SAN DIEGO, Jan. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- PennWell
Corp.'s DistribuTECH Conference & Exhibition—along with sister
events Electric Light & Power Executive Conference and Utility
Products Exposition—is expected to shatter records with more than
10,000 attendees and 480 exhibiting companies.
The world's largest utilities will participate in the events
Feb. 2-5 at the San Diego Convention Center, including EDF,
Duke Energy, Iberdrola, PG&E, Southern California Edison,
Florida Power & Light, Dominion
and Hydro-Quebec.
"As an event that began 25 years ago with 415 attendees and 22
exhibitors, DistribuTECH has grown exponentially," said
MaryBeth DeWitt, vice president,
PennWell Transmission & Distribution events. "I am thrilled to
be a part of our 25th anniversary event with record
breaking attendance."
DistribuTECH, the world's largest and most comprehensive
transmission and distribution event, begins Monday, Feb. 2 with pre-conference Utility
University workshops. That evening, the industry's most coveted
ticket will get some 250 VIPs into the Electric Light & Power
and POWERGRID International Annual Awards Dinner. There, four
utility Projects of the Year will be announced live, and the
magazines will honor two Utility CEOs of the Year: Edison
International Chairman, President and CEO and Edison Electric
Institute Chairman Theodore "Ted" Craver, and Vineland Municipal
Electric Utilities Director Joseph A.
Isabella. To cap the night, Dominion Chairman, President and
CEO Thomas F. Farrell will accept
one of the industry's highest honors, the Electric Light &
Power Utility of the Year award.
Tuesday morning, Craver will take a much bigger stage, this time
with world-famous physicist Michio
Kaku and San Diego Gas & Electric CEO Jeff Martin. The trio will deliver the
DistribuTECH keynote address. Immediately afterward, the conference
will kick off. Nearly all of the 82 conference sessions during the
week will feature a utility participant. The week also will include
numerous events designed for networking.
Online registration for DistribuTECH is available at
www.distributech.com and will be available during the event.
Co-located with DistribuTECH, the Utility Products Exposition is
the industry's leading platform for showcasing the newest products,
vehicles, services and equipment to utility buyers. Visit
www.utilityproductsexpo.com to register. Also co-located with
DistribuTECH, the Electric Light & Power Executive Conference
is an exclusive forum for industry leaders to network and freely
discuss the challenges and opportunities utilities face. Visit
www.elpconference.com to register.
About PennWell
PennWell Corp. is a diversified
business-to-business media and information company that provides
quality content and integrated marketing solutions for the
following industries: electric power, water and wastewater, oil and
gas, renewable, electronics, semiconductor, contamination control,
optoelectronics, fiberoptics, enterprise storage, converting,
nanotechnology, fire, emergency services and dental. Founded in
1910, PennWell publishes more than 100 print and online magazines
and newsletters, conducts 60 conferences and exhibitions on six
continents, and has an extensive offering of books, maps, websites,
research and database services. In addition to PennWell's
headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
the company has major offices in Nashua,
New Hampshire; Houston;
London; Mountain View, California; Fairlawn,
New Jersey; Moscow; and Hong
Kong. In 2010, PennWell celebrated 100 years in
business.
Contact: Sarah Jantz
Email: sarahj@pennwell.com
Ph: 918.831.9430
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