Global Update: London's Bizexpo Returns

There's more news about international exhibition launches and changes this week, with the focus on items from Europe.

• The London (Ontario) Chamber of Commerce will revive its Bizexpo tradeshow after a 10-year hiatus. At least 100 exhibitors have signed up for the show, to be held at the London Convention Centre Oct. 23. Chamber Chief Executive Gerry Macartney said it would feature a variety of office equipment, technology and professional services for small- and medium-sized businesses.
• Held concurrently with Italian menswear show Pitti Uomo, women's outerwear show Pitti W Woman Precollection will debut Jan. 9–12 in Florence. About 40 Italian and international exhibitors will participate in the event, organized by Pitti Immagine. Pitti W will run independently in the Dogana facility opposite the Fortezza da Basso exhibition site.
• After five editions the Moscow sports fair Ispo Russia is no more. The final show was held Sept. 6–8. Produced by Messe Muenchen and the Russian Sport Communication Group, the show will be replaced Feb. 14–16 by the new national SCG event In Sports, an international sports brand trade fair. Ispo Russia's attendance had reportedly decreased from 8,415 to 4,004 and the number of exhibitors from 284 to 233. The new event will remain part of the Ispo Group's international network.
• Reed Exhibitions, in cooperation with the Society of Petroleum Engineers, will launch the 2008 Indian Oil & Gas Technical Conference & Exhibition at the Bandra Kurla Complex, MMRDA Ground, in Mumbai, India, March 4–6. The organizers called the event the region's only truly technical conference and exhibition, consisting of an agenda-setting conference featuring technical presentations from leading figures and a major exhibition.
• Nuremberg show organizer Spielwarenmesse signed an agreement with Nair Expo, a subsidiary of the Russian Natl. Toy Assn., to jointly organize Toy Russia at the Crocus Expo site in Moscow March 18–21. Spielwarenmesse is the organizer of the Intl. Toy Fair Nuremberg.
• Turoge, a Turkish oil and gas exhibition and conference held in Ankara and organized by ITE of London, has new, earlier dates: March 18–20. Turoge was originally scheduled a week later, March 25–27.
• The United Kingdom's PLASA Events is buying lighting supplier AC Lighting's AC Lighting North Trade Show. The 2008 event will be the last organized under that name by AC Lighting. Immediately after it closes, PLASA Events will take over the show's management and ownership. The succeeding show will mark the first in a series of regional PLASA lighting events to build on the regional platform established by AC in 1999. PLASA also organizes the PLASA show. The 2008 AC show will again be held in the spring at the Royal Armouries Museum Saviles Hall in Leeds, England, with exact dates to be announced later.
• Rimini Fiera and Assogemme, a new trade association for companies dealing in raw materials for jewelry, are partnering to launch Gem World, an international business-to-business event focused on precious stones and related products. The show will launch June 7–9 at Rimini Expo Center.
• MCH Swiss Exhibition will launch Global Energy Basel, a trade congress and exhibition for integrated energy solutions, Nov. 12–14, 2008, at Messe Basel Fairgrounds in Basel, Switzerland. It will focus on business models, technology and political scenarios for integrated energy solutions and a sustainable and secure energy supply. Participants will include international representatives from the business community and politics, municipal and local authorities, and scientific and non-government organizations.
• Australia-based Baird Publications, publisher of the small-ship trade magazine Work Boat World and organizer of numerous marine trade exhibitions worldwide, will launch Work Boat Gulf 2009 in the Gulf Region. The exhibition and conference will be held in the Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Centre April 6–8, 2009.
• Canon Communications will launch Medtec Japan, for the Japanese medical manufacturing industry, April 7–8, 2009, at the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center near Tokyo. It joins Canon's established Medtec events in Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and China. The exhibition will showcase 275 U.S., European, Japanese and Pan-Asian medical OEM suppliers and is expected to attract 4,000 Japanese medical OEM design and manufacturing professionals. A technical conference addressing new technology, applications and regulatory issues will run concurrently with the exhibition.