Gordon Linden – TAA Canada Guest Speaker
October 26, 2010
TAA President Duane Fast is deputized by Gordon Linden into The Expo Book Team
On October 20, 2010 the Themed Attraction Association Canada put together a special Expo event. It was held at the Creekside Community Centre, an Olympic heritage building on the former Expo 86 site.
This was an event close to the TAA’s heart. TAA Canada was born after Expo 86. Our founding members worked together to produce that amazing event and then joined forces to start the Themed Attraction Association. Our purpose was not only to liaise with other people in the same industry, but also to work together to get more international work of the same caliber. And we’ve been pretty successful–our members have worked on every World Expo since 1986.
For this event we brought in a guest speaker from California. Gordon Linden is an acknowledge expert on Expos and the author of a well-known book on the topic.
Full House at the TAA Canada Expo Event
THE EXPO BOOK addresses all aspects of the complex and rewarding business of creating an outstanding and successful world expo–from seeking registration with the Bureau of International Expositions, to selecting a site and formulating a theme, through all the subsequent planning, financial, operations and development issues including the transition to post-use of the site. It is probably the definitive source for expo information.
At this well-attended event Gordon gave us a great overview of Expos past, present and future. He discussed what went wrong and what went right, as well as what to expect next.
Spectacular location combined with fascinating speaker equals amazing event!
