFES World Summit will summarize her experiences under the Titel: “End of congress – long live football clubs and 7-sense events.“ For those who do not know what she will exactly talk about should attend her presentation at the IFES Summit.

PETER ECONCOMIDES UNDER THE VOLCANO We live in disruptive times.

Driven by technology, and fuelled by rapidly evolving consumer expectations, CEO’s across industries are facing the urgent need to transform their businesses. Threats often appear where they are least expected; outside of traditional industry boundaries, often from start-ups.

Business needs to be flexible.

But business needs consistency.

Consistency comes through culture. A motivating and engaging narrative, based on a strongly held belief and value system, expressed inside and outside the organization.

This is what a powerful brand provides; it guides internal behavior whilst it establishes external expectations:

Grove, the startup incubator initiated by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Greece.

Peter has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hellenic Council of America and his work has been recognized by the US Congress. He is the former Chairman of the Board at leading global charity, Make-A Wish International, based in Phoenix, Arizona.

It creates alignment.

It connects business with society.

It enables change in the face of disruption.

Peter Economides will draw on his considerable experience with some of the world’s leading corporations to share his thoughts on what it takes to build a powerful, sustainable brand in these times of rapid change.

Peter Economides is a global brand strategist, based in Athens.

He is owner and founder of Felix BNI, Peter is a former Executive Vice President and Worldwide Director of Client Services at global advertising agency McCann Erickson Worldwide and Head of Global Clients at TBWA\Worldwide.

Peter’s work is focussed on change – on the strategic responses to shifting culture, consumer habits and behavior, and the challenges of regional and global expansion.

He played a founding role in the establishment of the Orange

JOCHEN WITT Today’s trade fair business takes place in an extremely competitive environment with exhibition space overcapacities in many markets and an increasingly fragmented and overloaded event landscape. In addition, shows must compete with other media and communication agencies for the budgets of their customers. Furthermore, trade fair organizers are looking for a way to extend their value chain, as there is hardly any room left for new trade fair concepts. Is now the time for organizers to expand their foothold in the service industry? Are they discovering trade fair construction as a business model for themselves? Jochen Witt will address this question in his presentation at the IFES World Summit. And everyone who has already heard him in Chicago knows that attention should be paid to his analysis if you want to continue to position yourself successfully in the industry in the future.

Jochen Witt has a long and successful career in the trade fair industry. Prior to starting his own business in 2007, Jochen was President & CEO of Koelnmesse for nearly 10 years, where he focused on the international expansion of Koelnmesse’s portfolio and the modernization of the exhibition grounds in Cologne as well as new business development and the expansion of the service sector. Before joining the trade fair industry,

Jochen worked as a Tax Lawyer for BASF AG in various positions.

In 1993 he was appointed President of the Potash Company of Canada in Toronto and in 1998 he became a member of the Executive Board of Wingas GmbH in Kassel, Germany.

Jochen was Chairman of the European Chapter of UFI from 1999 to 2005 and President of UFI in 2007. He is currently serving as a member of the Board of UFI. He is member of several Advisory and Supervisory Boards in the trade fair show.

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Hosted by the Design Ambassador Vassilios Bartzokas some of Greeks most recognized architects and designer will inspire the audience with some of their recent projects:

Moderator Conny Czymoch is an experienced international moderator, presenter and media coach. She is personally passionate about the issues creating solutions for the future of humanity and life on this planet as well as empowering others to improve their communication skills on camera and on stage.

From local to national to international media, from newspaper to radio to TV, she now brings her journalistic competence and experience as a facilitator to conferences and events in Europe and the Middle East.

Customers are German Ministries, the ILO, OECD, UN, World Bank, EU, foundations, NGOs, the corporate world. Since 2016, she has been a media advisory board member of the think tank Global Economic Solutions, GES.

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Not a Number Architects is an architectural studio preoccupied with the creation of meaningful space. Founded in London in 2008 by Ermis Adamantidis and Dominiki Dadatsi, NaNA has since been involved in a diverse range of projects spanning from space installations to urban planning. In 2018 NaNA was joined by Eleni Pavlidou special-

izing in the design and development of complex and non-standard architectures. They will explain the idea behind the BVLGARI pavilion as a temporary installation commissioned by the luxury jewellery brand for Abu Dhabi Art 2012.

Semiotik was founded in 2014 by Dimitris Koliadimas, who was previously co–founder and creative director of Designers United. Since 2005, Dimitris and his team have collaborated with exceptional individuals, great organizations, small start-ups and large multinational brands around the world, providing a wide range of design and consulting services, performing in complex environments and achieving remarkable results.

Our work has been awarded numerous national and international distinctions, including D&AD, Red Dot Design Awards, Pentawards and European Design Awards.

What they show is the evolution of Volvo Ocean Race, the leading round-the-world team sailing event, the world’s biggest

offshore sailing race, and perhaps the most coveted prize in the sport. The engagement with the brand begun in 2010 and continues to the present.

SO–IL was founded by Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, with Ilias

Papageorgiou joining soon after as partner. The members of their team come from all over the world and bring diverse perspectives to their work.

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Breathe is a housing prototype for the future living environment.

It takes a holistic approach to sustainability. By making living an active experience, the installation shines a spotlight on environmental awareness and encourages visitors to confront our tendency to take resources for granted.

Designed to be disassembled and reinstalled at other locations, the structure is mobile and adaptable. The fabric can be replaced to perform appropriately to a wide array of climates and environmental conditions.

LC-A (Natassa Liannou and Ermis Chalvatzis) was founded in 2015 and is based in London. The firm focuses on a variety of work, from towers and master plans to small scale products and interiors. Their paths have closely paralleled one another, with both architects graduating from the AA in 2011, receiving their Masters in Architecture and Urbanism from Design Research Laboratory (DRL) with distinction.

They will present the LONDON ICONIC PAVILION.

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“I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.”

Socrates

Summit of Inspiration

Expo 2020: a Look Ahead In 2020, Dubai will ­b ecome the first Middle Eastern city to host a world’s fair in the nearly 170-year history of the globe-spanning ­exhibition. Running for six months from October, 2020 to April, 2021 in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) largest city, Expo 2020 is expected to draw an audience of 25 million people, 70 per cent of which are expected to come from outside the UAE to see the pavilions of approximately 190 nations, ranging from Albania to Austria, and Pakistan to Peru.

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Traditionally, the world’s fair is a venue that debuts innovative products and novel technologies – think, for example, of the telegraph, telephone, phonograph, zippers, Imax movies, electrical plugs, even solar power, and autonomous cars. But these fairs also allow their participating countries to exert soft power on a gargantuan platform, highlighting their “brand” as emergent players on a world stage through state-of-the-art, even radical, design and architecture. Britain did it with its groundbreaking Crystal Palace at the very first world’s fair in 1851, the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations. Inspired by the design of giant Amazonian water lily, Victoria amazonica, the Crystal Palace was an engineering marvel comprising 990,000 panes of glass held together by 1,000 iron columns, 202 miles of sash bar, and 30 miles of guttering.

France, arguably, built the mother of all world’s fair sculptures with the Eiffel Tower at the 1889 Exposition Universelle.

Soaring 1,063 feet into the sky — the Eiffel Tower reigned as the tallest building on Earth until New

York’s Chrysler building was finished 41 years later in 1930 – its mesh lattice encompassed a dizzying 18,038 pieces of iron with 2.5 million rivets driven in by around 300 steel workers.

Few manmade constructions could compete with it for creative inspiration: Over the years, the Eiffel Tower’s soaring silhouette has been captured by artists as diverse as Georges Seurat and Robert Delaunay.

More recently, China’s and Britain’s pavilions at Expo 2010 in Shanghai raised the bar to stratospheric levels for these buildings. Nicknamed “The crown of the East,” the 63-meter-high (207 feet) China pavilion ranks as the tallest national pavilion ever – and with a price tag of $220 million, the most expensive one in expo history as well. Resembling the crimson crown worn by ancient emperors, it was made of 56 traditional “dougong” brackets, each one representing a Chinese ethnic minority. In contrast to this exercise in realpolitik, the United Kingdom’s six-story-tall “Seed Cathedral” consisted of 60,000 see-though acrylic tubes (each filled with a seed from Royal

Botanical Gardens’ Millennium Seedbank project) that fluttered in the breeze. Each of the 7.5meter-long (24.5 feet) tubes was filled with fiber-optic filaments that illumined the structure at night. From a distance, the building appeared to be an extraterrestrial dandelion that slowly faded in and out of reality.

Marvelous as these pavilions were, their architectural audacity may be challenged by the pavilions planned for the 2020 world’s fair, whose overall theme is “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future.” (However, individual nations can, and often do, add their own supplementary themes). In its ambition to “outShanghai Shanghai,” Expo 2020 may offer some of the most breathtaking pavilions and unforgettable experiences consistent with a land that brags the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building on the planet, and which looks like an art-deco rocket ship about to launch.

Luxembourg’s pavilion, for example, will look like a giant Möbius strip pushed over on its side.

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Germany Over a period of nearly 90 years, Germany’s pavilions have reigned as the architectural avant garde at world expos.

Mies van der Rohe’s Germany pavilion at the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition established the standard for sleek, modernist design, while Frei Otto’s pavilion for Expo’67 in Montreal used a steel-mesh covered by a translucent plastic skin that suggested an amoeba of science-­f iction dimensions.

Now for Expo 2020, Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) will use a freeform roof that shelters multiple interwoven floating cubes housing exhibition spaces. The roof will consist of an opaque trapezoidal single-layer ETFE membrane allowing light rays to pour into the interior through numerous small openings, constantly changing thought the day as the sun transits across the sky.

Inside, a verdant central atrium will connect all the cubes in which exhibits crafted by Facts and Fiction GmbH will educate and amuse visitors.

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Poland Poland’s design was inspired by journeying fowl: 75 percent of birds in the Arab world are born and nest in Poland before migrating to that warmer clime.

Accordingly, the pavilion will be made from shipping-container-like wooden boxes, enclosed by steel rods holding thousands of paper birds that will flutter in the breeze. The avian activity will also serve as a metaphor for ideas that take wing and travel to distant destinations.

United Arab Emirates Nature inspired the pavilion for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well. For nearly 4,000 years, falconry has been an essential part of desert life in the UAE from subsistence hunting to regal sporting. Perhaps, then, it is no surprise that the S ­ antiago-Calatrava-designed 15,000-square-meter (161,400 square feet) UAE Pavilion will mimic the outstretched, smooth-edged wings of the raptor that can climb to 8,000 feet and dive ­after its prey at 214 kp/h (150 mph).

Sweden Sweden’s pavilion will merge both nature and geometry.

Designed by architects from Sweden, Italy, and France, the Nordic country’s building will include hundreds of massive tree-like structures creating a stylized forest. A variety of offices and meeting rooms will be located high up on these pillars, like treehouses, and covered with wooden lattice screens inspired by Middle-Eastern mashrabiyas. A type of projecting window, mashrabiyas are enclosed with intricately carved wooden latticework, whose recurring, mathematically precise elements allow in an elegant play of light and shadow.

United States At Expo 2015 in Milan, the United States’ pavilion deftly mixed the old and the new into a striking architectural statement: a 300-foot-long deck promenade made of wood recovered from Coney Island’s historic boardwalk complemented a 7,200-squarefoot vertical farm, whose 1,494 automated hydroponic modules held more than three dozen

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types of vegetables, grains, herbs, and fruits. Its overall effect suggested the country that gave rise to the first cast-iron plow and the threshing machine to feed a hungry world of the past would also lead the way to nourish a starving planet in the future. For Expo 2020, the U.S. effort will focus on the future again, but this time in the area of movement, not diet, with a tagline of “What Moves You: The Spirit of Mobility.” Designed

by Fentress Architects, the $60-million U.S. pavilion will present a circular, almost carousel-like façade, with vertical sections on the exterior seeming to slant forward, producing the feeling that it’s moving forward. Inside, the pavilion will showcase advances in various forms of mobility – s­ ocial, financial, and logistical, in an experience crafted by George P. Johnson Experience Marketing. Most significant will be the mock-up of the Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO), which employs a linear electric motor to accelerate and decelerate an electromagnetically levitated pod through an underground pipe.

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Visitors will be able to enter either of two pods based on VHO designs, and then, through a series of animated, mechanical, and video animation, experience what it would be like to ride in 1,080 km/h (670 mph) vehicles that could make the trip between Munch and Athens a quick one hour and 45 minutes.

Rounding out the experience will be a simulation of the Martian landscape. Partnering with the Buzz Aldrin Space Institute, the U.S. pavilion will showcase space technology that could speed us to the Red Planet by 2039, the 70th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing.

United Kingdom Dubbed the “Poem Pavilion,” the United Kingdom’s contribution to Expo 2020 will weave the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the structure. Resembling a giant megaphone, the timber-lined pavilion is being designed by British artist Es Devlin, best known for her large-scale art installations, and the closing ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012. (Devlin is also the first female to win a commis-

sion for the UK’s world expo pavilion design.) Attendees will enter through an illuminated maze, then be invited to contribute words from kiosks, after which an AI-powered algorithm will collect and parse them into poetry. The poems will then be displayed in LEDs on the front of the 20-by-52-meter (66 by 171 feet) façade.

Before President McKinley was shot at the 1901 Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, he offered his vision of world’s fairs.

“Expositions are the timekeepers of progress. They record the world’s advancement. They stimulate the energy, enterprise, and intellect of the people; and quicken human genius. ... These buildings will disappear; this creation of art and beauty and industry will perish from sight, but their influence will remain …”

After Expo 2020 is closed and its brilliant pavilions dismantled, the genius of its architects will live on, with each structure an individual stanza of an epic poem.

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The Idea of the IFES Global Village For the first time, during EuroShop 2017, IFES presented, together with 16 members the IFES Global Village. A place, where partners had a chance to meet, find answers, network, enhance their business, or simply enjoy a cup of coffee.

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As it should happen in a proper village, the community celebrated at one night its “Block Party”. Visitors, guests and exhibitors took the occasion to network and enjoy themselves.

Besides the Global Village, IFES was content partner of the Expo + Event Forum which aimed to create an added value for the visitor providing latest news on trends, innovations and best practice.

The second edition happened at ExhibitorLive 2018 in Las Vegas. Here 14 exhibitors joined the Global Village to present their services to the american market.

From A = Aktiv from Germany to W = Welkam from Japan, the companies presented themselves on an area of 80 m².

In the middle of its members was IFES as a bracket that gave content. However, not only members, partners and friends were welcome at the “Market of the International Trade Fair World”.

And as it belongs to a good village it becomes tradition: the idea of the Block Party.

After the Exhibitor Award, a drink with members, partners and friends took at the Global Village becomes a magnet for the surrounding exhibitors. The participants’ answers spoke for themselves and we are looking forward since the idea will continue.

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Visit us at ­ExhibitorLive 2019 24 – 26 February Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Booth: 1900

At this stage we want to thank our Sponsors:

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“Thank you for organizing this IFES pavilion! We enjoyed to be part of this group and to have a chance to look into the US market. We saw the IFES Global Village at ­EuroShop 2017 and hope to be part of it in 2020.”

“Thank you for your help and assistance during the whole show and also for the booking of the space.“ Just two of several comments . It reflects the success of the global pavilion idea!

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Join us at ­EuroShop 2020 16 – 20 February Messe Düsseldorf, Hall 4 Global Village will continue at EuroShop 2020.

The area in Hall 4 is already booked: 680 m² are w ­ aiting for the next edition of our Global Village.

Right now we are preparing our concept.

It will be presented during the IFES World Summit 2019 – stay tuned.

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IFES World Summit 2018 „Reaching New Heights“ Flashback

From the Global Campus in 2017 we moved to the big city! 2018 the 20th IFES World Summit brought us to the Windy City: Chicago.

We assembled in a former Sports Club which was built as a Hotel reserved for the rich and famous during the World Exhibition 1893, Here ­members and friends met for our annual meeting.

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Reaching New Heights was the Motto: And this is what we did. What in the World: Global Design Trends (Travis Stanton), The status of the global exhibition industry with a special focus on the service industry (Jochen Witt), A Glimpse Into Our Future Through the Looking Glass (Jackson Young), … The lectures itself were varied and entertaining. We enjoyed lively +

interesting presentation of Lawyers, trade unionists, (this is possible) and learned a lot form People like Glenda Brungardt, a real trade show industry experts.

The World Summit was rounded off by wonderful evening events. The evening ride on the Chicago River tour ended on Lake Michigan with a gorgeous firework. The gala dinner at the Shedd Aquarium was the place

to thank Bruno Meissner for all his efforts he did for IFES. After 4 years of presidency and 4 years as a Past President Bruno finished his career as an active IFES Board member.

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Flashback The IFES Summit in Chicago showed how a perfect team brought the stage and the forum to life. The concept came from the designers of AKTIV, the building was set up by beMatrix in collaboration with Coastal.

Brumark supplied the flooring as well as the lectern and Duo produced the prints for the back walls. AKTIV installed the LEDskin Video Wall from its own stock in the warehouse in Las Vegas, Nevada. Last but not the least, TWI guaranteed that all material on time came to the venue.

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The ambience of the Stagg Court at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel has been atmospherically staged for the particular requirement with an optimum lighting design provided with AKTIV show lights. In order to give all participants the opportunity to see the presentations, two 4K large screen monitors were used in addition.

Since there would be nothing on the monitors without specialist staff and transmission techno­ logy, the team at AKTIV took care of directing, audio and image mixing, playback and the

cameras. There were 3 highend 4K live cameras used. Two staffed by experienced cameramen and another remotely controlled. The audio transmission was set to both wired connections as well as wireless technology. And everything played together perfectly.

Two absolute technical innovations were used as highlights for events. For the direction Riedel Communications provided the latest digital radio intercom Bolero, which is the benchmark at big events today.

In addition, we had a Catch-

box-Microphone in action, which could be thrown for questions from the audi­torium.

Since events, especially successful ones, always pass by way too fast, they also recorded all contributions in HD and the IFES provides them for downloading.

Among others, AKTIV Kommunikations-Marketing GmbH was partner of IFES in the implementation of the IFES Global Summit in Chicago. AKTIV is a full-service provider with the fields of advertising, trade fairs, film production and multimedia that

make every event a pleasure.

In addition to the large in-house rental stock for audio, electrics, photo/film/video, lighting, trade fair, furniture as well as presentation, transmission technology and optimal networking partners make every event a success.

Whether inch or centimeter – whether 110V or 220V – AKTIV knows about both worlds and ensures that the technology always interacts – not only in the USA but also anywhere else in the world.

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5th MasterClass

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Amsterdam, Dec 10 – 12, 2018 Under the title “Stop talking – Start doing” 30 participants met. They came from around the globe: Hong Kong, ­Mexico, South Africa and of course Europe. Their ­d eclared goal: to overcome barriers in the sales ­process. “­P resenting sounds so easy ... and if ­d one right it is” was the conclusion after the two seminar days.

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Han Lenhouts and Jean-Pierre Brouwers, the two masterminds of this year’s MasterClass, brought renowned speakers and trainers to the start, such as Pieter-Paul Visser or Riemer Rijpkema, both acquaintances in the Dutch live communication scene. But the undisputed highlights were Marius Smit and Fares Boustanji. Smit is the founder of the company “Plastic Whale”, an initiative that has set itself the task of clearing the Amsterdam canals of plastic waste. But that’s not all: the discarded bags, bottles, buckets – and everything else you can find – have turned into heralds of excursions or, more recently, furniture.

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All clear upcycling products that are far away from “eco charm”, but real design highlights. Smit used his own example to show how you can win people over to your ideas by motivating yourself and believing in the project.

Initially ridiculed as one of the many eco-spinners, he now runs a company with 30 employees and has sponsors like the city of Amsterdam or PWC who support his ideas for up-cycling plastic waste.

Fares Boustanji is completely different: thrown off track by a burnout, the trainer, also known as “Bird Man”, sought a retreat as a falconer. It soon became clear to him: “You also have to communicate with birds – but this happens much more directly.

Birds react much more sensitively to body language, voice modulation, facial expressions and gestures. Or to put it another way: If I manage to get a bird of prey to trust me, I am also able

to gain the trust of a human being. The art here is to get involved with one’s own needs and to understand them ­intuitively.

The IFES MasterClass was the somewhat different: No “tschakka” or “we are the biggest” but a training and networking aimed at streng­ thening the competences of the individual.

And the MasterClass program will continue.

More focused on project manager who can strengthen their abilities in dealing with customers.

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The next MasterClass “Stop talking – Start doing” will be again in Amsterdam December 1 – 3, 2019.

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Find your Partner in the ­ Global Collaboration Network IFES is the international federation of national associations and individual companies active in the design, conception, pro­ duction and services used at exhibitions, tradeshows and events. IFES provides a platform of global collaboration achieved through networking and sharing knowledge.

The following pages provide you with an easy way to find IFES Members by country, region and city. We are also providing information on major exhibition centers so you can easily see which IFES Member is situated next to an important trade show place. This List starts

on degree of longitude “0” and moves to the East.

In addition you will find infor­m ation related to the venue capacity on a global scale provided by the UFI World Map of Exhibition Venues. Venue Capacity is an important element for the exhibition industry and the resulting economic developement it generates.

Our association’s strength lies in our ability to provide a platform for knowledge and ex­ perience exchange among industry peers and to support your business initiatives. While IFES supports you to expand your networking value, you need

PARTNER ASSOCIATION

IAEE, Exhibition and Events Mean Business 12700 Park Central Drive, Suite 308, Dallas, TX, 75251 USA www.iaee.com

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to actively participate and contribute to the association. It is a “Give and Take” philosophy and we encourage you to use the network by collaborating on pro­jects abroad since this will help you to gain recognition from the whole IFES community.

Nowadays, IFES represents more than 270 members. to satisfy customers’ needs in the exhibition and event industry is one of the core objective. To achieve this, IFES passed its code of which IFES members have to sign up before being accepted as a member.

ASSOCIATIONS AT IFES

Czech Republic | AVF Fisova 28, 602 00 Brno www.avfcr.cz European Exhibition Industry Alliance Rue de l’Amazone 2 1050 Bruxelles www.exhibition-alliance.eu

France | CREALIANS 11 Rue Friant, 75014 Paris www.crealians.fr

COUNTRY INDEX 66 Spain & Portugal 68 France USA | EDPA Experiential Designers and Producers Association 19 Compo Road South Westport, CT 06880 www.edpa.com

Germany | FAMAB ­Kommunikationsverband e.V. Berliner Straße 26 33378 Rheda-Wiedenbrück www.famab.de

70 United Kingdom 71 Scandinavia 72 Belgium 73 Netherlands 74 Germany

Iran | ESBAT Exhibition Stand Builders Association of Tehran no 4-73 – Sheikh Bahaie Shomali – Vanak, Molsadra Tehran, 1995854415 www.esbat.org

United Kingdom | ESSA Event Supplier and Services Association 119 High Street Berkhamsted HP4 2DJ Herts www.essa.uk.com

Switzerland | Expo-Event.

Live Communication Verband Schweiz Kapellenstraße 14, 3001 Bern www.expo-event.ch

South Africa | EXSA Ground Floor, Gallagher House, Gallagher Estate, Richards Drive, 1685 Midrand www.exsa.co.za

Belgium | Febelux Association for the Live Communication Industry Place de la Belgique 1 1020 Brussles www.febelux.com

78 Austria, Switzerland & Italy 80 Eastern Europe 82 Greece & Turkey 84 Russia 86 Northern Africa & Middle East 88 South Africa

Austria | I.M. Austria Schlickgasse 4/1/4-5 1090 Vienna www.imaustria.at

89 India 90 China 92 Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, ­Singapore, Vietnam & Thailand 93 Japan & Korea

South Korea | KEDA Korean Exhibition Design ­Installation Association Dong Woo Kim 3F, Seongji Building 23 Samsung-RO 104-GIL, Gangnam-GU 135-878 Seoul www.keda.in

94 Argentina, Brazil, Colombia & Mexico 96 Canada & USA

LEGEND

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Turkey | SSTD Exhibition and Stand ­D esigners Association Evren Sanayi Mah. Hoşdere Yolu No:37 34510 Esenyurt, Istanbul www.sstd.org.tr

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Spain & Portugal Spain

VENUE MARKET SEGMENTATION

4.4 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

9.7 %

OF EUROPEAN VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

­LARGE more than 100.000 sqm

6 ­ MEDIUM 20.000 – 100.000 sqm

9 SMALL less than 20.000 sqm

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MEMBERS SPAIN

2003 Dylunio, S. L. 2 C/ de l’Or n 38 Entresuelo 08012 Barcelona www.dylunio.es Mr. Alejandro Blitstein alejandro.blitstein@dylunio.es 4 For Everything 1 www.4foreverything.com Difer Event Crafting 2 www.difer.es Expomedia 1 www.expo-media.com Grupo Intermedio 3 www.intermedio.es

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MEMBERS PORTUGAL CBS – Creative Building ­S olutions SA 4 www.cbs.pt M&P Stands 2 carrer Pere IV nº 29-35, planta 1, puerta 6 08018 Barcelona www.mpstands.com Mr. Roger Nin Puntonet roger@mpstands.com

Expoforma 4 www.expoforma.pt OBJECT MAKERS, LDA 5 www.objectmakers.pt

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U G

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R T

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Barcelona

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Madrid

P O

5

2

Zaragoza

A L

A T L A N T I C O C E A N

ȴ

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Maia Porto

4

Ȱ

Valencia

S P A I N

Lisbon

M E D I T E R R A N E A N S E A

M O R O C C O

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² Spain & Portugal

Halls

Hall-capacity

Outside

Website

6

108.000 m2

6.500 m2

bilbaoexhibitioncentre.com

35.000 m

feriazaragoza.es

1

Bilbao Exhibition Centre BEC1

2

Feria de Zaragoza

88.480 m

3

Fira Barcelona Montjuic

118.000 m2

firabarcelona.com

4

Fira Barcelona Gran Via

8

203.106 m2

firabarcelona.com

5

Feria de Madrid (IFEMA) Juan Carlos I

12

200.000 m2

ifema.es

6

Feria Valencia

17

223.090 m

feriavalencia.com

2

2

2

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VENUE MARKET SEGMENTATION ­LARGE more than 100.000 sqm

6.5 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

­ MEDIUM 20.000 – 100.000 sqm

25 14.2 %

3

OF EUROPEAN VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE SMALL less than 20.000 sqm

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MEMBERS FRANCE Agence R2 Stand www.r2-stand.fr

1

byGALIS 1 www.galis.fr CAT 1 www.concept-at.com Duo Display (Raison Social Duo Industrie) 2 www.duodisplay.com Mythiqs 1 www.mythiqs.fr OSSATURE Production 3 www.ossature-production.co

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PROCÉDÉS CHÉNEL ­I NTERNATIONAL 1 www.chenel.com SODEM SYSTEM 1 www.sodemsystem.com Sommer Needlepunch sas www.sommernp.com TECHNISTYLE 1 www.technistyle.com ZEKITCHEN 1 www.zekitchen.com

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Paris

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Châteaudum S W I T Z E R L A N D

F R A N C E A T L A N T I C O C E A N

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Lyon

I T A LY

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Bordeaux Ȱ

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Montpellier M E D I T E R R A N E A N S E A S P A I N

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² France

Halls

Hall-capacity

Outside

Website

1

Paris Le Bourget

5

80.000 m

2

Paris expo Porte de Versailles

8

202.036 m2

viparis.com

3

Paris-Nord Villepinte

10

246.312 m2

viparis.com

4

Eurexpo Lyon

138.336 m

2

eurexpo.com

5

Parc des Expositions

81.897 m

2

bordeaux-expo.com

6

Parc des Expositions

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48.895 m2

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VENUE MARKET SEGMENTATION ­LARGE more than 100.000 sqm

1.9 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

2 ­ MEDIUM 20.000 – 100.000 sqm

5 OF EUROPEAN VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

4.2 %

SMALL less than 20.000 sqm

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MEMBERS UNITED KINGDOM Abbott Fox Ltd 1 www.af-grp.com

Bray Leino Events 3 Filleigh, Devon, EX32 0RX www.brayleinoevents.com Ms. Joanna Hilliard jhilliard@brayleino.co.uk

U K

I R E L A N D

C6(n) Technology Ltd www.C6n.co.uk

Birminham Stratford Ȱ upon Avon ȴ

Devon

ȴ

Ȧ ȶ ȍ ȏ

ȶ

Ȧ

London

Ludgershall

Christchurch

4

CORE Exhibitions 5 www.core-exhibitions.com DSA Design 6 www.dsalive.com Freeman Corporate UK 2 www.freemanuk.com

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² United Kingdom

Hall-capacity

Website

1

National Exhibition Centre

198.983 m

2

Olympia London

43.000 m2

eco.co.uk

3

Excel

100.000 m2

xcellondon.uk

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thenec.co.uk

MEMS International Ltd www.mems.co.uk

1

RB Design & Display Ltd www.rbdisplays.co.uk

1

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OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE OF EUROPEAN VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

Sweden

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Helsinki

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Goteborg

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B A LT I C S E A

Padborg

Wulff Entre Ltd. 1 Riihitontuntie 7 C 02200 Espoo www.entre.fi Ms. Ninni Arion ninni.arion@wulffentre.com

G E R M A N Y

Copenhagen

MEMBERS NORWAY MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² Scandinavia

Hall-capacity

Website

57.800m 2

messukeskushelsinki.fi

2 Stockholmsmässan

66.500 m2

stockholmsmassan.se

3 Svenska Mässan

41.000 m2

svenskamassan.se

110.000 m

mch.dk

1

H elsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre Messukeskus

4 M essecenter Herning 5

B ella Center

2

45.000 m2

bellacentercopenhagen.dk

Messetjeneste AS 2 www.messetjeneste.no MEMBERS SWEDEN

Wulff Entre Ltd. Filial 3 Telefonvägen 30, vaning 1 12626 Hägersten www.wulffentre.com Ms. Ninni Arion ninni.arion@wulffentre.com 71

Belgium MEMBERS BELGIUM N E T H E R L A N D S

Kampen

ȏ

Amsterdam

A&P Flooring Systems (Art & Press Dimensions bvba) 2 www.artandpress.be

ȍ

Ȱ

Deventer ȦȦ

E N G L I S H C H A N N E L

Rotterdam Flanders

Ȧ ȴ

ȍ ȟ

ȁ

Utrecht

Breda Ȧȉ

ȏ ȶ

Gent

Roeselare

Schijndel

Antwerpen Ȯ Eindhoven ȶ ȴ

Aluvision nv 2 www.aluvision.com

Ȧ

Brussles

G E R M A N Y

Charleroi

B E L G I U M L U X E M B O U R G

beMatrix BVBA 3 Wijnendalestraat 174 www.bematrix.be 8800 Roeselare Mr. Stefaan Decroos Expodoc 4 www.expodoc.com

F R A N C E

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² Belgium

Halls

Hall-capacity

Website

1

Flanders Expo

8

54.000m

2

Brussels Expo

12

114.400 m2

brussels-expo.be

3

Charleroi Expo

7

40.000 m2

charleroiexpo.be

2

Publiganda nv 2 Ottergemsesteenweg Zuid 717 9000 Gent www.publiganda.be Mr. Koen Bogaert koen.bogaert@publiganda.be

flandersexpo.be

Netherlands 4

Amsterdam RAI

11

63.060 m 2

rai.nl

5

Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs

11

102.000 m2

jaarbeurs.nl

1.3 %

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The Netherlands MEMBERS NETHERLANDS Expo Team B.V. 6 www.expoteam.nl

The Inside BV 11 www.theinside-standbouw.nl

KOPexpo 11 www.kopexpo.com

Wit Design 8 www.witdesign.nl

GES Global Experience Specialists 5 www.ges.com Gielissen Interiors & Exhibitions 7 www.gielissen.com

JMT International 8 Oliemolen 2 4671 HB Dinteloord www.jmt.nl Mr. Jean-Pierre Brouwers jean-pierrebrouwers@jmt.nl

Sales & Pepper BV 9 Van der Hoevenplein 340 3072 MK Rotterdam www.salesandpepper.com Mr. Han Leenhouts han@salesandpepper.com

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

Tausch brand sensations 10 www.tauschexpo.nl

2%

OF EUROPEAN VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

4.5 %

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Germany

VENUE MARKET SEGMENTATION ­LARGE more than 100.000 sqm

9.3 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

20 20.5 %

OF EUROPEAN VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

10 ­ MEDIUM 20.000 – 100.000 sqm

SMALL less than 20.000 sqm

30

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MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² Halls

Hall-capacity

Outside

Website

1

Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH

11

87.000 m 2

10.000 m2

hamburg-messe.de

2

Berlin Expocenter City

26

170.000 m2

129.000 m2

messe-berlin.de

3

Deutsche Messe AG

24

463.275 m2

58.000 m2

messe.de

4

Messecentrum Bad Salzuflen

5

Westfalenhallen Dortmund

9

60.000 m2

6

Messe Essen

18

110.000 m2

20.000 m 2

messe-essen.de

7

Messe Düsseldorf

17

262.000 m2

43.000 m2

messe-duesseldorf.de

8

Koelnmesse

11

284.000 m

2

100.000 m

koelnmesse.de

9

Leipzig Messeglände

5

111.300 m2

70.000 m2

leipziger-messe.de

10

Messe Frankfurt

12

367.000 m 2

96.000 m2

messefrankfurt.com

11

Nürnberg Messecentrum

15

170.000 m2

50.000 m2

nuernbergmesse.de

12

Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH

4

52.000 m

2

62.000 m

2

messe-karlsruhe.de

13

Stuttgart Trade Fair

9

105.200 m2

70.000 m2

messe-stuttgart.de

14

Messe Augsburg

12

48.000 m2

10.000 m2

messeaugsburg.de

15

Messe München

16

180.000 m2

425.000 m2

messe-muenchen.de

16

Messe Friedrichshafen

12

86.200 m

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2

2

westfalenhallen.de

2

messefriedrichshafen.de

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Düsseldorf

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Dresden

G E R M A N Y

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Köln B E L G I U M Ȧȉ

ȦȦ

Frankfurt

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ȦȦ

R E P U B L

Ȧȏ

Nürnberg L U X E M B O U R G

Ȧȶ

Karlsruhe Ȧȴ

Ȧȶ

Stuttgart Ȧȏ

Augsburg

F R A N C E

Ȧȍ

Ȧȴ

München ȦȰ

Friedrichshafen

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MEMBERS GERMANY AKTIV KommunikationsMarketing GmbH 14 www.aktiv4u.de

Atelier Damböck Messebau GmbH 13 Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 1 85464 Neufinsing bei München www.damboeck.de Mr. Simon Damböck simon@damboeck.de Beckmann Fair Partner GmbH 8 www.beckmann-gmbh.com Bluepool GmbH 12 www.bluepool.de CHRITTO International AG 8 www.chritto.com conform GmbH 15 www.conform.cc CT Creative Technology GmbH & Co. KG 12 www.ctgermany.com

Czarnowski GmbH 8 Schanzenstrasse 39 D4 –D6 51063 Köln www.czarnowski.com Mr. Torsten Heinze theinze@czarnowski.com D4 Projekt GmbH 4 www.d4projekt.de

dcp Werkstatt für Werbung GmbH & Co. KG 15 www.dcp-online.de DEEG exhibition & more GmbH 8 www.deeg-more.de Design in Berlin GmbH www.designberlin.de

Europfast Internationale Spedition GmbH 12 www.europfast.com Expo Speed GmbH 8 www.expospeed.de

Müller Messebau GmbH 12 www.mueller-messebau.de

expoprojects KG 4 www.expoprojects.biz

OCTANORM Vertriebs GmbH für Bauelemente 12 www.octanorm.de

Exposervice GmbH 7 www.exposervice.com Heilmaier GmbH Messedesign 13 www.messedesign.de

Public Address Exhibition & Design GmbH 11 www.public-address.com

Holtmann GmbH + Co.KG www.holtmann.de

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7

Kühne+Nagel KN Expo & Event Logistics 7 www.kuehne-nagel.com mac messe- und ausstellungscenter Service GmbH 11 www.mac.de

MDS Messebau und Service Gesellschaft für Planung Gestaltung Ausführung mbH 2 www.mdsmessebau.de

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Messe Düsseldorf GmbH 7 Stockumer Kirchstraße 61 40474 Düsseldorf www.messe-duesseldorf.de Ms. Elke Moebius MoebiusE@messe-duesseldorf.de Messe-Marketing/ Karla Juegel 13 www.karla-juegel.com

MC2 Europe GmbH 7 www.mc-2europe.com

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Meplan GmbH 13 www.meplan.de

4

Engelmann Messe & Design GmbH 2 www.engelmann-messebau.de

i.xpo GmbH & Co. KG www.i-xpo.de

Meissner Expo GmbH 1 www.meissner-expo.de

Robert Schüler KG Versicherung 1 www.robertschueler.de Schenker Deutschland AG 11 www.logistics.dbschenker.de SYMA-SYSTEM GmbH www.syma.de

7

VOK DAMS.Events GmbH www.vokdams.de

7

Werbebaugesellschaft mbH 11 www.werbebau.com ZEISSIG GmbH & Co. KG exhibits. shops. events 3 www.zeissig.de

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Austria, Switzerland & Italy

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

Austria

Switzerland

Italy

0.9 %

1.4 %

6.6 %

OF EUROPEAN VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

2.1 %

3.1 %

14.6 %

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Halls

Hall-capacity

Outside

Website

1

Messe Wien

4

58.000 m2

2

Messe Wels

21

60.000 m2

98.000 m2

messe-wels.at

3

Messezentrum Salzburg

40.000 m2

22.000 m2

messezentrum-salzburg.at

4

Congress- & Messezentrum Innsbruck

5

40.000 m

10.000 m

cmi.at

5

Messes Congress Graz

6

40.000 m2

5

141.000 m2

2

mbg.at

2

mcg.at/messegraz.at

Switzerland 6

Messe Basel

7

Olma Messen St. Gallen

8

BERNEXPO Groupe

9

Palexpo

8

messe-essen.de

40.000 m

2

41.000 m

2

108.000 m2

21.000 m2

12.000 m

2

olma-messen.ch

100.000 m

2

bernexpo.ch palexpo.ch

Italy 10

fieramilanocity

11

fieramilano

12

43.000 m2 8

fieramilano.it fieramilano.it

345.000 m

2

VeronaFiere

155.000 m

2

veronafiere.it

13

Fiere di Parma

116.000 m2

fiereparma.it

14

Bologna Fiere

18

200.000 m2

bolognafiere.it

15

Rimini Expo Centre

16

113.000 m

2

riminifiera.it

16

Fiera Roma

167.000 m

2

fieraroma.it

17

Fiera del Levante

120.000 m2

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2

fieradellevante.it

G E R M A N Y

A U S T R I A

Zürich

F R A N C E

SW I T Z E R L A N D

Frauenfeld/ Hüttwilen

Basel Ȱ ȏ ȁ ȟ

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Olten

Bern

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St. Gallen

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Ȧ Wels Vienna Salzburg ȏ Innsbruck ȍ Graz ȶ

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I Vittario E N Veneto L O V S ȦȦ Verona Ȯ Mailand ȟ Reggio Emilia Ȧȴ Ȧȏ Parma Bologna Ȧȉ

Genf

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Brescia Ȧȶ

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Ȧȍ

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C R O A T I A

Rimini

I T A L Y ȦȰ

A D R I A T I C S E A

Rome

ȦȮ

Bari

M E D I T E R R A N E A N S E A

MEMBERS AUSTRIA Bruckschwaiger GmbH www.bruckschwaiger.at

MEMBERS SWITZERLAND Campbell Live Communication GmbH 4 www.campbell-livecom.ch

1

EECS – Exhibition-EventCongress-Service GmbH 1 www.eecs.at SCHIFF fair success GmbH www.schiff.at STANDout/ System Standbau GmbH 2 www.standout.eu

Innerworkings EMEA 3 www.inwk.com 1

Nüssli (Schweiz) AG www.nussli.com

5

Z3 Live Communication AG 6 www.z3livecommunication.com MEMBERS ITALY A&M Production 9 www.aemproduction.com

ABS Group srl 8 www.absgroupsrl.it Backstage Srl 7 www.backstagecatering.com EURODESIGN S.r.l. 9 www.eurodesignallestimenti.it Montecolino S.p.a. 10 www.montecolino.it STANDART SRL 7 www.standart.it Stipa S.p.A. 7 www.stipa.it Tecnolegno Allestimenti S.r.l. www.tecnolegno.it

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Z B

E K

I S

T A

N

G E O R G I A

B U L G A R I A

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² Poland 1

Messe Poznan

Halls

Hall-capacity

Outside

6

108.000 m

2

35.000 m

2

mtp.pl

16

110.000 m2

80.000 m2

bvv.cz

Website

Czech Republic 2

Veletrhy Brno

Hungary 3

Budapest Fair Center

380.000 m2

hungexpo.hu

Bulgaria 4

InterExpo Center

6

42.000 m2

5

InternationalMesse Plovdiv

17

64.500 m2

iec.bg/en 95.000 m 2

fair.bg

Kazakhstan 6

Expo Astana

125.000 m2

expo2017astana.com

Romania 7

Rom Expo Bukarest Exhibition Center

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8

55.000 m2

45.000 m2

romexpo.ro/en/

Eastern Europe MEMBERS CZECH REPUBLIC

MEMBERS POLAND

MEMBERS ROMANIA

Sun Drive s.r.o. 1 www.sundrive.cz

ELSTAR S.J. 3 www.elstar.poznan.pl

Expo Design System www.xds.ro

FM Team 3 www.fmteam.pl

Kamrad Advertising 2 www.kamrad.ro

Intermark Group Sp. z o.o. Sp. kom. 3 www.intermark.com.pl

MEMBERS UKRAINE

Melinski Minuth 3 www.melinski-minuth.com.pl

4

Alpaca Expo Group, LLC 5 www.alpacaexpogroup.com

Public Address Polska Sp. z o.o. 3 www.public-address.com.pl Smart Design Expo Sp. z o.o. 3 www.smartdesign-expo.com SQM Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. 3 www.sqm.pl

6th Masterclass “Stop talking – Start doing” Amsterdam, Dec 1 – 3, 2019

MASTER CLASS

81

Greece & Turkey

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE OF EUROPEAN VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

Greece

Turkey

0.6 %

1.7 %

1.4 %

3.8 % © ufi – World Map of Exhibition Venues, 2018

MEMBERS GREECE

MEMBERS TURKEY

A+E Prokaki 2 www.prokaki.com

Asel Uluslararasi Fuar Hizmetleri Ltd.Sti 1 www.aselexpo.com

Interform SA 3 www.interform.gr OCTAPUS LTD 3 www.octapus.com.gr Orphee Beinoglou S.A. 2 www.beinoglou.gr PPDA archdesign group Ltd. 2 www.ppda.gr Studio Image Expo 2 www.studio-image.com

Dizaynarti Mim Hiz. ve org. Ltd. Sti. 1 www.dizaynarti.com EDI Design 1 www.editasarim.com FUARDIZAYN Ltd. 1 www.fuardizayn.com ISINGÖR DESIGN Ltd. 1 www.isingordesign.com Sedef Grup (Mosem Tasarım ve Modüler Uygulamalar San.ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 1 www.sedefgrup.com.tr

Vision LTD 2 160, Lavriou Avenue 19002 Peania / Athens www.vision.gr Mr. Peter Theodorides pt@vision.gr

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Sothis Mimarlik A.S. 1 www.sothismimarlik.com Stand Tasarim 1 www.standtasarim.com TERMINAL Design and Space Solutions 1 www.terminaldesign.com.tr

A L B A N I A G E O R G I A M A Z E D O N I A

B L A C K

S E A

B U L G A R I A Ȧ Ȱ

ȶ

ȴ

Ȧ

Istanbul

Thessaloniki

Ankara ȴ

Izmir

ȏ

ȶ

Athena

ȍ

Konya

T U R K E Y A R M E N I A

Antalya

S Y R I A I R A N G R E E C E I R A Q U E

M E D I T E R A N E A N

S E A

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² Turkey

Halls

Hall-capacity

Outside

Website

1

NR Expo

8

81.000m

2

Tüyap Fair

14

120.000 m2

tuyap.com.tr/en

3

Fuar izmir – Fair Izmir

7

75.000 m2

fuarizmir.com.tr

4

Konya Chamber of Commerce

6

66.000 m

2

tuyap.com.tr

5

Antalya Expo Center (AEC)

6

40.000 m

2

anfas.com.tr/

2

cnrexpo.com

Greece 6

Thessaloniki International Fair

180.000 m 2

tif.gr 83

Russia

2.2 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

B A L T I C S E A

F I N

L A

N D

4.0 % R U S S I A Ȧ ȶ

ȴ

St. Petersburg

ȴ ȏ ȍ

Ȧ

ȶ

Moscow

S T O N I A

1.7 %

Kazan Tatarstan

OF EUROPEAN VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

OF ASIA PACIFIC VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE © ufi – World Map of Exhibition Venues, 2018

L A T V I A B E L A R U S

U K R

A I N

K A Z A K H S T A N

E

MEMBERS RUSSIA 4VIDA LLC 1 www.4vida.ru Com-Unit Group 1 www.com-unit.ru Dart-Expo 1 www.dartexpo.com EBR group 1 www.ebrgroup.ru EMG LLC (Expomaster Group) www.expomaster.ru

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² Russia

Hall-capacity

Website

1

Lenexpo

40.000 m2

lenexpo.ru

2

ZAO Expoforum

40.000 m

2

expoforum.ru

3

Expocentre

105.000 m

2

expocentr.ru

4 A ll-Russia

132.700 m2

vdnh.ru

226.339 m2

crocus-expo.ru

Exhibition Centre VVC 5

Crocus Expo

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EXPOCENTRE AO 1 www.expocentr.ru ExpoGlobal Group Moscow www.expoglob.com Expos-M LLC 2 www.expos-m.com Interform Design Spb 3 www.interform.spb.ru

1

1

VENUE MARKET SEGMENTATION ­LARGE more than 100.000 sqm

7

2 ­ MEDIUM 20.000 – 100.000 sqm

SMALL less than 20.000 sqm

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INTERFORM EXPO LLC – Exhibition&Event Service www.interform.ru

1

NEGUS EXPO International, LLC 1 www.eng.expoclub.ru Privet-Media LLC 1 www.en.privetexpo.ru Rasco expo 1 www.rasco-expo.ru UFO Group LLC 1 www.ufogroup.ru VARS Expo LLC www.vars.ru

1

85

Northern Africa & Middle East United Arab. Emirates

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

0.6 % 15 %

OF MIDDLE EAST – AFRICA VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

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MEMBERS ALGERIA

MEMBERS ISRAEL

Exposign 1 www.exposign.dz

Barzilai Design 4 www.barzilaidesign.com

MEMBERS EGYPT

Kadmon-Brin ltd. 4 www.kadmon-brin.co.il

E V E N T S A N D E X H IBIT IO N S

United Group 2 www.ug-expo.com

Must Bee 5 www.must-bee.com

Barsa Design 3 Hall 8C, Iran Wood Improvement Industrial Zone, Ahmad Abad Mostofi 33131 3668 6 Tehran www.barsadesign.com Ms. Irandokht Ghazinejad I.Ghazinejad@barsadesign.com Chistafair Co. 3 www.chistafair.com

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MEMBERS SAUDI ARABIA

MEMBERS IRAN

ITG – Info & Trade Group www.itgcompany.com

ExpoGlobal Group Dubai (MES) 6 www.expoglob.com

3

IFES Member List, Africa, Asia

Samaya Holding 5 www.samayaholding.com

Maple Exhibition Organizing www.mapleexpo.com

MEMBERS UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Monaco FZE (Monaco Exhibitions Dubai) www.monaco.ae

Creation House 6 www.creation-house.com Divine Creations L.L.C 6 www.divine-dubai.com Dubai World Trade Centre www.dwtc.com

6

Electra Exhibitions L.L.C. 6 www.electra-exhibitions.com

6

6

M E D I T E R R A N E A N S E A Ȧ

T U N E S I A

Ȧ

Algiers

Tel Aviv I S R A E L

ȶ

S

ȏ

Tripolis

ȴ

Y

R

I

A

ȴ

Teheran J O R D A N

I R A N

I R A Q

ȶ

Cairo

A L G E R I A

L I B Y A

E G Y P T

S A U D I A R A B I A

ȏ ȍ ȍ

Ȱ

Dubai

Riyadh

U N I T E D A R A B E M I R A T E S

O M A L I

N I G E R

C H A D

S U D A N

J E

M

M

A

N

E N

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² Algeria 1

Palais des Expositions (Pins Maritime)

Halls

Hall-capacity

Outside

Website

6

45.000 m2

25.000 m2

safex.dz

Libya 2

Tripoli International Fair

40.000 m2

tripolifair.com

Egypt 3

Cairo Exhibition Grounds Nasr City

32

57.000 m2

50.000 m2

eeca.gov.eg

United Arab Emirates 4 D ubai International Convention +

80.000 m2

dwtc.com

80.000 m2

expocentresharjah.org

Exhibition Center 5

Expo Center Sharjak

87

South Africa

T A N S A N I A

MALAWI

0.7 %

A N G O L A Z A M B I A

Z I M B A B W E

N A M I B I A

M

O

Z

A

M

B

I

Q

U

E

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

16 %

OF MIDDLE EAST – AFRICA VENUE SPACE ­AVAILABLE

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B O T S U A N A Ȧ Ȧ

ȶ

MEMBERS SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg

369 Design 2 www.369designs.co.za

S O U T H A F R I C A

Compex Pty. 1 www.compex.co.za

Cape Town ȶ I N D I A N O C E A N

ConCept G Exhibitions @ Events (Pty) Ltd 1 www.conceptg.co.za HOTT 3 Dimensional Marketing cc 2 www.hott.co.za Resource Design International 2 www,resourcedesign.co.za

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² South Africa 1

Expo Centre Johannesburg

2 Tshwane

Hall-capacity 42.000 m2

expocentre.co.za

42.000 m2

tshwane-events.co.za

Events Centre

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IFES Member List, Africa, India

SCAN Display Solutions 1 Private Beg x7000, Parklands 2121 Johannesburg www.scandisplay.co.za Mr. Justin Hawes justin@scandisplay.co.za Sugo Projects 1 www.sugoprojects.com

India

IS

OF ASIA PACIFIC VENUE SPACE ­AVAILABLE

A

K

Ȧ

P

4.3 %

T

A

N

1.0 %

C H I N A

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

B H U T A N Ȧ

N E

New Delhi

P A

L

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I N D I A

MEMBERS INDIA ȶ

Axis Designer (P) Ltd. 1 www.axisdesigners.com

ȴ

ȶ

B A N G L A D E S H

Mumbai

Display House 2 www.displayhouse.org INSTA Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd 2 www.insta-group.com

ȏ

Bangalore

JMD DESIGN DESK PVT LTD 2 www.designdesk.in

I N D I A N O C E A N

Roots Global 2 www.rootsglobal.in Studio 360 1 www.studio360.in Swift Corporation 1 www.swiftexhibits.com MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² India 1

Pragati Maidan

2 B ombay

Hall-capacity

Website

62.650 m 2

indiatradefair.com

41.000 m2

nesco.in

Convention & Exhi­ bition Centre (BCEC) 3

Bandra Kurla

Complex

130.000 m 2

bandrakurlacomplex.com

4

BIEC Bangalore

Inter­national Exhi­ bition Centre

40.000 m 2

biec.in

89

China

VENUE MARKET SEGMENTATION ­LARGE more than 100.000 sqm

16.5 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

­ MEDIUM 20.000 – 100.000 sqm

74 70 %

OF ASIA PACIFIC VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

13

SMALL less than 20.000 sqm

23

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MEMBERS CHINA AMC (Exhibits) Ltd. 3 www.arconmarketing.com Beijing Eagle International Exhibition 1 www.eagleinter.com Betis-Design 1 www.betis-expo.com BVE Holdings Co. Ltd. 2 www.bvestand.com Compass Culture Ltd. www.compassasia.cn

1

DEMAGE (Hongkong) Messe Limited 1 www.demage.cn Dolphin International Culture Media Group Co., Limited 1 www.dolphin-media.net Encore Advertising Agency Shanghai Ltd. 2 www.encoreexpo.com Horizon Exhibition Co.,Ltd. 2 www.inhorizon.com

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LINGTONG Exhibition System Co.Ltd. 2 www.ling-tong.com Milton Exhibits Group 2 www.milton-exhibits.com Shanghai Lankam Business Solution Co.,Ltd. 2 www.lankamlink.com Teeyoo Expo Asia Pacific Co.,Ltd. 2 www.teeyoo.cn Xi’an Qujiang International Conference & Exhibition Center 4 www.qiceg.com/huizhan/ index.asp YiMu Exhibition Services Co.,Ltd. 2 www.yimuexhibits.com

K A Z A K H S T A N M O N G O L I A

Shenyang Ȧ Ȧ

ȶ

Beijing ȴ Tianjin

C H I N A ȏ

ȏ

Xi‘an

ȍ ȶ

Shanghai

Ȱ

A

N

Ȯ

T IS

ȁ

ȟ

B H U T A N

Ȧȉ

K

Chengdu Chongqing

P

A

N E

P A

L

ȦȦ

Kunming

Yiwu

Wuhan

Ȧȶ

I N D I A ȴ MYANMAR B A N G L A D E S H

L

A

V I E T N A M O

S

P A C I F I C O C E A N

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² China

Guangzhou Hong Kong

I N D I A N O C E A NHalls

Hall-capacity

Outside

Website

Shenyang International Exhibitions

Center (SYIEC)

105.200 m

2 N ew China International Exhibition

106.800 m2

ciec-expo.com

200.000 m2

mjcec.com

240.000 m2

firabarcelona.com

200.000 m2

sniec.net

1

syiec.net

2

Center (NCIEC)

3 N ational Convention and Exhibition

Centre Tianjin 4 S hanghai World Expo Exhibition &

Convention Center 5

Shanghai New International Expo ­Centre

6 N ational Exhibition & Convention

16

404.400 m2

100.000 m2

en.cecsh.com

Center (NECC) 7

Yiwu International Expo Center

120.000 m2

yiwutex.com

8

Wuhan International Expo Centre

190.000 m

2

whicec.com

110.000 m

2

9 N ew International Convention &

Expo Center Chengdu 10

Chongqing International Expo Centre

11 Kunming Dianchi International

84.000 m2

cqcec.com

310.000 m2

kmicec.com

340.000 m2

ciefc.com

Convention & Exhibition Centre 12 C hina Import & Export Fair Complex

16

Guangzhou 91

Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, ­S ingapore, Vietnam & Thailand

V I E T N A M

MYANMAR ȍ

Ȧ

Bangkok

ȏ

ȶ

P H I L L I P P I N E S

ȴ

Ho-Chi-Minh

T H A I L A N D

M A L A Y S I A

Kuala Lumpur ȶ

ȏ ȍ

MEMBERS AUSTRALIA

Singapore

Display Builders 1 www.displaybuilders.com.au

ȴ

Ȱ

I N D

O N

E S

Euro Display Pty Ltd 1 www.eurodisplays.com.au

I A

Expocentric 1 www.expocentric.com.au

Bumi Serpong Damai

Exponet 1 www.exponet.com.au MEMBERS MALAYSIA

I N D I A N O C E A N

ES Exihibition Services SDN BHD 2 www.es-corp.co

A U S T R A L I A

Sydney

Ȧ

MEMBERS MYANMAR ES Signature Co., Ltd. www.es-corp.co

5

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² MEMBERS PHILLIPPINES Thailand

Hall-capacity Website

Bangkok International Trade

& Exhibition Centre (BITEC)

53.000 m2 bitec.co.th

2 I MPACT Muang Thong Thani

140.000 m2 impact.co.th

1

Centrex Corporation www.centrex.ph

MEMBERS SINGAPORE Concept Coummunications 3 www.conceptcoms.com

Vietnam 3 S aigon Exhibition &

40.000 m2 secc.com.vn

­Convention Center (SECC) Singapore

Kingsmen Creatives Ltd 3 www.kingsmen-int.com

Singapore

4

Matrade Exhibition and

Convention Centers

130.000 m2 mecc.matrade.gov.my

5

Singapore Expo

102.000 m2 singaporeexpo.com.sg

0.6 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

Indonesia 6

92

Indonesia Convention

Exhibition (ICE)

|

4

130.000 m2 ice-indonesia.com

IFES Member List, Asia, Australia

2.7 %

OF ASIA PACIFIC VENUE SPACE ­AVAILABLE

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Japan & Korea

MEMBERS JAPAN ENDLOS Co Ltd www.endlos.jp

1

IDEA International Inc. 2 Senrichuo Twin Bldg. Bekkan 4F, 1-1-4 Shinsenri-nishi-machi, Toyonaka-shi 560-0083 Osaka www.idea-intl.com Mr. Christopher Dorn cdorn@idea-intl.com

R U S S I A

NOMURA Co., Ltd. 1 www.nomurakougei.co.jp/en

C H I N A N O R T H K O R E A

Sakura International (2) www.sakurain.co.jp

Ȧ

welkam Ltd. 1 www.welkam.co.jp

Goyang Seoul ȴ

J A P A N

S O U T H K O R E A ȴ

ȏ

ȶ Ȧ

ȶ

Tokyo Osaka

MEMBERS KOREA NARA Design Co. Ltd. 3 www.inaradesign.co.kr Podo International Corp. 3 www.podoincom.com

P A C I F I C O C E A N

Preydamer 3 www.preydamer.com RISH IYAGI CO., Ltd. 3 www.rishiyagi.com MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² South Korea 1

Japan

1.1 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

4.4 %

OF ASIA PACIFIC VENUE SPACE ­AVAILABLE

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Korea International

Exhibition Center (KINTEX)

Hall-capacity

Website

108.000 m

kintex.com

2

Japan 2 M akuhari Messe

72.000 m 2

m-messe.co.jp

Tokyo Big Sight

4 Intex Osaka´

80.660 m

bigsight.jp

3

2

70.000 m2

intex-osaka.com 93

M

E X

I C

O

Guadalajara ȍ ȏ

Mexico City

G U I A N A VENEZUELA

S U R I N A M E

ȴ

COLOMBIA

F R E N C H

G U I A N A

Bogota

B R A Z I L

P E R U

B O L I V I A ȶ

P A R

C H I L E

ȏ

A G

ȴ

Ȧ ȶ

Rio de Janeiro

São Paulo

U A Y

A R G E N T I N

A

P A C I F I C O C E A N

ȍ Ȧ

Ȱ

Buenos Aires

U R U G U A Y

A T L A N T I C O C E A N

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² Brazil

Halls

RIOCENTRO

2 E xpo Center Norte 1

Parque Anhembi

4 Sao Paulo Expo

3

Hall-capacity

Outside

78.000 m2

riocentro.com.br

76.000 m

2

expocenternorte.com.br

100.000 m

2

anhembi.com.br

8

Total Area 242.000 m2

6

40.000 m

10

45.000 m2

saopauloexpo.com.br/en

ccs.com.ar

Argentina Centro Costa Salguero

6 La Rural Predio Ferial

5

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2

10.000 m

2

larural.com.ar

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia & Mexico Brazil

2.3 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

Mexico

1.4 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

63.7 %

6%

OF AMERICAS VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

OF AMERICAS VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

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MEMBERS ARGENTINA

DODECAEDRO SA 1 Av. Belgrano 873, 5 piso C1092AAI CABA, Buenos Aires www.dodecaedrogroup.com Mr. Alejandro Blitstein alejandro@dodecaedrogroup.com

MEMBERS BRAZIL

MEMBERS MEXICO

Hotmacon – Projetos e Eventos 2 www.hotmacon.com.br

Custom Display 4 www.customdisplay.com.mx

Surreal Promotional ­Arquithecture 2 www.surreal.com.br MEMBERS COLOMBIA DIPER DISENADORES LTD 3 www.diper.com INTER EXPO S.A. 3 www.interexpocom.com

GPO Exhibits (GPO DISplay) www.gpo-display.com.mx

4

Grupo Escato, SA de CV 4 www.escato.com Grupo Omega (LatinoAmerica LAGO) 5 www.lagonetwork.com SISTEXPO 4 www.sistexpo.com.mx

95

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2.4 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

19.7 %

OF GLOBAL VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

10 %

84 %

OF AMERICAS VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

OF AMERICAS VENUE SPACE AVAILABLE

MAIN TRADE SHOW VENUES > 40.000 M² Canada

Halls

Hall-capacity

Outside

Website

1

International Centre Missisauga

46.500 m

2

Stampede Park

45.000 m2

internationalcentre.com

3

Palais des Congrès de Montréal

46.300 m2

congresmtl.com

4

Metro Toronto Convention Centre

42.700 m

2

mtccc.com

5

Toronto Congress Centre

50.100 m

2

torontocongresscentre.com

6

Enercare Centre

58.500 m2

enercarecentre.com

97.548 m 2

ixcenter.com

2

calgarystampede.com

USA 7

IX Center International Exposition Center

8

McCormick Place

242.000 m

9

Jacob K. Javits Center

80.000 m2

javitscenter.co

10

Kentucky Exposition Center

102.193 m2

kyfairexpo.org

11

Mandalay Bay Convention Center

86.000 m2

mandalaybay.com

12

Sands Expo & Convention Center

115.000 m

sandsexpo.com

13

Las Vegas Convention Center

184.465 m2

lvcva.com

14

Kai Bailey Hutchison Convention Center

90.402 m2

dallasconventioncenter.com

15

Anaheim Convention Center

75.000 m2

anaheim.net/1117/ Anaheim-ConventionCenter-Arena

16

Georgia World Congress Center

130.100 m2

gwcca.org/gwcc

17

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

102.230 m

2

mccno.com

18

NRG Park

120.402 m

2

nrgpark.com/nrg-stadium

19

Orange County Convention Center

195.096 m2

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2

2

mccormickplace.com

occc.net

C A N A D A

Missisauga

ȶ

Calgary

Detroit ȏ

P A C I F I C O C E A N

San Francisco Ȧȶ

Ȧ

U S A ȁ

ȦȦ Ȧȶ ȦȦ Ȧȴ

Las Vegas

Rochester ȍ Milwaukee

ȴ

Ȧ

ȁ

Denver

Ȧȏ

Ȧȍ Laguna Beach ȦȰ Anaheim

M

ȟ

E

X

IC

Chicago

ȏ Ȯ

Ȧȉ

Ȱ

ȦȰ

Ȧȏ

New York

Atlanta

ȦȮ

New Orleans

Ȧȟ Ȯ

Ȧȍ Orlando Tampa

A T L A N T I C O C E A N

O

MEMBERS CANADA

MEMBERS USA

Accord Expositions Inc. 14 www.accordex.com

3D Exhibits, Inc. 1 www.3dexhibits.com

CORT Trade Show & Event Furnishings www.cort.com

4Productions 2 www.4productions.com stevensE3 13 2101 Oxford Street East N5V2Z7 London, Ontario www.stevensE3.com Mr. Cam Stevens cams@stevensE3.com

ȴ

Montreal Toronto ȶ Boston ȟ

Cleveland Ȧȉ Louisville

Dallas

Houston Ȧȁ

ȍ

Ȱ Ȧȴ

Access TCA 2 www.accesstca.com Brumark 6 www.brumark.com CEP Exhibit Productions, Inc. www.cepexhibits.com

1

11

Czarnowski Exhibit Services – Corp. 1 2287 South Blue Island Avenue 60608 Chicago, IL www.czarnowski.com Mr. Bob DeFacci bdefacci@czarnowski.com

Coastal International Inc 12 www.coastalintl.com

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DERSE 3 www.derse.com DesignShop Holdings LLC 15 www.teamdesignshop.com DIPER DESIGNERS, LLC 15 www.diper.com EWI Worldwide 4 www.ewiworldwide.com EXHIBITOR Media Group 5 www.exhibitoronline.com Exhibitus Inc 6 www.exhibitus.com Group Delphi 12 www.groupdelphi.com

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