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Index I: Trade Show Executive's Fastest 50 Shows RANKED BY PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH IN NET SQUARE FEET OF PAID EXHIBIT SPACE Continued from page 44 NAME & MANAGEMENT Rank Show Information 8 AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition Assn. of the United States Army Michael Scanlan, CMP, Director, Industry Affairs (703) 907-2671 mscanlan@ausa.org 9 Pet Industry Spring Trade Show & Educational Conf. H.H. Backer Associates, Inc. Colette Fairchild, CEM, CMP, Show Director (312) 578-1818 10 cfairchild@hhbacker.com Shop.org Annual Summit National Retail Federation Susan Newman, Senior VP, Conference (202) 626-8154 11 newmans@nrf.com NIGP Forum & Expo NIGP - The Institute for Public Procurement Carrie Rawn, CMP, Executive Dir., Programs (703) 736-8900 crawn@nigp.org 12 Intersolar North America Solar Promotion Intl. GmbH Diana Döppe, Project Manager +49 (0) 7231-58598-0 doeppe@intersolar.us 13 FABTECH Society of Mfg. Engineers John Catalano, Group Manager (313) 425-3163 jcatalano@sme.org 14 PV America Solar Energy Trade Shows, LLC Brian Tully, Executive Director (202) 595-1140 btully@solarenergy tradeshows.com 15 ASTRA's Marketplace & Academy American Specialty Toy Retailing Association Kathleen McHugh, President (312) 222-0984 kmchugh@astratoy.org 16 GovEnergy MC2 Dennis Church, Division President (678) 398-2600 dchurch@mc-2.com Cincinnati, OH Dallas, TX 45,000 35,300 27.5% 291 225 29.3% 4,064 4,329 (6.1)% General Services: In-house Regisration: In-house Housing: In-house Anaheim, CA Providence, RI 34,390 26,960 27.6% 294 247 19.0% 1,579 1,315 20.1% General Services: Summit Exposition Regisration: In-house Housing: In-house Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA (2009)† 35,000 27,400 (2009)† 27.7% 167 131 (2009)† 27.5% 3,700 3,000 (2009)† San Francisco, CA 168,050 San Francisco, CA 128,100 31.2% 650 580 12.1% 31,000 est. 5.4% General Services: 29,423 Freeman Regisration: Convention Data Services Housing: Convention Mgmt. Resources - CMR® Chicago, IL Chicago, IL (2009)* 505,390 386,835 (2009)* 30.6% 1,301 1,044 (2009)* 24.6% 35,457 24,887 (2009)* 42.5% General Services: Freeman Regisration: Convention Data Services Housing: Travel Planners Inc. 23.3% General Services: The Expo Group Regisration: Experient Housing: Experient National Harbor, MD 22,600 San Antonio, TX 17,200 31.4% 161 139 15.8% 1,299 1,193 Atlantic City, NJ Baltimore, MD 56,000 41,000 36.6% 314 224 40.2% 5,980 4,875 Show Site 2011/2010 Washington, DC Washington, DC NSF of Exhibits Exhibitors 252,908 41.3% 708 423 Total Attendance Contractor 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 357,366 67.4% 35,295 35,836 (1.5)% General Services: Global Experience Specialists (GES) Regisration: MGL Management Housing: Travel Planners Inc. 22.7% General Services: Vista Convention Services Regisration: Registration Technology, Inc. Housing: Par Avion Boston, MA Grapevine, TX 34,300 25,700 33.5% 227 180 26.1% 4,000 3,400 17.6% General Services: The Expo Group Regisration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: Wyndham Jade 8.9% General Services: The Expo Group Regisration: In-house Housing: In-house 46 August 2012 | Trade Show Executive *Data cited from 2009 due to show's rotational pattern †Show not held in 2010