WEFTEC.07 Sets New Floor Space, Exhibitor Records
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) recently announced two new
exhibition records for WEFTEC®.07 - WEF’s 80th Annual Technical
Exhibition and Conference - just four weeks from the conference opening
at the San Diego Convention Center in October. This year’s exhibition
will host 1,013 companies occupying 267,585 net square feet (nsf) of
exhibition floor space which continues a three-year trend of
record-breaking numbers for the Federation. The previous records of 965
companies and 245,155 nsf were set last year at the Dallas Convention
Center in Dallas, Texas.
Now celebrating its 80th year, WEFTEC has not only grown in its
technical scope but has become the largest annual water quality
exhibition in the world and shows no signs of slowing down.
“More and more companies are realizing that WEFTEC is the place to
conduct business in the water and wastewater fields,” said Nannette
Tucker, Director of WEFTEC Sales. ”This year alone we’ve had a five
percent increase in the number of companies and a nine percent increase
in the amount of assigned floor space. With just a month to go I’m
still getting calls every day from companies who are interested in
exhibiting this year.”
As the largest conference of its kind in North America, WEFTEC also
offers water quality professionals from around the world with the best
water quality education and training as well as unparalleled access to
the most cutting-edge technologies in the field. A wide range of topics
in nine different focus areas allow attendees to design their own,
unique learning experience while earning up to 35 contact hours for
continuing education units and 9 professional development hours. Focus
areas include: collection systems, membrane technologies, plant
operations and treatment, regulations, research, residuals &
biosolids, utility management, water reuse/recycling and water quality
& watershed management. Designed as a forum for education and
technology exchange, WEFTEC also provides an ideal setting for domestic
and international business opportunities and promotes invaluable
peer-to-peer networking between its more than 18,000 attendees.