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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
US Expo Pavilion Team Seeks Champion to Realize Presence at Shanghai 2010 World’s Fair, Rescue the US from Acute International Embarrassment and Prevent Trade Losses with Asia
If the right things happen, there’s just enough time to create a US
Pavilion for the Shanghai 2010 world’s fair that is worthy of the name,
according to Barry Howard.
Howard ( Barry Howard Limited), a renowned designer of educational exhibits for museums and world expos, is, with fellow designer Leonard Levitan, heading up the BH&L Group, a coalition that has been lobbying long and hard to get the US government to participate at Shanghai. Howard’s and Levitan’s combined credentials include dozens of world expo pavilions over the past 40 years. Their team of world’s fair experts, designers, technologists, China specialists and advisors is coordinated by Dr. Robert Jacobson, based in Santa Monica, Calif.
In a statement titled “The Shanghai 2010 World Expo: Another Potential US Diplomatic Blunder?” Howard and his colleagues write: “We need a private sector champion…a ‘CEO’ with a love of country, the imagination to collaborate in a cutting-edge creative adventure, and the courage to underwrite the initial costs of generating the visual presentation materials necessary to illustrate our current vision. With a fully articulated plan in hand, we will secure Congressional support and White House designation as the official United States Pavilion. We will aggressively seek sponsorship from US corporations, foundations, prominent philanthropists, and the American People to fund the design, construction, and operation of the Pavilion.”
The statement goes on to outline sponsorship plans, as well as the core educational message envisioned for the exhibits.
So far, the right things have not been happening. The Shanghai Expo opens May 1, 2010 and as of yet the US has made no commitment to participate.
In addition to being for public enjoyment, world’s fairs traditionally function as venues for the expression of international goodwill at the highest government levels, and for the fostering of trade relationships between the international business community. It seems unthinkable that the US would today snub a world’s fair hosted by China. Being in the throes of a recession makes it more difficult to fund such an enterprise - yet not to do so could further damage our country’s economic health and global standing. How can the US ignore a rising world power such as China?
As Howard declares, “Without immediate and decisive action on the part of American industry leaders the United States of America will be glaringly absent from this global celebration. The result will be an insult to the Chinese government, global humiliation for the American people, and a serious blow to the sale of US products and services in the vast Chinese market. The repercussions could reverberate for decades.”
For more information or a copy of the BH&L Group’s statement, contact Dr Robert Jacobson at the BH&L Group, bluefire@well.com.
See also:
BH&L Group Declares Mission to Make US Expo Pavilion at 2010 Shanghai World’s Fair a Reality
Spain’s Expo Zaragoza 2008: A Guide to the Best Pavilions and Shows
The Eye, the Dome, and the Expo: International Events and Attractions Abroad
As Nations around the Globe Pursue the Expo Dream, US Should Get Back in the Game
Images:
Top: The US pavilion at Osaka Expo 70 was noted for its inflatable roof
Middle:Buckminster Fuller's famous geodesic dome pavilion for Montreal Expo 67
Bottom: Expo promotions on public transit in Shanghai
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