News this week: UFI,
The Global Association for the Exhibition Industry, is set to organise the 79th
edition of the UFI Congress. The congress is expected to break the delegate
record when the event opens in Abu Dhabi on 6th November. The
current record was set at the Singapore edition in 2010 which attracted 425
attendees including all delegates, speakers, staff and accompanying persons.
The programme of the
four-day congress will include speakers such as Hamish McRae, chief economics
commentator of U.K.-based news outlet The
Independent, H.E. Ali Saeed Bin Harmal Al Dhaheri, managing director of the
Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre
(ADNEC), and a panel discussion moderated by UFI’s managing director Paul
Woodward.
Woodward was quoted
saying, “We are now… aiming for 450-plus. There are already over 50 countries
represented. They are looking for more international business opportunities and
the UFI membership brings together expertise from almost every country where
major exhibitions are taking place. We are focused on trying to make sure that
we add value to our members’ businesses in all that we do and that we offer
them good return for their time invested in UFI.”
The previous edition of
the UFI Congress was held in Valencia, Spain, and attracted 405 attendees.
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