UFI Operations AwardFreeman and BF ServiziUFI ICT AwardIFEMAUFI Marketing AwardVNU Exhibitions EuropeInternational Fair Poster CompetitionDOMOTEX - The World of FlooringDeutsche Messe AG Hannover, GermanyDesigner: Zum goldenen HirschenCongratulationsto the winners of the 2011 UFI competitionsfor their outstanding contributionsto the world of exhibitions

n 2009 the global economy passed a tipping point. After two decades of continuous growth, the opening up of new and emerging markets and the unprecedented expansion of global trade, the fi nancial markets and the 'real economy' have come to terms with the strong downturn in worldwide fi nancial performance. The global economy and, caught up in its maelstrom, the exhibition industry face a fundamental change. We all became aware of structural distortion in the industry. Today, the industry urgently needs to gain insight into the reasons for the change and its greater economic repercussions.In November UFI publishes the UFI Delphi Study, a report on the new age of international exhibitions and the association's latest effort to accurately project the future of the international exhibition industry.PREDICTING THE ODDSEW LOOKS AT THE NEW UFI DELPHI SEW STUDY BEING UNVEILED AT THIS YEAR'S UFI CONGRESS IN VALENCIAWHITE PAPER72Issue 8 | 2011 www.exhibition-world.net