SAVE: $$$ Millions by upgrading, maintaining and replacement! Find cost effective and energy efficient solutions for: cabling, metering, load management, testing, billing and prepayment. If you are a Utility, RED, Municipality, Major end user, Property Management Company or Property Developer - mark this in your diary NOW All your questions answered here: Great developments of transmission and distribution capabilities are desperately required to meet the demands of the continent. Do you know which options are available? Do you have enough information and knowledge to confidently present the business case to senior management / the board? Do you need to assess competing solutions in a cost and time efficient manner? Would you like to connect with peers from similar organisations to share ideas on generating power? Is electricity theft and meter fraud a major issue for your organisation? In your market are you able to access power from alternative suppliers? By popular demand, after being held for many years in Midrand, Africa Power & Electricity Congress & Exhibition has a new home at a new upmarket and centralised venue – the Sandton Convention Centre. Sandton has fast become the business hub and ‘economic powerhouse’ of Gauteng and South Africa and it provides a fitting location for Africa’s premier power and electricity event. It is easily accessible from the area’s main roads and highways and boasts ample parking facilities! To find out how you can benefit by getting involved in this powerful event, contact Brian Mallory on Tel: +27 (0) 11 516 4079 or e-mail: brian.mallory@terrapinn.co.za Power in the news! Soaring electricity prices and possible blackouts are looming for South Africans over the next five years as the country is expected to face "supply challenges" until 2011. The Mercury, April 5 2007 SA aims to save 3 000 MW over six years through R10bn energy-efficiency drive Terence Creamer, Engineering News, 11 April State-owned Eskom said that there was a possiblity of load shedding in parts of Johannesburg over the coming month as a number of transmission lines have to be lifted during Gautrain construction work. 3 April 2007, Engineering News

First contact!!! Want to plan your show attendance better?  CONTACT is a system that enables you to set up meetings before the event. You can search and target the exhibitors that you want to do business with - and then email them directly without ever having to find their contact details. We facilitate your first contact and you take it from there. Are you not meeting the right people? We will set up meetings for you before and during the show with our unique Business Matchmaking Program. The key objective of the program is to create an easy platform to facilitate one-on-one meetings between exhibitors, delegates, visitors and sponsors. Just send us your wish list and we will do the rest.  Interactive seminars encourage open discussion and debate amongst all participants. Learn about the latest technologies! See live product demonstrations! Let industry experts answer your questions! And meet your peers who face the same challenges as you! Experienced product managers will facilitate the seminars on-site. Register your details so that we can send you our finalised program. Our exhibitors, sponsors and conference delegates love it. And now you too can enjoy our highly successful speed networking. Attend our Interactive Seminars and meet your fellow participants in a progressed setting. Business cards are exchanged and introductions are made at the beginning of each session, forming a starting point for networking throughout the show. Yes, you better believe it!  The only free lunch in Joburg!  You will be hard pressed to find a better visitor offer anywhere. We understand that expos (all that walking!) can be demanding business; so we will provide you with extra energy. Visit the exhibition and WIN! Register as a visitor before 15 March 2007 and stand a chance to win the latest i-Mate. Winners will be announced at the Exhibition! CLICK HERE! Attend the Africa Power & Electricity Congress for FREE. Pre-register now and stand a chance to win one of three Platinum Conference Delegate Passes! This will allow you access to all three days of the conference and both masterclasses, plus the cocktail function, networking lunches and more! Each pass is valued at R16 195.00! Other prizes that are being given away include: Blackberry's, iPods as well as a luxury cruise to the Portuguese Islands We are responding to the extreme skills shortages in the power sector by hosting an on-floor job zone for you. This new innovation has been designed to (a) highlight critical skill shortages, (b) present industry training programs, (c) showcase job opportunities for new potential employees and (d) allow recruiters to source new, fresh talent.