2007 International Creative Industry Exhibition Shanghai, China

2007 International Creative Industry Exhibition Shanghai, China

October 15, 2007

    SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The
Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. announces that
the 2007 International Creative Industry Exhibition
Shanghai, China opens in October.

    (Logo:
http://www.xprn.com.cn/xprn/sa/20061108114544-37.jpg )

    Theme:   Design, Technology, Life
    Time:    Oct. 16-19, 2007
    Venue:   INTEX Shanghai (No.88, Loushangguan Rd.)

    How to get tickets:

    Please register your information in
http://www.creationexpo.com in advance, then pick up the
tickets at Intex Shanghai. 

    Building connections in the creative industry value
chain

    2007 International Creative Industry Exhibition
Shanghai, China is jointly organized by the Shanghai
Creative Industry Association and the World Expo Group
Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. The show
management of Creation Expo is through Shanghai
Asia-Pacific Advertising Corporation. Creation Expo gets
active supports from the Publicity Department of the
Shanghai Municipal Committee of CPC, the Shanghai Municipal
Economic Commission, the Shanghai Intellectual Property
Administration, the Shanghai Municipal Copyright Bureau,
the Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co., Ltd. and the China
Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Shanghai
Sub-council.

    The Creation Expo commits to building connections in
the creative industry value chain through brand-new
exhibition concepts, helping domestic and international
corporations and organizations to reach the demand of
diverse parties in creative design, innovation, IP
protection, financing, laws, industry parks and human
resources.

    Inviting creative elites, initiating great market
potential

    Name-brand design corporations are going to attend this
Creation Expo to show their brilliant creative works and
concepts. The exhibitors, including Question Objects Inc.,
have the goal of creating some of the world's most
innovative, avant-garde furniture, home accessories,
lighting and interior environments. Shanghai Blue Industry
Design CO., LTD. whose work contains household appliances,
consumer electronics, office stationary, child products and
so on; s.point design, who has a strong team of local and
international employees; a great mix of young and
experienced designers and the Shanghai Institute of Design
China Academy of Art all regard this as a golden chance to
explore the creative industry market and meet with
manufacturers from all over the world. 

    2007 Creation Expo will have many new products launches
from IKEA for office furniture dedicated to the business
environment; from Sony for the best works of this contest;
from Seascape who redefines the meaning of Jingdezhen
china, which has a lengthy history, and promotes
traditional brands with modern design; from Haestens for
his Sweden Royal beds and from many more.

    A cluster of professional agencies, building express
channels for industry service

    Creative industry experts all over the world have said
that many corporations are short on experience with IP
protection, laws and financing. Combined with untapped or
low-quality value-added services, the whole trade has
become a bottleneck in the development of the creative
industry.

    Led by the concept of building a service platform for
the creative industry, 2007 Creation Expo invites agencies
of patent and trademark registration, financial services,
law consultation, and creative industry parks to attend so
as to provide professional consultation and information.

    Creative exhibition organization with exciting events

    -- '1m2' Students Creative Works Practice, leading
talent to the market

    As one event of the 2007 Creation Expo, '1m2' Students
Creative Works Practice is going to provide a chance for
students' presentations and sales and provide them an open
field for job hunting. Based on the current shortage of
trained creative talent and the difficulty for graduates of
job hunting, the 2007 Creation Expo plans and launches this
commonwealth event to provide every creative student with a
free 1m2 space to show his or her creative artwork and
innovative concept, and build a platform for creativity
transfer and students' artwork shows, self-recommendation,
expert evaluation and practice through professional
organization -- Shanghai Design Center, professional award
-- G.DOS and professional creative website --
http://www.chinavisual.com . 

    The process£º 

    After an initial selection, the artwork will be shown
at the 1m2 space provided by the exhibition (including
plate, model, prototype, animation, etc). The students who
win the 'best creative works' will have the opportunity to
attend the 'Global Synchronization Design Camp' and attend
one of the exhibition's events -- 'Design Brainstorm' to
receive comments from world-famous corporation design
directors, enterprisers, design institutions and
professors.

    -- Forums on creation, making a platform for creative
brainstorms

    The creative industry is developing rapidly all over
the world. In order to introduce the latest research
results and international leading experience to domestic
tradesmen, 2007 Creation Expo has arranged some forums on
the subject. 

    The themes are: 

    -- Brainstorms for the 2010 World Expo 
    -- Design creation and IP protection
    -- Creative environment and creative industry
    -- Design brainstorm: Future of Creativity -- 1m2
students creative 
       works practice review

    -- Creative Tour, experience multi-faceted creativity

    Creative Tour -- Shanghai, the famous creative industry
parks tour, is managed by the organizers and the travel
agency. Visits are arranged at the exhibition venue and
visitors are guided to the parks. Exhibitors and visitors
can have the opportunity to feel the Shanghai Creative
Industry Parks environment and experience the pulse of the
development of the Shanghai Creative Industry.

    Respecting creativity -- IP protection methods
guaranteed to garner interest

    Supported by the Shanghai Intellectual Property
Administration and the Shanghai Copyright Bureau,
organizers assign law agencies to draft the regulations for
exhibits' IP filing, exhibits' reporting system and
exhibitors commitment to IP protection. A striking notice
for IP protection will be set up onsite and sticks printed
with notices for IP protection, including no camera or
other record, will be sent out to every visitor. Meanwhile,
12312, Shanghai IP protection reporting & service center
will come to the exhibition to deal with related disputes
onsite.



    For more information, please contact:

     Rice Song
     Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd.
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