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Index III: Trade Show Executive's Fastest 50 Shows RANKED BY PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH IN TOTAL ATTENDANCE Continued from page 63 NAME & MANAGEMENT Rank Show Information 43 LandWarNet 2011 J. Spargo & Associates, Inc. James Spargo, Senior VP (703) 631-6200 44 james.spargo@jspargo.com PACK EXPO Las Vegas Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute Jim Pittas, VP, Trade Shows (703) 243-8555 jpittas@pmmi.org 45 Electronic Security Expo AE Ventures John Galante, President (703) 352-9211 jgalante@ae-ventures.com 46 OFC/NFOEC The Optical Society David Coray, Operations Director, Conventions & Meetings (202) 416-1953 dcoray@osa.org 47 GlobalShop Nielsen Expositions Tim Fearney, Show Director (770) 291-5421 48 tim.fearney@nielsen.com SOUTH-TEC Exposition Society of Mfg. Engineers Catherine Kowalewicz, Show Mgr. (313) 425-3000 49 exposales@sme.org The Clean Show™ Riddle & Associates John Riddle, Show Manager (404) 876-1988 john@jriddle.com Charlotte, NC Charlotte, NC (2009)* Las Vegas, NV New Orleans, LA (2009)* 36,794 33,060 (2009)* 184,150 177,067 (2009)* 11.3% 189 163 (2009)* 4.0% 430 413 (2009)* 4.1% 16.0% 4,201 3,713 (2009)* 11,200 9,902 (2009)* Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 181,500 173,500 4.6% 605 570 6.1% 10,083 8,850 Los Angeles, CA San Diego, CA 93,320 83,000 12.4% 545 500 9.0% 11,100 9,700 Charlotte, NC Pittsburgh, PA 28,830 26,914 7.1% 169 167 1.2% 2,206 1,916 15.1% General Services: Shepard Exposition Services, Inc. Registration: Convention Data Services Housing: None 14.4% General Services: Hargrove, Inc. Registration: Showcare Event Solutions, Inc. Housing: Travel Planners Inc. 13.9% General Services: Freeman Registration: Convention Data Services Housing: onPeak 13.1% General Services: Freeman Registration: Convention Data Services Housing: None 13.1% General Services: Shepard Exposition Services, Inc. Registration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority 50 APTA Combined Sections Meeting American Physical Therapy Assn. Alison McIntyre, CMP, Director of Meetings & Exposition Services (703) 706-3255 alisonmcintyre@apta.org New Orleans, LA San Diego, CA 66,082 64,300 2.8% 436 421 3.6% 9,094 8,044 13.1% General Services: Global Experience Specialists (GES) Registration: In-house Housing: J. Spargo & Associates, Inc. Show Site 2011/2010 Tampa, FL Tampa, FL NSF of Exhibits 8.4% Exhibitors 75,380 444 413 7.5% Total Attendance Contractor 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 81,700 10,400 9,000 15.6% General Services: Brede Exposition Services Registration: In-house Housing: Tampa Bay & Company Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV (2009)* 627,853 20.5% 521,147 (2009)* 1,559 1,140 (2009)* 36.8% 39,240 33,967 (2009)* 15.5% General Services: PACK EXPO Services Registration: Experient Housing: Expovision 64 August 2012 | Trade Show Executive *Biennial show held in odd years