Commercial Attaché to Austrian Embassy unveils next year's host city as this year's event draws to a close

Koelnmesse, Cologne, 18th June, 2012 – Drazen Miletic, Commercial Attaché for the Austrian Embassy in Germany attended the closing ceremony of POWER-GEN Europe last week to announce that the prestigious event and its co-located show, Renewable Energy World Europe will next year make their debuts in Vienna, Austria.

With the theme of ‘Keeping Europe's Power Flowing', next year's co-located events are to be held at the Messe Wien exhibition and conference centre from 4-6 June 2013. "Vienna is a crucial conduit between Eastern and Western Europe. As the region's largest event dedicated to power generation, POWER-GEN Europe represents an exciting opportunity to demonstrate the Messe Wien's excellent exhibition and conference facilities, and the city's culture and historic legacy," said Miletic, a representative of Advantage Austria. This organisation provides a broad range of business development services to both Austrian companies and their international business partners.

"As Europe continues to work towards an integrated energy sector, this event promises to promote the growing influence of the rapidly expanding renewables sector in a location at the heart of Europe," commented Miletic.

POWER-GEN Europe's high-level conference will include sessions covering a range of strategic and technical topics selected and presented by leading practitioners from the power industry. Power industry professionals throughout the region will come together to share their visions on how to maintain Europe's power supplies as the wider energy shift to renewable energy sources gains momentum. The event will feature top international power industry companies and suppliers drawn from across the conventional and renewable sectors, who will be demonstrating state-of-the-art services and technologies covering every aspect of electric power generation.

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About POWER-GEN events
POWER-GEN Europe and Renewable Energy World Europe are owned and organised by PennWell Corporation. These events form part of a series staged annually in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and provide exhibitors with an international ‘one-stop shop' for penetrating markets and presenting their products and services to a global audience. For delegates and visitors, the events offer a dedicated forum tailored to their specific regional needs, putting them in touch with suppliers of solutions to their particular problems. The conferences address topical issues critical to the development of power generation in the host region. www.powergeneurope.com

• POWER-GEN Europe
POWER-GEN Europe is the Continent's premier conference and exhibition, and the place where the power industry comes to meet, share information and do business. A three-day event, it comprises a busy exhibition floor populated by major power industry players. Alongside the exhibition, a high-level multiple track conference offers insightful and thought-provoking presentations detailing the latest strategies and technology developments and delivered by leading experts in the power industry.
• Renewable Energy World Europe
Renewable Energy World Europe encompasses the need for greater inclusion of renewable sources into the energy mix as governments strive to ensure the supply of power and electricity sufficiently meets the ever increasing demand.

About PennWell
Established in 1910, PennWell Corporation is a leading international multimedia provider of business intelligence, producing 45 print and online publications, and over 60 conferences and exhibitions, research, databases, internet-based services and other information products to strategic global markets. PennWell POWER-GEN conferences and exhibitions are the world's leading business-to-business power generation events, together connecting over 50,000 industry professionals each year. In addition to its headquarters in Tulsa, USA, PennWell has offices throughout the world, including England, Germany, Russia and Hong Kong, to provide its customers and partners with a truly global service. www.pennwell.com

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