Mr. Edward Liu

Managing Director

Conference & Exhibition Management Services (CEMS)

Mr. Edward Liu, PBM, has been the Managing Director of Conference & Exhibition Management Services (CEMS) Pte Ltd since 1980. CEMS had organized numerous conferences and exhibitions in Singapore, ASEAN and SAARC countries, as well as in China and South Africa.

Mr Liu was the first elected President of the Singapore Association of Convention & Exhibition Organisers & Suppliers (SACEOS) in 1981, when he launched the inaugural Asian Aerospace series.

Dubbed by Singapore’s Straits Times daily as “The Exhibition Man” in 1984, Mr. Liu went on to become the President of the Asian Federation of Exhibition & Convention Associations (AFECA), from 2007 to 2015.  AFECA, which is headquartered in Singapore, has some 130 members from 19 Asian countries.
In addition, Mr. Liu had served on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Exhibitions & Events based in Dallas, USA and had represented the IAEE in China for many years. In recognition of his leadership in the global exhibition industry, the Events Industry Council (EIC) of the United States has inducted Mr Liu into the Halls of Leaders in October 2018.

As President of SACEOS in 2010, Mr. Liu had hosted the UFI 2010 Congress at the world-class Marina Bay Sands (MBS) Singapore which was attended by more than 550 delegates from all over the world.

In China, Mr. Liu had organised more than 30 tourism exhibitions in Beijing, Guilin, Xian and Chengdu from 2005 to 2019, prior to the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. In 2005, Mr. Liu assisted in the launch of the premiere CEFCO series.