Comments on NotShort.net: Note to ITU: Not another boring trade show, please...

Trade show displays are the physical screens banne...

2008-12-04T19:04:00.000+07:00

Trade show displays are the physical screens banners and other paraphernalia used to fill a temporary exhibit space at a trade fair.

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Trade Show Displays

I would like to suggest something more interactive...

2007-10-11T14:37:00.000+07:00

I would like to suggest something more interactive. I want to host a bird flu pandemic scenario for the audience - with a focus on how ICT can assist during such an event.

Basically prior to the show I design a scenario, and we invite people to become part of a fictional entity (company or other).

At the event I introduce the scenario and we let the members respond to the events as they unfold.

I would "steer" the responses towards an ICT focus (and perhaps introduce some technologies on the way through).

The members and observers will leave being better prepared for a pandemic, but they will also be more aware of the value of ICT in Thailand (or Asia), and thus consider investing prior to such and event - which is good for the industry and the country.

Andrew - adurieux@coverage.co.th

Great column, Geoff. What I would most like to see...

2007-10-07T12:56:00.000+07:00

Great column, Geoff. What I would most like to see at this show is the Thai ministers who are responsible for overseeing telco/broadband infrastructure giving keynote speeches. I've heard that the current ICT minister doesn't even use email, and only checks the Net to surf golfing sites.

Perhaps if more international attention was paid to Thailand, multinationals could better decide whether to invest in the country, secure in the knowledge that their expat workers would easily obtain working visas and Net connectivity to get their jobs done, not to mention having contracts honored through the rule of law. Thailand could only benefit from professional expats demonstrating best practices in tech fields, not to mention renting flats, paying taxes and employing Thais directly and indirectly.

In years past, Thailand had little competition in the region. But now with China and Vietnam raising their profiles (note that Intel chose VN over Thailand as the site of a large recent investment, while Ikea has said they are pulling back plans to invest in Thailand over due to lack of confidence in the country's stability and treatment of multinationals), Thailand needs to prove to the world that their value-proposition is not only sound, but built on a sound platform. Perhaps Thailand's ministers can use this show as a platform to quell these doubts.

I agree about getting the right speakers - it's im...

2007-10-05T20:58:00.000+07:00

I agree about getting the right speakers - it's important to have some buzz going before a trade show. No buzz usually makes for a boring convention.