ZOOM ON EVENTS
ptc 2021 Successfully Converted into Online-only Event with Record Attendance With around 1,000 participants and an above-average number of participants from pipeline operators, the Pipeline Technology Conference (ptc) is a unique meeting place for the exchange of operator knowledge across national borders and continents. This defining characteristic was confirmed again this year at the purely online ptc.
A
total of 861 conference delegates from 64 different countries
from this unprecedented pandemic situation,” Dennis Fandrich said at the
attended the online version of the 16 Pipeline Technology
opening.
th
Conference from March 15-18, 2021. Two-thirds of the participants came
Complementing this, Marian Ritter added, “Even with our best efforts, we
from pipeline operators around the world. In addition to the traditionally
cannot completely replace a real event, but that has never been our goal.
strong participation from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, this year’s
In a digital environment, the objective must be to hold a digital event, and
registration included many representatives from the U.S. and Canada.
we think we have succeeded well.”
Dennis Fandrich as Director Conferences together with Marian Ritter
The 16th Pipeline Technology Conference took the key success factors of a
as Director Exhibitions opened the conference part of the virtual ptc on
face-to-face event and transferred them to the virtual space.
March 16 with a short review of the last face-to-face event and the wish
The results of this year’s ptc will again be transferred to the ptc Pipeline
to meet again next year live in the conference, at the exhibition and at the
Open Knowledge Base. In addition to the abstracts and papers from the
evening events.
last 15 years of ptc, many recordings of the presentations will also be
“We all had to learn a lot of new things during the last 12 months. I am
published this year. The database is freely accessible via the ptc website.
sure that I am not the only one for whom home office from time to time
The upcoming 17th Pipeline Technology Conference will adopt many
means taking multi-tasking to a whole new level. But it’s working and we
elements of the online event and will be held as a hybrid event in Berlin,
all know that this pandemic made the whole world to adapt to the new
March 7-10, 2022. The call for papers will open in May.
challenges of remote work and restrictions on the freedom of movement. Many of the presentations will pay special attention to the lessons learned
For further information: www.pipeline-conference.com
© 2021 Philip Wilson / EITEP
Video streaming of Session 2.2 “Hydrogen”.
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