# Global South Expo Hub

> Directory and aggregation platform for business, industrial and MICE events (trade shows, exhibitions, conferences) across the Global South — BRICS+, SCO, ASEAN, EAEU, African Union and MERCOSUR markets. Browse by industry, region and country.

## Core architecture
- All public pages are server-side rendered (SSR) as clean HTML; full text is present in the initial server response.
- Structured data is provided as a single JSON-LD `@graph` on every page, linking the Organization, WebSite, the page and the event via stable `@id` references.
- URLs use human-readable slugs. Legacy /event/<id> links 301-redirect to /event/<slug>.

## Key sections & navigation
- [Homepage](https://globalsouthexpo.com/) — platform description, trending events and browse-by entry points.
- [Events catalog](https://globalsouthexpo.com/events) — main catalog. Supported query parameters:
  - `?timeFilter=upcoming` — scheduled future events.
  - `?industryIds={slug}` — filter by industry sector.
  - `?regionIds={slug}` — filter by region.
  - `?countryIds={slug}` — filter by country.
  - `?search={term}` — full-text search.
  - Note: single-dimension filters 301-redirect crawlers to the canonical hub page below; filtered URLs are noindex,follow and are not listed in the sitemap.
- [Analytics & directory](https://globalsouthexpo.com/analytics) — server-rendered market analytics: tracked events, top regions/countries/industries by event count, region–industry clusters and upcoming events.
- [Industry hubs](https://globalsouthexpo.com/insights/industries/{slug}) — events and related regions/countries per industry.
- [Region hubs](https://globalsouthexpo.com/insights/regions/{slug}) — countries, events and top industries per region.
- [Country hubs](https://globalsouthexpo.com/insights/countries/{slug}) — events, parent region and top industries per country.
- [Event detail](https://globalsouthexpo.com/event/{slug}) — canonical source page for a single event.
- [WhoMatch](https://globalsouthexpo.com/whomatch) — B2B networking and matchmaking for event attendees.
- [For AI agents](https://globalsouthexpo.com/for-ai-agents) — technical notes for automated crawlers and assistants.
- [Methodology](https://globalsouthexpo.com/methodology) · [Data sources](https://globalsouthexpo.com/data-sources) · [About](https://globalsouthexpo.com/about) · [Submit an event](https://globalsouthexpo.com/submit-event)

## Data schema notes
- Event pages embed a specific event type — `ExhibitionEvent` or `BusinessEvent` — with `startDate`/`endDate` in ISO 8601, `location` (`Place` + `PostalAddress`), `organizer`, `offers` and `mainEntityOfPage`.
- The homepage and every page also expose `Organization` and `WebSite` nodes; `BreadcrumbList`, `CollectionPage` and `ItemList` are used where applicable.
- Locations include country names; address fields follow schema.org PostalAddress.

## Machine-readable
- Sitemap: https://globalsouthexpo.com/sitemap.xml
- Robots: https://globalsouthexpo.com/robots.txt
- Public API base: https://api.globalsouthexpo.com/api