Set up in 2016, Global Exhibitions Day (GED) is held annually on the first Wednesday of June to drive visibility of the exhibition industry locally, regionally and on a global scale. In recent years, it saw activations and activities from industry players in over 100 countries and regions around the world.
This year, the eighth edition of GED takes place on 7 June 2023 with the overall theme of: “We run the meeting places and marketplaces for everyone”.
Key campaign pillars:
• We serve industries by facilitating connections between exhibitors and visitors so they can showcase products and services, establish contacts and business, develop reputation and promotion. Industries need events for their development.
• Events deliver strong economic and social benefits for their host locations, in terms of jobs and tax income.
• On the environmental side, exhibitions are a sustainable way of doing business: travelling to one place to meet several contacts reduces multiple trips while saving time and money.
• As the industry work on reducing their environmental footprint through the Net Zero Carbon Initiative, events and exhibitions are places to work on solutions to the climate crisis.
“Ever since we launched GED in 2016 as an industry, it has been growing in reach and relevance, and the campaign was crucial to keep decision makers aware of us throughout the dark times of the pandemic. Now, after the post-pandemic recovery, GED allows us to focus and highlight the critical role we play for every industry, every community that we serve. More than ever, we have the opportunity to be seen by policymakers and decision makers as the important sector that we are. I encourage everyone to join this year’s activities”, says Michael Duck, UFI President.
All businesses and professionals in the sector are encouraged to join the #GED2023 celebrations on 7 June 2023 by highlighting the impact of exhibitions on facilitating the communication and collaboration of all types of industries and marketplaces.
source : https://ged.eventmaker.io/en