Key hydrocarbon events to attend in 2011

Leading events that hydrocarbons21.com will be reporting live from

JANUARY:

• AHR Expo 2011: Las Vegas, USA (31 January to 2 February)

AHR Expo is one of the major HVACR events with over 45,000 HVACR industry professionals from over 120 countries making it a great opportunity for buying, selling, networking and learning about the industry.

 FEBRUARY:

• ACREX 2011: New Delhi, India (24 to 26 February)
  

In its 12th edition, ACREX returns to New Delhi with a promise to surpass its brilliant performance in 2010 with more than 300 exhibitors and over 20,000 trade visitors and to offer a perfect stage for industry to get-together with a focus on future trends.

• EuroShop: Dusseldorf, Germany (26 February to 2 March)

More than 100,000 specialists attended the world’s No. 1 event for retail and its partners in Düsseldorf in 2008. Occurring once every three years, the 2011 Global Retail Trade Fair will feature the latest concepts and innovations in refrigeration technology and tomorrow’s solutions for keeping food fresh.

The traditional opening event of EuroShop, ‘The EuroShop Retail Design Conference’, will see world-renowned retail enterprises will present their latest concepts and top-rank retail designers will give attendees a peek at their current projects.

MARCH:

• Chillventa: Moscow, Russia & Climate World 2011: Moscow, Russia (1 to 4 March)
  

There are two major HVAC&R events happening in Moscow simultaneously: Chillventa and Climate World 2011.

Chillventa is known as one of the largest exhibition centres in the world offering up to 226,000m² of exhibition space so take this opportunity to meet with hundreds of industry experts including hydrocarbons21.com

While staying in Moscow, we also suggest you attend the Climate World 2011 event which is supported by UNIDO and which is a business program dedicated to the most topical issues of development of HVAC&R business in Russia.

• 11th Heating, Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration & Fluid Exhibition: South Korea (16 to 19 March)

For its 22nd edition, it is one of the industry's four leading exhibitions and is Korea's greatest fair with 1,000 booths on a 21,384m2 site. The exhibition will provide some of the world's major players from 23 countries with an opportunity to display their cutting-edge technology.

APRIL:

• China Refrigeration 2011: Shanghai, China (7 to 9 April)
  

China Refrigeration Expo" is not only an ideal marketplace for reflecting the latest trends exhibiting the newest technologies and launching the most popular products, but also offers a great place for companies to express their understanding for industry and the responsibility for the whole society.

MAY:

• 10th International IEA Heat Pump Conference 2011: Tokyo, Japan (16 to 19 May)

This conference is the tenth in a series of triennial conferences under the auspices of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Heat Pump Program. The conference will summarize the current technology and market status, progress and trends.

JUNE:

• The latest technologies in air-conditioning and refrigeration, 14th European Conference : Milano, Italy (10 to 11 June )

Organised by UNEP and by the International Institute of Refrigeration, the 14th European Conference will gather leading experts from all over the world to present their technological solutions to the uptake of natural refrigerants. The objective of this 14th European Conference is the relationship between climate change and energy saving influences new technologies in refrigeration and air conditioning.

AUGUST:

• 23rd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Prague, Czech Republic (21 to 26 August)

The IIR congresses held once every 4 years brings together very large numbers of refrigeration stakeholders from all parts of the world. The IIR event is the only independent intergovernmental organization which promotes knowledge of refrigeration and associated technologies that are necessary for life in a science-based, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner.

Other important events in 2011:

• ATMOsphere 2011: Brussels, Belgium (more information available soon)
• International conference on compressors and their systems: London, UK (5 – 6 September)
• European Heat Pump Summit: Nurnberg, Germany (28 – 29 September)
• BITEC - Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre: Thailand (15 Oct)
• 7th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning: Shanghai, China (6 - 9 Nov)
• China Mobile Air Conditioning Show 2011: Shanghai (7 – 9 November)
• HVACR Indonesia: Jakarta (17 – 19 November)