World Out-of-home Organization will hold first in-person European Regional Forum November 4-6 in Milan

This comes at a time when according to WOO’s latest Global Expenditure Survey, Europe has overtaken North America in terms of size of market by revenue, reflecting its position as the test bed for many of the most exciting developments and innovations in the industry, especially in rapidly-growing digital Out of Home (DOOH.)

This too, is reflected in the increasingly dynamic Italian OOH market making Milan the perfect venue for this Europe Forum.

WOO’s very first Regional Forum was online from London in 2021 and since then the Organization has held in-person Forums in South Africa, Bali, Dubai and Malaysia plus highly successful Annual Congresses in Toronto, Lisbon and Hong Kong.

WOO President Tom Goddard says: “It’s easy to take for granted,  the huge contribution Europe has made and is making to the strong growth of OOH in the global market as we also focus on Asia and regions further afield.

“The outlook for OOH in Europe is buoyant despite the various geopolitical issues and overtaking North America by value is a major achievement and step forward for the global industry as we clear the 5% of global ADEX hurdle and head towards an even brighter future. Milan will be an unmissable celebration of an industry in fine form.”

For further information: contact Richard Saturley at richard@worldooh.org

About WOO

 The World Out of Home Organization is the only global Out of Home Association, working to promote and improve the OOH industry on behalf of its members. Board members include the major international companies – JCDecaux and Clear Channel – as well as blowUP media from Europe, OUTFRONT Media and Lamar from the US,, Provantage from South Africa, oOh!media from Australia and Asiaray from Hong Kong. In addition, the following OOH associations are represented on the Board, the OAAA in the US, Alooh from Latin America, the IOAA from India, FAW from Germany and the OMA in Australia.

Membership is open to all companies who operate in the OOH sector and, as a non-profit Organization, funds are reinvested in industry issues such as research and the annual international congress. WOO is a member of EASA in Europe, as well as a founding member of ICAS, and actively works to help the membership with legislation issues within their own countries as well. It also aims to lobby for Out of Home advertising with authorities, international organizations, opinion formers and other elements of the communication media. More information is available at www.worldooh.org