日本展示会協会（石積忠夫会長）は１月８日、ＡＮＡインターコンチネンタルホテル東京で新年懇親会を行なった。参加者は過去最多の約７１０人。
開会の挨拶に登壇した石積会長は、２０２０年までの目標を掲げ、その達成のための３つの戦略を新たに発表した。具体的には、①展示会の本数を３倍の１０００展に、②会場の拡張・新設で国内総展示面積を３倍に、③日展協会員数を３倍の１０００社・団体にするというもの。
「展示会産業の規模が３倍になれば日本経済の波及効果は計り知れない」と新年の決意を述べた。
Japan Exhibition Association (Tadao Ishizumi Chairman) held a New Year Party at the ANA Intercontinental Hotel Tokyo on 8th January. About 710 people as the largest number ever attended.
The chairman, Tadao Ishizumi, who gave an opening remark on the stage set a target by 2020 and announced three strategies to accomplish the target. To be specific, 1) hold 1,000 exhibitions, which is three times more, 2) make a gross area of exhibitions being held in Japan three times larger by expanding existing and building new facilities, 3) increase a membership of Japan Exhibition Association as three times, which will be 1,000 companies/organisations.
'If the scale of exhibition industry grows as three times more than today, it will make an immeasurable impact on Japanese economy' he stated as the new year resolution.
