Make sure you stop by booth #952 in Atlanta to get a demonstration of NGN’s new business matching platform (BMP) and meet managing directors Robert Drblik and Christoph Krueger. See for yourself how the NGN solution helps organizers raise the bar with the level of customer service and content generation they can provide their exhibitors and attendees. Also get a first look at the new print products: show directory, buyer’s guide and membership directory that only NGN can produce!

Within the first month of launching their new platform NGN has signed another client in the US, the International Sign Association. This is just another example of how NGN can customize a solution to fit their client’s needs. NGN had to create a dynamic floor plan tool compatible with its new platform and develop it in time to coincide with the re-launching of the ISA show web site which will go live in mid November. This new floor plan tool combined with NGN’s Business Matching Platform will make it even easier for exhibitors and visitors to find each other and get the information they need before, during and after the show.

For more information on ISA, please visit their website at: www.signs.org

The successful rollout of NGN’s new Business Matching Platform has now been implemented in Europe, Asia and the US. Collaborating with trade show organizers in all the major markets in the world NGN has been able to develop a product that can be used in any type of trade show in any country no matter how specific or specialized. With both adaptability and flexibility NGN has been able to create customized solutions to give show organizers the competitive advantages they need in the marketplace today.

NGN has announced the introduction of an innovative breakthrough in Business Matching technology, their next generation matchmaking platform, that has been two years in the making. This cutting-edge platform provides an important new industry resource featuring comprehensive information, a result of NGN’s five years of proven experiences with exhibitors, visitors and trade show organizers. The user-friendly platform features an attractive HTML-format which provides clearer pictures and logos and allows additional corporate, product and event information to be listed.

Technological advances have increased search speed and the intuitive FREE TEXT Search Logic function enables even PDFs to be searched. Available links to Amazon and Google provide exciting new revenue opportunities. This revolutionary technology is suitable for worldwide implementation.

NGN offers flexibility with the utilization of their service. You can choose between leasing the business software for a do-it-yourself approach on a monthly or yearly basis or you can allow us to provide you with the full package of technology, personalized content generation and project management - whatever best suits your needs.

HINTE Messe’s INTERGEO show, the worldwide leader in geodesy, will be the first show to introduce the platform.

Please check it out here: www.intergeo-community.de

NGN will be providing Business Matching Solutions for IFA (World of Consumer Electronics) again this year. Organized by Messe Berlin, IFA is the world's largest Consumer Electronics trade fair with and the industry's No. 1 place for orders, with a volume of 2.4 billion Euros. IFA is also an incomparable media event: 6,800 accredited journalists from 78 countries, and 95 hours of TV reports covered the show in Germany alone. This year’s online platform contains 1,340+ exhibitors from 38 countries and features 2,300+ products. The numbers show that people are really interested in the site and its benefits: there were 800K+ hits alone on the IFA online platform for the month of June!

Please visit the IFA Business Matching Solution at: www.virtualmarket.ifa-berlin.de

NGN is expanding its customer base and making its value-added services available to all groups that are in need of business matching solutions. To kick off this push, NGN was an exhibitor at this year’s ASAE (American Society of Association Executives) show, which was from August 13-16th in Nashville, TN. This show was the “2005 Annual Meeting and Exposition” of associations, a top industry event. NGN received strategic exposure to the organizers of these associations and the large shows that they represent. Ray Giovine, V.P. NGN North America, has already been in contact with many of these associations and was the catalyst for NGN taking part in this first show as an exhibitor. Many new contacts were made and NGN is looking forward to helping associations and other organizations find their own Business Matching solutions.

For more information on ASAE, please visit their website at: www.asaenet.org

B-IN-BERLIN, another tradeshow skillfully organized by Messe Berlin, utilized NGN’s Business Matching Solutions for their upcoming, biannual event. The show’s slogan “More Beauty for the People” is exemplified not only by the exhibitors products, but also by their online platform.

The B-IN-BERLIN show responds to the needs of the fashion industry by showcasing international labels for womenswear, menswear and casual wear in Germany's creative, exciting, and ever-changing capital city.

NGN’s professional content generation team has already put 100+ exhibitors from over 10 countries and their 150+ products online. Since this show occurs twice a year, this is the second time that participants have been able to benefit from the abundant business matching resources of the B-IN-BERLIN online platform. NGN will be sending out a Matching Letter shortly to registered visitors for this event, which will be sure to drive traffic back to the show website. There has been a great deal of interest already in the site, with 100K+ hits received in the month of June alone.

Reed Exhibitions, with a portfolio of 430 organizers in over 32 countries, is the largest tradeshow organizer in the world. Reed Exhibitions doesn’t just organize tradeshows, they also are relationship brokers, who identify and target the matching needs of buyers and suppliers at their shows. They maximise business and networking opportunities and have chosen the Business Matching Solutions of NGN as a key component in this strategy.

NGN has partnered with this industry leader and will producing an online platform for the Asian Aerospace 2006/ Asian Defence Technology 2006 shows in Singapore next February. Asian Aerospace 2006, one of the world’s top airshows, anchors the dynamic multi-billion dollar commercial and military aviation industry in the Asia - Pacific region.

NGN will also be producing a print catalog for these shows. The debut of this information-rich and easy-to-use catalog will set a new industry standard. The new format provides an industry reference tool that continues to be useful after the show.

For more information on the Asian Aerospace 2006/ Asian Defence Technology 2006 shows, please visit their websites at: www.asianaerospace.com and www.adt-expo.com

For more information on Reed Exhibitions, please visit their website at: www.reedexpo.com

NGN and Tradeshow Week (TSW) have entered into a partnership that will merge the two company’s databases, creating the most accurate and in-depth database for the international tradeshow industry. Tradeshow Week is well known as the leading resource for tradeshow information in the U.S. Working together, these industry leaders are able to provide the tools that bring more exhibitors and visitors together and that noticeably increase show traffic.

For more information on Tradeshow Week, please visit their website at: www.tradeshowweek.com

For years, the proven business model of NGN has been the active generation of exhibitor content for international show organizers and the representation of this information on their online platform. Now NGN is taking this business model to the next level: Print! Due to NGN’s content generation, show organizers working with NGN already have all the information collected that they would need to print an important industry tool that continues to be useful after the show is over. It will raise the bar on what should be expected from a directory and is the modern alternative to today’s bulky and quickly outdated catalogue. How has NGN improved upon the current show catalogue?

• More Information and Exposure --> More Matching
• Greater Value for Money
• Increased Functionality & Longevity

For more information on the printed products available through NGN, please contact their corporate office at : info@ngn-global.com or at +49 30 890 481-0 CET.

For more information about the catalogue, please visit www.ngn-global.com/solutions

NGN is proud to have provided Business Matching Solutions for two simultaneous, industry-leading Asian communication technology shows, CommunicAsia (CMMA) and BroadcastAsia (BCA). Combined, CommunicAsia, Asia’s most established and comprehensive Communications & IT event, and BroadcastAsia, THE marketplace for Electronic Media in Asia, create an important industry event not to be missed. This year’s events featured 2,200+ exhibitors from over 40 countries and was attended by 44,000+ visitors. Between the two online platforms, a total of 3,500 products have been brought online. This extensive source of information, generated by the persistent efforts of the NGN editorial team on behalf of SES, offers trade visitors a perfect tool for preparing for the show and a useful reference after the show. People are really using this service: there have been over 170,000 hits generated at the BroadcastAsia 2005 online platform since its launch in March 2005.

For more information on CMMA and BCA’s please visit their websites at: www.communicasia.com and www.broadcast-asia.com

m+a is short for “Messe and Ausstellungen” (Shows and Exhibitions) and is the most well-known publisher in Germany for the tradeshow industry. m+a has an extensive online database in which all of the tradeshows in Germany, Europe and abroad are shown (www.expodatabase.com). This platform is one of the best research tools for potential exhibitors and visitors. However, until now, a search of their database by a product “concept” keyword, such as “umbrella” or “copier” did not produce any results. This is where NGN comes into play: by linking the m+a database to NGN's database of compiled exhibitor and product information, a modernized search engine is created which provides increased business matching connections.

Please visit the m+a’s website at: www.expodatabase.com

NGN has provided their value-added Business Matching Solutions for MetalAsia (MTA), a world-class exhibition that, for the last 20 years, has been bringing together qualified metalworking and precision engineering industry buyers from all over the Asia Pacific region. The online platform displays 250 exhibitors and 850 products: data that was successfully collected and brought online by NGN’s persistent and professional editorial team on behalf of SES.

Please visit the MTA Website at: www.mta-asia.com

E.J. Krause & Associates, Inc. (EJK) is one of the largest privately held exhibition management companies in the world, with 16 offices on four continents. EJK produces over 80 events in 16 different industries. EJK's stellar reputation, like that of NGN’s, is based on its resolute commitment to excellence in service to its clients.

EJK and NGN have been working together since the Autumn of 2004, when NGN provided Business Matching Solutions for two EJK tradeshows, the Mid-Atlantic Technology & Business EXPO (MTCE) and the Mid-Atlantic BIO/MED Conference and Exhibition. The goal for those participating in these show’s online platform and Partnering Forum is to accelerate corporate growth, product development and homeland security readiness throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. All participants have access to the event's online platform, which provides automatically generated matches, enables meetings to be scheduled and allows for quick and accurate electronic searches. This Business Matching Solution provides the exhibitors an online portal for one year after the show, which features a comprehensive company profile and logo, up to five products/technologies/services and provides follow-up matching letters: all of which serve to connect the exhibitors to potential partners before, during and after the conference.

NGN will provide content generation and an online platform again for this year’s MTCE, which has been renamed the Mid-Atlantic All Hazards Forum. NGN is looking forward to enjoying a successful, long-term partnership with EJK and introducing more exhibitors together to NGN’s superior business matching solutions.

For more information on E.J. Krause, please visit their website at: www.ejkrause.com

NGN has been contracted to create a new Business Matching Solution for the members of WFBSC (World Federation of Building Service Contractors). This “Global Network” platform is not part of a tradeshow, but a general service for the many members of the association to stay connected. NGN is sent the member’s contact information and then takes over with their generation of professional content. 120 members will be able to take advantage of this value-added service. The WFBSC platform is an excellent example of the business matching solutions that NGN can provide outside of the Tradeshow & Exhibition Industry. Just think of what NGN can do for you!

Please visit the WFBSC website at: www.wfbsc.org

NGN is in its 5th year of providing a Business Matching Solution for this highly successful show. ITB (International Tourism Exchange) is a prime meeting spot which encompasses the entire product spectrum of the tourism industry, while providing the breeding ground for the development of new ideas, global approaches and targeted marketing. This year’s ITB featured 13,000+ exhibitors and was attended by 130,000+ visitors. The exhibitors represented 170 of the 192 countries of the world and NGN’s editorial team had the multi-cultural saavy to be able to bring them online in a singular format.

Due to the persistent efforts of their professional editorial staff, NGN successfully placed all exhibitors and their 2,000+ products on the ITB online platform. This platform saw an increase in visitor traffic of 500% over prior year, with visitors taking advantage of the ease and accessibility of NGN’s superior business matching tool. Customized matching letters, based on the pre-selected preferences of the visitors, were sent out on behalf of the organizer, Messe Berlin, on a regular basis before, during and after the show. These letters caused an average increase in website traffic of 250% over prior month, proving that visitors were coming back to the website to utilize this significant collection of information.

Please visit the ITB Business Matching Solution at: www.virtualmarket.itb-berlin.de

NGN has skillfully provided Business Matching Solutions for the INTERGEO East (Land Management, Geo-Information, Building Industry & Environment), which proved to be an important opportunity for organizers in Southeastern Europe to make connections. The show featured over 100 exhibitors from 22 countries. The 3,000+ visitors that attended this show got their first chance to take advantage of this new business matching solution and their response was very positive. INTERGEO East is a smaller, Eastern-European version of the regular INTERGEO show, which takes place in Germany in Autumn. The exhibitors from this show were added to the GEO-Community, which is the online platform that was set up for and has been successfully running since last year’s main INTERGEO show. The combined GEO-Community now features 560 exhibitors from both shows and is the premier place to look for information in this industry.

Please visit the GEO-Community at : www.intergeo-community.de

OSEA, the premier event for the International Oil and Gas Industry, took advantage of NGN’s Business Matching Solutions and saw fantastic results. The show, put on by SES (Singapore Exhibition Services), was attended by 9,000+ visitors from over 60 countries and featured 890+ exhibitors. One of the more intriguing parts of the show, however, occurred afterwards. On SES’s behalf, NGN sent out a customized (based on visitor’s pre-selected preferences) Matching Letter, which featured new products and innovations recently added to the OSEA online platform. This Matching Letter caused 1,500% more visitors to be re-routed back to the OSEA show website over the previous month, proving that people are indeed taking advantage of NGN’s business matching solutions.

Please visit the OSEA website at: www.osea-asia.com

A new show for HINTE and NGN. Four regional shows took place at the same time under the main title “Messe-Mosaic for Enjoyment, Ambiance and Inspiration” and featured exhibitors who represented the Southwestern region of Germany and parts of France. For this B2C show, HINTE successfully implemented NGN’s Business Matching Solutions, in the form of an online platform under the title of Messe-Mosaic Online. The new platform was received well by the 495+ exhibitors who were excited to take advantage of the new matching opportunities that it provided.

For the 4th year running, NGN has provided Business Matching Solutions for Fruit Logistica, a tradeshow which provides industries involved in fruit trading an opportunity to present their range of services, from growing to selling. Their online platform, due to the persistent efforts of NGN’s professional content generation staff, turned out nicely: 1,386 exhibitors featuring 1,542 products from over 60 countries were brought successfully online.

Check out the Fruit Logistica Business Matching Solution at: www.virtualmarket.fruitlogistica.de

To better serve the needs of their expanding global market, NGN has opened an American headquarters, based in Los Angeles. Heading up the new office is Ray Giovine, formerly of Tradeshow Week. Mr. Giovine’s mission is to “sell the undeniable benefits of NGN to North American-based associations and show organizers”. In collaboration with Jerry Kallman, President of New Jersey-based Kallman Global Consulting, the two men are dedicated to the successful implementation of NGN’s value-added business matching solutions throughout the States.

Ray Giovine, V.P. NGN North America, can be reached at: www.ngn-global.com/contact

Hosted by Messe München, UFI’s (Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) Marketing Focus Meeting brought together over 70 industry specialists to review topics related to the timely issue of Return on Investment (ROI) for exhibitor and visitor participation at tradeshows.

NGN’s Managing Director, Robert Drblik, presented an impressive case study highlighting the successes of Messe Berlin in using NGN’s information-based business matching solutions to bring exhibitors and visitors together. Mr. Drblik discussed how visitors maximized their show time by being able to prepare for the show beforehand and how exhibitors benefited from the increased business matching contacts. As we are all aware, tradeshow ROI is a critical topic, since it is an issue that defines the tradeshow industry’s ability to position itself within both marketing budgets and visitor attendance. NGN is tomorrow’s solution for increasing tradeshow ROI today!

To view the complete article, please click here: UFI_Meeting.pdf

Please visit the UFI website at: www.ufinet.org

In the January issue of the industry magazine “Trade Show Executive” you can read about the successful launch of Business Matching Solutions at E.J. Krause. Jim Herbert, Vice President of the American trade fair organiser, gives an account of his cooperation with NGN and of his experience with the introduction of a mandatory fee for exhibitors. Read the article on NGN’s website at the above link.

NGN has provided its value-added Business Matching Solutions for the IGW (International Green Week) for the 4th time this year. Through the persistent efforts of the NGN content generation team, an enormous amount of exhibitors (1,500+) and products (2,800+) were placed online. The numbers prove that the show's visitors took advantage of this extensive database to get the most out of their visit: there were more than 200K+ page views on this platform during January alone.

The IGW, a leader in the food, agricultural and horticultural industries, brought together exhibitors from 48 countries to test-market food and luxury items and to help establish brand images. Pets and Plants (Heim-Tier & Pflanze) is a trade and information show that runs simultaneously with the IGW and focuses on domestic pets and plant care. This year, for the first time, a new attraction called Wellness Plus was added to the IGW show and to the online platform. Wellness Plus provides the visitors with information about what is hot in the popular “Wellness” market and presents products and services that range from fitness and nutrition to relaxation and travel.

Please visit the IGW Business Matching Solution at: www.virtualmarket.gruenewoche.de