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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 52 Rank Show Information NAME & MANAGEMENT 7 Pet Industry Spring Trade Show & Educational Conf. H.H. Backer Associates, Inc. Colette Fairchild, CEM, CMP, Show Director (312) 578-1818 cfairchild@hhbacker.com 8 PACK EXPO Las Vegas Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute Jim Pittas, VP, Trade Shows (703) 243-8555 jpittas@pmmi.org 9 The Running Event Formula4Media, LLC Troy Leonard, VP/Show Director (352) 624-1561 tleonard@formula4media.com 10 Sensors Expo & Conference Questex Media Group LLC Beth Torrey, Show Director (617) 219-8300 11 btorrey@questex.com GovEnergy MC2 Dennis Church, Division President (678) 398-2600 dchurch@mc-2.com 12 AAD Summer Academy Meeting American Academy of Dermatology Timothy A. Moses, CMP, Director, Meetings & Conventions (847) 330-0230 tmoses@aad.org 13 PV America Solar Energy Trade Shows, LLC Brian Tully, Executive Director (202) 595-1140 btully@solarenergy tradeshows.com 14 PGA Expo Reed Exhibitions Ed Several, Senior VP (203) 840-5932 15 eseveral@reedexpo.com Shop.org Annual Summit National Retail Federation Susan Newman, Senior VP, Conferences (202) 626-8154 newmans@nrf.com Boston, MA Grapevine, TX 34,300 25,700 33.5% 227 180 26.1% 4,000 3,400 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 25,300 23,000 10.0% 200 157 27.4% 2,803 2,635 6.4% General Services: Freeman Registration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: onPeak 17.6% General Services: The Expo Group Registration: CompuSystems, Inc. Housing: Wyndham Jade Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA (2009)† 35,000 27,400 (2009)† 27.7% 167 131 (2009)† 27.5% 3,700 3,000 (2009)† 23.3% General Services: The Expo Group Registration: Experient Housing: Experient New York, NY Chicago, IL 17,760 18,500 (4.0)% 175 137 27.7% 4,341 2,871 51.2% General Services: Freeman Registration: Experient Housing: Experient Rosemont, IL Rosemont, IL 21,640 18,050 19.9% 185 142 30.3% 4,459 4,204 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. 6.1% General Services: Rosemont Exposition Services Registration: ARI Inc. Housing: Par Avion Cincinnati, OH Dallas, TX 45,000 35,300 27.5% 291 225 29.3% 4,064 4,329 (6.1)% General Services: In-house Registration: In-house Housing: In-house 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 Show Site 2011/2010 Atlantic City, NJ Baltimore, MD NSF of Exhibits 36.6% Exhibitors 41,000 314 224 Total Attendance Contractor 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 2011/2010 VARIANCE 56,000 40.2% 5,980 4,875 22.7% General Services: Vista Convention Services Registration: Registration Technology, Inc. Housing: Par Avion 54 August 2012 | Trade Show Executive *Biennial show held in odd years †Show not held in 2010