1st October 2021 – 31st March, 2022
HISTORY
For 170 years, World Expos have provided a platform to showcase the greatest innovations that have shaped the world we live in today. Expo 2020 is continuing that tradition with the latest technology from around the globe.
Historical Innovations
Televisions
The first live TV broadcast was made at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. Super Hi-Vision Theater – commonly known as Ultra HDTV – debuted at Expo 2005 Aichi in Japan.
Computers
Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine – one of the first mechanical computers – was on display at the 1862 London International Exhibition on Industry and Art.
Visitors to the Seattle Century 21 Exposition in 1962 were stunned by IBM’s Shoebox – an early computer that responded to vocal commands.
Telephones
Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the world’s first telephone in 1876 at Philadelphia’s Centennial Exposition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine.
The Japan World Exposition Osaka 1970 gave visitors the first opportunity to discover the connectivity mobile-phone technology offered.
Food
Many food innovations have tickled tastebuds and debuted at World Expos, including popcorn and Heinz Ketchup at Philadelphia’s Centennial Exposition in 1876, and ice cream cones at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis in 1904.
UNDERSTANDING EXPO
Expo 2020 is a global platform to attract investments, forge agreements and promote international cooperation.
With millions of visitors and 192 participating countries, Expo 2020 is the place to rekindle business connections, and open new markets and revenue streams.
We all have the power to build a better world and shape the future. Discover what makes Expo 2020 Dubai unique and how we’re ‘Connecting Minds and Creating the Future’ through sustainability, mobility and opportunity.
For the first time in World Expo history, every participating country has its own pavilion. It is possible to immersive yourselves in cultural experiences and discover what makes each country unique as you explore the hundreds of pavilions.
Every day, more and more of us take a sustainable path towards a future where we all live in balance within our only home: Planet Earth. As we join forces, small actions grow into positive global movements that will help communities protect and preserve the world around us.
With mobility we have limitless connections. Explore horizons that drive human progress, as mobility continues to transform the way we live, connect with people, understand different cultures, and exchange knowledge and ideas.
Submitted by Sandy McInnes
MPL Newsletter Editor
