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October 9, 2008 BVV Press Center - The 18th INVEX has deepened its professional character and addressed an exactly defined group of visitors. Its accompanying conferences and topical projects were of a higher quality. The new model of visitor division into 2 + 2 days offered the INVEX exhibitors two days to implement business appointments and specialist meetings. Ten thousands of visitors interested in consumer electronics and fans of digital entertainment and photographing were able to choose any of the four days to attend the fairs. |
 Professionals in ICT field and representatives of state administration and self-government came to the Exhibition Centre within the first two days, when key accompanying projects were staged. The conference E-Vision documented a shift to e-Government both in legislation and in practice. Also the two-day conference ERP Forum devoted to enterprise information systems was favourably accepted. Enhanced interest of specialists was reflected in the number of the visitors. More than 15 000 visitors have registered on the Internet as early as before the opening of Invex.Conference on support of top technology industry INVEX HI-TECH SUMMIT 2008, discussion on priority topics of ICT industry within the time of the presidency of the Czech Republic in EU or the conference on security risks World of IT Security belonged to the best accompanying events. A part of the fairs was also a show of franchise opportunity FRANCHISE Meeting Point including a four-day accompanying program and a presentation of four tens of franchise concepts. For the fourth time a contracting meeting of producers, dealers and distributors of IT and consumer electronics Reseller Meeting Point was held, not even an Antivirus conference or IT Forum for Czech and Slovak schools were missing. Projects DIGITEX and INTERCAMERA attracted lots of visitors. A rich accompanying program dealt e.g. with TV digitalization, connection of technology with design in a modern interior or with the problems of digital maps. Great interest was aroused by the GPS show and the section of digital entertainment which culminated by a tournament of the world WGT series. The premiere of the Brno INTERCAMERA was aimed at practical shows of photographic techniques and print processing as well as education of amateurs and professionals. As in the past, also this year’s fairs had enormous quantity of technological novelties on show. The best of them competed for Crystal Disks granted to six exhibits by the Jury of Assessment (the smallest processor Intel Atom, software for automatic language recognition NovaVoice® TS-10 GE, complex solution supporting education in the field of network technologies Packet Tracer 5.0, comfortable microprojector MPro110 and digital single-lens reflex camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II equipped with a full-format sensor. The fairs were attended by a number of VIP, among others also first Lady of the Czech Republic Mrs. Lívia Klausová, Ministers Ivan Langer and Jiří Pospíšil, photographers Jan Saudek and Sára Saudková, moderator Leoš Mareš and of course by the leading personalities of ICT world such as Jan Mühlfeit (Microsoft), Roland Mahler (T-Mobile), Jiří Polák (SPIS), Pavel Dvořák (ČTÚ) etc. At the Press Center altogether 658 representatives of printed and electronic media, broadcast and television were registered within four days. Journalists came from five countries, in addition to the Czech Republic also from Bulgaria, Russia, Slovakia and Great Britain. The premiere event JOB FAIR was the largest international fair of job opportunities in the Czech Republic. Hall A1 welcomed companies from 13 European countries (CZ, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Great Britain). A number of home and foreign companies offering jobs were among the exhibitors, not even personnel agencies, acquisition companies, institutions and associations were missing. A visitor survey confirmed an enhanced professional character of the fairs. Four fifths of the respondents have attended the fair several times and 72 % want to come also next time. Sixty percent of interviewed visitors were in particular interested in novelties and trends. Every sixth visitor to this year’s run noted an enhanced fair standard and 53 % appraised it positively. |
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The above information is preliminary only. The definitive final report will be published by BVV Trade Fairs Brno after all statistical data have been audited. The statistical data given are based on the principles laid down by UFI (Union des Foires Internationales, i.e. Union of International Fairs.) |
What was said about the fairs:  Jiří Pospíšil, Minister of Justice CZ: The Invex Fair was a good opportunity to present new services of eJustice InfoProceedings. My department has launched the operation of this system just on the day of fair opening. The service is a continuation of the application InfoCourt and extends the quantity of information provided a participant in trial on the Internet. Brno is a suitable place to acquaint with these problems specialist media which will inform the general public on eJustice.Jiří Polák, President of the Association for Information Society: INVEX is a place of meetings, it is our greatest (and largest) event in the branch, which was also confirmed this time. For this reason we staged a discussion of politicians and industrial workers on the presidency of the Czech Republic in EU and on priority topics of ICT industry. As the Association for Information Society we support INVEX and endeavour that its role is ever better. Martin Bok, Commercial Manager of ABRA Software a.s.: We were pleased to be able to attend ERP Forum in which lots of professionals took part. In particular panel discussions were of interest attended by a surprisingly high number of people. On the stand, our firm has established the same number of contacts as in the past year, after the close of the fair we will evaluate them Mrs. Pavla Havlínová, Manager of Marketing, DC Concept a.s.: This year‘s ERP Forum was really successful. It is preliminary to evaluate the value of the contacts established as well as other benefits, however, we are satisfied. I think that topical or branch-related conferences shall be staged also in its next runs. I am pleased that the information system QI was major partner of the ERP Forum. Jakub Ditrich, organizer of GPS Show: I have attended this specialized fair for the eleventh time. This year’s run was really successful, being attended by lots of people interested in navigation problems. The GPS game, i.e. looking for a treasure at the Exhibition Centre premises, attended every day by some fifty people was a great success. The interest in every-day panel discussions was enormous. It is only a pity that some media informed on the fairs in a negative way. Petr Kuchař, Sales Manager of Photon Europe: We are very satisfied with the number of visitors to our studio The participation was high, altogether about 400 people who could test a work with professional technology and also with cosmetician and models. Mostly owners of digital reflex cameras were involved who earn their living by taking photos from time to time, but have no experience in a studio work. Some people came to our stand every day. Mrs. Věra Kolmerová, Manager of the Dept. of Employment Abroad EURES: The EURES environment at the fair JOB FAIR is beautiful, we have here ideal conditions for discussions with our clients and also the services are perfect. The fair was also appreciated by our colleagues from European countries. They were pleased that the people interested in working abroad managed foreign languages. Petr Zika, Project Manager of the company Orange Slovakia, a.s.: We came to the JOB FAIR to look for the graduates from colleges or people experienced in telecommunication work. If the people are interested, we will offer them concrete jobs. It is an interesting experience and I think that we have been successful. JOB FAIR has come up to our expectations. |