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2012 Looking for other opportunities related to Expo 2012, Expo 2015, and the bids for Expo 2017 and Expo 2020.
  Writer of Urso's World of Expo in Expo 2012's
official blog
  Continue to maintain the independent WorldExpo2012.com site, which now receives over 10,000 visits each month.
  Completely updating the ExpoMuseum.com site, which received nearly a quarter of a million visits in 2011.
2011 Helped create a proposal for the United States Pavilion at Expo 2012 as a part of a State Department request for proposals
  Contributed to the 2012 Themed Entertainment Association Annual and Directory as the writer of World's Fairs: The Next Decade
  Assisted the Bay Area Council's efforts to create California's bid for Silicon Valley to host Expo 2020
2010
Wrote about Expo 2010 and contributed photography for FunWorld Magazine, the official magazine of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
  Guest on public radio program Here on Earth talking about world's fairs on the occasion of Expo 2010's opening
Contributed as a regular freelance writer to China Daily's Expo 2010 section
  Quoted in several media stories in conjunction with the opening of Expo 2010 (CNN.com, BusinessWeek, Japan Times, etc.)
  Featured in China Central Television story about former world's fairs in the United States (see video at right)
  Launched ShanghaiWorldsFair.com as a record of Expo 2010's pavilions
  Featured in Shanghai 2010 television program broadcast on PBS
2009
2020 World's Fair efforts outlined in front page article in Wall Street Journal.
  Created The World's Fair Podcast, the first podcast exclusively about international expositions.
2008
Profiled in February 2008 issue of Architect Magazine
  Graphic Designer for The Expo Book published by InPark Magazine
Attended Expo 2008 as a member of the press, Zaragoza, Spain
  Published review of Expo 2008 in Blooloop.com.
Became a frequent reoccurring guest on the Season Pass Podcast for first time.
2007
Attended 1982 World's Fair 25th anniversary celebrations, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
  Profiled in Chicago Tribune article about world's fairs
2006
Created 2020WorldsFair.com, SFPavilion.com, and USA-BIE.org
Appeared on CityTV on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Expo 86, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (see Communications page)
2005
Attended and helped promote World's Fair History Symposium, San Francisco, California, USA
Attended Expo 2005, as a guest of Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), including seminars involving Expo 2008, Expo 2010, and the Association of Cities and Regions Hosting an International Exposition (AVE)
2004
Chosen as designer of Expo 2005 Linimo (maglev) train exterior as part of an international design competition, Aichi Prefecture, Japan (see Graphic Design page)
Toured Expo 2005 site under construction, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
2001
Created WorldExpo2012.com, originally to promote the concept of a world's fair in New York City
2000
Attended Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany
1999
Toured Expo 2000 site under construction, Hannover, Germany
1998
Attended Expo 98, Lisbon, Portugal
Founded ExpoMuseum.com, which has become the preeminent online world's fair source, receiving over 20,000 unique visitors monthly
1986
Attended Expo 86, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 20 years later, I would appear on CityTV Breakfast Television to talk about this world's fair. (see Communications page)
1984
Attended the Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans, USA. 26 years later, I would appear on CCTV News to talk about this expo. (see video and photo at right)
1983
Studied world's fair history as part of an independent study course
1982
Attended the 1982 World's Fair, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
   
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2010: China Central Television

In April 2010, I was invited by China Central Television to join them in New Orleans for a news segment about the 1984 World's Fair, the last world expo held in the United States. It was put together on the occasion of Expo 2010, China's first world's fair
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Urso Chappell on Shanghai 2010
2009: Shanghai 2010 Program

My segments for the television program Shanghai 2010 were filmed at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, home of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

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Expo 2005's Linimo Train
2004-2005: Expo 2005 Linimo

To see video about the Expo 2005 Linimo design, see the Graphic Design page.

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ExpoMuseum logo
1998: ExpoMuseum

ExpoMuseum has grown to become THE world's fair source online. It has spun off several other sister sites.

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At the 1984 Louisisiana World Exposition
1984: Louisiana World Exposition

I attended my second world's fair at the age of seventeen. Here I stand before the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
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