Don't Miss Canada's Premier Electical Industry Conference

Plan to take your place as a partner to the electric utility industry in this era of rapid change. Mark your calendars and be sure to attend the Electricity '96 Conference and Exposition from April 28-May 3, 1996 at the Palais des Congres Convention Centre in Montreal, Quebec.

The conference program for Electricity '96 was designed to cover all major sectors of utility engineering, operations, customer systems and service and corporate resources. Electricity '96 provides a choice audience and forum for industry leaders to interact, thereby creating valuable networking opportunities. It is the ultimate opportunity for the Canadian electric utility industry to pool ideas and collaborate on finding solutions to its collective challenges.

The theme of this year's conference -- "Serving Our Customers" was chosen to emphasize customer importance and to focus on how all utility sectors must manage resources to provide greater customer satisfaction.

This year, the annual Corporate Resources and Customer Services conference is being held in conjunction with Electricity '96. Members of the former sections are encouraged to participate in this major conference.

The spotlight of the conference will be on customer demands and expectations as a vital and determining factor in establishing the direction the industry will take in the future. The conference will also focus on creating efficient customer-driven systems through better integration of energy production, delivery and end-use.

Key themes on industry issues will highlight the start of each day's program along with concurrent dedicated conferences covering the four main streams of industry business:

Supply of electricity
Delivery of electricity
Marketing of electricity
Corporate management

Technical papers, presentations, panel discussions, tutorials, workshops, keynote sessions and tours are being organized to offer opportunities and exchanges that will provide participants with the latest technological changes and information in order to better serve their customers.

The following mainstreams will also be highlighted:

Electrical Apparatus
Hydraulic and Thermal Power Generation
Environment and Generation
Power System Planning and Operation
Telecontrol and Telecommunications
Transmission and Distribution
Metering
Rates and Loads
End-Use Technologies
Marketing and Customer Service
Energy Forecasting and Economics
Customer Communications
Right of Way, Land and Environment
Health and Safety
Human Resources
Computing and Information

The Exposition
The overwhelming response to CEA's last exposition at Electricity '94 in Toronto sent a strong signal that this is what delegates and members wanted. CEA is expecting a sell-out in exhibition space this year.

The Exposition is designed to complement and enhance the quality of the Conference for participants and provide utility suppliers and manufacturers with an opportunity to display and publicize their products and new technologies. Electricity '96 will provide an unparalleled source of hands-on information about the newest technologies and most advanced ideas in the industry today. Exhibitors will be highly visible to the industry's leaders and decision-makers actively looking for products and solutions to help them implement their future strategies. Electricity '96 is a "not to be missed" opportunity to participate in Canada's $10 billion market for electric utility products.

Conference Workshops and Tours
Special focus workshops will also be held to address the following key industry issues:

Restructuring
Deregulation
Pool based markets
Pricing in new markets
Environmental management systems
Life extension of transmission lines
Optimal power flows
Outdoor insulation problems related to icing

Plan to participate in some of the conference tours. Site visits include a trip to the Electrium to see EMF displays and experience a new way of seeing electricity. Take a visit to LTEE, Hydro-Quebec's laboratory specialized in the area of industrial applications of electricity. Another tour will take you to IREQ, Hydro-Quebec's high voltage laboratory. You can also visit the St. Lawrence River Tunnel Crossing of a 450 kv DC link and a new distribution dispatch centre in St. Jerome.

To obtain a copy of the conference program, or for more information about Electricity '96 contact Jim Gacionis, CEA at (514) 934-6478 or by e-mail gacionis@canelect.ca.