Framing the story From Aichi in 2005 to Dubai in 2020, Christie technology helps spur innovation for over a decade of World Expos by Joe Kleiman
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n summer 2019, Christie announced its status as official projection and display partner for Expo 2020 Dubai, the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia region. Taking place between October 20, 2020-April 10, 2021 and billed as the World’s Greatest Show, Expo 2020 has projected attendance of 25 million visits. Its theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future” endeavors to provide a platform for global innovation and collaboration.
Expo overview
Since 2005, Christie technology has been implemented in more than 650 installations at World Expos and for Expo 2020, Christie technology will be used throughout Expo 2020’s 438-hectare site. The vast, domed structure of the show’s centerpiece, Al Wasl Plaza, will use over 250 of Christie’s D4K40RGB projectors to illuminate the dome with content that can be seen from the sky (more details below).
Cities bidding for the opportunity to host a World Expo compete for available slots scheduled by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) – the Paris-based organization that regulates these events – and are selected through a vote of the BIE member states.
A World Expo is a large-scale, themed international event held every five years, showcasing human innovation and national achievements. Nations of the world participate by creating exhibitions and pavilions, usually government funded, with the host city putting on an extensive display, often building new, permanent structures especially for the event. Corporations and NGOs also participate.
World Expos are vehicles of international goodwill that stimulate trade, development and tourism and for attractions industry
Conceptual illustration of Christie projection technology on display at Al Wasl Plaza. Courtesy Expo 2020 Dubai
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