Next Events & Conferences has been set up by Tony Robinson, who founded UKi Media & Events Ltd. in 1991, a company that has been a trailblazer in the B2B Exhibitions sector since its beginnings. Within a short space of time, it became the biggest non-German company running events in Germany, developed shows from inception across Europe, USA, China, India and South Korea, and was included in the Sunday Times Fast Growth Companies listing in 2007 as #34 fastest growing company in the UK. Many other accolades and successes were achieved. In 2010, while running UKi Media & Events, Tony gave rise to Smarter Shows Ltd. based in Brighton, which achieved its own rapid successes with, amongst others, The Battery Show in the USA and Europe. In 2018, he was involved in another start-up, TransGlobal Events, formed under the direction of his son. This company has created the world's biggest Hydrogen Technology Expo, currently incorporating more than 800 exhibitors in Europe with a parallel event in the USA.