The world's biggest too big event, Traveling to Germany "CeBIT"

Original techno pop group "KraftwerkThe German Expo held in 2000 when the resurrection. Computer related Expo that made the site the exhibition hall "CeBIT"(I read it as CeBIT). It is said that it is the world's largest IT event, but how big is it all over?

The unknown actual situation will be sent in the report with local photograph below. Everything is different in scales and contents from the exhibitions in Japan etc.
It was spring of 2002 that I came to CeBIT for the first time. The company that gave me the invitation was a placement map like the one below. As I was exhibiting at "6" in the picture below, it was said that he came to visit us. (The picture is for 2007)


When I purchased a ticket and passed through the gate, a big hole like a picture was waiting.


I immediately entered this hall and looked for where the "6" booth was. However, in the area written as "6", several companies are exhibiting instead of one company .... I asked the Chinese people who was exhibiting an incongruous thing "I heard that this is 6 around here?", But English does not spread well well ... .... It is a Chinese guy who is exhibiting in the German event ... It can not be helped ... to search for information .... The fact of astonishment when asking ... ....

The thing that ranged from "1" to "26" was not the exhibition booth, but "Holding HallIt was a figure of! It is!


Certainly it says "P" in the map ... ... certainly ... the parking lot can not be inside the hall .... As you can see the picture above, the size of one booth is pretty It's .... When asking Miss Information, "How can I go to Hall 6?", It is good to take a bus running on the premises ... Bus ......! Is it?

In other words, the number of exhibitors is about 8000 companies! 307 companies are exhibiting on average even in one hole. If I thought that the list of exhibitors was not in the brochure, it seemed to be paying, it was thicker than a little Japanese dictionary ... .... (By the way, the number of visitors to CeBit 2002 is 700,000,Population of Shimane prefectureIt is almost the same)

The inside of the hall is also wide, and I see a senior who moves by electric scooter in the chicchiko venue


There are also many two-story booths, exhibited on the first floor and meetings on the second floor


Finally I came to the booth of the desired security software. The destination was a partner at that time G DATA Software. It was around the time I was campaigning like "Anti-Norton" when I was kicking away Norton's share and being vigorous. And while walking I found a booth of Symantec (Norton) ......

A yellow person protruding from the Symantec booth ... ... This is what product of Symantec's product ... ....? And if I thought ... ....


How! This is the destination G DATA Software booth! It is a composition that G DATA is helping a yellow person seeking help from the next booth ... ... Is it such an ant? Is it?


While looking at various booths, it's 17:58 ... it's closed already. For the time being, I was invited to the second floor to say "I would like to say Dr. Dirk" to a man who seemed to be a staff at the booth.

When I go up to the second floor, a woman who puts beer in the tray is asking "Via?" Eh ... ... It's already closed ... ....? I thought that ... ...


At the booth, something cuisine began to be prepared


The booth is in a party state so that the snow will collapse as it is. How about closing? When asked "until the party is over".


After all, on this day, the party at the booth was over around 23 o'clock. I went to the hotel rubbing my eyes with jet lag and drink too much. I have not checked in to the hotel yet, and I printed the address printed paper to a taxi driver.

While the snow remains from the taxi, I can not find anything that seems to be a hotel even though it is lowered (photo is during the day, but it is past 24 o'clock actually)


There are not anything like a convenience store nearby. That should be that, Germany is "Closing law"Under the law of 20 o'clock you can not basically sell like supermarkets and convenience stores. In the pitch darkness, check the address written on the paper against what appears to be the address on the nameplate. Then it turned out to be pretty close. I decided to call by phone.
"I am planning to stay today ... .... (In Japanese accents English)"
"Where are you now, in German accented English?"
"The nameplate is in front of the house with the same address as the hotel"
That said, the door of the house is incredible! It is!

What was being booked was not a hotel, but a house of very futu ... ....?


"Is this the room I reserved for? (A scary Japanese accent)"
"Of course, if possible, I wanted you to come back sooner"
Apparently the wife of this house opened the door. She seems to be living with her son, but my son is not in this house because I live in a dorm. So, when we go through the room ......

In this son's room ......


"Here, my room?"
"Of course! What time is tomorrow morning? Toast, there is no Chinese food (laugh)"
Apparently, it seems to be a homestay ... .... Later, as you know, there are not many hotels near the venue, so many people staying in the neighboring house will do homestay like this and you can book from the hotel's internet site! As the Shinkansen ICE passes through the venue venue, many people come from Hamburg etc. in the range of 30 minutes to 1 hour. Because the theme of Expo 2000 was "people, nature, technology", it seems that they did not construct unnecessary hotels in creating the venue. If the accommodation is insufficient, stay at the local people's house and return to the site. The price of the Shinkansen is less than half of the price of Japan. Sure, it may be a rational way of thinking.

bonus.Advertisement advertised on the train station. Everyone in Germany has the same trouble. One Ueno Banana!


[Reported by JagYamamoto]