An introduction of the services offered to members by UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry

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What does UFI mean
for me?
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Networking
Research Expertise
Studies Cooperation
Statistics Education
Management Quality
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Marketing Information
Communication Standards
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UFI annual
congresses
 2005 Moscow
 2006 Beijing
 2007 Paris
 2008 Istanbul
 2009 Zagreb
 2010 Singapore
 2011 Valencia
 2012 Abu Dhabi
 2013 Seoul
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UFI CEO events
UFI Group Organizers
Think Tank
Abu Dhabi, November 6, 2012
UFI Global CEO Forum: UCF
Vienna, 30 January - 1 February, 2013
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Open seminars
Topical seminars open to all
exhibition professionals -
whether members or not!
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UFI research and studies
• 8th UFI-BSG Report on the Trade Fair Industry in Asia
• UFI Global Barometer
• Global estimates
• UFI Member Activity Report
• Euro Fair Statistics Report
• Delphi Study
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UFI professional
publications
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Online information
www.ufi.org
• Studies and recommendations
• Online educational programme
• Database access
• Industry information
• UFI events and meetings
- programmes & online registration
- speaker presentations
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UFI Professional
Recognition Awards
• Sustainable Development
• ICT
• Operations
• Marketing
And for the first time!
•Fair Poster Competition with
International Fair Plovdiv
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Poster
Competition
Many of these
with International Fair Plovdiv
posters
are displayed
in the UFI HQ
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The UFI “Community”
Congress Abu Dhabi #ufiabudhabi
UCF CEO Forum #uficeoforum
Asia Open Seminar #ufishenzhen
Open Seminar in the MEA #uficapetown
www.ufi.org/twitter
www.twitter.com/ufilive Open Seminar in Europe #ufihamburg
Focus meetings in Utrecht = #ufiutrecht
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UFI education
opportunities
 Exhibition Management Degree (UFI-EMD)
150 hour post graduate education programme
 “Successful Exhibit Marketing”
 “8 Steps to Sustainability”
 Updated “Exhibitions in the marketing mix”
online course available for free downloading
 International Summer University (ISU) What does UFI mean
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Exhibition knowledge and expertise Abu Dhabi 2012
at the click of your mouse
Welcome
to UFI’s new online Education Centre!
This is an exciting one-stop location for all your exhibition
education and resource needs. With one click you’ll access
valuable content from UFI events and meetings. Specially
edited videos and accompanying highlights from the
speaker’s slides will bring these right to your desk.
We’ve centralized all UFI education programmes and will be
adding surveys studies and publications to expand this as a
truly comprehensive resource.
Our Lounge provides an opportunity to meet others and
share your exhibition experience. So come in for a chat.
We’re looking forward to meeting you here!
Free online registration for all at: www.ufi.org/edcentre!

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UFI Working Committees
UFI Education
Committee
UFI
Sustainable UFI ICT
Development Committee
Committee
UFI Operations UFI Marketing
Committee Committee
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UFI Impact
•4,500 Exhibitions organised or hosted by UFI members
•UFI members in 86 countries including the 40 largest
economies
3 UFI Offices
Headquarters in Paris,
Regional Office Asia/Pacific in Hong Kong
Regional Office in Middle East/Africa in Kuwait
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612 Members Abu Dhabi 2012
in 85 countries
46 “Partners of
the Industry” (7.3%)
51 “Associations”
(8.5%)
73 “Venues
only” (12%)
316 “Organizer
only” (52%) 199 members with
“venue” activity
(32.5%)
126 “Venue
& Organizer”
(21%)
442 members with
September 2012 “organizer” activity (72%)
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UFI Future Events
Vienna, Austria from 30 January to 1
February, 2013
UFI Open Seminar in Asia 2013
Jakarta, Indonesia, 28 February- 1 March 2013
UFI Open Seminar in Europe 2013
Malmö, Sweeden, 17-19 June 2013
UFI Congress 2013
Seoul, South Korea, 13-16 November 2013
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What does UFI mean for me?
The more you put into UFI
the more UFI will give back to you!
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On Twitter @ufilive
Blogging at www.ufilive.org
LinkedIn – UFI Members’ Group
Facebook: UFI- EMD
info@ufi.org
www.ufi.org
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