Utility Week Live 2016 is back for another year as the UK’s only exhibition dedicated to the UK’s gas, electricity and water industries, connecting Britain’s utilities to their suppliers, contractors and partners.

Now taking place over two days instead of three at the NEC, Birmingham, it will bring the vibrant multi-billion pound utility industry to life though an exhibition, seminar programmes and show innovations giving all visitors the full experience. 

The exhibition has returned with brand new features for visitors to enjoy. These include an interactive ‘pumping station’, showcasing the latest technologies with practical knowhow, live case studies and hands-on workshops. Pumps will also be a major feature on the show floor, with a dedicated display area and workshop, where practical sessions will run throughout the day.

In addition, a ‘streetwork village’ will bring the colour and energy of the street to the show floor, featuring a wide range of streetworks solution providers demonstrating their products and services in a ‘live’ environment.

Topic trails are also new for 2016 and will enhance the visitor experience by creating meaningful connections between visitors and exhibitors and will include smart grids, energy storage and DSR, smart metering, pumping stations and streetworks. Workshops will bring the topic trails to life and will provide interactions between exhibitors and visitors on the show floor – at the heart of the event.

Utility Week Live is proud to host the Institute of Water’s annual Drilling and Tapping Championships. The trophy is fiercely contested by teams of experts from all the major water companies, with all heats and finals taking place on the show floor. It’s a great spectacle that proved hugely popular with all visitors last year. The current holders are Anglian Water with a winning time of 2mins 16secs – come along to see if they can hold their title.

The substantial CPD-accredited seminar programme - which runs alongside the exhibition, and is free to attend - will feature more than 40 seminar sessions organised around six content streams: Innovation, skills, data & analytics, Totex, customers and resilience. Speakers will be experts from both inside and outside the UK utility industry, with sessions running across both days of the show, providing visitors with excellent insight surrounding industry.

The programme of seminars, workshops, technical demonstrations and innovative show features are all commissioned and developed by the award-winning Utility Week, Water and Wastewater Treatment (WWT) and WET News editorial teams. Show content will be relevant, insightful, valuable and completely unique. 

The exhibition will also feature the Utility Bar which sits at the heart of the exhibition, supplying premium refreshments and light meals from 9am until 5pm on both days of Utility Week Live 2016.

Utility Week Live 2016 is completely free to attend. Visitor registration will go live in early 2016 but in the meantime, sign up to regular show updates and newsletters containing exclusive industry content and articles www.utilityweeklive.co.uk/register-your-interest