About Global Exhibition Day

GED recognises the important role that trade exhibitions play in driving economies throughout the world. Exhibitions have traditionally played a role in bolstering and growing economic sectors, and this year is no exception!

About GED2024

The ninth edition of Global Exhibitions Day (GED) will be held on Wednesday 5 June 2024 under the theme “Exhibitions are catalysts to sustainable futures”.

The GED 2024 theme reinforces the role of exhibitions as platforms to bring people together face-toface to connect, collaborate on global solutions aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and drive progress for economies worldwide.

Key Campaign Pillars

Four key messages underpin this year’s theme, including:

• Exhibitions drive progress: Exhibitions are platforms to discuss, create and showcase solutions to our universal challenges.
• Exhibitions facilitate economic growth: Exhibitions are engines of economic growth, connecting industries and driving job creation.
• Exhibitions are sustainable: Exhibitions are a sustainable way to drive business and development, gathering communities in one place and managing our environmental impact.
• Exhibitions connect people: Exhibitions are community builders, bringing people together face-to-face to connect, collaborate and contribute.

Message from UFI

UFI President, Geoff Dickinson, comments: “The significance of this year's Global Exhibitions Day theme on sustainability cannot be overstated. Exhibitions are indeed catalysts to sustainable futures, and the time is now for us to come together as an industry on 5 June 2024 to show that. I look forward to celebrating GED 2024 and invite all my colleagues and friends from around the world to do the same.”

Facilitated by UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, all businesses and professionals in the sector are encouraged to join GED celebrations on 5 June 2024 by highlighting the impact of exhibitions on local economies – both in building businesses and connecting people from around the world.