Exhibition News November 2019 | Page 26

Sector Focus association with The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) who serve more than 164,000 members in 143 countries worldwide. SPE is a key resource for technical knowledge related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry and provides services through its publications, events, training courses, and online resources. ADIPEC, DMG 3. DMG ADIPEC (Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference), 11-14 November 2019. With over 2,200 exhibitors from 59 countries across the globe and 145,000 attendees, it doesn’t get any bigger. The event has 23 country pavilions showcasing the latest tech in the O&G sector. In 2018, US$17.99bn of business was done onsite at the event. The event boasts an impressive 82% of visitors that are decision makers. Their seminar programme features over 1,000 speakers making the event by far the biggest resource in the O&G sector. Gastech Exhibition and Conference, 8-10 September 2020, Singapore Gastech is the biggest global gas, LNG and energy industry event. Moving from city to city, it focuses heavily on the future of gas and is expected to attract over 35,000 visitors and 700 exhibitors. Senior figures at NOCs, IOCs, utility companies, EPC contractors, E&P companies, service companies, technology providers, shipbuilders and manufacturers attend the event. MEOS, Informa 4. HYVE African Oil Week, 4-8 November 2019, Cape Town. It attracts 1,800 C-level delegates and its seminar programme features over 250 speakers. Over 30 African and International Ministers, around 21 National Oil Companies and is CPD accredited. It’s an Upstream event but further development could be in the offing. Elizabeth Deeming, Divisional Director at Hyve said: “We remain very proud of Africa Oil Week, the show has African Oil Week, Hyve 26 — November exceeded our goals for the 2019 edition. We have seen high growth in both sponsor and exhibitor numbers, as well as an uplift in the quality and seniority of delegates. We believe that the show’s performance is a direct result of the support Hyve Group has provided since it acquired AOW back in 2016, particularly the TAG programme investments across our whole portfolio of African shows. Changes made specifically at AOW included investments into our content programme to ensure a better return on time for our visitors, as well as the benefit of CPD accreditation (AOW is now accredited by the Continuing Professional Development Certification Service). We have also increased our marketing offering and have added a brand-new Government & VIP relations team. Last but not least – “think customer” is at the heart of everything that we do. This year across our portfolio of African shows, (AOW and Mining Indaba) we are improving the delegate experience and we have introduced business intelligence pieces - market reports and webinars developed in conjunction with industry thought leaders - to ensure continual engagement throughout the year with our audiences. Our purpose is to bring the global oil and gas community together not only during the show, but throughout the whole year.” EN