Digital Plant 2010 features unsurpassed networking opportunities with process industry professionals from around the world as well as process industry end user lead conference sessions featuring over 25 speakers discussing real world case studies, lessons learned and emerging technologies. Individual moderated “Technology Tours” will provide a unique perspective on what major suppliers are delivering today and tomorrow. The Digital Offshore conference presentations will specifically address topics and case studies dealing with offshore facilities and assets.

Presentations will be prepared and delivered by world-leading practitioners from owner, engineering-procurement-construction, and equipment supplier companies dealing with process industry thought leadership, pulse of technology and best practices. This conference will provide a unique source for understanding the evolving strategies and technologies for the plant industries including process, power, oil & gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and shipbuilding. Sessions will identify and explore the dynamics of the industry and answer the questions you need answered.

Digital Plant 2010 will be held March 1-3, 2010 at the Hilton Americas Houston, 1600 Lamar Street, Houston, TX 77010. For registration and more information you can visit their web site at http://www.digitalplantexpo.com.

Free NAMM sessions will be held throughout the show to bring you fresh ideas, solutions, and support. NAMM U Breakfast Sessions will feature industry experts discussing the hottest topics and sharing strategies for business success. There will be in-depth panel discussions and guest speaker presentations discussing their ideas and strategies for doing business in today’s competitive marketplace. The Idea Center sessions will provide you with tips and techniques that you can use on a variety of topics including:

• Sales
• Inventory Management
• Customer Service
• Lesson Programs
• Market Development
• Financial Management
• Web and E-commerce Proven Ideas
• Marketing. Promotions, and Other Strategies

NAMM Show 2010 will be held January 14-17, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W. Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA 92802. For registration and more information you can visit their web site at http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2010 or by contacting NAMM, the International Music Products Association, 5790 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008. Telephone: (760) 438-8001. Fax: (760) 438-7327.

Streaming Media West will feature cutting-edge exhibitions and intense conference sessions. More than 100 speakers will give you the chance to see and hear the best and brightest minds in the online video industry. Just a few of the many topics covered include:

• Live Broadcasting with Silverlight and Windows Media
• Encoding H.264 Video for Streaming and Progressive Download
• Developing a Rich Video Player for the Adobe Flash Platform
• How to Upload, Stream, and Share Using Online Video Tools
• How to Produce Effective Educational Video
• Web Television Comes of Age
• Emerging Use Cases for Enterprise Video Communications
• Cost Savings from Enterprise Streaming

In conjunction with Streaming Media West the new Online Video Platform Summit will be held November 18-19. This event will help organizations of all types publish content for the first time whether video is their core business or not.

Streaming Media West will be held November 17-19, 2009 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, 408 Almaden Blvd., San Jose, CA 95110. For registration and more information you can visit their web site at http:// www.streamingmedia.com/west or contact Nancy Ellor, Information Today, Inc. Conference Registrar. Telephone: (609) 654-6266. Fax: (609) 654-4309. Email: conferences@infotoday.com.

The exhibition hall will offer attendees a one-stop opportunity to touch every type of technology employed in digital marketing today including search marketing and optimization technology, metrics/analytics software, ad serving technology and networks, mobile marketing, research, affiliate programs, campaign management, data analytics, and much more.

Conference sessions will be geared to bringing real value and take-away tips and tricks that provide a measurable return on your investment. Keynote speakers will share frontline experiences and an executive level perspective. Panel discussions will focus on best practices and economic opportunities. Hands-on workshops will deliver immediate, take-away value.

Session tracks will include:

· Consumer Behavior: Bring the elusive consumer into clearer focus in these sessions packed with insightful data.

· Case Studies: Advertisers, agencies and technology leaders provide in-depth analysis of a range of digital media case studies focusing on social media, location-based targeting and more.

· Search: ad:tech is partnering with SEMPO, the premier organization supporting search engine marketers, to bring you the current techniques, best practices and emerging trends for SEO, SEM and local search.

· MobileMix: A new series launched at ad:tech San Francisco returns with advice on how to integrate mobile into your campaigns, how to engage social users on mobile devices and how to track your campaign’s success.

Ad:tech Chicago will be held September 1-2, 2009 at the Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. For registration and more information you can visit their web site at http://www.ad-tech.com/chicago/adtech_chicago.aspx or contact ad:tech expositions, 1100 Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 255, Larkspur, CA 94939. E:mail: info@ad-tech.com.

The Keynote address will be given by U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray La Hood. Other highlights of this year’s meeting will include opportunities to meet directly with your members of Congress during “Capitol Hill Day”; opportunities to meet with representatives of the new Administration; live demonstrations of the newest advances in tolling, vehicle mile charging and mobile payments, freight security, intersection safety, infrastructure monitoring, and traffic information.

Topics addressed will include updates on where and how the stimulus money is, and isn’t, being spent. In addition there will be nearly 100 educational, technical, policy, and interactive sessions on topics ranging from transportation financing and congestion reduction strategies to vehicle safety technologies and the role of ITS in reducing energy use and emissions.

ITS America Annual Meeting 2009 will be held June 1-3, 2009 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD 20745. For registration and more information you can call (800) 374-8472 or (202) 484-4847. E-mail: info@itsa.org. You can also visit their web site at http://www.itsa.org/annualmeeting.html.

The Waste Expo 2009 Conference Program will cover the latest trends and topics in the solid waste industry. Industry experts will address such topics as:

· Green Management

· Green technology

· Business of Energy

· Recycling

· Technology

· Safety

· Compliance Issues

· Business, Accounting & Finance

Special events will include the Welcome Reception, Inspirational Breakfast, Boxed Lunch Discussions, and Equipment Auction. These events will be opportunities for you to make new business contacts, discuss industry trends, share ideas, and problem solve while having fun.

Waste Expo 2009 will be held June 8-10, 2009 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109. For registration and more information you can call (508) 743-0105 or (800) 927-5007. E-mail: registration@penton.com. FAX: (508) 759-4552. You can also visit their web site at http://wasteexpo.com/wasteexpo2009/public/enter.aspx.

Educational sessions will be available at the Lean Factory to demonstrate the importance of a data-driven approach to line design. You can witness the step-by-step creation of the perfect Lean production environment culminating in an actual build demonstration on an optimum Lean line.

The conference program will guide you through the lean transformation process with industry experts and manufacturers revealing the obstacles, failures, and successes they overcame in making the transition to lean. You can discover the manufacturing and productivity solutions you need to streamline your process, reduce costs, and succeed in today’s highly competitive marketplace.

The AM EXPO/ATX SOUTH 2009 will be held March 11 – 12, 2009, at the Charlotte Convention Center, 501 South College Street, Charlotte, NC 28202. For registration and more information you can visit their web site at http://www.devicelink.com/expo/atxsamx09.

The Trade Show will feature over 250 companies and organizations and 25 international governments hosting trade show displays and pavilions. Exhibitors will include equipment manufacturers and suppliers, systems providers, finance and investment firms, research & development companies, project developers and operators, law firms, green builders, architects, construction and rigging companies, NGOs, trade associations, and government agencies.

Over 120 industry-leading speakers will share their knowledge and insights at the Business Conference. Six parallel tracks will be held over two days focusing on each of the key technologies of wind, solar, hydro/ocean, geothermal, and biomass/biofuels/waste energy. In addition, sessions will be held on markets, finance and policy.

The RETECH Side Events will offer a unique chance for the world community to discuss opportunities and challenges of a rapid global scale-up of renewable energy as well as to address the goals for energy security, climate change, and sustainable development.

RETECH 2009 will be held February 25-27, 2009 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109. For more information you can contact RCS at retech2009@rcsreg.com or call (805) 290-1338. Registration and information can be found online at http://www.retech2009.com

More than 17,000 industry professionals from 76 countries are expected to attend. More than 1200 companies will fill the world’s largest industry exhibit floor. More than 200 trade show display presentations in 14 tracks of educational conference sessions on current power hot topics will be presented.

The Keynote Session will feature Andrew Kruger, Vice President-Greenhouse Gas Services, Evolution Markets Inc.; Nicholas K. Akins, Executive Vice President-Generation, American Electric Power; and J. Wayne Leonard, Chairman and CEO, Entergy Corporation.

In-depth Competitive Power College courses will be available along with high-impact networking events including the new Power Engineering Networking Reception, Projects-of-the-Year Gala, Networking Roundtable Breakfasts, and more. The Networking Breakfasts will be informal roundtable discussions which will provide an ideal way to ask questions and gain new information about trends, current issues, or specific challenges. Specialized industry experts will moderate each table to address different topics.

This year’s convention will also feature the Annual Golf tournament, technical tours, Mega-Sessions, Global Business Center, PennEnergy JOBS Career Fair, and much more.

The Conference Session will include topics such as:

• Next Generation Power Supply Technologies
• Realities of Carbon Capture –Panel Discussion
• The Role of Coal and Gas in Future Generations
• Today’s Resource Constraints and Issues
• CO2 Abatement Strategies
• Advances in FGD Systems

POWER-GEN International 2008 will be held December 2-4, 2008, at the Orange County Convention Center, 9800 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819. For conference information, contact Jan Simpson: Telephone: (918) 831-9736; Fax: (918) 831-9875; E-mail: pgiconference@pennwell.com.

Pack Expo International will focus on the latest developments in packaging technology and will showcase exhibitor’s state-of-the-art advances in packaging machinery, materials, converting machinery, packages and containers, and components. The most prominent companies in the industry will be exhibiting and making product introductions at the show.

Show highlights will include BrandPackaging’s “Packaging That Sells” Conference; Brand Protection Center focusing on packaging initiatives and technologies to protect against bioterrorism, package tampering, and counterfeiting; Containers & Materials Pavilion dedicated to the latest innovations in materials, containers and converting machinery; Contract Packaging Pavilion where you can explore the many options provided by contract packaging partners; RFID Pavilion highlighting solutions that meet the requirements of the entire supply chain; the Showcase of Packaging Innovations featuring the latest award-winning packages from a selection of leading packaging organizations from around the world; and much more.

In the Keynote Session, Harris DeLoach, Chairman, President & CEO of Sonoco Products Company, will discuss how the packaging industry must transform itself from being viewed simply as a supplier of product necessary for going to market to a partner capable of meeting rapidly changing customer demands.

Pack Expo International 2008 will be held October 29-November 2, 2008 at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60616. For more information contact the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, 4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22203. Telephone: (703) 243-8555. Fax: (703) 243-3038. Email: expo@pmmi.org. Web Site: www.packexpo.com.