CHICAGO, USA (AVING Special Report on 'NeoCon 2009') -- <Visual News> NeoCon World's Trade Fair took place from June 15-17, 2009, at the Merchandise Mart, Chicago. Returning for its 41st year, NeoCon is the country's largest conference and exhibition of contract furnishings for the design and management of the built environment. New to this year's NeoCon is the Light pavilion and conference, introducing leading edge lighting products specifically developed for the hospitality, commercial and health care industries.

Each year, NeoCon showcases thousands of new products from hundreds of the world's top manufactures in commercial, residential, health care, hospitality, institutional and government design products. Many of the product offerings was unveiled for the first time at NeoCon and spanned a wide range of categories, including: architectural products, artwork and accessories, building products and services, fabric, floor coverings, furnishings, kitchen and bath, lighting, outdoor furniture, stone and tile, sustainable design products, technology, textiles and wall coverings.

NeoCon offers the most comprehensive conference schedule in the industry, with more than 150 CEU-accredited seminars and industry association forums, fiving architects, designers and facility managers the opportunity to discover the newest trends and techniques from some of the top-manes in the industry. To complete the educational experience, NeoCon features significant keynote speakers each day of the conference.

NeoCon 2009 hosted more than 1,000 exhibitors and industry professionals from around the world, including: architects, interior designers, facility managers, space planners, dealers/distributors, manufactures/reps, corporate real estate executives office managers, purchasing managers, project managers, operations managers, engineers, building owners/managers, press and students.