EW attended an engaging UFI Congress at Milano Congressi, Italy earlier this month (4-7 November), and presents pictures from the event – which saw UFI managing director Paul Woodward hand over to Kai Hattendorf.
The international congress welcomed 450 participants from sectors including organisers, representatives, associations and service providers.
Speakers included:
Mark Cochrane, UFI Regional Manager, Asia Pacific, Hong Kong
Lawrence Coburn, CEO & Co-Founder, Double Dutch (USA)
Prof. Vito di Bari, Innovation Designer and Futurist, (USA)
Marco Giberti, Founder and CEO, Vesuvio Ventures USA
Andrew Keen, entrepreneur and author, USA
Maria Martinez, Organization, Human Resources and Systems Director, IFEMA, Spain
Janice Rogers, Corporate Vice President of Human Resources, Diversified Communications, USA
Mike Rusbridge , Chairman of Reed Exhibitions, UK
Andrés López Valderrama, Corferias Executive President, Bogotá, Colombia
UFI estimates that each year more than 30,000 fair events are organised worldwide, with 2.8 million direct exhibitors and 260 million visitors. The organisation was founded in 1925 in Milan to promote cooperation among different fair organisations and to revitalise the sector after the end of World War I.
For more from the UFI Congress, look out for the next edition of Exhibition World, due out in February.
