Previous Fairs

Eco-products international exhibition has been held in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
I will introduce current results.

Item/Year	2004	2005	2006	2008	2009
Country	Malaysia	Thailand	Singapore	Vietnam	Philippines
Organizers	Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Federation of Malaysia Manufacturers National Productivity Corporation	Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Federation of Thai Industries Thailand Productivity Institute	Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Waste Management and Recycling Association of Singapore Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board	Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Directorate for Standards and Quality/Vietnam Productivity Centre Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment	Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Development Academy of the Philippines Philippine Business for the Environment
Theme	Living in harmony with the environment: Toward sustainable production & consumption	New environmental challengesfor the global community	A better environment for all	For sustainable development and better life	Sustainable production,sustainable consumption,sustainable future
Date	2-4 Sept. (3 days)	6-9 Oct. (4 days)	31 Oct.-2 Nov. (3 days)	1-4 March (4 days)	19-22 March (4 days)
Venue	Mid-Valley Exhibition Centre Kuala Lumpur	IMPACT near Bangkok	Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre	National Convention Center Hanoi	SMX Convention Center Manila
Gross Exhibition Area	3,600㎡	5,000㎡	7,300㎡	10,000㎡	5,400㎡
Focus	B2C/B2B	B2C/B2B	B2C/B2B	B2C/B2B/B2G	B2C/B2B/B2G
No. of Visitors	11,493	25,476	34,516	98,469	83,469
No. of Exhibitors	76	59	107	91	128
No. of Overseas Exhibitors	41	27	54	50	38
No. of Local Exhibitors	35	32	53	41	90
No. of Booths （3m×3m）	135	219	236	226	225
VIPs	●Minister of International Trade and Industry Dato’ Seri Rafidah Aziz ●Parliamentary Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	●Minister of Information and Communication Technology Sora-at Klinpratoo ●Parliamentary Secretary Koichi Hirata, Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	●Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim ●Deputy Director-General Kazuhiro Bando, Trade and Economic Bureau, Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	●National Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien ●Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong ●Deputy Director-General for Global Environment Affairs Hajime Ito, Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	●President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ●Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita ●Secretary Jose L. Atienza, Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources ●Secretary Angelo Reyes, Philippine Department of Energy ●Secretary Estrella F. Alabastro, Philippine Department of Science and Technology ●Secretary Peter B. Favila, Philippine Department of Trade and Industry ●Former President Fidel V. Ramos ●Councillor Masaaki Kobayashi, Minister’s Secretariat, Japanese Ministry of Environment
International Conferences	★Green Supply Chains-Toward Sustainable Production and Consumption ★Workshop on Green Procurement	★Eco-products for Competitiveness in Global Markets ★6 conferences organized by local organizers ★Co- organized conference by UNEP, CITYNET, and APO ★Green Procurement	★"Growing the Eco-nomy" -Learning from the Best Eco-practices by organizers ★International Conference on the Development of Model Eco-towns for Enhancing Promotion of Eco-products in the Asia-Pacific Region by APO ★Thematic Session on Environmentally Sustai-nable Industrial Develop-ment: The Concept of Eco-towns in the Asia Pacific Region by UNEP, GEC,and APO ★Eco-products Promoters International Meeting by APO and SPRING ★International Workshop on Green Purchasing Network by IGPN ★Green Building Confer-ence by BCA and British High Commission	★International Conference on Promotion of Eco-products for Competitiveness and Sustainable Consumption by APO ★Workshop on Air Protection, and Workshop on Climate Change and its Effect by local organizers ★Workshop on Green Purchasing & Green Supply Chain by IGPN and GPN ★Forum "Eco-Community for Asia" by G-Project Inc. and Hanoi Architectural University	★International Conference on Sustainable Consumption, Sustainable Production, Sustainable Future ★Meeting of Past and Future EPIF Organizers by APO ★International Green Purchasing Network Meeting in Mania by IGPN