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Steve Schofield, Director and CEO of the British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) will be presenting a paper at this year’s Utility Week Live exhibition, running on 17 & 18 May at the NEC in Birmingham.

The conference schedule for the upcoming Pump Summit Americas has been released with a complete timetable of Plenary Presentations, Workshops, and Speakers’ Corner presentations.

The Hydraulic Institute will be presenting on Pumping Efficiency at the NJWEA John J. Lagrosa 101st Annual Conference and Exhibition in Atlantic City,

In addition to the extensive supporting program taking place in the forums at IFAT, this year the show will also feature eight live demonstrations—four on water & sewage, and four on recycling & municipal technologies. IFAT 2016 takes place from May 30 to June 3 at the Messe München exhibition center.

The Hydraulic Institute (HI) will host its 2016 Technical Meeting at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 27-30.

The countdown to the 10th AchemAsia is on: on 9 May, the doors to the most international of trade fairs in the process industry open in Beijing, China. Over 4 days, close to 300 exhibitors from 17 countries are presenting their products and technologies for apparatus and plant engineering, pharmaceutical and food process technologies, the chemical and petrochemical industry and laboratory and packaging technologies.

Soon it will be time to take to the stage and announce: “The winner is….” The date when all will be revealed is May 29, at the ceremonial presentation of the GreenTec Awards in Munich, to mark the start of IFAT 2016. This event, the most important environmental technology trade show in the world, is coming up between May 30 and June 3, 2016 in Munich.

Building on its highly successful Pump System Optimization Education and Training Program that helps participants of different industries operate pump system more efficiency in achieving energy savings of 20% to 40%, the Hydraulic Institute is developing a broader Pump Systems Assessment Certification Program (PSAP) that will provide a method to assess the credentials and capabilities of individuals who do pump systems assessments and evaluations based on a rigorous testing protocol.

The Mostra Covegno Expocomfort (MCE) Asia exhibition will return for its second edition in Singapore from 7 to 9 September 2016 at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre. A geo-clone of the highly established mother show in Milan, Italy, MCE Asia will be a comprehensive showcase of the best-in-class technologies and solutions spanning the four macro areas of Cooling, Water, Renewable Energy and Heating within the built environment.

The Offshore Technology Conference Asia (OTC Asia) 2016 closed on a successful note, with over 20,000 industry executives and technical professionals from 70 countries having enjoyed a variety of high-level sessions, multi-stream technical programme and large exhibition. The event drew speakers from the highest echelons of government, operators, service providers, advisory and research firms and academia.