The Korea Pavilion at Japan's Expo '70: http://t.co/eS3mbcxW
29 November 2012
22 November 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Thursday, November 22, 2012
Astana wins the right to host Expo 2017... http://t.co/83473dBL http://t.co/pC2lzJR8
Photo: http://t.co/83473dBL http://t.co/US8yd63i
The vote for Expo 2017: 44 votes for Liége, 103 for Astana. 1 abstention.
Astana wins!
Dubai's Expo 2020 Bid Presentation finished with a message from Bill Gates, who went to the 1962 World's Fair as a child.
Voting is now underway to see who hosts Expo 2017. Results expected soon. http://t.co/83473dBL
We're just hours from the vote to see who wins the right to host Expo 2017: Astana or Liége.
18 November 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Sunday, November 18, 2012
http://t.co/2551WYLv will be in Paris on Thursday when the host of Expo 2017 (the world's fair) is announced: http://t.co/83473dBL
15 November 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Thursday, November 15, 2012
It would be very sad news to see the end of such a great world's fair legacy! RT @CarouslOProgrss ...I may be closing by the end of 2013.
A great article speaking to the power of world's fairs' ability to inspire and even change lives. http://t.co/gdsNmN7E
http://t.co/2551WYLv's @UrsoChappell will be traveling to Paris for the Expo 2017 announcement. We hope to have results up soon afterwards.
World's fairs inspire and can even change lives. This article certainly speaks to the power of just one exhibit... http://t.co/eKss6XMN
14 November 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
@SGatti2015 Thanks for the re-tweet. I hope the USA signs up for Expo 2015 soon!
13 November 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Here's a reminder about our petition if you haven't already signed it. Get the USA back in the BIE. http://t.co/NpZMESLM
Here's a reminder about our petition if you haven't already signed it. Get the USA back in the BIE. http://t.co/3U4OQDgd
Estonia becomes the 108th participant at Milan's Expo 2015: http://t.co/skrIxw5d
Cell phones of the future... from the Sweden Pavilion at Hannover, Germany's Expo 2000. http://t.co/u4Hn5y92
Episode 32 of the World's Fair Podcast is now available for your listening pleasure. In it, we talk with Charlotte... http://t.co/JIBhkutg
12 November 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Monday, November 12, 2012
I was reminded today of these cell phones of the future... from the Sweden Pavilion at Hannover's Expo 2000.... http://t.co/jjiDP2Xw
Cell/mobile phontes of the future... as envisioned by the Sweden Pavilion at Germany's Expo 2000: http://t.co/4ppuUBhI
05 November 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Monday, November 05, 2012
The Expo '74 page has now been updated with new information and some new exclusive content. http://t.co/2cp0gjZi
24 October 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Expo '88 is close to celebrating its 25th anniversary. It's interesting to note that there were naysayers even... http://t.co/FlV9R36C
Sunday was the 50th anniversary of the closing of Seattle's 1962 World's Fair. Here are photos of Seattle's... http://t.co/6fWTFjTf
This is very disturbing. Not only is a Toronto Expo 2025 bid dead, but Canada's Prime Minister has pulled his... http://t.co/Oy57LMJA
Not only is a Toronto Expo 2025 (world's fair) bid dead, but Canada's Prime Minister has pulled its country out of BIE. http://t.co/diUvWpM9
Yeosu, Korea's Expo 2012 is over, but there's still much video archived on the KBS site. http://t.co/rP4pokvp
23 October 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
We've been working on creating some Italian language content for ExpoMuseum. It's just a timeline for now... http://t.co/Cl0tGmb8
I've been working on creating some Italian language content for ExpoMuseum. It's just a timeline for now... http://t.co/vTEAPk8R
22 October 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Monday, October 22, 2012
We're working on creating some basic information in Italian for http://t.co/2551WYLv. I've started with a basic... http://t.co/TvxQV4kT
I'm working on creating some basic information in Italian for http://t.co/2551WYLv. I've started with a basic timeline. http://t.co/mGhvGvyh
We're working on creating some basic information in Italian for http://t.co/2551WYLv. I've started with a basic... http://t.co/aWszIqrt
21 October 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Sunday, October 21, 2012
At the Expo 2015 2nd International Participants Meeting earlier this month, they started the three days of... http://t.co/CdqPhJeg
Video of the Flag Ceremony at the 2nd Int'l Participants Meeting for @Expo2015Milano ... http://t.co/dMXtuJox
11 October 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Thursday, October 11, 2012
A quick report from Expo 2015's International Participants Meeting in Milan on how they're planning the next … http://t.co/z2aJf3hL
A quick report from Expo 2015's International Participants Meeting in Milan on how they're planning next world's fair: http://t.co/ScURFxnL
Dispatch from Milan: Expo 2015's International Participants Meeting
Expo 2015, the next world's fair, is 923 days away, but from what I've gotten to witness here in Milan, folks are busy as if it were sooner. It's a testament to just how much there is to do in creating a world's fair.
This week, Milan has played host to over 1000 international visitors (from 100+ countries) in Expo 2015's International Participants Meeting. This is the first time I've had the opportunity to witness the organization of a large-scale exposition in person.
PARTICIPATING NATIONS
At this stage, countries are still signing on (it just hit 100... and Iraq is the most recent addition). Since many developing nations have their participation subsidized by the Expo authority, the list includes many of these, but I've also noticed another trend: Countries that are bidding for future world's fairs also feature prominently. Unfortunately, many larger countries have not officially signed on, but I suspect they will soon. The United States, notably, has unofficially said we're here, but there has been no official agreement yet. Also absent, so far, is the entire English-speaking world. I suspect that will change in the coming year.
CLUSTERS
In our recent World's Fair Podcast, we spoke with Stefano Gatti, the director of international affairs and he did a fantastic job describing one noteworthy distinction of Expo 2015: Smaller and developing nations, which in the past would typically be grouped by geography, will now be grouped based on an association with a food theme. Those themes (Fruits and Legumes, Spices, Bio-Mediterraneum, Arid Zones, Rice, Cocoa, Coffee, Cereals and Tubers, and Islands) will be developed in clusters of countries, often involving countries with no geographical connection.
QUESTIONS
Here are some questions I hope to answer in the coming days:
- Presumably, Expo 2015 will have a mascot. How will this be determined and when?
- How much of a marketing effort will be made to foreign countries? When I talk with Americans about Expo 2015, they're typically interested when they hear that world's fairs still happen... and the next one's in Milan with a food theme. It sells itself... more so than Shanghai's lackluster advertising campaign for Expo 2010 in the United States.
- Corporations have a very low profile here as compared to past ones. There seems to be no plan (or room on the map) for corporate plans. Might that change?
- They expect 130 nations to participate: 60 in self-built pavilions and 70 in the pavilions clusters I mentioned earlier. Is there a plan if more nations wish to participate? The much smaller Expo '98 in Lisbon ran across this problem and had to add more space to accommodate more countries.
- What kind of connection might be made between Expo 2015 and the 100th anniversary celebrations of San Francisco's 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition?
PHOTOS AND VIDEO
Naturally, I've taken lots of photos and video of this year's International Participants Meeting. I'll be posting those in the near future.
This week, Milan has played host to over 1000 international visitors (from 100+ countries) in Expo 2015's International Participants Meeting. This is the first time I've had the opportunity to witness the organization of a large-scale exposition in person.
PARTICIPATING NATIONS
At this stage, countries are still signing on (it just hit 100... and Iraq is the most recent addition). Since many developing nations have their participation subsidized by the Expo authority, the list includes many of these, but I've also noticed another trend: Countries that are bidding for future world's fairs also feature prominently. Unfortunately, many larger countries have not officially signed on, but I suspect they will soon. The United States, notably, has unofficially said we're here, but there has been no official agreement yet. Also absent, so far, is the entire English-speaking world. I suspect that will change in the coming year.
CLUSTERS
In our recent World's Fair Podcast, we spoke with Stefano Gatti, the director of international affairs and he did a fantastic job describing one noteworthy distinction of Expo 2015: Smaller and developing nations, which in the past would typically be grouped by geography, will now be grouped based on an association with a food theme. Those themes (Fruits and Legumes, Spices, Bio-Mediterraneum, Arid Zones, Rice, Cocoa, Coffee, Cereals and Tubers, and Islands) will be developed in clusters of countries, often involving countries with no geographical connection.
QUESTIONS
Here are some questions I hope to answer in the coming days:
- Presumably, Expo 2015 will have a mascot. How will this be determined and when?
- How much of a marketing effort will be made to foreign countries? When I talk with Americans about Expo 2015, they're typically interested when they hear that world's fairs still happen... and the next one's in Milan with a food theme. It sells itself... more so than Shanghai's lackluster advertising campaign for Expo 2010 in the United States.
- Corporations have a very low profile here as compared to past ones. There seems to be no plan (or room on the map) for corporate plans. Might that change?
- They expect 130 nations to participate: 60 in self-built pavilions and 70 in the pavilions clusters I mentioned earlier. Is there a plan if more nations wish to participate? The much smaller Expo '98 in Lisbon ran across this problem and had to add more space to accommodate more countries.
- What kind of connection might be made between Expo 2015 and the 100th anniversary celebrations of San Francisco's 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition?
PHOTOS AND VIDEO
Naturally, I've taken lots of photos and video of this year's International Participants Meeting. I'll be posting those in the near future.
10 October 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
To open the 2012 International Participants Meeting, Milan's Expo 2015 authorities arranged to have flag wave… http://t.co/ERnUhc7E
This is what a world's fair site looks like 933 days before opening day... http://t.co/88iUO9Sa
02 October 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Great video showing the USSR Pavilion at Expo '67. The last USSR Pavilion was nearly 25 years ago at Brisbane… http://t.co/ikq32aMa
08 September 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Saturday, September 08, 2012
930 images of Expo 2012 in less than 4 minutes! http://t.co/NCQ0GkDH
07 September 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Friday, September 07, 2012
At Expo 2008, the "telecabina" would take you from the Zaragoza train station to the world's fair… http://t.co/KZTDjstd
06 September 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Thursday, September 06, 2012
Across from one of the entrances at this year's world's fair (Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea) was an almost... http://t.co/atkVnrSH
Here's our video highlighting Expo 2012's Lotte Pavilion. It features a ride that could be described as a balloon... http://t.co/W4ZYuTps
Expo 2012's France Pavilion was certainly one of the more unique pavilions at Yeosu's world's fair. http://t.co/Hs3cwrxD
05 September 2012
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Wednesday, September 05, 2012
We now have over 1300 photos from Yeosu, South Korea's Expo 2012 on our Flickr site:
http://t.co/jSOQMmKv
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