A World Exposition(sometimes spelled as Expo) is a
Very Large public Exhibition. These exhibitions differ in character and they
are held in varying parts of the world. In this Year world's fair will be Expo 2015 in Milan,Italy. World's fairs was originated in the
French tradition of national exhibitions, a tradition that culminated with the French Industrial Exposition of 1844 held in Paris.
But the best-known 'first World Expo' was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London,
United Kingdom, in 1851, Entitled as "Great Exhibition of the Works of
Industry of All Nations".
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| Expo 2015 logo |
Expo 2015 is the Current scheduled Universal Exposition and will be hosted by Milan,
Italy. This is the second time Milan hosts the exposition, the first being the Milan
International of 1906. On November 23, 2010, this event was
officially announced by the International
Exhibitions Bureau (BIE). The
BIE General Assembly in Paris decided into the favour of the Milanese candidature on March 31, 2008. Expo 2015 will be held based on the theme Feeding the planet, energy for life.
In this event 149 Countries are participating including INDIA,U.S.A,U.K and many more.
The theme that is chosen for the current Milan Universal
Exposition is about Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. This holds technology,
innovation, culture, traditions and creativity and how they relate to food and
diet. Expo 2015 may further develop themes introduced in earlier Expos (e.g.,
water at Expo 2008 in Zaragoza) in the light of new global scenarios and
emerging issues, with a principal focus on the right to healthy, secure and
sufficient food for all the world’s inhabitants.
The concerns of many futurologists and predictors about the
quality of food in the years to come are mixedup by forecasts of increasing
uncertainties regarding the quantities of food that will be available globally.
These concerns was expressed early on in studies by MIT for the Club of Rome,
were largely ignored at a time when it appeared that increases in resource
availability would outstrip increases in consumption. However, the continuous
depletion of agricultural surpluses has clearly manifested the urgency of the
tension of how to Feed the Planet and prevent hunger.
Opening
date for the 2015 Milan Expo:
Friday 1 May , 2015.
Friday 1 May , 2015.
Closing
date for the 2015 Milan Expo:
Saturday 31 October , 2015.
Saturday 31 October , 2015.
UK Pavilion
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| UK pavilion Design |
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| Uk Pavilion |
Latvia Pavilion
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| latvia Pavilion |
| Dates | Name of Exposition | Location[1] | Theme[2] or symbol[3] | Notables | Visitors in millions[4] |
Cost in millions (USD unless specified)[4] |
Area (ha)[4] |
Attending countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/1851 - 10/1851 | The Great Exhibition |  London |
Industry of all Nations | The Crystal Palace | 6.00 | 1.65 | 10 | 25 |
| 05/1855 - 11/1855 | Paris International |  Paris |
Agriculture, Industry and Art | Palais d'Industrie Bordeaux Wine classification |
5.00 | 2 | 15 | 25 |
| 05/1862 - 11/1862 | International | London |
Industry and Arts | 6.00 | 2 | 15 | 39 | |
| 04/1867 - 11/1867 | Paris International | Paris |
Agriculture, Industry and Arts | Champ de Mars | 15.00 | 4.5 | 69 | 42 |
| 05/1873 - 10/1873 | Austrian International |  Vienna |
Culture and Education | Rotunde | 7.25 | 9.5 | 233 | 35 |
| 05/1876 - 11/1876 | Centennial Exposition |  Philadelphia |
American Independence | Centennial Arboretum Telephone Heinz Ketchup |
10.00 | 8 | 115 | 35 |
| 05/1878 - 11/1878 | Paris International | Paris |
Agriculture, Arts and Industry | Statue of Liberty Telephone Braille |
16.00 | 11 | 75 | 36 |
| 09/1879 - 04/1880 | Sydney International |  Sydney |
Agriculture, Arts and Industry | The Garden Palace, Steam trams | 1.1 | |||
| 10/1880 - 04/1881 | Melbourne International |  Melbourne |
Arts, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Industry | Royal Exhibition Buildings & Carlton Gardens | 1.30 | 1.6 | 25 | 33 |
| 04/1888 - 12/1888 | Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) |  Barcelona |
Arts and Industry | Arc de Triomf Columbus Monument |
2.30 | 1.7 | 47 | 30 |
| 05/1889 - 10/1889 | Paris International | Paris |
French Revolution | Eiffel Tower Annie Oakley |
32.00 | 0.3 | 96 | 35 |
| 05/1893 - 10/1893 | World's Columbian |  Chicago |
Discovery of America | Midway Plaisance Fine Arts Building Fluorescent lamp Ferris wheel |
27.50 | 27 | 290 | 19 |
| 05/1897 - 11/1897 | Brussels International Exposition |  Brussels |
Automobiles | 7.80 | 132 | 27 | ||
| 04/1900 - 11/1900 | Paris International | Paris |
Evaluation of a Century | Motion Pictures Escalator Summer Olympics |
50.80 | 18.75 | 120 | 58 |
| 05/1901 - 11/1901 | Pan-American Exposition |  Buffalo |
Commercial well being and good understanding among the American Republics. | Outdoor lighting Assassination of William McKinley X-ray machine |
8.00 | 7.0 | 141 | |
| 04/1904 - 12/1904 | Louisiana Purchase | St. Louis |
Louisiana Purchase | Forest Park Palace of Fine Art Vulcan statue Summer Olympics |
19.69 | 31.5 | 515 | 63 |
| 04/1905 - 11/1905 | Liège International (1905) | Liège |
Belgian Independence | 7.00 | 2.9 | 70 | 31 | |
| 04/1906 - 11/1906 | Milan International |  Milan |
Transport | Electric Tramways | 10.00 | 2.6 | 100 | 25 |
| 04/1907 - 12/1907 | Jamestown Exposition | Norfolk |
300th Anniversary of Jamestown's settlement | Railroad exhibits | 2.851 | 2.5 | 400 | |
| 05/1907 - 11/1907 | Irish International Exhibition | Dublin |
2.75[5] | 39 | ||||
| 06/1909 - 10/1909 | Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition |  Seattle |
Development of the Pacific Northwest | Forestry cabin | 10.00 | 3.7 | 100 | |
| 04/1910 - 11/1910 | Brussels International | Brussels |
Industries | 13.00 | 3.5 | 90 | ||
| 04/1911 - 11/1911 | Turin International | Turin |
International Exposition of Industry and Labor | 4 | 247 acres[6] | 30 | ||
| 04/1913 - 11/1913 | Ghent International | Ghent |
Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station | 9.50 | 3.3 | 130 | 26 | |
| 02/1915 - 12/1915 | Panama–Pacific International |  San Francisco |
Inauguration of the Panama Canal | Tower of Jewels Palace of Fine Arts |
19.00 | 25.8 | 254 | 32 |
| 03/1915 - 01/1917 | Panama–California | San Diego |
Celebrating the Opening of the Panama Canal | California Quadrangle Cabrillo Bridge Spreckels Organ Pavilion |
3.7 | 32 | ||
| 07/1922 - 02/1923 | Independence Centenary International Exposition |  Rio de Janeiro |
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Brazil's independence. | Nations' Avenue | 3.00 | 14 | ||
| 05/1929 - 06/1930 | Ibero-American Exposition | Seville |
Plaza de España (Seville) | 17 | ||||
| 05/1929 - 01/1930 | Barcelona International | Barcelona |
Arts and Industry | Barcelona Pavilion Palau Nacional Montjuïc Stadium |
25 | 118 | ||
| 05/1933 - 11/1933 | Century of Progress | Chicago |
A Century of Progress | Sky Ride Graf Zeppelin Homes of Tomorrow |
48.60 | 42.9 | 170 | 19 |
| 04/1935 - 11/1935 | Brussels International | Brussels |
Transports, Colonisation | 20.00 | 197 BEF | 152 | 30 | |
| 05/1937 - 11/1937 | Paris International | Paris |
Arts and Technology in modern life | Arc de Triomphe | 31.00 | 1,400 FRF | 105 | 44 |
| 04/1939 - 10/1940 | New York World's Fair | New York |
Building The World of Tomorrow | Flushing Park Bell Labs' Voder Magna Carta Sci-fi Convention |
45.00[7] | 155[8] | 500 | 60 |
| 12/1949 - 06/1950 | Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince |  Port-au-Prince |
Anniversary of foundation of Port-au-Prince | Gulf of Gonâve | 1 | 30 | ||
| 07/1958 - 09/1958 | Brussels World's Fair | Brussels |
A More Human World | Heysel Atomium |
41.00 | 2,500 BEF | 200 | 42 |
| 04/1962 - 10/1962 | Century 21 Exposition |  Seattle |
Man in the Space Age | Seattle Center Space Needle Seattle Monorail |
9.60[9] | 47[9] | 30 | 24 |
| 04/1964 - 10/1965 | New York World's Fair | New York |
Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe | Unisphere Audio-Animatronics |
51.61 | 262 | 58 | |
| 04/1967 - 10/1967 | Expo '67 |  Montreal |
Man and His World | Montreal Metro Habitat '67 Montreal Biosphère |
50.00 | 431 CAD | 365 | 62 |
| 04/1968 - 10/1968 | HemisFair '68 | San Antonio |
Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas | Tower of the Americas Institute of Texan Cultures HemisFair Arena |
6.40[10] | 156[10] | 37.64[10] | 23 |
| 03/1970 - 09/1970 | Expo '70 |  Osaka |
Progress and Harmony for Mankind | Tower of the Sun Moon rock Electric Cars[11] |
64.2 | 30 Profit[11] |
329.82[11] | 75 |
| 05/1974 - 11/1974 | Expo '74 | Spokane |
Tomorrow's Fresh New Environment | IMAX[12] | 4.80 | 78.4 | 41[12] | 11 |
| 05/1982 - 10/1982 | 1982 World's Fair | Knoxville |
Energy Turns the World | Sunsphere | 11.00 | 42[13] | 30[13] | 21 |
| 05/1984 - 11/1984 | 1984 World's Fair | New Orleans |
The World of Rivers | Convention Center | 7.30 | 350 | 33.99[14] | 26 |
| 03/1985 - 09/1985 | 1985 World's Fair | Tsukuba |
Dwellings and Surroundings - Science and Technology for Man at Home | 20.3 | 100[15] | 111 | ||
| 05/1986 - 10/1986 | Expo '86 | Vancouver |
Transportation and Communication | Science World Skytrain BC Place Canada Place |
22.11 | 311 CAD deficit | 70 | 54 |
| 04/1988 - 10/1988 | Expo '88 |  Brisbane |
Leisure in the Age of Technology | Sunsails, Skyneedle | 18.00 | 625 AUD | 40 | 36 |
| 04/1992 - 10/1992 | Expo '92 |  Seville |
The Era of Discovery | Puente del Alamillo | 41.80 | 215 | 108 | |
| 05/1992 - 08/1992 | Expo Colombo '92 |  Genoa |
Christopher Columbus, The Ship and the Sea | Aquarium of Genoa | 1.7 | 108 | ||
| 08/1993 - 11/1993 | Expo '93 |  Daejeon |
The Challenge of a New Road of Development | Expo Science Park, Daejeon Museum of Art | 14.50 | 25 | 108 | |
| 05/1998 - 09/1998 | Expo '98 |  Lisbon |
The Oceans: A Heritage for the Future | Pavilhão Atlântico Lisbon Oceanarium Pavilion of Portugal |
11.00 | 70 | 146 | |
| 06/2000 - 10/2000 | Expo 2000 |  Hanover |
Humankind, Nature, Technology | Hannover Principles | 18.00 | 3,400 DEM[16][17] | 160 | 155 |
| 03/2005 - 09/2005 | Expo 2005 | Aichi |
Nature's Wisdom | Satsuki and Mei's House ASIMO The Frozen Mammoth |
22.04 | 173 | 121 | |
| 06/2008 - 09/2008 | Expo 2008 | Zaragoza |
Water and Sustainable development | Bridge Pavilion Water Tower |
5.650 | 104 | ||
| 05/2010 - 10/2010 | Expo 2010 |  Shanghai |
Better City, Better Life | Expo Axis Oriental Crown (Currently China Art Museum, Shanghai) |
73.08 | 4,200 (5,800 including infrastructure)[18] | 528 | 192 |
| 05/2012 - 08/2012 | Expo 2012 | Yeosu |
The Living Ocean and Coast | The Big-O[19] The Sky Tower[20] |
8.20 | 176.9 | 25 | 103 |
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