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Be part of Canada’s largest design industry event!

Canada’s largest exposition and conference for the design, construction and management of the built environment takes place in Toronto every fall.

Expand your Canadian marketing reach with IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, delivering the latest products, exceptional programming, special industry events and unlimited networking opportunities, with a focus on all areas of design, including workplace, retail, healthcare, residential, hospitality and sustainable design. You’ll be in good company – over 350 exhibitors and more than 15,000 attendees – in the business and design capital of Canada, with some 40 CEU-accredited continuing education sessions and hundreds of the latest products.

NEW for 2005

New for 2005, IIDEX/NeoCon Canada now includes the Canadian Facility Management Design Expo and Conference.

Our long term objective is to continue to further diversify and develop IIDEX/NeoCon Canada to make it the rallying point for designers of different disciplines. For 2005, this means expanding the representation of architectural products and building on the tremendous momentum generated by the dynamic feature exhibits - GREENlife Sustainable Design, IES Exposure to Light, JumpStart and The Terrazzo Tile & Marble Showcase. At the same time, we will continue to strengthen our exhibitor base in the established areas of design – workplace, retail, healthcare, hospitality, architectural, facility management and sustainable design.

Benefit from the IIDEX/NeoCon Canada extensive marketing program
We get our message to specifiers and the media through direct mail, fax and e-mail updates, ads in top trade and business magazines and with the help of the more than 20 major industry associations that encourage their members to attend.

Reach Canada’s key decision-makers

IIDEX/NeoCon Canada develops show features and organizes keynote speakers, an educational program and special events to attract the best in the business from the Toronto area (the 4th largest market in North America), across Canada and the bordering states.

• IIDEX/NeoCon Canada attracts specifiers with purchasing power: Forty-two per cent work for or run companies that specify more than $500,000 in furnishings per year, with over half of these reporting over $1 million.
• IIDEX/NeoCon Canada attendees are decision-makers, with 70% stating that they make or influence buying or specifying decisions.
• IIDEX/NeoCon Canada attendees encompass all design specialties. Office projects account for 46% of their time, while healthcare accounts for 4%, with 9% reported for each of retail, hospitality and institutional/government/education projects. Residential work was estimated at 22% of attendees’ project time.

Statistics On-site surveys indicate that:

• 48% of the specifiers attending each control over $500,000 of product purchases annually, with half of these responsible for budgets in excess of $5 million.
• The total economic impact of ARIDO member firms in 1998 (the year of the last survey) was $4 billion, two-thirds of the national figure of $6 billion for Interior Designers of Canada member firms.
• Toronto, the business and design capital of Canada and the 4th largest metropolis in North America, ranks number three after New York and Chicago as a head office location.
• Toronto is Canada’s primary gateway and a major tourist destination. Over 60% of this continent’s population is within 90 minutes of Toronto by air.

Exhibitors Over 350 companies exhibiting in 300,000 sq. ft.

Attendees 15,000 trade attendees from across Canada and the bordering states.

Booth price $37sq. ft. (US$30).

Location The National Trade Centre at Exhibition Place, Toronto, Canada

Conference program More than 40 association forums and CEU-accredited seminars are offered to help professionals enrich their businesses and careers. Participating associations include ARIDO, ASID, IIDA, OAA, IES, IFMA, CAGBC and IDC.

IIDEX/NeoCon Canada is owned by the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) and produced and managed by Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI). MMPI produces over 300 trade shows, events and conferences each year including NeoCon Worlds Trade Fair, NeoCon West, NeoCon East and the Architectural Digest Home Design Show. MMPI expanded into the Canadian marketplace with its 1999 purchase of the Interior Design Show and The One of a Kind Craft Shows.

The IIDEX/NeoCon Canada Management Team

IIDEX/NeoCon Canada is produced for the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) by Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. (MMPI). MMPI produces over 300 trade shows, market events and conferences each year, including NeoCon World’s Trade Fair, NeoCon East and NeoCon West (for information call MMPI’s NeoCon team in Chicago at 312.527-7598 and in Canada, the Interior Design Show and the One of a Kind Shows.

The IIDEX team Tracy Bowie, Vice President; Matthew Searle, Director of Marketing; Maria Dubroy, Director of Sales; Regina Foliot, Director of Special Exhibits; Arvid Stonkus, Director of CFM&D; Lucy Ataide, Office Administrator; Judy Merry, Director of Operations and Jennifer Ledingham, Operations Coordinator.

To exhibit at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, please contact:
Tracy Bowie, Vice President,
Tel 416.960-4518 Fax 416.921-2707

IIDEX/NeoCon Canada delivers satisfied exhibitors

“For Teknion, IIDEX/NeoCon Canada has always been a major forum for us to share our innovative, design-driven new products with the top architects, designers and facility managers that this show typically attracts.”
- David Feldberg, President/CEO, Teknion

“The wealth of products and services; the depth and breadth of thought-provoking, globally-based seminars; and the social camaraderie that is IIDEX/NeoCon Canada continue to sustain our industry. For the 2002 event, we were especially pleased to help with the launch of the GREENlife Sustainable Design area.”
- Joe Pettipas, Vice President, HOK Canada and Past President ARIDO

“IIDEX/NeoCon Canada is an event which provides an opportunity for suppliers to listen to the designer community on their distinct needs for product and design. It also permits us to share with the community our efforts in bringing new, innovative and environmentally friendly products to the Canadian market.”
- Jerry Lukawski, Vice President, Interface Flooring Systems

“Our IIDEX/NeoCon Canada experience gets better every time, with more leads every year. We market our hardware and fittings for every kind of design application to interior designers, architects, manufacturers and custom fabricators – and we can meet them all at this show.”
- Martin Hafele, President, Hafele Canada

“Every part of my experience was positive from the communication and arrangements related to my speaking engagement to the time spent on the show floor to the tours of Toronto projects.  The show floor was well organized and the exhibits themselves were interesting. Though the displays were limited by space, the manufacturers I visited had supplemental information and were very helpful in answering questions about the product.  The project tours demonstrated the vitality of the Canadian design industry and reinforced the positive impressions left by the show floor visits. I look forward to returning to Toronto when I can spend time learning more about the Canadian design industry.”
- Marilyn Archer, Vice President, Gensler, Houston, TX

“It’s the show for us . . . the quality of products, displays and events are always of the highest standard.”
- Diego Marin, Principal, Primavera Interior Furnishings

“IIDEX/NeoCon Canada provides a professional forum to recognize international design with well-deserved emphasis on Canadian product and interior design. It is by far the most effective networking stage and social event of the year.”
- Jim Egan, President, Egan Visual

“Prior to touring with the IIDEX/NeoCon Canada group I was familiar only with a few Canadian manufacturers: The factory tours were very helpful and I really appreciate the design and craftsmanship behind the products! It was great to see such a large number of wonderfully designed products that we can introduce to our design library. The trip was fantastic-great to open our eyes to the design that all of North America has to offer! Thanks for a wonderful trip!”
- Holly Williamson, Senior Interior Designer, Furnstahl and Simon Architects, New York, NY

Our Advisory Council

Colleen Baldwin Straticom Planning Associates Wanda Barrett B/H Design Consultants Lisa Bate, OAA Six Degrees Architecture & Design Linda Boorman Linda Boorman Interiors Frank Delfino Teknion Furniture Systems Tamara Dvorsky HOK Canada Nella Fiorino Fiorino Design Doreen Francis CDECA Brenna Glancey Brenna Glancey & Associates Kelly Gluck Humber College Allan Guinan Figure 3 Network Steve Gyorkos Luxo Lamp Ltd.

Gary Hewson President, ARIDO Office Source Victoria Horobin KBH Interiors Carol Jones Kasian Architecture Interior Design Trevor Kruse ARIDO/IIDEX Liaison Hudson Kruse Tom Lerikos Forbo Linoleum Steven Levy Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. Jerry Lukawski Interface Flooring Systems Marian Marshall Marshall Cummings/IBI Group Sharon Martens Martens Group Doug Martineau Haworth

Gale Moutrey Steelcase Canada Klaus Nienkamper Nienkamper/ICF Dan Nussbaum Arconas Joe Pettipas HOK Canada Allen Pourvakil Artweave/W Studio Keith Rushbrook II By IV Design Samantha Sannella Design Exchange Kelly Stobbe Stantec Architecture Bruno Teillard d’Eyry EurOptimum Display John Vinken President, IFMA -Toronto Grand River Hospital Susan Wiggins CAO, ARIDO