Archive for June, 2007

Las Vegas Market Announces Seminars, Networking Events

The Las Vegas Market will offer dozens of free seminars and daily social events entertainment July 30-Aug. 3 at the World Market Center and Sands Expo, according to an announcement Thursday.
“The seminars and programs we are presenting at our Summer Market offer an incredible range of options for attendees and represent the most diverse line-up […]

June 30th, 2007 - Posted in Expo, Festival, Seminar

Fair is first for downtown

A street fair held Wednesday was the first event by the recently-formed Paradise Downtown Business Association. Booths crowded along Fir Street, part of which was closed for the event, as residents explored and shopped.
Vendors from local businesses sold clothing, jewelry and food, among many other things. Live music was provided by the Magalia Hillbillies and […]

June 30th, 2007 - Posted in Fair

Food, shelter funding at stake over fair housing report

Meal programs for seniors and shelters for homeless families are just a few of the services that stand to lose funding if the federal government decides Gilbert’s report on fair housing does not meet its standards.
Carl Harris-Morgan, a Gilbert community development specialist, said he spent the last year collecting data to prepare the fair-housing report, […]

June 30th, 2007 - Posted in Fair, Trade Show

MemoryTrends Conference & Expo to Co-locate at PMA 08 International Convention and Trade Show

MemoryTrends Conference & Expo (MTCE) and PMA® announce a co-location between the two organizations that will generate tremendous growth opportunities for both the scrapbooking marketplace and the worldwide photo imaging community.
MTCE and PMA will co-locate Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2008, during the existing PMA International Convention and Trade Show at the Las Vegas Convention […]

June 30th, 2007 - Posted in Conference, Exhibition, Expo, Trade Show

Expo for Today’s Black Woman to return next year

The original name for “The Expo for Today’s Black Woman” is returning next year.Organizers are calling it a “rebirth.” This past year, a top corporate sponsor suggested that expo be renamed “Uplift Chicago” making it a more spiritual themed event.
Organizers now say that was a mistake.
“The weekend of the show what became very clear the […]

June 30th, 2007 - Posted in Expo, Seminar

PPD Announces Second Quarter 2007 Earnings Release, Webcast and Conference Call

PPD, Inc. will release its second quarter 2007 financial results on Tuesday, July 17, after the market closes. The earnings release will be available on the PPD Web site at http://www.ppdi.com, FirstCall and PR Newswire.
On Wednesday, July 18, at 9 a.m. ET, PPD will conduct a live conference call and audio webcast to discuss financial […]

June 30th, 2007 - Posted in Conference

Recreation: Conference Bike seats seven

“T his really is the perfect ride for this thing,” Stuart Blum says as he and six friends pedal his bike along Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
Yes, that math is correct: Seven cyclists are pumping away on one single, not-so-solitary “Conference Bike.”
Sometimes whimsy can be the mother of invention.
A Dutch sculptor/wannabe mechanical engineer created the Conference Bike. […]

June 30th, 2007 - Posted in Conference

With 40K photos, Shivaji exhibition eyes Guinness entry

A unique exhibition, which brings alive around 250 forts captured by King Shivaji from the Mughals in the 16th century, has been thrown open in Pune to commemorate the coronation day of the Maratha warrior.
The exhibition titled Shivdurgdarshan features a staggering 40,000 photographs of the historical forts taken from multiple angles, depicting the structures and […]

June 30th, 2007 - Posted in Exhibition

SMG and trade show producer reach settlement

SMG and Borderland Network Productions have reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding use of the El Paso Convention Center in 2010, paving the way for the city to host the National Women’s Bowling Tournament, a five-month event. In a joint statement issued by the El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and Borderlands […]

June 30th, 2007 - Posted in Trade Show

Small Boats Inspire Art Exhibition

The Mariners’ Museum is known for housing artifacts from the USS Monitor, with a recently opened wing dedicated to that famous Civil War ironclad battle ship.
But its holdings also include more than 150 canoes, kayaks and other small boats from 42 nations that the museum has been collecting since its opening in 1930 to document […]

June 30th, 2007 - Posted in Exhibition

National Trade Show Opens Today

Chairman of the main organizing committee, Michael Shepherd Maena told SIBC that around 8am today the Float parade will make its way to Rarasu field in Auki, the venue of this year’s Trade Show, led by the Kilusakwalo brass band.
He says the official key note opening address will be delivered by Foreign Affairs and Trade […]

June 30th, 2007 - Posted in Trade Show

AllTM Expo

IDG World Expo announced that Nintendo of America has signed on as an anchor exhibitor for IDG World Expo’s newest event: Entertainment for AllTM Expo (E for AllTM), scheduled for October 18-21, 2007, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Nintendo leads an A-list of game companies signing on for a show that is rapidly shaping […]

June 29th, 2007 - Posted in Expo, Fair