IM wrote, "There was a certain drop in the number of visitors, speakers and companies with exhibition desks in the annual Congress "BioChem" in Helsinki, 27.-29.5.2009. It was a pity to see that a lot of paper industry-associated companies did not arrive to show their products. The depression of global economy was very easy to sense. After all: there were still active participants left, eg. the novel company SAMPLION Ltd. which is now distributing PMEU system for all areas of microbiological control."
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There may be several reasons for the drop of visitors of ChemBio Exhibition and seminars, indeed.
It is a tendency for congress and exhibition organizers to arrange this kind of meetings in late spring, before summer holidays. On the very same week, another big event of communal technology was held in Tampere, Finland.
This is a minor reason, however. As far as I have discussed with laboratory people after this fair, the lack of money and time (size of personnel has decreased in all laboratories!) means a lot.
Whenever the count of exhibitors drops, the interest of visitors behaves similarly. Why to go to an exhibition, if you are not sure about the deliveries? and you can find all information of the products in Internet?
Seminars, however, seemed to have high quality again. It was a pity that I can follow only a few of them, but I am sure that the level of presentations has not dropped a all!
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