www.fsb-cologne.com Photo of Beijing Stadium: Arup, Chris Dite AMENITY AREAS. SPORTS. POOL FACILITIES. COLOGNE, 07-0..207 INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR FOR AMENITY AREAS, SPORTS AND POOL FACILITIES
LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE A GLOBAL MARKETPLACE FOR URBAN LIVING ENVIRONMENTS FSB IS APPROACHING: THE BEST REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE! EVERY TWO YEARS, COLOGNE BECOMES THE GLOBAL CENTRE FOR SPORTS, PLAY- GROUND, SWIMMING POOL AND LEISURE FACILITIES. AT THE LEADING INTERNA- TIONAL TRADE FAIR FSB, UPCOMING TRENDS ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE, MOMEN- TUM IS GENERATED FOR THE INDUSTRY, NEW PRODUCTS AND IDEAS ARE PRE- SENTED TO A LARGE TRADE AUDIENCE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT BUSINESS DEALS AND CONTACTS OF THE YEAR ARE MADE. This is where your business really gets going: in 207 there will again be no more important nor more international meeting place for the amenity areas, playgrounds, sports and swimming pool facilities sectors than FSB in Cologne. More than 650 exhibitors from over 45 countries will be presenting the current state of their project and product developments, showing a measure of what to expect over the coming months. This is the opportunity for exhibitors to spend four full days meeting customers and industry partners, decision-makers from the municipalities and associations, architects, operators and planners as well as the top international buyers, all concentrated in one place. Present your new products and services to a global trade audience and the assembled international trade press. Get your business really moving welcome to FSB in Cologne! Impetus for tomorrow Cologne is where the future is shaped by the exhibitors at FSB! Join the top decision-makers and market partners from all over the world in creating the urban spaces of tomorrow. A 360-degree overview It is only in Cologne that you can experience the most up-to-date trends, the most important innovations and the latest materials at first hand, packed into one place and clearly organised into three complex themed areas. Global business and national contacts Around 60% of exhibitors and trade visitors at FSB come from abroad from over 0 countries! Perfect conditions for national and international business and worldwide networking. Continuous development Along with focusing on the three core themes of amenity areas/sports/pool facilities, FSB is consistently developing and focusing on new topics. A particularly successful example is the co-location of the swimming pool segments with aquanale, which produced strong impact for the industry. A unique programme Attractive, informative and groundbreaking: it is not just FSB s congress and workshop programme that creates inspiration, stimuli and intense knowledge transfer for the sectors. From the world-leading IAKS Congress and the International Swimming Pool and Wellness Forum through to workshops, the PlanerForum and best-practice presentations by renowned industry and content experts FSB makes the future of leisure environments come alive for four days in Cologne. Ideal hall concept More movement, new fair halls, an updated, state-of-the-art infrastructure, optimised route guidance through the themed areas and an ideal connection to the Congress Centres North and East the improved allocation of the hall space brings even more visitors to your stand. 6 Hall 6 Hall 7 Hall 9 aquanale FSB Pool facilities/ Amenity areas/ Playground equipment/stadt und RAUM FSB Sports facilities Hall 0.2 FSB Sports facilities Boulevard 7 9 Tradition and future Since 969, FSB has enjoyed a reputation that is unique in the world but, for all that tradition, it never takes its eyes off the future. Every change in the market is noted, taken on board, and turned into successful concepts and new topics for the fair. 0 Entrance East / Congress Centre East Entrance North / Congress Centre North
SOLUTIONS FOR URBAN RECREATIONAL AREAS ON THE PATH TO THE FUTURE The urban world is on the move. People s approaches to their leisure time are changing, demographic change continues unabated and calls for greater accessibility are growing louder. As a supplier of playground equipment, outdoor fitness equipment, playground design, urban furniture, urban planning, and lighting architecture for outdoor spaces, you are working to meet these challenges, and to help with this, we bring you together with the appropriate decision makers within municipalities, politics and planning. Help municipal representatives, landscape architects and property management companies to tackle the tasks of today and tomorrow. Present your innovative solutions for the recreational areas of the future FSB is the perfect place to promote your products, ideas and materials in a lifelike setting and to capture the imagination of your customers and future partners for a long time to come. 32 COMPANIES (OUT OF 69) AT FSB presented the complete range of innovative products, attractive planning concepts and comprehensive solutions for local interventions to create urban living environments and recreational areas. STADTundRAUM - urban spaces at FSB People and spaces on the path to tomorrow: the cooperation between FSB and STADTundRAUM will be presenting workshops, themes for the congress, the PlanerForum and a special show focused on current topics such as mobility, urban planning, local interventions and the development of urban neigbourhoods, as well as issues such as multigenerational communities, accessibility and areas for exercise and recreation. This is where the ideas for the urban recreational areas of the future are created. NEW: INNOVATION, MATERIALS AND TECH- NOLOGY HOTSPOTS A special format for unique innovations: the newly developed Hotspots are an attractive special event format that combines two advantages for exhibitors at FSB. On the one hand, your materials, products and services are presented very prominently and, on the other hand, the areas serve as meeting points for visitor groups, who use them as a starting point from which to discover the fair. Choose the right setting for presenting your innovations the perfect starting point for new business! A glance at the future: energy efficiency, sustainable technologies and conservation of resources are also the predominant contemporary themes in the sports facilities management and planning sector. Planners from Germany and abroad, architects, operators and investors are looking for solutions for their planned projects and existing facilities that are viable in the long term, and FSB is the perfect place to present these solutions, materials, processes and technologies. In this regard, you can help municipal and private operators to differentiate themselves from their competitors, with environmentally friendly, safe and accessible facilities. Accompany your customers from all over the world on their journey into the future and open up completely new markets and target groups the structured themed areas and the unparalleled industry-specific supporting programme ensure that no decision-maker will want to miss FSB! 83% (VERY) IMPORTANT Exhibitor survey : How important is FSB to your industry? 25th IAKS CONGRESS: 7 TO 0 NOVEMBER 207 A top line-up of international experts: the 25 th edition of the IAKS Congress once again guarantees an attractive supporting programme at FSB 207. On all four days, operators and planners will be discussing trends in architecture, best practice in the operation and management of sports facilities and solutions that enable athletic peak performance as well as introducing groundbreaking projects in sports infrastructure. This is where top decision makers from technical and operational management and from municipalities, planning offices, sports associations and sport clubs come in order to gather information. With the awarding of the IOC/IPC/IAKS architecture prize, sports and leisure facilities that are examples of both good design and functional success will be rewarded. And the gala evening for this most important international architecture prize for sports, leisure and recreation facilities affords the supporting programme the appropriate touch of glamour. AMENITY AREAS SPORTS
SYNERGIES AND MOMENTUM THE PLACE TO BE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD! Never change a winning team: when the swimming pool facilities segments of aquanale and FSB were co-located in 203, one of the world s biggest marketplaces in the industry was formed a formula for success that has been developed further ever since. Private and public swimming pool facilities, sauna, SPA and wellness segments are now amalgamated in Halls 7 and 6 an ideal arrangement for doing business with the whole world. Take advantage of the resulting synergies: meet lots of new potential customers and make valuable contacts worldwide with operators and decision makers from municipalities, leisure pool facilities, water parks, planning offices and the hotel sector. Look forward to four days of pure swimming and wellness atmosphere and lots of long-term stimulus for your business! 68% of the FSB exhibitors came from abroad. 7 th INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND WELLNESS FORUM From the branch, for the branch: the Swimming Pool and Wellness Forum brings the most important topics for today and tomorrow to the fore; but not just for the domestic sector. Starting in 207, a number of international topics and issues relating swimming pools, saunas and spas will also come under the spotlight. This ensures exciting talks and discussions for in-depth knowledge transfer between trade fair visitors, and for unique opportunities to network at the national and international level. The organisations responsible for the exciting trade congress programme are the German Association for Swimming Pools and Wellness (bsw) and the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS). Architects, planners, operators and investors from all over the world, important decision-makers from municipalities, sport clubs and associations whoever is looking for solutions for the amenity areas, playgrounds, sports or public pool facilities will go to Cologne in November. For four trade fair days, FSB will be the centre of attention for the different sectors that want to make business with the whole world. Exhibitors can rely on having the best possible calibre of national and international visitor. Around 90% of trade visitors are involved in purchasing decisions and the share from abroad is 60% - and trending higher. Do you want to open up new markets, build an international network and do business with customers worldwide? FSB is the place to be! Welcome to Cologne! 83% (VERY) GOOD Visitor survey : How would you judge FSB overall? FSB IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TRADE FAIR IN THE WORLD FOR THE AMENITY AREAS, PLAYGROUNDS, SPORTS FACILITIES AND PUBLIC POOL CONSTRUCTION SECTOR. WHOEVER WANTS TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN THESE SECTORS IS PART OF THE FSB COMMUNITY - EVERY TWO YEARS IN COLOGNE! The PlanerForum BÄDERBAU (Public Pool Construction) is also being developed and internationalised in a partnership between Koelnmesse and the content partners. This compact programme is tailored exactly to the needs and demands of trade fair visitors and is both a crowd-puller and a source of real added value for exhibitors. Foto Stadion Beijing: Arup, Chris Dite Source: in-house statistics and results of the exhibitor and visitor survey conducted by Factx GmbH, Cologne, 205. POOL FACILITIES
RIGHT IN THE HEART OF EUROPE! THE PERFECT BUSINESS LOCATION: SITUATED RIGHT IN THE HEART OF EUROPE, SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LEADING INTERNATIONAL FAIRS ARE AT HOME IN COLOGNE. THE REASON: STATE-OF-THE-ART INFRASTRUCTURE AND AN IDEAL LOCATION IN ONE OF THE CONTINENT S MOST POWERFUL ECONOMIC REGIONS. IDEALLY SITUATED Travelling to the location of the trade fair in Cologne could not be more convenient from anywhere in the world: Cologne Bonn Airport is only minutes away and the major cities of Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam and Brussels just an Intercity Express (ICE) ride away. For visitors travelling by car, around 5,000 parking places are available in the direct vicinity of the fair grounds. PERFECTLY PREPARED State-of-the-art infrastructure and presentation technology, column-free halls and high ceilings ensuring that there are no limits to your stand construction, the direct connection to the Congress halls, Press Centre and various service facilities the fifth-largest trade fair in the world is perfectly prepared for global industry events. Koelnmesse GmbH Messeplatz, 50679 Köln, Germany Tel. +49 22 82-2587 Fax +49 22 82-2565 www.koelnmesse.de UNIQUE VARIETY Welcome to Cologne: more than 90,000 hotel beds await you here, along with a unique entertainment and cultural offering in a cosmopolitan and welcoming city. And with countless restaurants catering to the widest range of tastes, you are sure to find a table in pleasant surroundings for your successful business meetings.