Parking Goes toWork, Around theWorld


being held in some of the world’s most exotic and romantic locations.


W Want to stay close to home? How about Quebec City,Wash-


ington, DC, or Denver. Prefer Europe? There are Breda in the Netherlands and Vienna in the fall. Have a taste for the more exotic? Set your sights on Istanbul, Sao Paulo orAbu Dhabi.The parking industry is out there, inviting you to visit. The International Parking Institute begins the tour this year


with its annual convention and expo in May in Denver. The largest event of its type in NorthAmerica, the granddaddy of all parking shows promises to have 200 exhibitors andmore than 80 informational and training events. May also is the month for Intertraffic Istanbul. The Ams-


terdam-based RAI organization is one of the oldest companies holding such traffic and parking events. Istanbul is one of their newest, but it’s being held in the 17th largest economy in the world promises surprises that only the exotic Middle East can provide. The Canadians travel to theNetherlands in June to hold their


biennialWorld Parking Symposium at Breda University. Schol- ars and consultants from around the globe make presentations, hold seminars, and discuss parking past, present and future. This is for people for whom theory is extremely important. Parking issues for the next decade will be discussed here. The European ParkingAssociation Congress inVienna in


September brings together organizations from across the conti- nent to broach common problems and issues. The 22 countries that make up the EPA have mature parking issues (UK, France, Germany) and emerging ones (Slovenia, Cyprus, Croatia). This is awonderfulmix of parking cultures, andwellworth the visit to one of Europe’smost beautiful cities. Want a bit of European culture but don’t want to travel


across the pond? How about a piece of France in Canada.Attend the Canadian ParkingAssociation Conference in Quebec City in October.Dust off your French dictionary and join one of themost active parking associations anywhere for a four-day learning and sharing event. Golf, food, great receptions, a world-class exhibit hall, and good training – whatmore can a parking traveler want. Going overseas too rich for your blood? Celebrate parking


theAmerican way with the National ParkingAssociation (NPA) in October in the nation’s capital. The NPA bills this event as the place to do business. These are people in the business who know how to network, buy, sell and talk parking. Plus, see a museum, get some history. Join the NPA inWashington, DC. October ends with a business-vacation trip to Pasay City, just up the road fromManila in the Philippines. The exhibition


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company Ex-Link is bringing speakers fromaround the world to this first-of-its kind event. Doing business in the Pacific Rim? The Philippine International Parking Expo and Conference is the place to meet customers.Want to see what is happening in the emergingThirdWorld? Go to the Philippines, where parking is hopping. The second edition of theMiddle East Parking Symposium


is being held in November inAbu Dhabi, UAE. This small but important venue is where theMiddle East meetsWest. Sheiks in flowing robes sit on sofas and hearBrits andAmericans tell about parking issues.And they have them. The fast-growing countries such as Dubai,Abu Dhabi, SaudiArabia, Qatar and others neg- lected their parking planningwhen building their huge buildings. Now it’s catch-up time. Plus, you can visit the most expensive hotel on earth in Dubai (an hour up the road) or the famous gold and spicemarkets. The parking year ends in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This huge city


in the heart of the most vibrant economy in the western hemi- sphere is host ofTranspoQuip LatinAmerica 2009 a parking and transportation trade event. But this year it will be different. Another event is being held at the same time and the same place – Expo Estadio.Brazil is hosting theWorldCup in 2014 and bid- ding strongly for the Olympics. It needs infrastructure and stadi- ums and practice fields, with each, in turn, needing parking. If you build it, run it or design it, Sao Paulo is your destination in mid-November.


To see dates and hot links to all these parking industry events, log on to www.parkingtoday.com. Then click on “Find It” and “Calendar.”


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ONDERING WHAT TO plan for vacation this year? Why not combine business with pleasure and attend one of the 10 major parking events


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