The Tradeshow Week Power Pack
-- Tradeshow Week, 10/2/2006
The Tradeshow Week Power Pack
The 100 Most Influential People in the Tradeshow Business
Ringleaders
The 10 most powerful
Chris Brown/Natl. Assn. of Broadcasters
Mike Cooke/dmg world media
Don Freeman Jr./Freeman
Steven Hacker/Intl. Assn. for Exhibition Management
David Korse/IDG World Expo
Robert Krakoff/VNU Business Media
Joe Loggia/Advanstar Communications
Galen Poss/Hanley Wood Exhibitions
Rossi Ralenkotter/Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
Gary Shapiro/Consumer Electronics Assn.
Mt. Rushmores
In at the beginning
Bob Dallmeyer/RD Intl.
Lee Knight/Exhibitor Magazine Group
George F. “Jeff” Little II/George Little Management
Ken McAvoy/Reed Exhibitions
Frank Poe/City of Dallas
Spurgeon Richardson/Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Chuck Schwartz/ConvExx
John W. Spargo/J. Spargo & Associates
Wayne Stetson/Natl. Assn. of Home Builders
New faces
“Hi, my name is …”
Chet Burchett/Reed Exhibitions Americas
Trevor Foley/Events Industry Alliance
Tom Gaither/AGI Events
Richard Harper/Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
Phillip Jones/Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
Michael Massari/Harrah’s Entertainment
Ed Meek/Oxford Publishing
Kevin Rabbitt/GES Exposition Services
Tim Roby/Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau
Shawn Samson/World Market Center
Globetrotters
Always on the move
Sheldon Adelson/Las Vegas Sands
Sandy Angus/Montgomery Intl.
Stephen J. Barry/TWI Group
Marco Giberti/Reed Exhibitions Latin America
Ned Krause/E.J. Krause & Associates
Cherif Moujabber/Creative Expos and Conferences
Mike Rusbridge/Reed Exhibitions
Mark Shashoua/Expomedia Group
Behind the Scenes
Another opening, another show
Thom Connors/SMG
Jonathan “Skip” Cox/Exhibit Surveys
Thomas Mobley Jr./Global Spectrum
Ray Pekowski/The Expo Group
Colin V. Reed/Gaylord Entertainment
Dave Scypinski/Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Ed Shartar/Experient
Patti Shock/University of Nevada Las Vegas
Dieter K. Ungerboeck/Ungerboeck Systems Intl.
Sales gurus
Monetize, monetize, monetize
Eric Bello/Venetian Resort Hotel Casino
Joel Davis/JD Events
Kerry Gumas/Questex Media Group
Charles McCurdy/Canon Communications
Chris Meyer/Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
John Mooney/M|C Communications
Marketing whizzes
You never heard of what?
Karen Chupka/Consumer Electronics Assn.
Robert Harar/Natl. Trade Productions
Patrick LaFramboise/Intl. Woodworking Machinery & Furniture Supply Fair - USA
Leticia Peralta Davis/Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
Diane Stone/WSA Show
Club SISO
Independent-minded sorts
David Audrain/Messe Frankfurt USA
Greg Farrar/VNU Expositions
Michael V. Green/Hanley Wood Exhibitions
Nancy Hasselback/Diversified Business Communications
Britton Jones/Business Journals
Don Pazour/Access Intelligence
Jeff Price/Cygnus Expositions
IAEM clique
For the love of their industries
Peter Eelman/Assn. for Manufacturing Technology
Henry Givray/SmithBucklin
Mary Pat Heftman/Natl. Restaurant Assn.
Karen Malone/Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society
Chris Nemchek/Natl. Assn. for the Specialty Food Trade
Dennis Slater/Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers
In association with …
Creating the communities
Michael D. Gehrisch/Destination Marketing Assn. Intl.
Mary Beth Rebedeau/Society of Independent Show Organizers
Stephen Schuldenfrei/Trade Show Exhibitors Assn.
Deborah Sexton/Professional Convention Management Assn.
In the Money
Buyer, meet seller
Robert Birkfeld/The Compass Group Intl.
Nick Curci/Corporate Solutions
Wilma Jordan/Jordan Edmiston Group Inc.
Tom Kemp/Veronis Suhler Stevenson
Richard Mead/Jordan Edmiston Group Inc.
Kathleen Thomas/Berkery, Noyes & Co.
Foreign agents
The ambassadors
Tom Beyer/Stockholm Intl. Fairs
Wolfram N. Diener/Venetian Macau
Jime Essink/VNU Exhibitions
Vincent Gerard/UFI – the Global Assn. of the Exhibition Industry
Edward Liu/CEMS
Ernst Raue/Deutsche Messe Hannover
Paul St. Amour/E.J. Krause de Mexico
Peter Sutton/CMP Asia
Cliff Wallace/HML
Wang Jinzhen/China Council for the Promotion of Intl. Trade
Paul Woodward/Business Strategies Group
On the city side
Putting out the welcome mats
Mark Liberman/LA Inc. the Convention & Visitors Bureau
Myles T. McGrane/Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
Tim McGuinness/NYC & Co.
Steve Moore/Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau
Tom Muldoon/Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
J. Stephen Perry/New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau
Jim Rooney/Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
Carol Wallace/San Diego Convention Center Corp.
Mark Zimmerman/Georgia World Congress Center
