Supporting programme spoga+gafa 2008

In cooperation with various partners from the sector, publishers and purchasing cooperatives, Koelnmesse is organizing the second International Specialist Trade Centre in and for the area of Outdoor Technology.
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Hall 6, B 30

For the second time at the fair, a competition titled “Top garden centre 2008 — Fit for the future” will be staged in cooperation with the magazine Grüner Markt. Here, a prize will be awarded to the garden centre whose approach is most suited to the requirements of the future.
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Hall 10.2, D 10
Award ceremony: 12:30 p.m. on 31st August 2008

“cologne floral” special show — “gafa floral” floristry competition
At this year’s spoga+gafa, the “gafa floral” floristry competition is being staged for the fifth time as part of the “cologne floral” special show.
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Hall 10.2, B 70
Award ceremony for “gafa floral”: 1:30 p.m. on 31st August 2008

Outdoor technology can be tried out by visitors at “spoga+gafa in action!” in the outdoor area of the exhibition centre between Halls 6 and 7. Here, the basic conditions will be created to enable visitors to use the new products to saw, drive and shred.
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Outdoor area between Halls 6 and 7

The theme “Straight talk! What can I expect from the government in the future?” will be the focus of the 17th IVG discussion event on 1st September. At this event, the guest speaker will be Oswald Metzger, the former speaker of the Green Party for budgetary policy, who is now a member of the CDU in Baden-Württemberg.
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Congress Centre North, Konrad Adenauer Saal
6 p.m. on 1st September 2008

The third spoga Talk, which will be staged again by Koelnmesse in cooperation with the editors of Möbelmarkt Ritthammer Verlag looks set to provide visitors with exciting information. The topic will be “The European outdoor furniture market”. The Italian market research institute CSIL will present facts and figures from a new study which will be published this summer.
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Congress Centre East, Europasaal
6 p.m. on 1st September 2008

In cooperation with Koelnmesse, the publisher Dähne Verlag is presenting the International Garden Corner, which will offer visitors a new programme every day.
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Hall 10.2, E 11

Once again the party will take place at the Tanzbrunnen on the first day of the fair.
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Rheinterrassen, Theater am Tanzbrunnen
Sunday, 31. August 08
From 6 p.m.