"Atlanta is the perfect home for IPE and we are proud to continually host their annual event," said Spurgeon Richardson, president and CEO of Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau. "The city has grown with the convention and has been able to offer attendees a different experience every year."
The expo represents every segment of the poultry and egg industry and will be held through Friday.
The event is co-located with the International Feed Expo for the second year in a row and will feature more than 900 exhibitors, educational programs, cooking demonstrations, an expo for college students and keynote speakers including the U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez.
"The relationships we have developed over the years with the staffs of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Georgia World Congress Center and the hotel community have been ones of mutual respect," said John Starkey, president of the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, the event sponsor. "The IPE is known as the 'Atlanta Show' in many quarters."
The International Poultry Expo and the International Feed Expo are the world's largest trade shows for the poultry, egg and feed sectors of the industry. www.ipe08.org
Fast Facts
2008 show highlights
Estimated attendance: 19,000
Estimated hotel room nights generated: 25,000
Estimated economic impact: $20,410,000
IPE/IFE is the 21st largest convention/event held for the year
In the past five years, the event has attracted nearly 94,000 attendees and $98.1 million in economic impact
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On the Net: International Poultry Expo 2008. http://www.ipe08.org
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