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- thund3rstruck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Please, why not just link to the Wikipedia article?
- sl4x0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i don't know much (read:anything) about iFA, but World's Fairs aren't "consumer electronic shows"...
- digitalglide, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The IFA or Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (International radio exhibition Berlin) is one of the oldest industrial exhibitions of Germany. From 1926 to 1939 it was a yearly event. Starting in 1950 it was organized every two years until 2005. Since then it is a yearly event again. It offers the opportunity to exhibitors to present to a broad public the newest products and developments. By daily reporting in almost all media the radio exhibition achieves a large spreading of the information - and advertising messages.
In the course of their history, numerous world novelties began their way on the radio exhibition. Almost likewise many novelties disappeared on the other hand again singing and soundless in sinking.
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Facts
In 2003, IFA was the world's largest Consumer Electronics trade fair, attended by 273,800 visitors. Over 1,000 exhibitors attended the fair.
2.4 billion euro of placed orders.
Attended by over 6,800 accredited journalists from 78 countries.
source: IFA Website
External links
IFA official website
IFA 2005 video coverage in HD
IFA 2006 video coverage in HD
Highlights of past exhibitions from 1926 to 2005
Category: Trade shows - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Why does the World's Oldest Consumer need his own special Electronics Fair?
- digitalglide, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_fair
sorry2 - digitalglide, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0sorry here is that left too
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_fair - digitalglide, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0sorry,thund3rstruck
the Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationale_Funkausstellung_Berlin - samsonlonghair, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0What about the Word's Fair? The Paris World's Fair was in 1855; I think the first London World's Fair was in 1851.
- digitalglide, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0World's Fair
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For a listing of World Fairs, see "List of world's fairs".
A World's Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. The official sanctioning body is the Bureau of International Expositions (usually abbreviated BIE, from the organization's name in French, Bureau International des Expositions). BIE-approved fairs are divided into a number of types: universal, and international or specialized. They usually last for between 3 and 6 months. In addition, countries can hold their own 'fair', 'exposition', or 'exhibition', without BIE endorsement.
Unisphere From The 1964 World's Fair in NYC a few years after the fair had ended.Contents [hide]
1 Universal expositions
2 International or specialized expositions
3 After the fair
4 USA membership
5 See also
6 External links
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Universal expositions
Universal Expositions encompass universal themes that affect the full gamut of human experience. These Universal Expos usually have themes based on which pavilions are made to represent the country's opinion on that theme. The theme for the 2005 Expo in Japan was "nature's wisdom". Universal expositions are usually held less frequently than specialized or international expositions because they are more expensive. To distinguish them from lesser fairs, they require total design of pavilion buildings from the ground up. As a result, nations compete for the most outstanding or memorable structure—recent examples include Japan, France, Morocco & Spain at Expo '92. Recent Universal Expositions include Brussels Expo '58, Seattle Expo '62, known as the Century 21 Exposition, Montreal Expo '67, San Antonio HemisFair '68, Osaka Expo '70,Spokane Expo '74, Knoxville, Tennessee Expo '82, New Orleans Expo '84, Vancouver, British Columbia Expo '86, Brisbane Expo '88, Seville Expo '92, and Hanover Expo 2000. The Expo 2005 was held at Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Sometimes pre-fabricated structures are also used to minimize costs for developing countries or for countries from a geographical block to share space (i.e. Plaza of the Americas at Seville '92).
BIE has moved to sanction expos only every five years, starting with the 21st century; with the 1980s and 1990s overflowing with expos back to back, some see this as a means to cut down potential expenditure by participating nations.
The rule may apply to all expos, or it may end up that Universal expositions will be restricted to every five years or so, with International or Specialized expositions in the in-between years for countries wishing to celebrate a special event.
Bids for both the Specialized Expo 2012 and the Universal Expo 2015 have begun to be accepted by the BIE:
2012 (so far) Yeosu (Korea) - was candidate city for the Universal Expo 2010,
2015 (so far) Izmir (Turkey) - was host city of the 2005 Summer Universiade.
List of hitherto official world expositions according to the BIE[1]:1851 London (United Kingdom)
1855 Paris (France)
1862 London (United Kingdom)
1867 Paris (France)
1873 Vienna (Austria)
1876 Philadelphia (United States)
1878 Paris (France)
1880 Melbourne (Australia)
1888 Barcelona (Spain)
1889 Paris (France)
1893 Chicago (United States)
1897 Brussels and Stockholm (Sweden)
1900 Paris (France)
1904 St. Louis (United States)
1905 Liège (Belgium)
1906 Milan (Italy)
1910 Brussels (Belgium)
1913 Ghent (Belgium)
1915 San Francisco (United States) 1929 Barcelona (Spain)
1933 Chicago (United States)
1937 Paris (France)
1939 New York City (United States)
1958 Brussels (Belgium)
1962 Seattle (United States)
1967 Montreal (Canada)
1968 San Antonio (United States)
1970 Osaka (Japan)
1974 Spokane (United States)
1982 Knoxville (United States)
1984 New Orleans (United States)
1986 Vancouver (Canada)
1988 Brisbane (Australia)
1992 Seville (Spain)
1998 Lisbon (Portugal)
2000 Hanover (Germany)
2005 Nagoya (Japan)
2008 Zaragoza (Spain)
2010 Shanghai (China)
The only Universal exposition to be held without BIE approval was the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair. Because that Fair did not comply with BIE rules in place at the time, the sanctioning organization denied the Fair an "official" status. The Fair proceeded without BIE approval and turned to tourism and trade organizations to host national pavilions in lieu of official government sponsorship.
The United States, Japan, Canada, Spain, and Australia are the only countries to host the World's Fair multiple times in a different city each time (e.g. France has chosen Paris every time, the UK London, etc).
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International or specialized expositions
International expositions are usually united by a common theme—such as Transportation (Vancouver Expo '86) and 'Leisure in the Age of Technology' (Brisbane Expo '88). Such themes are narrower than the worldwide scope of Universal expositions.
Specialized expositions have a narrow theme, such as the International Garden Expositions, held in Osaka, Japan (1990) and Kunming, China (1999), or the (Lisbon Expo '98 dedicated to the Oceans.
Specialized and international expositions are usually smaller in scale and cheaper to run for the host committee and participating nations because the architectural fees are lower and they only have to rent the space from the host committee, usually with the pre-fabricated structure already completed. Some say this leads to better creative content as more money can be spent in this area.
Specialized and international are similar in that the host organization provides the rental space to participating countries, as well as the building itself, which is usually pre-fabricated. Countries then have the option of 'adding' their own colours, design etc. to the outside of the pre-fabricated structure and filling in the inside with their own content. One example of this is China, which invariably has chosen to add a Chinese archway in the front of its pre-fabricated pavilions to symbolize the nation (Expo '88, Expo '92, Expo '93).
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After the fair
The majority of the structures are temporary, and are dismantled at the end of the expo. Towers from several of these fairs are notable exceptions. By far the most famous of these is the Eiffel Tower, built for the Exposition Universelle (1889), which is now a symbol of host city Paris. Surprisingly, some contemporary critics wanted the tower dismantled after the fair's conclusion.
Other major structures that were held over from these fairs:
The Crystal Palace, from the first World's Fair in London in 1851, chosen because it could be recycled to recoup losses, was such a success that it was moved and intended to be permanent, only to be destroyed by a fire (of its contents) in 1936.
The 1876 Centennial Exposition's main building still in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
The main buildings of Expo '98, in Lisbon, were completely integrated in the city itself.
In Brussels, the Atomium still stands at the site of the 1958 exposition. It is an 165 billion times enlarged Iron-Atom shaped building.
Other outstanding exceptions:
The remains of Expo '29 in Seville where the 'Plaza de España' forms part of a large park and forecourt, and many of the pavilions have become offices for Consulate-Generals.
An elevated railways with metro frequency was built for Milan '06. It linked the fair to the city centre. It was dismantled in the 20's.
The Aquarium of Milano Expo '06 was built for the fair and after 100 years is still open and was recently renovated.
The ICOH (International Commission on Occupational Health), was settled in Milan during the Expo '06 and had the first congress in the Expo pavillions. In the next June 2006 the ICOH will celebrate the first century of life in Milan.
The pavilions of Expo '92 in Seville had been reconverted into a technological square and a theme park.
The M. H. de Young Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park was a survivor of the California MidWinter International Exposition (1894) until it was replaced with a larger building.
The rebuilt Palace of Fine Arts is all that remains from the 1915 San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This can be seen on the fair grounds near the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Space Needle in Seattle was the symbol of the 1962 World's Fair, and the US pavilion from that fair became the Pacific Science Center. The monorail is still used.
San Antonio kept intact the Tower of the Americas, the Institute of Texan Cultures and the Convention Center from HemisFair '68.
Among the structures still standing from Expo '67 in Montreal are Moshe Safdie's Habitat 67, Buckminster Fuller's American pavilion (now the Biosphère), and the French pavilion (now the Casino de Montréal).
The Sunsphere remains extant from the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville.
The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is housed in the last remaining building of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, which had been the Palace of Fine Arts. The intent or hope was to make all Columbian structures permanent, but most of the structures burned, possibly the result of arson during the Pullman Strike. The fair's only other known remaining building is the Norway pavilion, a small house located at a museum in Wisconsin.
The World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne was constructed for the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition, and is another example.
A particular case is the EUR quarter in Rome, built for a World's Fair planned for 1942, was never used for its intended purpose, because of World War II, and today hosts various offices, governmental or private, and some museums.
Some World's Fair sites became (or reverted to) parks incorporating some of the expo elements, such as:
Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois: Site of the 1893 Columbian Exposition
Nashville: Tennessee Centennial Expo
Saint Louis: Louisiana Purchase Exposition
San Diego: Panama-California Exposition (1915) & California Pacific International Exposition (1935)
Seattle: Century 21 Exposition
Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York City: Site of both the 1939/1940 and 1964/1965 New York World's Fairs
Montreal: Expo '67
San Antonio: HemisFair '68
Osaka: Expo '70
Spokane: Expo '74
Vancouver: Expo '86
Brisbane: Expo '88
Seville: Expo '92
Daejeon (Taejŏn): Expo '93
Lisbon: Expo '98
Some pavilions have been moved overseas intact:
The USSR Pavilion from Expo '67 is now in Moscow.
The Japan Pavilion from Expo '70 is the Asian Centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.
The Portugal Pavilion from Expo 2000 is now in Coimbra, Portugal.
The Belgium Pavilion from the 1939 New York World's Fair was relocated to Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia.
The Japanese Tower of the 1900 world fair in Paris was relocated to Laken (Brussels)on request of King Leopold II of Belgium.
Many exhibitions and rides created by Walt Disney and his WED Enterprises company for the 1964 New York World's Fair (which was held over into 1965) were moved to the world-famous Disneyland after the closing of the Fair. Many of the rides are still operating today like "it's a small world", "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln", and "Carousel of Progress" (since moved to the Walt Disney World Resort and updated).
Disney had originally contributed so many exhibits to the New York fair in part because the corporation had envisioned a "permanent World's Fair" at the Flushing site. That concept instead came to fruition with the Disney theme park Epcot, an extension of the Walt Disney World Resort, near Orlando, Florida. Epcot has many of the characteristics of a typical Universal Exposition: national pavilions, as well as exhibits concerning technology and/or the future, along with more typical amusement-park rides. Meanwhile, several of the 1964 attractions, relocated to Disneyland, have been duplicated at the Walt Disney World Resort.
Occasionally other bits and pieces of the Fairs remain. In the New York subway system signs directing people to Flushing Meadows, Queens remain from the 1964-5 event. In the Montreal subway at least one tile artwork of its theme, "The World of Man" remains. Also, a seemingly endless supply of souvenir items from Fair visits can be found, and in the United States, at least, can often be bought at garage or estate sales. Many of these events also produced postage stamps and commemorative coins. The 1904 Olympic Games were held in conjunction with the St. Louis Fair, although no particular tie-in seems to have been made.
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USA membership
The USA had its membership of the BIE withdrawn in 2002. The cause was the non-allocation of funds by the U.S. Congress for two years.
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See also
List of world's fairs
White Mana
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
World's Fairs
The 1904 World's Fair: Looking Back at Looking Forward
ExpoMuseum, an online world's fair museum
ExpoMuseum Discussion Web site
1964/1965 New York World's Fair Web site
1964/1965 New York World's Fair discussion
Glasgow 1938
1933/1934 Chicago World's Fair Web site
Official Web site for the Expo Toronto 2015 Bid
Enthusiast's Web site for the Expo Toronto 2015 Bid
Belgium World's fairs remains Web site in French
France World's Fair's remains 1855-1937 Web site in French
1910 Brussels World's Fair - Vintage Postcards
"The USA Needs The BIE. The BIE Deserves The USA."
"World'fairs discussion in French but English is welcome"
"A lot of World's Fairs presented by a lot of photographs"
Category: World's Fairs
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