Government Business | Volume 18.3
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LEADING THE WAY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Sustainabilitylive! is the home of five leading environment exhibitions, which include hundreds of exhibitors, insightful seminars and conferences, interactive features and lots more ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING environmental events of the year, Sustainabilitylive!, returns to the NEC in Birmingham 24-26 May. Attracting more than 400 exhibitors, the event is made up of five premier shows across the water, energy, land, environment and sustainability sectors. Sustainabilitylive!, which is free to visit, provides an outstanding platform for companies and other organisations to share sustainable, cutting-edge technologies and industry innovations. Alongside the exhibition is a three-day conference and seminar programme where key business leaders and practitioners will be able to explore current industry issues, best practise and pioneering applications. FACING THE WATER DEFICIT As one of the largest accredited forums in the country for water organisations and utilities companies, the International Water and Effluent Exhibition (IWEX) already has more than 70 companies signed up for the 2011 exhibition. Visitors to IWEX will have the opportunity to speak to representatives from companies such as Schneider Electric, Technolog Ltd, Utilitec Services Ltd, WEG Electric Motors, and SEBA KMT UK. The busy seminar programme at this year’s event will discuss key issues including the latest legislation, SUDS and flood management, FOG (fat oil and grease) solutions, waste water management and smart metering. IWEX highlights will also include the 23rd Institute of Water National Drilling and Tapping Championship. This is traditionally a hotly contested event where the best practitioners from water companies test their skills in drilling and tapping a high pressure water main, each hoping to be crowned champion. Following its success last year, IWEX will again present its University Challenge, which highlights the best research carried out in the water sector. Entries will be judged on innovation, technical content and commercial potential. Last year’s winners were the University of Sheffield with a research project on Data Driven Leak Detection. The presentations will be held and judged on Thursday 26 May in the Water Theatre. CELEBRATING 20 YEARS Confirming its place as the UK’s foremost industry event within the environmental sector, Environmental Technology Exhibition (ET) will bring together around 60 companies specialising in areas including air pollution control, transport carbon reduction and commercial waste minimisation.
Exhibitor CABLED at last year’s event
Visitors will be spoilt for choice with a raft of high-profile companies and institutions already signed up including Environmental Innovations Ltd, NLS, Simplifi Solutions Ltd, Birmingham City University, metnet (Marches Environmental Technology Network), Retsch UK Ltd, and Birmingham Chamber of Commerce & Industry. In a packed programme of seminars, speaker topics include commercial and industrial waste management, waste procurement, recycling and licensing standards, waste to energy, CAD, environmental legislation, air pollution, managing firewater spillage as well as green transport. A FOCUS ON CARBON REDUCTION With carbon reduction high on the agenda of governments across the world, businesses are under increasing pressure to review and reduce their energy usage. This year, the National Energy Management Exhibition (NEMEX) will feature some of the biggest names in the energy sector including British Gas Business, Powerstar, Business Stream, powerPerfector, Monodraught Ltd, and Siemens Metering Services. The seminar programme will address a wide range of issues including government policy, skills and training, carbon reduction strategies,
and energy standards. Delegates can also attend sessions on grants and financing, procurement and energy supply, energy efficiency services and behavioural changes required for implementing energy efficiency measures. Visitors to NEMEX can also take advantage of the co-located exhibition HEVAR, the essential event in the UK for buyers and specifiers in the heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration industry, which includes seminars on energy management in a range of environments, as well as renewable technologies. In addition, there will be sessions run by the Heat Pump Association and BRE on Wednesday 25 May. THE FIRST IN BROWNFIELD REGENERATION The premier national event for remediation and contaminated land solutions, Brownfield Expo (BEX) is the UK’s only exhibition for brownfield regeneration. The expo offers a forum for specifiers and providers of contaminated land solutions and will give visitors access to industry stalwarts like Cornelsen, Ground Remediation Systems, Adventus Europe GmbH, Derwentside Environmental Testing Services, Regenesis Ltd, RPS, and PA Geotechnical Ltd. Seminar speakers will address regeneration
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