Sponsorship Information
2020 Sponsors
Host Utility

Southern Company is a leading energy company serving 9 million customers through our subsidiaries. We provide clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy through electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company serving wholesale customers across America, a leading distributed energy infrastructure company, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services.
Host CPI
Gold

We are a leading provider of integrated power and automation solutions with unparalleled experience partnering with the energy industry. We deliver integrated, secure digital solutions to automate and optimize performance.

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) conducts research, development, and demonstration projects for the benefit of the public in the United States and internationally with focus on electricity generation, delivery, and use.

GE Power is a world energy leader providing equipment, solutions and services across the energy value chain from generation to consumption. Operating in more than 180 countries, our technology produces a third of the world’s electricity, equips 90 percent of power transmission utilities worldwide, and our software manages more than forty percent of the world’s energy. Through relentless innovation and continuous partnership with our customers, we are developing the energy technologies of the future and improving the power networks we depend on today. For more information please visit www.ge.com/power/software and follow GE Power on Twitter and on LinkedIn

Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 technology company that delivers industry specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies help everything from aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable. For more about Honeywell Forge, please visit: https://www.honeywell.com/en-us/honeywell-forge/our-solutions

Mobideo’s Industrial Workforce Management platform digitalizes complex and collaborative work processes, focused on owner operators in asset intensive industries to enable managers to gain real-time visibility and dramatically improve manageability.

Seeq® applications empower engineers, teams, and managers to get more value out of their process data, speeding the time from insight to action and improving production and business outcomes.

We are Uniper: an international energy company with about 12,000 employees. We combine a balanced portfolio of technologically advanced large-scale assets with outstanding technical and commercial expertise. These assets and capabilities enable us to deliver flexible, bespoke, competitively priced energy products and services with agility, precision and speed.

As a leader in the power generation industry since 1915, we understand the complexities facing today's power generation and industrial businesses. This complexity includes converting the sea of data collected each day into timely, actionable notifications and advice that guides critical business decisions. We blend technology with proven processes, talent and experience to provide our clients key insights that enable reliable, resilient, and efficient performance for their assets.
Silver
Creative Display

Curtiss-Wright’s adaptive applications optimize asset performance, increase generation, and streamline processes. These digital solutions utilize predictive analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence technologies to deliver a data-driven roadmap for plant performance and optimization. Our expertly-engineered solutions are backed with the quality and insight Curtiss-Wright has developed over decades of experience.

Founded in 1915, Donaldson Company is a global leader in the filtration industry with sales, manufacturing and distribution locations around the world. Donaldson’s innovative filtration technologies are designed to solve complex filtration challenges and enhance customers’ equipment performance.

Fero Labs enables engineers to conduct machine learning (ML) driven process optimization. The self-service software powered by Fero's Explainable ML technology is used to discover root-causes of quality problems, improve production yield, optimize asset performance, and reduce emissions.

Grundfos is a global leader in water pump technology. We set the standard in terms of innovation, efficiency, and sustainability. Our full-range of pumps and systems for the residential, water utility, commercial buildings, industry and agriculture markets offer efficient, reliable solutions. Grundfos also delivers extensive aftermarket services including commissioning, vibration analysis, predictive monitoring, preventive maintenance, in-shop and on-site repair, upgrades and energy optimization.

HighByte is an industrial software development company in Portland, Maine building off-the-shelf software that solves data architecture and security challenges for Industry 4.0. We’ve developed the first DataOps solution purpose-built to meet the unique requirements of industrial assets, products, and processes at the Edge. Learn more at https://highbyte.com.

Hydro, the largest independent pump rebuilder in North America, provides engineering solutions and value added services to improve equipment reliability, extend equipment life and reduce overall life cycle costs

KROHNE is a technology leader in the world of measuring instruments for the process industries. KROHNE focuses on producing the most innovative, accurate, reliable and cost-effective solutions for its customers.

North American Dismantling Corp is a leading nationwide demolition contractor specializing in heavy industrial demolition, commercial building strip outs, power plant dismantling, asset recovery, critical lift/pick, and environmental remediation.

Operational Sustainability, LLC® helps companies achieve Operational Excellence through improving underlying work processes, getting cultural buy-in, and enhancing efficiency without compromising privilege to operate. OESuite™ delivers integrated, intelligent, real-time decision support, and a risk registry for stronger, sustainable operational discipline and a more agile organization.

SparkCognition builds leading artificial intelligence systems that help customers analyze complex data to empower human decision-making and transform industrial productivity. In the energy industry, we reduce downtime and maintenance costs with predictive and prescriptive capabilities that identify anomalous behaviors and accelerate complicated diagnostic and repair workflows. By leveraging AI, we deploy solutions that incorporate tribal knowledge and adapt to changing asset behaviors over time.

TrendMiner offers advanced self-service analytics solutions to help you analyze, monitor and predict the performance of your operations. With TrendMiner, process and asset experts can uncover insights at all levels of production and improve day-to-day decision-making.

As a leader in the power generation industry since 1915, we understand the complexities facing today's power generation and industrial businesses. This complexity includes converting the sea of data collected each day into timely, actionable notifications and advice that guides critical business decisions. We blend technology with proven processes, talent and experience to provide our clients key insights that enable reliable, resilient, and efficient performance for their assets.
Media Partners
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Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, is the leading global provider of water management solutions. We help power and chemical producers worldwide, reduce water usage through innovative technologies, 3D TRASARTM, OMNITM and PURATETM, that optimize water use, drive plant efficiencies, productivity and reduce total costs.
Interactive Digital Showcase

Everactive combines batteryless wireless sensors and cloud analytics to deliver end-to-end Industrial IoT solutions. The company's technology allows for low-cost, long-lived, and intelligent instrumentation of industrial assets that have previously been too expensive or dangerous to connect. Everactive's first products are designed to monitor steam systems and a range of rotating equipment, such as motors, pumps, fans, and compressors.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Diamond - *Exclusive*
- One (1) speaking position
- Thought leadership opportunity to speak/moderate in available conference session of your choice (subject to availability at time of signing)
- Complimentary speaker registration
- Exclusive Opening Keynote Sponsorship
- Opening remarks at the conference
- Two sponsored PPT slides in walk-in loop
- Literature distribution to all attendees
- One (1) Advisory Board position
- Complimentary Advisory Board registration
- Meeting room set boardroom style for private meetings during event
- Tier 1 Creative Space Display with furniture, custom reborn, 2 monitors, electric and logo on counter in Digital Area.
- Two (2) email blasts to all registered attendees
- Two (2) full page ads in POWER magazine or Chemical Engineering
- Two (2) E-newsletter text ads
- One (1) 300×250 banner ad on powermag.com or chemengonline.com
- Three (3) complimentary passes for sponsoring company
- Three (3) complimentary passes for clients
- Discounted registration pricing for additional sponsor personnel
- 20% discount at time of registration
- Marketing promotion—Sponsor recognized on:
- Full page ads promoting the conference in POWER magazine and Chemical Engineering (as soon as contract is signed until Feb. 2020)
- Promotional conference e-mail blasts
- On-site signage and program agenda at the conference
- Event website—sponsoring company’s description and logo
Contact Matt Grant to learn more at 713-343-1882 or [email protected].
Gold
- One (1) speaking position
- Thought leadership opportunity for one speaker on a conference panel session
- Complimentary speaker registration
- Breakfast or Lunch Sponsorship
- Signage showcasing sponsoring company as the Breakfast or Lunch Sponsor
- Sponsoring company’s logo branded on tent cards on each table in breakfast/lunch room
- Promotional material of sponsoring company’s choice to be placed on each lunch or breakfast seat
- Sponsoring company’s logo on coffee sleeves in breakfast area *breakfast sponsorship only*
- One (1) Advisory Board position
- Complimentary Advisory Board registration
- Tier 2 Creative Space Display with furniture, 1 monitor, electric and logo in Digital Arena
- One (1) complimentary pass for a client
- Three (3) complimentary passes for sponsoring company
- Discounted registration pricing for additional sponsor personnel
- 20% discount at time of registration
- Marketing promotion—Sponsor recognized on:
- Full page ads promoting the conference in POWER magazine and Chemical Engineering (as soon as contract is signed until Feb. 2020)
- Promotional conference e-mail blasts
- On-site signage and program agenda at the conference
- Event website—sponsoring company’s description and logo
Contact Matt Grant to learn more at 713-343-1882 or [email protected].
Silver
- Networking Break Sponsorship
- Signage showcasing sponsoring company as a Networking Break sponsor
- Promotional material of sponsoring company’s choice on table in networking break area (optional)
- One (5-minute) presentation on sponsoring company’s and technology prior to a session
- Includes introduction of conference session and speakers
- Complimentary speaker registration
- Tier 3 Creative Space Display with furniture, 1 monitor, electric and logo in Digital Arena
- One (1) complimentary pass for a client
- Discounted registration pricing for additional sponsor personnel
- 20% discount at time of registration
- Two (2) complimentary passes for sponsoring company
- Marketing promotion—Sponsor recognized on:
- Full page ads promoting the conference in POWER magazine and Chemical Engineering (as soon as contract is signed until Feb. 2020)
- Promotional conference e-mail blasts
- On-site signage and program agenda at the conference
- Event website—sponsoring company’s description and logo
Contact Matt Grant to learn more at 713-343-1882 or [email protected].
Networking Reception - 4 Available or Exclusive
- Logo on beverage napkins (shared with other sponsors’ logos)
- Sponsoring company recognized on signage throughout reception
- Opportunity to place literature out during the reception or a giveaway
item - One (1) complimentary pass for sponsoring company
- One (1) complimentary pass for a client
- Discounted registration pricing for additional sponsor personnel
- 20% discount at time of registration
- Marketing promotion—Sponsor recognized on:
- Full page ads promoting the conference in POWER magazine and
Chemical Engineering (as soon as contract is signed until Feb. 2020) - Promotional conference e-mail blasts
- On-site signage and program agenda at the conference
- Event website—sponsoring company’s description and logo
- Full page ads promoting the conference in POWER magazine and
- Exclusive package includes Creative Space Display (Tier 3) in Digital
Arena
Contact Matt Grant to learn more at 713-343-1882 or [email protected].
Site Tour
- Sponsored tour to sponsoring company’s facility or a client’s facility
showcasing products and solutions- Opportunity to place collateral giveaway item on seats of bus
- Registration for tour managed by Connected Plant Conference Team
- One (1) complimentary pass for sponsoring company
- One (1) complimentary pass for a client
- Discounted registration pricing for additional sponsor personnel
- 20% discount at time of registration
- Marketing promotion—Sponsor recognized on:
- Full page ads promoting the conference in POWER magazine and Chemical Engineering (as soon as contract is signed until Feb. 2020)
- Promotional conference e-mail blasts
- On-site signage and program agenda at the conference
- Event website—sponsoring company’s description and logo
Contact Matt Grant to learn more at 713-343-1882 or [email protected].
Promotional Item - Multiple Available
- Sponsoring company’s logo on attendee gift given to all attendees
- Portable device charger
- Notebooks
- Badge and Lanyard
- Additional options available by request
- One (1) complimentary pass for sponsoring company
- Discounted registration pricing for additional sponsor personnel
- 20% discount at time of registration
- Marketing promotion—Sponsor recognized on:
- Full page ads promoting the conference in POWER magazine and
Chemical Engineering (as soon as contract is signed until Feb. 2020) - Promotional conference e-mail blasts
- On-site signage and program agenda at the conference
- Event website—sponsoring company’s description and logo
- Full page ads promoting the conference in POWER magazine and
Contact Matt Grant to learn more at 713-343-1882 or [email protected].
Interactive Digital Showcase: Building Blocks of a Connected Plant
Built by the industry, for the industry, this interactive control room and digital experience will provide an opportunity to learn firsthand about technology solutions focused on equipment reliability, predictive maintenance, and training. Participate in this interactive, experiential digital showcase of all the latest elements and technology of a connected power plant. The Interactive Digital Showcase will be open for the duration of the exhibition and available for all attendees to explore.
•Block 1: Augmented / Virtual Reality
•Block 2: Condition Based Maintenance
•Block 3: Operations Block (Operator Effectiveness)
•Block 4: Plant Data Historian/Control System Historian
•Block 5: Demand/Dispatch – Remote Operations Center
•Block 6: Optimization/Analytics
Creative Space in Digital Arena
Sponsoring companies are encouraged to bring their latest products and technologies, and to use the turnkey booth footprint to think outside the traditional conference display. Skip the handouts & lean in for a truly technological conference with pre-built, branded booths in 2020. Custom options are available if your product or display will not fit inside the tiers below.
Tier 1—$15,000
- 20 ft x 20 ft space includes furniture, 2 monitors, electric and logo in Digital Arena.
- Premium spot on the show floor on a first come first served basis. One of the 20×20 locations will be included with the Diamond Sponsorship.
- Two (2) complimentary passes for sponsoring company.
Tier 2—$8,500
- Space is first come, first served
- 8 ft x 19 ft space includes furniture, 1 monitor, electric and logo in Digital Arena.
- Two (2) complimentary passes for sponsoring company.
Tier 3—$5,500
- Space is first come, first served
- 8 ft x 6 ft space includes furniture, monitor, electric and logo in Digital Arena.
- Two (2) complimentary passes for sponsoring company.
Contact Matt Grant to learn more at 713-343-1882 or [email protected].