Expo 2015

The World Expo 2015 will be held in Milan from May 1 to October 31, 2015.

The Expo is one of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE ), the major international exhibitions.

Milan already judged the world 1906 exhibition with the theme of transport.

• 5.1 countries
• 5.2 International organizations

• 6.1 International Partners
• 6.2 National Partners

History

In October 2003, the Italian government decided to compete with Milan for Expo 2015. As the exhibition grounds of the New Milan Trade Fair was provided, which opened in 2005. However, the final decision for Milan took place only on 31 March 2008 - at the conference of the Bureau International des Expositions in Paris, the city was able to prevail upon the delegates with 86 to 65 votes against the competitors Izmir. The award of Milan was celebrated in the city with a "Victory Parade". On 31 July 2013, the exhibition company announced a media partnership with the state broadcaster RAI, who will report under the name RAI Expo on the Milan International Exhibition.

Topic

The theme for the Expo 2015 Feeding the Planet, was ( Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life ) Energy for life chosen. It should combine technology, innovation, culture, tradition and creativity with the topics of nutrition and food and thus builds on themes that had played a role in previous World Expos (eg at the Expo 2008 in Saragossa with the theme of water and sustainable development). In view of new global scenarios and current problems, the focus is on the right of all people to healthy and adequate diet.

Infrastructure

The site, which will house the exhibition halls of the Expo 2015, extends north-west of Milan in the municipalities of Rho and Pero. It occupies an area of 1.1 km ² and renames City Life. Apart from the new exhibition center, Fiera di Milano, designed by architect Massimiliano Fuksas, creates a urban redevelopment of the entire area. The area has long been dominated by industrial plants and was then used both for agriculture and for logistical and municipal services. The two areas are connected by a pedestrian bridge, which is located next to the train station for future high-speed trains in Rho -Pero.

Pavilions

The individual pavilions will have an area 500-4500 square meters. It is envisaged that 56 % of the area will be planted. The Expo management expects visitor numbers of 20 million, with about 75 % of visitors are likely to come from Italy.

Germany

The participation contract for the EXPO 2015 was signed on 25 September 2012. The exhibition area of the German Pavilion will be approximately 4900 square meters and a total investment of 40 million euros is planned. In June 2013, the winning design of the Consortium German Pavilion EXPO 2015 Milan was ( Schmidhuber, Milla & Partner, Lamb Germany ) is presented. For the organization of the German Pavilion, Messe Frankfurt has been selected by the Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy.

Under the motto "Fields of Ideas", the German pavilion oriented clear the theme of EXPO 2015. Germany presents itself as a vibrant, fruitful "landscape" full of ideas for the diet of the future. The pavilion vividly illustrated how significant is appreciative of dealing with nature for food security and invites the visitor to take action themselves.

Architecture and exhibition are closely interlinked. The pavilion in the form of a gently sloping landscape level refers to a piece German field and field landscape. The central design element are stylized plants that grow as " ideas seedlings " from the exhibition to the surface where they can develop a canopy.

Visitors can see the "Fields of Ideas" discover in two ways: On the first path they stroll down the walk-through landscape level, inviting you to enjoy. The second path leads through the topics in the exhibition pavilion inside - from the sources of nutrition to food production and consumption in the urban world.

Austria

On 17 April 2012, Austria decided at the Expo 2015 to take part. The exhibition area of the Austrian pavilion is expected to be approximately 2,000 m². On January 13, 2014 was the Austria Pavilion for the World Expo 2015, under the motto is " Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life " at the 21er Haus, the Museum of Contemporary Art presents. 450 interested parties called for the tender documents, 56 creative teams submitted as part of an EU-wide design competition a draft. A jury determined the most suitable with regard to idea that space concept, feasibility and sustainability design in port. Contest winner is the interdisciplinary team.breathe.austria, which includes, among other representatives of the Graz University of Technology and BOKU Vienna. Your energy autarkic concept breathe.austria moves with the air, the " food number one" in the center. The exhibition area of 560 square meters is densely planted with native trees, all vegetation from shrubs to large trees goes through during the EXPO a regular seasonal cycle. " We use the high potential for identification of the unique air and quality of life in Austria and to discuss the natural and technical expertise of our country. According to the motto, Energy for Life ', we realize a pavilion to breathe - the air felt a dense forest of Austria. One breath in our Austrian forest remains two years in the lung, "said Klaus. K. Loenhart, the author of the winning project.

Switzerland

The Swiss Federal Council has decided on 12 May 2010 for Switzerland's participation in the Expo 2015. The Switzerland confirmed on 5 January 2011 to participate in the Expo 2015 against the host country Italy. A month later, on 3 February 2011, was celebrated in the Centro Svizzero in Milan in the presence of Mayor Letizia Moratti, the participation of Switzerland with an official purpose. On 27 October 2011 saw the signing of the contract took place.

The Switzerland is derived with the project Confooderatio Helvetica, a play on words from the Latin name of the Swiss Confederation, Confoederatio Helvetica (CH), and the English word for food, food, be represented. The Swiss pavilion will cover an area of ​​4,433 m² and come to stand close to the Italian Pavilion.

For the implementation of the 20 January 2012 from 103 submitted ideas that emerged from an anonymous two-stage competition winning project of netwerch GmbH from Brugg Presence Switzerland is responsible. The project provides in particular the construction of up to 12 meters high wooden towers that are filled with Swiss specialties, then where can serve the visitors. The consumed from the wooden towers edibles are not to be refilled again. So visitors should be made ​​aware that food supplies are not inexhaustible.

"The issue is particularly interesting because it opens up the discussion on several major challenges for the future of our planet. "

Members

Countries

Afghanistan Afghanistan Albania Albania Algeria Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Armenia, Austria Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bangladesh, Belarus Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil Brazil, Brunei Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burundi, Myanmar Myanmar, Cambodia Cambodia Cameroon Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cape Verde, Central African Republic Central African Republic, Chile, Chile, China, people's Republic of China, Colombia, Comoros Comoros, Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba Cuba, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Congo Democratic Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Ecuador Ecuador Egypt Egypt El Salvador El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Micronesia Foderierte States Micronesia, France France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia Georgia Germany Germany Ghana Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea, Guinea -Bissau, Guinea- Bissau, Greece, Haiti, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary Hungary, India, India, Indonesia, Iran Iran, Iraq Iraq Ireland Ireland Israel Israel Italy Italy ( host ), Ivory coast Ivory Coast, Japan, Japan, Jordan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Laos Laos Latvia Latvia Lebanon Lebanon, Liberia Liberia, Libya Libya, Lithuania, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali Mali Malta Malta Mauritania Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia Mongolia Montenegro Montenegro, Mozambique Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Niger, Nigeria, Nigeria, Oman, Palau Palau, Palestine National Authority Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines Philippines Poland Poland, Qatar Qatar, Congo, Republic of Congo, Romania Romania Russia Russia Rwanda Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Senegal Senegal Serbia Serbia Seychelles Seychelles Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Flag of South Korea South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Switzerland Switzerland, Syria, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey Turkey Turkmenistan Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uruguay, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom United Kingdom United States United States Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vanuatu Vatican city Vatican City, Vietnam, Yemen Yemen Zambia Zambia Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

International organizations

• CERN
• European union European Union
• FAO
• IOC IOC
• United Nations

Partner

International Partners

• Accenture Systems Integration
• Came: automation, management and control visitor access
• Cisco: Networks
• Eutelsat satellite communications
• Samsung: Edutainment

National Partners

• Coop Food
• Enel: Smart Energy and lighting solution
• Eni: Sustainability Initiatives
• Fiat Group: Mobility
• Fiera Milano Trade Fair Society
• Finmeccanica: Security
• Illy coffee
• Intesa Sanpaolo: Banking
• Telecom Italia: Connectivity and Services