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IMTS 2026 runs 14-19 September at McCormick Place, Chicago. Your complete guide to registration costs and free international entry, hours by building, the reshuffled floor plan, the new Industrial AI Arena, and what a booth actually costs.
Automechanika Frankfurt 2026 runs 8-12 September at Messe Frankfurt. Your complete guide to trade-only admission, ticket prices, halls and zones, HighTech4Mobility, and how to exhibit at the world's leading aftermarket trade fair.
Farnborough Airshow 2026 drew a record 141,580 visitors and 1,636 exhibitors, but commercial deals totalled $84.7 billion, down from an estimated $105 billion in 2024 - a record global backlog of 16,925 aircraft, not fading demand, was the constraint. SMBC Aviation Capital placed the week's biggest order (200 aircraft), Canada formally became GCAP's first observer nation, and BAE Systems revealed Brontanax, a fighter-scale combat drone it had secretly self-funded since 2022 - one week after the UK named its own competing programme, Storm Fighter. Farnborough 2028 runs 17-21 July.
IFA Berlin 2026 runs 4-8 September at Messe Berlin. Your complete guide to trade and private days, ticket prices, IFA Global Markets, the B2B programme, exhibitors and travel.
Cannes Lions 2026 entries fell 25.46% to 20,050 from 92 countries, down from 26,900 in 2025, after new Awards Integrity Standards introduced proof of impact, dual CEO and CMO sign-off, and bans of up to three years. Mother London took the Film Grand Prix for two Super Bowl spots that satirise ad-supported chatbots, AB InBev won the inaugural Creative Brand Lion, and Kenya and Greece won their first-ever Grand Prix. Cannes Lions 2027 runs 21-25 June 2027.
MWC Shanghai 2026 closed with 37,300 attendees from 143 countries, international attendance up 33% year over year, and 400-plus exhibitors, sponsors and partners. GSMA Director General Vivek Badrinath used the keynote to move the industry's mission from connecting people to enabling intelligent machines, HONOR's record-setting humanoid Flash opened the show, and the edition hosted the global MWC debut of a dedicated 6G Zone ahead of WRC-27. MWC Shanghai 2027 runs June 23-25, 2027.
