Exhibition & Event News

NEW LOOK STARPACK AWARDS 2008 OPEN FOR ENTRIES - Design and marketing performance across branded goods and retail markets are among the key attributes asked of entries to the rejuvenated Starpack Industry Awards 2008.

Placing additional emphasis on consumer facing issues across the complete packaging community, the awards will also address the burning consumer issue of environmental sustainability.

The Starpack Industry Awards 2008 will focus on packs delivering significant improvements across design and marketing, environmental performance, and technical developments.

“Winning a Starpack Award should be the aspiration of everyone involved in the packaging supply chain and giving the awards both a consumer and market facing focus should ensure that they are valued not just by packaging businesses but by their customers –the brand owners and retailers,” explains Steve Kelsey...more

NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED FOR EVENTS MARKET AIMS TO BE THE NO 1 'MUST HAVE' RESOURCE

A new website has been launched by Eventdomain which is designed to help all those people who find themselves responsible for organising a very important business or social Function or Event.

www.eventdomain.co.uk is the brainchild of entrepreneur Chris Given. Chris has spent the last five years researching all those UK Companies which offer a service that could be needed by anyone organising an Event - whether it is their Company Conference, a Wedding or even a bizarre industry Awards Night.....more

Openbravo Announces First Dedicated Event for Community and Partners

Openbravo 'Get Together' to be held 26-28 October, 2007

Openbravo www.openbravo.com, the leading developer of web-based open source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions for small and medium businesses, has announced the first dedicated event for the Openbravo community and partners.

The event, the Openbravo 'Get Together', will be held from 26 to 28 October in Barcelona, Spain.

Consisting of a series of conferences and workshops, the event will kick off on Friday, 26 October with a focus on partners and the community, with in-depth workshops and seminars exploring market opportunities, projects and successes....more

'Completing the Picture' - A Selling Exhibition of Eighteenth Century Furniture and Old Master Paintings, hosted by Norman Adams Limited & Rafael Valls Limited Wednesday 7th November - Friday 23rd November, 2007

'Completing the Picture' is a selling exhibition pairing the finest examples from the Norman Adams' Antique Furniture Collection, with a collection of Old Master Paintings selected by Rafael Valls Limited. This exhibition will run from Wednesday 7th November until Friday 23rd November, 2007 at Norman Adams Limited, 8 - 10 Hans Road, London SW3 1RX (opposite the west side of Harrods). Open Monday - Friday 10am - 5.30pm.

This is the first time that Norman Adams Limited and Rafael Valls Limited have combined examples from their joint collections for an exhibition in Norman Adams' Knightsbridge Galleries...more

'Classic Wines of France'- Paintings of Great Vintages by Brian Davies

at John Adams Fine Art at the Ebury Galleries Tuesday 6th - Tuesday 20th November 2007

John Adams Fine Art at the Ebury Galleries is hosting a celebration of the classic wines of France from the great Bordeaux châteaux with paintings by Brian Davies from Tuesday 6th until Tuesday 20th November, 2007.

The paintings will provide a unique reminder of those vintages one has had the pleasure of savouring, be it a 1982 Château Latour or a 1978 Château Mouton Rothschild, a meeting between fine art and fine wine....more

LB Group launches Inspiration East 2007

The search is on for the east of England’s most inspirational men and women in business.

Leading chartered accountants and business advisers, LB Group, have launched Inspiration East 2007, which seeks to applaud the exceptional people who inspire others to succeed in business and reach their full potential....more

Ricoh Arena Unveils £113 Million Conference Facilities

The award-winning Ricoh Arena in Coventry has launched a major push to land more international business for its exhibition and banqueting operation.

Suites at the 15,000 sqm purpose-built conference and exhibition centre have previously been marketed as separate spaces at the multi-purpose venue....more

WORLD OF LEARNING 2007

14 & 15 NOVEMBER 2007 NEC, BIRMINGHAM

World of Learning, the UK’s key conference and exhibition for business learning, will attract the country’s top training professionals when it takes place at the NEC, Birmingham on 14 & 15 November 2007.

Now in its fifteenth year, the World of Learning is the must-attend event for training, personnel and HR professionals as well as those responsible for learning and development within their companies...more

THE VA TO PRESENT DAILY SEMINAR AT NATIONAL INCENTIVE SHOW

The Va, the trade association representing the voucher, gift card and stored value solutions industry, will be presenting a daily seminar at this year’s National Incentive Show, which takes place on 25 – 27 September at the NEC in Birmingham...more

Shhhh! It’s Anne Kyyrö Quinn!

A quieter London is being created by Anne Kyyrö Quinn, thanks to her design for a radical new wall panel that absorbs noise.

Anne, a textiles designer by profession, struck upon the idea of developing sound minimising wall panels in her studio in London’s OXO Tower – now the capital’s libraries, hotels and even the Lawn Tennis Association are driving down the decibels...more

NATIONAL CONFERENCE SPARKS DEBATE ON HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OLDER PEOPLE

The original goals of the Partnership in Action discussion paper published by the Government in 1998 were to begin the process of enabling health and social care services to work more closely together. Nine years on, true partnership still only occurs in pockets of excellence around the country.

This summer a major conference supported by the Department of Health and Counsel and Care, the national charity getting the best care and support for older people, their families and carers, will discuss some of the innovative ways in which the health and well being of older people can be improved by moving the focus from partnership towards integration of services through Local Area Agreements and by making more use of the third sector...more

Savekers’ display in running for industry’s top new award

The innovative Rapic range of mix-and-match modular wooden display and storage systems, developed and manufactured by specialist shopfitting systems company Savekers, has been announced as a finalist in the inaugural Shopfitting & Display Industry Awards.

Rapic has been shortlisted for the Award category ‘Best Free Standing Display System’ and Savekers will learn if it has won the prestigious title when all award finalists and winners are announced at a Gala Dinner at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel in June...more

Instrumentation South 2007 announces Workshop Programme

The highly regarded Instrumentation South exhibition from Trident Exhibitions is taking place again at the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Madejski Stadium, Reading on October 3rd & 4th 2007. This year’s event will have the added bonus of a separate co-located event entitled Displays Technology South 2007. Running side-by-side, it is anticipated that both shows will attract over 60 exhibitors and offer those based in the Southern part of the country the opportunity to network in an informal environment...more