Expo

Expo StoriesA view From An Insider

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Welcome to the incredible universe of the World Expos!

I went to the market of birdsAnd I bought birdsFor you, my loveI went to the market of flowersAnd I bought flowersFor you, my love

I went to the market of ironworkAnd I bought chainsHeavy chainsFor you my loveAnd then I went to the market of slavesAnd I looked for youBut I did not find you there, my loveIn the beginning there were the markets. The Arabs called the market souk. The Persians bazaar. The Spanish mercado. The French people marche. One French poet named Jacques Prevert created a poem about marches.

And people saw, that the market was good and created the fair.Fairs usually celebrated the days of Saints. People paid the goods in gold and silver coins, copper coins and salt, which in ancient times was as expensive as the gold.

Expositionin the sense of public display was first used in 1851 regarding the Crystal Palace Exposition in London, visited by Queen Victoria 3 times.

Apart From The Royal Guestamong the visitors were also: Charles Darwin

Charlotte Bronte

Lewis Carroll

George Eliot

The people who flocked there were looking for some sort of magic to occur in their lives, and the first Expo offered many blessings.

Some found partners:

Some found science.

Some found technology

All discovered the achievementsof the world!

Human trading options have evolved

From market

To fair

To Worlds Fair

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From every subject in our daily round can be organized a specialized exhibition electronics, furniture, computers.

Expos are mostly about sharing ideas and welcoming the future of technology

The 19 Century must have been the most exciting period for living from the tech point of view.

In the beginning of the century, weeks had to pass, so that a message can cross the ocean. By the end thanks to electromagnetism and the telegraph, a man could communicate in a blink, no matter the distance.

Telephone engineer hanging on a wire

Lightbulbs started burning immediately thanks to the electricity brought in your own house.

Railways crossed the land, which meant you didnt have to ride in stinky horse carriages.

Ships did no longer not depend on winds to arrive at the destination.

This is the century in which the science takes control and it is already a reputable occupation.

In 1825 the first typewriter was produced. It was presented at theCentennial International Exhibitionof 1876, the first official WorldExpoin Philadelphia, USA

In 1868 the first traffic lights was noticed in London in front of the parliament buildings: those were gas lanterns installed on posts and turned on by policemen They were placed there to stop the traffic, when the deputies crossed the road. In March 2013, Expo Traffic, a leading exhibition for traffic safety products, took place in Moscow.

If you are tired by all these giddy advertisements about jeans blame Oscar Levi Straus, who in 1850 cut the first pair from a tent. Nowadays we have China Expo for Apparel and Clothing.

The Ferris Wheel1893 Chicago Worlds FairFor the first timepresented the Ferris Wheelthe Ferris wheel carried its passengers high and brought them low and raised them high and brought them low again, as if it were not merely a carnival ride but also a metaphor for the basic pattern of human experience.

In the 20th century the electronics was born.

That led to the phenomenal development of the radio and the TV.

Cars also imposed

The cinematograph was developed.

A German company received patent for a gramophone which played with chocolate records.

In 1909the toaster appeared.

Multiple new technologies have developed in the past 40 years, which changed our daily round more than ever. The most basic contribution has been electronics and digital computers.

The LegoThe Laser

the miracle of getting connected by phone, and of motion pictures. Movies, X-rays, toothpaste it is miraculous how many products of civilization that we believe we can not do without, have enriched our lives in the last century.

Expos are the pounding heart of worlds economy. They are events in which cultures merge, and create this incredible atmosphere of the market of future. They are to the businesses what festivals and traditions are to cultures an oasis of time and space for the tech savvy and the curious. The Worlds Fairs are the places where you can practically witness how Sesame opens.

Trade fair and Expo organizers,Here is some advice to prepare you for your next Expo- Create a clear marketing messageFor instance,Coca-Colas campaign is called: Open Happiness

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Coca Cola regularly presents a corporate pavilion in the World Expos.

Train yourself and staff in Booth etiquette You have seconds to createa first impression.

Here are two ideas for booth designfor a wedding Expo. Focus on creating a soulful space.

Fairs were organized in the developed and materially progressed countries. They aimed at presenting technological innovation. At colonial pavilions the countries showcased the exotic production of their colonies. The ethnographic culture of the so called primitive peoplewere amazingly attractive for the visitors of the Expo.

Exposition Universelle Paris - 1900)

The Triumph of Art Nouveau If the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace marked the pinnacle of the Industrial era, the Exposition Universal reflected the evolution of the industry and the decorative arts. Art Nouveau is defined as atotal art style embracing architecture,graphic art, interior design, and most of thedecorative arts including jewelry, furniture, textiles, household silver and other utensils andlighting, as well as thefine arts. According to the philosophy of the style, art should be a way of life. Everything should be beautiful and artistic the terraces, the lighting bodies, the sofas, painted glass everywhere, where you live, what you wear.

The Palace Of ElectricityThe Palace of electricity was a pavilion, which provided the energy for the entire Expo

The 1900 World Fair At Night

In World Expos each country proudly presents its pavilion in the most artistic of ways.

Each Expo has a theme such as:The World of Tomorrow NYs World Fair, 1940 Peace Through Understanding NYs World FairProgress and Mankind Brussels 1958

EXPO THEMES

1851 - The Great Exhibition Industry of All Nations1876 - Centennial Exhibition American Independence1900 - Paris International Evaluation of a Century1910 Brussels International Industries1933 Chicago Century of Progress1964 New York Peace Through Understanding1967 Montreal Men and his World2000 Expo Hanover Humankind, Nature, Technology2005 Expo Aichi Natures Wisdom2010 Expo Shanghai Better City, Better Life

The goal of a World Expo is to improve awareness and find solutions to universal issues of our times such as urbanism in Expo Shanghai 2010 or nutrition in Expo Milan 2015. These issues are the "theme" of the Expo.

The Great Exhibition Industry Of All Nations

It had 6 million visitorsIts cost was 1.65 million dollars25 countries attended it.

Centennial Exhibition American Independence

It had 10 million visitorsIts cost was 8 million dollars35 countries attended it.

Paris International Evaluation of a Century

It had 51 million visitorsIts cost was 19 million dollars58 countries attended it.

Brussels International Industries- the Exposition caught on fire!

It had 13 million visitorsIts cost was 3.5 million dollars90 countries attended it.

Chicago Century of Progress

The fair's motto was "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Adapts"It had 48.6 million visitorsIts cost was 42.9 million dollars19 countries attended it.

Peace through understandingIt had 51 million visitors58 countries attended it.

Montreal Man And His World

It had 50 million visitors62 countries attended it.

Expo Aichi Natures Wisdom

It had 22 million visitors121 countries attended it.

Expo Shanghai 2010 with 73 visitors was the most titanic ever organized.

It was called Better City, Better Life

Chinese Pavilion was dedicated to Chinese wisdom in urban development, and was named Oriental Crown..

China's pavilion alone would be enough to understand the magnitude of the whole event: 160 000 m2 69 meters high. It was painted in red, the color of wealth and happiness in Chinese culture

In 2020 Dubai says hello to the worlds exhibitors. Dubai literally sprang out of the desert in the last several decades, so everything there is a new, fascinating investment. At daytime its the brightest place in the world, while at night it looks like a place saying hello from the future.

The BIE was created in 1928. Its mission is to guarantee the quality of Expos and protect the rights of their organizers and participants.

Participating Countries168 countries are member states of the BIE

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Visitors

BIE Expo 1851-1930

BIE 1933-1968

BIE Expo 1970 -2000

The Future Of Expos:Predictions of children for the technologies of the future

Cars will have wings and will be pink, golden, silver, purple and black.

Sarah

Poor people will have houses and food. Rich people will treat them well.

- Sandy

We have so many problemsthat can also be opportunities

A kid in Africa,with a smart phonehas access to more informationthan the President of the U.S.15 years ago.

Full of smiling people, polite people, people with good intentions. People who govern countries and run businesses.

Talented people

Expo Missions:

World Expos have a purpose and mission.First and foremost to facilitate trade and investment opportunitiesTo create an environment of love, live with passionand make the most excitingbusinesses and technologiescome true.

World Fairs are meantTo facilitate the human achievements. To advertise, to create, to inspire.

They are very concentrated on human abilities and ideas and their realization in technologies.

They are focused on human achievements and human spirit, The strive for perfection, the battle. Everything we need is inside.

I was fortunate towork at IFPI was clearly hooked on expos at an early age.Im often asked which expo is my favorite. .

Its always been a difficult one to answer, but in recent years, I realized that there is only one answer the next Expo.

Thanks for your attention!Emil ZaharievPlovdiv, International Fair PlovdivBulgaria