- Expo 2020
2020 is a Universal scale Registered Exposition time slot which can be sanctioned by the
Bureau of International Expositions ,Paris between 2011 and 2014.Once a city has lodged a bid with the BIE other cities will have six months to respond. The earliest allowed time to lodge a bid is 2011, and the latest is 2014.
As a Registered Exposition it must be six months in length and adhere to a wide universal theme that applies to all humanity.
Recent themes of Universal Expositions include "Man and His World"
Montreal Expo 67 , and "Discovery"Seville Expo 92 .The following cities have indicated an interest in hosting Expo 2020:
** (proposed bid) [http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20080612/koebenhavn/80612042/]
** (proposed bid) [http://www.houston2020.org]
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** (proposed bid) [http://www.2020worldsfair.com]
** (proposed bid) [http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23676499-3102,00.html]In particular, the Brisbane bid co-incides with the 250th Anniversary of Australia 1770-2020 and with a possible Olympics Games bid for the same year [http://www.foundationexpo88.org/brisbaneexpo2020lympiad.html] .
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