Blogger: Kai Hattendorf, UFI Managing Director Exhibitions are changing, and the ConFex model – a blend of exhibition and congress – is on the rise. Some months ago, at our UFI Congress in Milan, this was one of the core findings of a survey among UFI’s members, carried out by jwc. Also, the latest UFI Global Barometer shows digitalisation has now become one of the most important issues for organisers and venues globally. Digitalisation is changing organisers’ space requirements. Demand for mult [...]

Blogger: Kai Hattendorf, UFI Managing Director This November, we had to witness terrible attacks on innocent people most prominently in Paris, where the UFI team is based, but also in Beirut, and in Mali’s capital Bamako. The global reaction has been outrage over such atrocities, but also heightened security in many countries ever since. As I am writing this, Belgium is still on the terrorism alert, and France has extended its nationwide state of emergency for three months. As we shared through [...]