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Index II: Trade Show Executive's Fastest 50 Shows RANKED BY PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH IN NUMBER OF EXHIBITING COMPANIES Continued from page 55 Rank Show Information NAME & MANAGEMENT ASI Show San Diego Cheryl Childers, Executive 25 The ASI Show Director, Operations (215) 953-3665 cchilders@asicentral.com 26 NASC Sports Event Symposium Natl. Assn. of Sports Commissions Beth Hecquet, Director of Meetings & Events (513) 281-3888 x109 beth@sportscommissions.org 27 MRket Business Journals, Inc. Britton Jones, President & CEO (203) 853-6015 brittonj@busjour.com 28 American Urological Association Annual Meeting American Urological Association Janet Skorepa Associate Executive Director, Education & Scientific Meetings (410) 689-3700 jskorepa@auanet.org 29 Safety 2011 Hall-Erickson, Inc. Michael Weil, Show Director (630) 434-7779 30 mweil@heiexpo.com Interop Las Vegas UBM TechWeb Lenny Heymann Executive VP & Group General Manager, Interop (415) 947-6000 31 lheyman@techweb.com SOUTH-TEC Exposition Society of Mfg. Engineers Catherine Kowalewicz, Show Mgr. (313) 425-3000 32 exposales@sme.org NIGP Forum & Expo NIGP - The Institute for Public Procurement Carrie Rawn, CMP, Executive Director, Programs (703) 736-8900 crawn@nigp.org 33 DistribuTECH PennWell Corporation Michael Grossman, Publisher (918) 832-9305 michaelg@pennwell.com San Diego, CA Tampa, FL 110,800 14.8% 96,500 391 339 15.3% 8,675 6,472 34.0% General Services: Brede/Allied Convention Services Registration: In-house Housing: Preferred Convention Services Charlotte, NC Charlotte, NC (2009)† 36,794 33,060 (2009)† National Harbor, MD 22,600 San Antonio, TX 17,200 11.3% 189 163 (2009)† 31.4% 161 139 16.0% 4,201 3,713 (2009)† 15.8% 1,299 1,193 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 112,000 103,000 8.7% 350 300 16.7% 13,530 13,295 Chicago, IL Baltimore, MD 72,200 61,500 17.4% 441 377 17.0% 8,545 6,570 30.1% General Services: Freeman Registration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: onPeak 1.8% General Services: Champion Exposition Services* Registration: ITN International Housing: In-house 13.1% General Services: Freeman Registration: Convention Data Services Housing: None 8.9% General Services: The Expo Group Registration: In-house Housing: In-house Washington, DC 175,000 19.3% San Francisco, CA 146,670 350 297 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 50,100 42,500 17.9% 351 298 17.8% 4,355 4,082 6.7% General Services: Metropolitan Exposition Services, Inc. Registration: Custom Registration, Inc. Housing: Par Avion 17.8% 17,170 No change General Services: 17,168 Global Experience Specialists (GES) Registration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: onPeak Greensboro, NC Columbus, OH 22,400 27,000 (17.0)% 138 117 17.9% 618 555 Show Site 2011/2010 San Diego, CA San Diego, CA NSF of Exhibits 14.0% Exhibitors 42,200 365 309 Total Attendance Contractor 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 48,100 18.1% 3,201 3,108 3.0% General Services: Global Experience Specialists (GES) Registration: Showcare Event Solutions, Inc. Housing: Travel Planners Inc. 11.4% General Services: Hollins Exposition Services Registration: None Housing: None 56 August 2012 | Trade Show Executive *Company acquired by Freeman in 2011 †Biennial show held in odd years