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To kick off the partnership, Fundamentally Children founder Dr. Amanda Gummer will provide a series of articles based on her book Play for The Genius of Play’s website.

"The early registration numbers are an encouraging sign that Toy Fair continues to be a productive and not-to-miss event for buyers, licensors, trend spotters, and other play lovers.”

“Our goal is to create an event with a fresh, two-year format that will deliver best-in-class content and speakers that are relevant and inspiring to inventors and designers, marketing and PR professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives.”

‘The event drew a considerable, optimistic crowd and showcased thousands of compelling playthings from our industry’s most creative toymakers,’ says the TIA’s Marian Bossard.

“We are thrilled that next year we will not have the same overlap in dates with the Los Angeles previews," said Jay Foreman, chair of TIA’s Trade Show Committee.

The TIA hopes that the removal of gendered categories in its 2017 TOTY Awards will make the event more reflective and relevant of the current marketplace.

The TIA is also introducing 'a more efficient and transparent judging method' in a shake-up of how to determine finalists.

The consumer show will nearly double in size next year when it takes to Halls 1A and 1B of New York's Javits Center.

To mark the anniversary, the TIA has taken a look back over the last 100 years, highlighting key moments in the industry from 1916 to 2016 in a timeline.

Execs from Hasbro, Mattel, LEGO Systems, Spin Master, Barnes & Noble, TOMY, Nickelodeon and Just Play have joined the board.