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ispo winter 09 Booked Up!
The ispo winter 09, International Trade Fair for Sports Equipment and Fashion,
will take place from February 1 to 4, 2009 for the 69th time. At this point in
time, the entire Neue Messe München exhibition space is booked up. As a
result, the organizers of the upcoming ispo winter 09 are expecting record
attendances. “We are really enthusiastic about the current registration status.
We consider this development as trend-setting, and it shows a great amount of
market acknowledgement and acceptance of our concept,” enthused Tobias Gröber,
Head of ispo Group.
Maud von Hoff appointed Communications Manager for the ispo Group
On 15 June 2008 Maud von Hoff takes up her new post as Communications Manager, Consumer Goods Fairs at Messe München GmbH. In this role she will be managing the trade fairs ispo, Golf Europe and inhorgenta europe.
Maud von Hoff has already been working with Messe München GmbH, in particular ispo, for many
years, on the industry side. Originally she was responsible for the areas of trade
fairs and communications at Schöffel Sportbekleidung GmbH, then she was Head of
Marketing Communication at Franz Ziener GmbH & Co., the manufacturer of
sports clothing and gloves. While still a student Ms von Hoff
worked in the ispo project management department, where her passion for both
trade fairs and the sports sector was first awakened.
“We are
delighted about the new appointment, which now completes our Communications
Department,” said Susanne Fischer, Head of Marketing
and Communications, Consumer Goods Trade Shows at Messe München GmbH. “Maud von
Hoff has worked in communication for many years and she knows Messe München, in
particular ispo, both from within,
and from the industry side. We are convinced that her experience will open up
new possibilities for our partners in the media in reporting on our trade
fairs.”
As early as
the end of June, Maud von Hoff will be assuming her duties for the
‘Running Order Show’ and ‘Sports Source Europe’
(both
events 29.6.-1.7.08 in the Munich Order Centre M,O,C,). “I am
looking forward
to getting started straight away in the trade fair business with ROS
and SSE
while getting to know my new duties,” said Ms von Hoff.
“What is particularly exciting of course, is that both events are
new in the
portfolio of Messe München.”
European Fashion Award - Fash 2009 - under the title "New Diversity"
A new hybrid fashion is presenting designers with a great challenge. How can you design variety instead of uniformity, collages instead of decals, flexible offers instead of rigid styles and still create a clear design statement? What do new, visionary strategies for fashion in the 21st century look like? The European Fashion Award – FASH 2009 – is searching for answers under the title “New Diversity”.
FASH is open to design students of all disciplines in the fourth
semester or higher from all over Europe. There is also a category for
graduates. Interdisciplinary submissions are expressly requested.
Jury 2009
Marcel Herrig, Unicut Design Limited, ShenZen, China
Wolfgang K_nig, Head of Buying, Loden-Frey, Munich
Jean Kress, Head of Design, Quiksilver Europe, Biarritz
Clara Leskovar, Designer, c.neeon, Berlin
Martin Leuthold, Art Director, Jakob Schlaepfer, St. Gallen
Joachim Schirrmacher, Agency for Strategic Communications, Hamburg
Joyce Thornton, Generation Now Editor, WGSN, London
Prizes
Two categories: Students and Graduates
10.000 euros in prize money
The prize money for special mentions is 500 euros
Paid internships at Akris (Switzerland) and Craft (Sweden)
2.000 euros/1.500 euros/1.000 euros fabric vouchers from the Swiss Textile Federation
Exhibiton at ispo winter 09 with over 60,000 trade visitors
Award ceremony with fashion show and catalog
Professional pictures from the fashion show
Deadlines
16 June 2008 – Registration deadline
3 November 2008 – Submission deadline
Work to Be Submitted
Short concept
Documentation and analysis of the concept
Presentation chart
Two Outfits for the Jury Meeting, at least two, but maximum four additional outfits for Award Ceremony
Evaluation Criteria The works on the topic “New Diversity” will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Comprehensive concept (analysis, strategy, target group and interdisciplinary character)
Innovation/vision (among other things, link between function and fashion)
Technical
and design realization (quality of the drawing, presentation,
workmanship, fit, color concept and selection of materials)
Enthusiastic feedback from exhibitors and industry
“ispo winter once again proved its leading position among trade shows for the sporting goods and sportstyle industry with 2,026 exhibitors and 64,000 industry visitors,“ comments a very pleased Manfred Wutzlhofer, Chairman of Messe München. Exhibitors from 47 countries presented their product innovations and latest collections to an international crowd of industry professionals from 113 countries.
This mean 70 percent of retailers came from foreign countries. Klaus
Baumann, General Manager Northern Europe, Camper: „We were very happy with the
fact that visitors were very international, which allowed us to generate new
contacts with foreign retailers.” Manfred Wutzlhofer believes that the
increasing international character of the show is an opportunity for exhibitors
to tap into new markets.
Exhibitors and retailers alike praised the
ispo’s customized trade show concept for the sporting goods and sportstyle
industry. Ingo Jost, General Manager Central Europe for Hummel: “ispo put
together an exciting brand portfolio and provides visitors with a very
comprehensive overview of the diverse segments.” This wide selection is very
well received by retailers and retail associations. The expanded guest services
provided by Messe München throughout the public transportation system, was also
highly appreciated, in particular by the many foreign visitors whose travel
arrangements were considerably simplified.
ispo Group joined forces with the Team Joachim Franz
In the last few years the team, founded by Joachim Franz in 1999, has
managed to build up a level of conveyance for the difficult topic of
HIV/AIDS through sport. "Sport communicates, develops and reflects!"
The Team Joachim Franz follow this motto every year with a new idea
that always hit the headlines.
In the last few years the team, founded by Joachim Franz in 1999, has
managed to build up a level of conveyance for the difficult topic of
HIV/AIDS through sport. "Sport communicates, develops and
reflects!" The Team Joachim Franz follow this motto every year with a
new idea that always hit the headlines. Six successful, but completely
different expeditions have been organised and carried out. How much
strength must people have that can follow such a path?
The ispo Group stands for sport, but also for all the values
that are communicated by sport, so it was only a matter of time before
the ispo Group and the Team Joachim Franz joined forces, a
fact hailed by the highest instances as a "best practise project".
The Team is partner of the United Nations UNAIDS and started in 2007
under the patronage of the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel.
We are very happy that we can present our partnership and future
expeditions within the framework of the ispo events in the
coming years.
In Focus: Sustainability - Did you know...
...that the trade fair grounds of the New Munich Trade Fair Centre are based on a pioneering ecology concept, with which we are able to reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 7,000 tons per year? Among other things, this concept includes spacious landscaped areas of 125,000 sq. m. - 20,000 sq. m. of trees, 70,000 sq. m. of bushes and 35,000 sq. m. of green areas on roofs - as well as 10,000 sq. m. of created ecological compensation areas. >>more information
