Koelnmesse: Expo success for more than two decades

Koelnmesse has been organizing and running German Pavilions at BIE’s World Exhibitiosn for more than 30 years on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

Universal Exhibition
13.04. – 13.10.2025
Motto: Creating Future Society for Our Lives
Expected participants: 175
Expected visitors: 28.2 Mio.
Area: 155 ha

World Exhibition of Dubai 2020, VAE

Universal Exhibition
01.10.2021 – 31.03.2022
Motto: Connecting Minds, Creating the Future
Participants: 192
Visits: 24 Mio.
Area: 438 ha
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World Exhibition of Shanghai 2010, China

Universal Exhibition
01.05. – 31.10.2010
Motto: Better City, better Life
Participants: 246
Visitors: 73 Mio.
Area: 528 ha

International Exhibition of 2005 Aichi, Japan

International Specialised Exhibition
25.03. – 25.09.2005
Motto: Nature’s Wisdom
Participants: 121
Visitors: 22 Mio.
Area: 173 ha

EXPO 2000 at the Sea - Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Contribution to EXPO 2000 Hanover Universal Exhibition
01.06. – 31.10.2000
Motto: Humankind – Nature – Technology
Participants: 155
Visitors: 18 Mio.
Area: 160 ha

Lisbon Expo’98, Portugal

Specialised Exhibition
22.05. – 30.09.1998
Motto: The Oceans, a Heritage for the Future
Participants: 155
Visitors: 10 Mio.
Area: 50 ha

The Taejon International Exposition - 1993, South Korea

Specialised Exhibition
07.08. – 07.11.1993
Motto: The Challenge of a new Road of Development
Participants: 141
Visitors: 14.005.808
Area: 90,1 ha

Seville ’92 Universal Exhibition, Spain

Universal Exhibition
20.04. – 12.10.1992
Motto: The Birth of a new World
Participants: 158
Visitors: 41.814.571
Area: 215 ha

Brisbane ’88 EXPO, Australia

Specialised Exhibition
30.04. – 30.10.1988
Motto: Leisure in the Age of Technology
Participants: 36
Visitors: 18.574.476
Area: 40 ha

Vancouver ’86 EXPO, Canada

Specialised Exhibiton
02.05. – 13.10.1986
Motto: World in Motion – World in Touch
Participants: 54
Visitors: 22.111.578
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