EDITORIAL

ITPS Americas set for 10-12 August 2016

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lanning is well underway for the International ThermProcess Summit Americas (ITPS Americas) scheduled for 10-12 August 2016 at the Loews Chicago Hotel in downtown Chicago, IL. We’re very pleased to offer this outstanding event for executive man-

agement within the thermal processing industry in the Americas. The industry needs this type of leadership event in the Americas. With the high quality speakers and topics on our agenda, we know this will be a very valuable event for executives from North to Central and South America. The programme will begin with a Welcome Reception on Wednesday evening, 10 August; followed by two days of presentations; a tabletop exhibition and a Taste of Chicago dinner. The networking opportunities will be plentiful with the programme content having mass appeal. Here’s a sneak peek at the programming in development: Policies impacting thermal processes like energy efficiencies, emissions & environmental (climate change, election overview on

how the results could impact our business and risk management. A further issue is technological advancements & their impact on the thermal process industries like the future of electrical power and emerging electric technologies, Internet of Things and future trends in thermal process heating. Also on the agenda will be economic updates from around the world like NAFTA, South America, Global – China, Europe, India. And for sure there are market segment trends we will have a look on. Like Big Data, Hot Market Trends in USA, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Automotive, Aerospace, Medical, Primary Metals and Oil & Gas. We are pleased to announce that Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and CEO of Digital Power Group will present our keynote address on Geopolitics of Energy. He is a frequent contributor to Forbes Magazine and provides testimony to the US government on energy issues. His insightful commentary is sure to get ITPS Americas off to a great start. Sponsorships and tabletops are now available. All sponsorships include at least one registration to attend the Summit. Tabletop exhibitors receive a discount to attend the Summit and a discount for their customers to attend the Summit as well. Summit registration for attendees will open in February 2016. ITPS Americas is sponsored by the Industrial Heating Equipment Association & Industrial Heating magazine and is powered by Messe Düsseldorf, CECOF, heat processing magazine and VDMA. For completed details on the ITPS Americas exhibition, sponsorships and program, please visit www.itps-americas.com.

Anne Goyer IHEA Executive Vice President

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