Trade Show Scheduling

Informexusa is the premier networking event for the chemical industry in the United States. It is designed to showcase the chemistry capabilities of high-value, high-quality businesses that invest in R&D, quality systems, applications development and more.

Exhibitors represent a broad spectrum of the chemical industry and sell their capabilities into a diverse range of markets. Although they vary widely in the types of chemistry they practice and the types of syntheses they perform, they all have the same ability to use cutting-edge, high-tech chemistry to meet the emerging needs of the commercial manufacturing environment.

Informexusa seeks to match exhibiting companies with a highly qualified attending audience and to create an atmosphere to foster networking and dialogue in response to the increasing collaboration between suppliers and manufacturers on new product development. Networking tools include catered breakfasts, luncheons, receptions, showcase presentations and roundtable discussions. They also use an online networking, search, and appointment scheduling program, Accumatch, to maximize the time and opportunity of people who attend the exhibition. Informexusa is a must-attend event for exchanging critical, high-value information within the fine and specialty chemical industry.

The Informex Pharma Buyers Panel will focus on outsourcing in a time of retrenchment and transformation including how layoffs, restructuring and consolidation affect outsourcing practices in the pharmaceutical sector. Sellers will be given the opportunity to hear directly from buyers. The session will be an informal panel moderated by Clay Boswell, senior editor at ICIS Chemical Business.

Informexusa 2010 will be held February 16-19, 2010 at the Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103. For registration and more information you can visit their website at http://www.informex.com or contact UBM International Media/Informex, 212 Carnegie Center, Suite 203, Princeton, NJ 08540. Phone: (609) 759-4700. Fax: (201) 720-2972.

If you like arts and crafts make plans to be at Seaside Park at Ventura Co. Fairgrounds on October 16-18, 2009. This Harvest Event will feature three days of fun, food, entertainment and one of a kind handmade arts and crafts. Hundreds of artisans will be on hand to showcase truly unique products including eye catching jewelry, colorful glassware and ceramics, hand-woven and embellished clothing, photography, specialty foods, home décor, and much more. And everything is made in America!

Harvest Festival has something for everyone with lots of food, music, and fun. You can eat, drink, and be entertained while you shop for that special something for friends and family and the various trade show booths. A Kids Zone will keep the little ones busy and plenty of bargains will keep you looking.

This year Harvest Festival will be partnering with Food Share of Ventura to encourage attendees to give back to their community. Everyone who donates food will receive a discount coupon for admission to the festival.

The Humane Society of Ventura County will be providing a Parcel Check during the show so that you won’t have to carry all those bags and gifts around. All monies raised will go to this charity.

If you are interested in attending Harvest Festival – Original Art & Craft – Ventura 2009, it will be held October 16-18, 2009 at Seaside Park at Ventura Co. Fairgrounds, 31^st District Agricultural Association, 10 West Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001. For more information you can contact Harvest Festival, 2181 Greenwich St., San Francisco, CA 94123. Telephone: (415) 447-3205. Email: harvest@wesshows.com. You can visit their web site at http://www.harvestfestival.com.

The Moscone Convention Center will be the site of the San Francisco International Gift Fair August 8-11, 2009. This year’s event will feature a unique marketplace environment inspired by the colorful and diverse neighborhoods of San Francisco. Trade show displays and products will be showcased according to the style and flavor of the neighborhood it is presented in. The Gift Fair will be co-located with The Gourmet Housewares Show which has more than 400 exhibiting companies featuring high-end cookware, cutlery, bakeware, gadgets, tabletop and kitchen textiles.

Hand-crafted products will abound at this year’s show. Personal, artisan-made products will be vividly on display.

The “Show Your Badge” program will allow attendees and exhibitors to receive substantial discounts at surrounding business, hotels, restaurants and bars just by showing their Show badge.

Free classes will be offered in Social Networking, Web Design Basics, and Profitability Strategies. “Studio SFIGF” will capture video testimonial and offer hands-on PR advice from the show floor. Educational programs will be presented by the industry’s leading experts. Some of the topics covered will include:

· Change is inevitable. Change is constant. Benjamin Disraeli

· Are You blogging, Twittering and Flikring Your Way to New Customers? Lynn Switanowski-Barrett

· Innovative Retail Strategies for Increasing Your Business’s Profitability in 2009 and Beyond! Patricia Norins

The SFIGF 2009 will be held August 8-11, 2009 at the Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. For more information you can contact the SFIGF at 888 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90017. Telephone: (213) 430-2300. Fax: (213) 362-5660. For registration and information you can visit their web site at http://www.sfigf.com/ .