Dubai Reels in First Seafood Show

News of show launches, date and location changes and other happenings, including a seafood show in Dubai that organizers called the region's first, continues to pour in from around the world.

• Al Fajer Information and Services will launch a paper and converting show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Paper Arabia 2007 will be held Sept. 1–3 at the Dubai Intl. Exhibition and Convention Centre. Al Fajer officials said it will focus on the changes taking place in the industry.
• The Assn. of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario and the Toronto chapter of the Illuminating Engineering Society will launch the IES Toronto Lighting Show. The tradeshow will be held Sept. 27–28 at the Direct Energy Centre in conjunction with Merchandise Mart Properties Inc.'s IIDEX/NeoCon Canada.
• ClickExpo plans to launch a virtual tradeshow for the U.K. music industry. Currently in development, it is expected to go live in October and will be open 24 hours every day of the year. The virtual show, musictradeshow.co.uk, will feature 10 exhibit halls with 42 different zones covering the music business. Only six businesses will exhibit per zone. Exhibits use simple content management tools and are updatable. Exhibitors will be suppliers to the music industry.
• Avex 2007, the New Zealand national aviation expo, scheduled Oct. 11–13 at the Mystery Creek Events Centre in Hamilton, was pushed back to October 2008. It targets domestic, Australasian and South Pacific markets. Avex Chairman Wayne Green said the main reason for the one-year postponement was the weak position of the New Zealand dollar relative to the U.S. dollar, meaning a largely export-oriented event as in the past would be difficult. In addition, the New Zealand Aviation Industry Assn. has changed its name to AviationNZ, and a new aviation center called Titanium Park will open next year near Hamilton Airport. Green said about 70 percent of the 200 exhibitor spaces were booked for October and would carry through to next year.
• IIR Exhibitions will launch Ipex South Asia, the Indian counterpart of the international printing show Ipex, held every four years in Birmingham, England. Ipex South Asia will be held Oct. 24–27 at the India Expo Center Expo XXI in Noida. IIR expects the exhibition to feature more than 140 Indian and international exhibitors, many making their first appearance in the South Asian market.
• Orange Fairs & Events plans to launch what it said will be the Middle East's first exhibition dedicated to the seafood industry. Dubai Intl. Seafood Expo 2007 will take place Oct. 29–31 at the Crowne Plaza Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for regional and international companies aiming to tap into Dubai's growing seafood market. Close to 70 international exhibitors from 14 countries, including six local companies, will display seafood products, technology and services.
• The ninth edition of JIAM, an apparel machinery trade fair, will be held at Singapore Expo May 13–16. It will mark the first time the show will be held outside Japan. The Japan Sewing Machinery Manufacturers Assn. decided to take the show to Singapore because of the nation's strategic location to markets elsewhere in Asia. JIAM 2008 is expected to take up 30,000 square meters (323,000 square feet) in three exhibit halls at Singapore Expo.
• The Bahrain Exhibition & Convention Authority, the Civil Aviation Affairs office of the Bahrain Ministry of Transportation and Business Conventions Intl. France will jointly produce the first Bahrain Executive Jet, Luxury Yacht & Elite Car Interiors 2008 Nov. 11–13, 2008, at the Bahrain Intl. Exhibition & Convention Centre.
• The European Cancer Organisation announced that ECCO 17 will be held at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept. 27–Oct. 1, 2013. The biennial European Cancer Organisation event is expected to draw approximately 20,000 oncology experts, including surgeons, clinicians, researchers and nurses.
• The European Cancer Organisation's ECCO 17 will be in Amsterdam.