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Index III: Trade Show Executive's Fastest 50 Shows RANKED BY PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH IN TOTAL ATTENDANCE Continued from page 59 Rank Show Information NAME & MANAGEMENT AAPG Annual 7 Convention & Exhibition American Association of Petroleum Geologists Alan Wegener, Dir. of Global Development & Conventions (918) 560-2617 convene@aapg.org 8 Reliable Plant Noria Corporation Brett O'Kelley, VP Sales (918) 749-1400 x112 bretto@noria.com 9 ARM® TechCon UBM Electronics Paul Miller, CEO (415) 947-6631 paul.miller@ubm.com 10 School Nutrition Association Annual National Conference School Nutrition Association Frank DiPasquale, CEO (301) 686-3100 11 fdipasquale@schoolnutrition.org DistribuTECH PennWell Corporation Michael Grossman, Publisher (918) 832-9305 michaelg@pennwell.com 12 NWMA Annual Meeting, Exposition & Short Courses Northwest Mining Association Pat Heywood, Operations & Finance Director (509) 624-1158 x12 pheywood@nwma.org 13 The Running Event Formula4Media, LLC Troy Leonard, VP/Show Director (352) 624-1561 tleonard@formula4media.com 14 AVIATION WEEK MRO Americas Aviation Week, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies Lydia Janow, Director/ Events & Tradeshows (212) 904-3225 ljanow@aviationweek.com 15 Safety 2011 Hall-Erickson, Inc. Michael Weil, Show Director (630) 434-7779 mweil@heiexpo.com 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 Miami Beach, FL Phoenix, AZ 94,600 83,000 14.0% 564 521 8.3% 8,600 6,600 Austin, TX Austin, TX 50,000 35,000 42.9% 250 185 35.1% 1,700 1,300 30.8% General Services: Freeman Registration: Trinity Ventures, Inc./In-house Housing: Trinity Ventures, Inc. 30.3% General Services: Freeman Registration: None Housing: Passkey International, Inc. Reno, NV Spokane, WA 62,500 51,000 22.5% 237 232 2.2% 2,800 2,100 Nashville, TN Dallas, TX 78,000 77,000 1.3% 354 340 4.1% 7,883 5,862 Santa Clara, CA Santa Clara, CA 15,414 4,500 242.5% 73 67 9.0% 3,489 2,575 Columbus, OH Nashville, TN 15,100 15,200 (0.7)% 74 83 (10.8)% 1,135 815 39.3% General Services: Brede Exposition Services Registration: In-house Housing: None 35.5% General Services: Global Experience Specialists (GES) Registration: AQS Housing: None 34.5% General Services: Global Experience Specialists (GES) Registration: EPIC Housing: ConferenceDirect 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 33.3% General Services: LCD Exposition Services Registration: In-house Housing: None Show Site 2011/2010 Houston, TX New Orleans, LA NSF of Exhibits 6.6% Exhibitors 66,800 217 249 Total Attendance Contractor 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 71,180 (12.9)% 8,446 5,970 41.5% General Services: Freeman Registration: The Pulse Network Housing: Experient 60 August 2012 | Trade Show Executive