SISO CEO Summit in April 2021
The Society of Independent Show Organizers and Exposition Development Company Inc. have signed a three-year extension to their management services agreement that began in 2016. SISO is a global association for the independent show organizer community, and ExpoDevCo is an independent trade show and event organizer. Services provided by ExpoDevCo to SISO include all association staff, member services and event management.
David Audrain has served as the executive director of SISO since 2015 and will now assume the role of CEO as well. Audrain has also been the CEO and partner of ExpoDevCo since 2012.
"We are very pleased to have renewed our agreement with David and the ExpoDevCo team," said Hervé Sedky, CEO of Emerald and chair of the SISO board of directors. "They have done an exceptional job making SISO the most valuable membership a show organizer can invest in. We look forward to the continued growth of SISO under David's leadership."
Every year, ExpoDevCo plans the SISO CEO Summit, a networking and information-sharing event for both large and small organizers. The 2022 event will be held March 21-24 at The Vinoy Renaissance Resort & Golf Club in St. Petersburg, Fla.
"SISO is a unique global organization, representing the majority of the largest show organizers in the world, as well as many of the small entrepreneurial ones," said Audrain. "SISO has been of tremendous value to me and our company over the years, and I am very happy to be able to give back to an industry that I care deeply about."