OREANDA-NEWS. November 20, 2012. The National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) hosted the 79th Congress of the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI) in Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE. A record number of 450 international leaders and decision makers of the exhibition industry from 55 countries came to this annual event.

Today, UFI consists of 550 members and associations from 84 countries, which represent more than 4500 exhibitions and 181 exhibition centres worldwide.

Expocentre was admitted into UFI in 1975 and now it is a Russian veteran of this professional exhibition Association. Sergey Bednov, General Director of Expocentre, is a member of the UFI Boars of Directors.

The 79th Congress was attended by Nikolay Gusev, First Deputy Director General of Expocentre, and Andrey Zhukovsky, Deputy Director General of Expocentre.

Among the events of the Congress were training sessions, meetings of committees and commissions, regional offices of UFI, specialized sections, as well as an award ceremony of the International Fair Poster Competition. One of the winners was an advertising poster of the Tires & Rubber'2012 International Exhibition by Expocentre.

Moreover, during the Congress the 5pEXPO Forum of the Exhibition Industry organized by Expocentre was awarded with the status of UFI Certified Event.

Thereby, now 23 exhibitions of Expocentre carry the logo of UFI. It is almost one third of all Russian exhibitions which have the UFI Certified Event status.