The 15th IEIA Open Seminar & Exhibition Services Expo 2026 set to bring together the most voices and innovators from the exhibition industry under one roof. Organised by the Indian Exhibition Industry Association (IEIA), the annual Open Seminar in May, is said to have grown into a flagship gathering that connects industry captains, decision-makers, and solution providers from India and across...

Ubaid Ahmad assumes the role of the Vice President of the Association; Jagdish Patankar remains as Honorary Secretary and P. Ramakrishna as Honorary Treasurer, while Sudeep Sarcar, Vipul Agarwal, and Dharampal Malhotra continue as Executive Committee Members for the 2025–2027 term. The new Members include Avisha Desai, Nazeeba Zarin, Pallavi Mehra, Satyendra Mehra and Sudhir Dhavan.

At an IEIA Roundtable in Delhi, government and industry leaders acknowledged that uneven pricing practices and weak destination-level planning are now bigger barriers than infrastructure itself.