AIN Expo 2017

AOIN Expo 2017 is a universal scale registered exposition time slot sanctioned by the Alliance Economic Agency. It is expected to be held on October-December 2017 in Kaijo, Teiko. The AINExpo 2017 will be the first Alliance wide exposition since 2012.

Bids and bidding
The bidding for host city of the AIN Expo 2017 was opened in 30 August, 2017. A set of guidelines was posted by the Alliance Economic Agency to help member states in the bidding. Among others the following were written as required criteria in bidding:
 * Bidding host city must have a population of at least 250,000
 * Bidding host city must have at least 4 in game images
 * Bidding host city must at least showcase its hotel, transportation and security
 * Bidding host city must have a logo and a theme
 * Bidding host city must have a venue for the AIN Expo
 * Bidding host city must have a national and city profile

As of 30 September 2017, three cities have expressed interest and have applied to bid, Cerignola di Lecce, Kaijo and Wolfskreut. Bidding had closed on 12 midnight of 30 September 2017 (GMT+8). Voting will open on 1 October 2017 and will run until 7 October 2017. The voting style will employ similar methods (alternative voting system) used in the selection of the host city of the 2017 Alliance Summer Games. The winning bid will be announced on 7 October 2017 before 12 midnight (GMT+8).

Host City Election
The AEA voted to select the host city of the AIN Expo 2017 from 30 September 2017 until 7 October. An alternative voting system was implemented in selecting the host city. Since no candidate city was able to reach the required majority of 9 votes, the candidate city with the least votes was eliminated and its second choice votes was distributed to the remaining two candidate cities. In the final run-off between Kaijo and Wolfskreut, Kaijo was selected by 10 votes to 7.