Engineers and technical managers from electric power distribution companies, equipment manufacturing factories, research and development institutes and universities around the world will be gathering at the China International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CICED) 2006, organized by Beijing Electric Power Corp. The conference and exhibition will be held Sept. 17-20, 2006, in Beijing, and is being cosponsored by the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering, the State Grid Corp. of China and the China Southern Power Grid Corp. in cooperation with CIRED and the IET.

This year's four-day event will focus on a safer, more reliable, better quality and higher efficiency electricity distribution network. There will be three days chock full of presentations, roundtable discussions and technical tutorials on the latest in distribution. The conference also will provide a one-day technical visit to electricity distribution sites for the 2008 Olympic Games. And an exhibition will showcase new distribution and software products. Although English is the official language of the conference, there will be simultaneous oral interpretation as well.

Registration will begin Sept. 16 at 8 a.m. The exhibit hall will open at 9 a.m. on Sept. 17, and the conference opening ceremony will kick off at 2 p.m. that day, with keynote speeches given by Mark Stevens of the Electric Power Research Institute; Adlof Schweer, chairman of CIRED; Zhao Honglei, strategy and planning director of Beijing Electric Power Corp.; and a speaker from China's National Development and Reform Commission.

Some key sessions attendees won't want to miss include “The Practical Methods and Equipment to Improve the Power Quality,” “Urban Network Planning and Challenges,” and “The Application of Power Electronic Technology in Distribution Power System.”

For additional information and to register, visit www.ciced2006.org.cn.