Upcoming Events

The 17th Congress of UPDEA bring together hundreds of professionals in the electric energy sector and related industries throughout Africa. This year's theme is the development of African energy potential and integration of networks for African counties' sustainable development.

WINDPOWER® is the focal point for wind professionals to network with and learn from industry leaders and experts, and to discover the latest in industry products and services. All of your industry peers – and competitors – will be at WINDPOWER 2012; it’s where serious wind professionals convene to grow their companies, find solutions to their business challenges, and reconnect with colleagues and friends.

Coordinated control of voltage and reactive power through the use of capacitor banks and regulators is one way that utilities can control demand and increase system efficiency. Of course, all of this must be managed by a sophisticated system of automatic controls. These types of advanced volt/VAR projects are gaining in popularity, and many leading utilities have included volt/VAR control as part of their overall smart grid road maps. This conference will discuss the business case, the technical considerations, and the benefits of distribution system optimization by controlling voltage and reactive power.

Ventyx speaker: John Barnick, Director of Distribution Industry Solutions.

NEFTEGAZ is Russia's leading oil and gas industry exhibition. It is a unique opportunity for leading European, Asian and American manufacturers to showcase their oil and gas production and processing equipment, to establish direct trade relations, and achieve marketing goals.

The National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid is the premier event in the US focused on the business and policy aspects of demand response and its enabling technologies and applications. It is unique in that it devotes an entire day to roundtable discussions featuring experts in demand response and smart grid, who discuss with each other and with the audience the latest trends, issues, and business developments.

Ventyx speaker: Clinton Davis, Director, Product Strategy - Smart Grid

The Nuclear Information Technology Strategic Leadership (NITSL) group is a nuclear industry group of all nuclear generation utilities that exchange information related to information technology management and quality issues. NITSL is an organization that brings together the leaders in the nuclear utility industry and regulatory agencies to address the issues involved with information technology used in nuclear-powered utilities. NITSL maintains an awareness of industry information technology-related initiatives and events, and communicates those events to the membership.

“Nuclear – Still the One! The Right Business – The Right Results – The Right Way Forward”

The Asset Intensive Industry Summit is the premier event for essential industries, bringing together leaders in mining, transport, energy, public infrastructure, and defense to discuss the latest ideas, trends and developments in support of maximizing the asset value chain.

By attending, you’ll get up to speed on the latest industry developments and trends, and get real-world advice on how to stay ahead of the competition, maximize profitability, increase safety, and ensure compliance.

Save the date. Registration coming soon.

MINExpo® is widely recognized as the premier exposition of mining equipment and services in the world, featuring a wide range of new product introductions and exhibits of some of the largest mining equipment. It is attended by many of the leading executives and professionals in the world mining industry. Experts from all segments of the mining industry lead education sessions that tackle some of the most timely and pressing issues facing the industry.

DistribuTECH Brasil is an electricity transmission and distribution event covering smart metering, distribution automation, energy efficiency, commercial energy losses and long-distance high-voltage electricity transmission issues.

Metering, Billing/CRM Europe is the industry leading meeting place for smart utility professionals and your platform to discuss the latest developments, solutions and benchmarks in the smart utility industry.

ABB Australia launches its first Automation and Power World event. Case studies, demonstrations and panel sessions will focus on themes such as grid reliability, industrial productivity, energy efficiency, renewables and environment and lifecycle management.