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March 26-28, 2013. CTWI’s full title? The Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition 2013, brought to you by ICOTA, the International Coiled Tubing Association, a not-for-profit, member-funded organization with the primary objective of improving communication and promotion of technical awareness within the well intervention industry. Membership comprises individuals from all sectors of the coiled tubing industry, including service users, service providers, tubing and equipment manufacturers. The event featured a diverse range of presentations that covered innovative solutions, practices, and performance improvements across all sectors of the industry. This claims to be the global E&P industry’s foremost venue for the latest intervention technologies, with a peer-selected technical program. Attendees were typically design and drilling engineers, completion engineers, production engineers, R&D professionals, operations managers, executives and consultants. All were “Well Coiled” to strike, you might say…
February 28 – March 2, 2013. IE3, or the Indoor Environment & Energy Expo (formerly the Indoor Air Expo), is the country’s largest marketplace for the indoor environmental and energy services contracting industry. The 2013 Expo was co-presented by ACCA, the Indoor Air Quality Association, and RESNET, each of which was hosting their own annual conference in conjunction with the Expos. When it came to what part of the industry would grow the most, CEOs at the show agreed that new homes represented a major opportunity. But, they also said that business had not yet reached the “old normal” that the industry knew before the economy went down. It was noted that replacement and upgrades have not grown to the level that many had hoped. However, new home work is growing as people are starting to buy. Consumer thought processes changed with the changing economy, it was postulated, and the way for contractors to find growth areas is to realize that change, and find ways to give customers what they want. Now THAT’s a revolutionary concept..!
February 4-7, 2013. At 1.1 billion gallons and climbing, biodiesel has become a force to be reckoned with in meeting America’s ever-escalating fuel supply needs. The annual National Biodiesel Conference & Expo is the event that gathers biodiesel decision-makers from all around the United States and beyond. The theme of this year’s conference was Momentum, referring to the powerful platform that drives biodiesel business year-round. The show was attended by fuel producers, petroleum distributors, corn and soybean growers and agricultural commodity organizations, scientists, policy makers, and alternative fuel users and enthusiasts. The Biodiesel Conference explored topics of governmental policy, technical issues and marketing trends in the biodiesel industry. United States Agriculture Department (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack addressed a standing room only crowd on the final day, saying that the biodiesel industry is helping the country become secure through innovation. King Corn has a new domain…
January 29-31, 2013. 440 exhibitors and nearly 10,000 delegates descended on the San Diego Convention Center for DistribuTECH 2013, seeking examples of new utility technologies. Exhibitors and presenters at DistribuTECH were on hand to enlighten the curious. Innovative utilities (and vendors to utilities) were determined to show that for every energy challenge there was an array of potential solutions. A major session highlighted the specific challenges facing California, including its target of 33% renewables penetration by 2020. Grid operators apparently face a massive challenge in achieving this, increasing the need for peak power and regulating resources. California also has a target to reduce carbon emissions to 1990s levels by 2020, something that can only happen if renewables are coupled with greater energy efficiency. Technology, we heard, has caused many of the energy challenges we face — but technology can and must also be the solution. You’re gonna need energy…
February 5-7, 2013. The PVAE initials mean that this is PV America East. The PV part indicates Photo-Voltaic Solar Energy, and this here is the industry’s conference and exhibition. The event brings PV solar manufacturers and service providers together with installers, contractors, engineers and policy makers from the Eastern U.S. Some big questions were being asked. Why is it that 80% of Americans say they want solar power, yet less than 3% actually buy it? What will it take to effectively bring solar power into mainstream America? What do current trends in solar energy mean for the PV Solar business? What’s all this about Disruptive Innovation? Attending the seminars enabled delegates to gain perspective on how to use new technologies to find, sell and build relationships with customers in the perpetually changing landscape of the solar energy industry. You can do this even when the sun isn’t actually shining….
Nov. 13-15, 2012. This is one of those shows that plays guessing games with its target constituency. Okay, see if you can figure out what these folks do. DUG East is about “developing unconventionals”. This trade show and conference for the “unconventional resources industry” has grown in leaps and bounds, each year steadily drawing more attendees and exhibitors to an ever-expanding showfloor. This year the hot gossip was about “unleashing the Utica” and “monetizing the Marcellus”. Still baffled? Okay, here’s a clue quote: “Producers are moving rigs into the liquids-rich-gas Marcellus and Utica windows, while midstream gatherers, processors and marketers are working on yet another phase of Appalachian-resource monetization: more NGLs—plus… oil”. Ohhhhh… this is the energy business they’re talking about…! We nominate DUG East as a worthy contender for this year’s Bafflegab Award for incomprehensibly obscure corporate jargon….
Nov. 13-15, 2012. This is one of those shows that plays guessing games with its target constituency. Okay, see if you can figure out what these folks do. DUG East is about “developing unconventionals”. This trade show and conference for the “unconventional resources industry” has grown in leaps and bounds, each year steadily drawing more attendees and exhibitors to an ever-expanding show floor. This year the hot gossip was about “unleashing the Utica” and “monetizing the Marcellus”. Still baffled? Okay, here’s a clue quote: “Producers are moving rigs into the liquids-rich-gas Marcellus and Utica windows, while midstream gatherers, processors and marketers are working on yet another phase of Appalachian-resource monetization: more NGLs—plus… oil”. Ohhhhh… this is the energy business they’re talking about…! We nominate DUG East as a worthy contender for this year’s Bafflegab Award for incomprehensibly obscure corporate jargon….
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