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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 Rank Show Information NAME & MANAGEMENT LIGHTFAIR® 17 Show Site 2011/2010 AMC, Inc. - LIGHTFAIR® Jeffrey L. Portman, Sr. President & COO (404) 220-2109 jlp@americasmart.com 18 NWMA Annual Meeting, Exposition & Short Courses Northwest Mining Association Pat Heywood, Operations & Finance Director (509) 624-1158 x12 pheywood@nwma.org 19 Solar Power International Solar Energy Trade Shows, LLC Pat Nichols, Interim Executive Director (703) 738-9474 pnichols@solarenergy tradeshows.com 20 PACK EXPO Las Vegas Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute Jim Pittas, VP, Trade Shows (703) 243-8555 jpittas@pmmi.org 21 Florida Roofing & Sheet Metal Expo Florida Roofing, Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors Association Lois Page, Director of Convention & Trade Show (407) 671-3772 x177 lois@floridaroof.com 22 Sensors Expo & Conference Questex Media Group LLC Beth Torrey, Show Director (617) 219-8300 23 btorrey@questex.com American Urological Association Annual Meeting American Urological Association Janet Skorepa, Associate Executive Director, Education & Scientific Meetings (410) 689-3700 jskorepa@auanet.org 24 The Sports Licensing and Tailgate Show Showproco, LLC Stanley Schwartz, Show Manager (305) 893-8771 x104 stanley@csmipi.com; Hardy Katz, Show Manager (305) 893-8771 x107 hardy@csmipi.com Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 48,800 41,000 19.0% 264 220 20.0% 7,152 5,880 21.6% General Services: The Expo Group Regisration: RHQ Registration & Housing Services Housing: Travel Planners Inc. Rosemont, IL Rosemont, IL 21,640 18,050 19.9% 185 142 30.3% 4,459 4,204 6.1% General Services: Rosemont Exposition Services Regisration: ARI Inc. Housing: Par Avion Washington, DC 175,000 San Francisco, CA 146,670 19.3% 350 297 17.8% 17,170 No change General Services: 17,168 Global Experience Specialists (GES) Regisration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: onPeak Orlando, FL Orlando, FL 37,300 31,000 20.3% 209 202 3.5% 2,800 2,200 27.3% General Services: FM Convention Services Regisration: In-house Housing: The Peabody Orlando Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV (2009)* 627,853 521,147 (2009)* 20.5% 1,559 1,140 (2009)* 36.8% 39,240 33,967 (2009)* 15.5% General Services: PACK EXPO Services Regisration: Experient Housing: Expovision Dallas, TX Los Angeles, CA 329,800 270,200 22.1% 1,200 1,122 7.0% 21,000 23,300 (9.9)% General Services: Shepard Exposition Services, Inc. Regisration: Experient Housing: Experient Reno, NV Spokane, WA 62,500 51,000 22.5% 237 232 2.2% 2,800 2,100 33.3% General Services: LCD Exposition Services Regisration: In-house Housing: None International Intl. NSF of Exhibits Philadelphia, PA 202,800 Las Vegas, NV 160,000 Exhibitors Total Attendance Contractor 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 26.8% 474 498 (4.8)% 23,687 22,021 7.6% General Services: Freeman Regisration: Convention Data Services Housing: onPeak *Biennial show held in odd years Continued on next page www.TradeShowExecutive.com | August 2012 47 © 2012, Trade Show Executive Magazine, Oceanside, CA (760) 630-9105