Exhibition and trade fair committee
The exhibition and trade fair committee of the German economy e. V. (AUMA) is the interest group of the German trade fair industry. Its themes are trade fairs and exhibitions .
Members of the association founded in 1907 are the leading associations of the German economy, the German trade fair and exhibition organizers, professional associations of the trade fair-interested economy and associations of service companies in the trade fair industry.
tasks
- Representing the interests of members on a national and international level in relation to politics, authorities and other organizations ( lobbying / public affairs )
- Information about trade fairs in Germany and worldwide in the free internet database www.auma.de. It contains data from around 5000 trade fairs.
- Coordination of foreign trade fair activities by German companies as part of the federal foreign trade fair program (AMP of the BMWi and BMEL ) and the programs of the federal states
- Roof marketing for the German trade fair location and trade fairs as a communication medium
- Preparation of studies on the trade fair industry
- Support of training and further education in the trade fair industry
- Management of the Society for Voluntary Control of Fair and Exhibition Statistics (FKM)
Publications
- AUMA (Ed.): Portrait: AUMA - Association of the Exhibition Industry . Berlin 2017 (online) .
- AUMA (Ed.): The trade fair industry - balance sheet 2018 . Berlin 2019, ISSN 1430-8983 (online) .