ASME events attract thousands of gas turbine and power generation professionals

This June, join more than 4,000 professionals from approximately 60 countries at two co-located ASME blockbuster events — the 2001 ASME Turbo Expo — Land, Sea and Air, the world's leading gas turbine industry event, and the International Joint Power Generation Conference and Exposition (IJPGC), the power industry's most technically acclaimed event.

IJPGC and Turbo Expo will take place June 4-7 in New Orleans. The theme for the conferences is "New Horizons for Global Power."

Attendees who register for either conference will be able to attend the technical sessions of both events at no additional cost. Both exhibitions will share the floor. The events will feature more than 700 technical papers.

ASME's Summer Annual (Business) Meeting will also be in New Orleans on June 3-7.

More than 4,000 power generation professionals will meet in June.

Turbo Expo, which is sponsored by ASME's International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI), attracts professionals from all gas turbine industry segments, including design, manufacturing, research and development, education, operations, and repair and maintenance.

IJPGC is a forum for professionals in the power generation industry who want to be technically current and on top of industry trends. It is sponsored by ASME's Power, Fuels and Combustion Technologies & Nuclear Engineering Divisions. Mechanical Engineering magazine is a sponsoring publication.

In addition to the high-caliber speakers at the 2001 IJPGC opening keynote session, a highlight of the conference will be a series of plenary sessions, open to attendees of both events, that will take an in-depth look at the state of the power industry.

Each of the three plenary sessions will be stand-alone events that will begin the technical program each day, June 5-7. They will be conducted from 8 to 9:30 a.m.

Each session will focus on a topic of vital interest to the power industry professional. Panels of experts will give presentations. At the end of the presentations, the audience will be able to participate in an open forum with the panel, to address specific issues and questions.

The first plenary, on June 5, is co-sponsored by the United States Energy Association. It features a panel of experts who will discuss deregulation and its effect on businesses, consumers, power generators and utilities. Discussions will include issues such as why deregulation is working in some states and not in others, and how regulated states view the prospect of deregulation.

The second plenary, on June 6, will deal with the financial aspects of deregulation. Discussions will include elements of energy project financing, and the investment and insurance community overview of the electric power industry. Financial, investment and insurance experts will discuss the economic ramifications of deregulation on utilities, power generators and the businesses that support them.

The final plenary session, on June 7, is co-sponsored by the ASME Energy Committee. It will take a forward look at the power industry. It will address the utilization of new power plants and power systems in their infancy or now being developed, and how they may fit into the country's power generation mix.

For more information about these sessions and IJPGC, or to register, visit www.asme.org/conf/ijpgc01 or call ASME Information Central at (800) 843-2763.

During the Turbo Expo Technical Congress, gas turbine design concepts, research and development advances, and aftermarket issues will be addressed.

The Technical Congress will comprise nearly 150 technical paper and panel sessions offering state-of-the-art information on all aspects of gas turbine technology. The Technical Congress will include a group of sessions developed by the IGTI Task Force on Distributed Power, and a panel session on 21st-century aircraft gas turbine maintenance and repair.

New Horizons for Global Power will be the theme of the conference in New Orleans.

Turbo Expo 2001 will also feature the Gas Turbine Users Symposium, which will include panels of gas turbine users discussing key topics such as financial risks, certification, maintenance, repair and retrofitting. The Users Symposium's 24 panel, tutorial and discussion sessions will be presented in three program tracks: "Performance Enhancement and Preservation," "Hot Section Repair and Integrity," and "Business and Economic Strategies."

The thousands that are expected to attend will include utility power producers, independent power producers, oil and gas suppliers, industrial power producers, people from commercial and passenger air carriers and marine transport companies, and power project developers and financiers.

Engineering and construction firms, maintenance and repair facilities, government agencies, equipment manufacturers, gas turbine packagers, research and development firms, industry publications and universities also will be well represented.

Companies at the Exposition, which will spotlight more than 200 leading suppliers of gas turbine products and services, will include suppliers of land-based industrial engines, commercial and military aircraft engines, marine propulsion and power systems.

Businesses that are involved in oil and gas platforms, commercial power plant applications, pipeline applications, gas turbine manufacturing and packaging, and auxiliary equipment production will also be on hand at the Turbo Expo exhibit floor.

Visit the IGTI Interactive Showcase at www.asme.org/igti/showcase/index.html and use the Showcase to plan your Turbo Expo and IJPGC schedule, and to register.

For more on Turbo Expo, visit www.asme.org/igti/events/te2001/index.html or contact IGTI at (404) 847-0072; fax: (404) 847-0151; e-mail: igti@asme.org.

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