Valve World Americas Expo & Conference 2021 a Resounding
SuccessThe Valve World Americas Expo & Conference, held in Houston, TX,
October 13 – 14 2021, successfully brought together flow control experts,
manufacturers, end users, distributors and industry professionals to shareknowledge, discuss new technical innovations, and plan for future success.
The expo and conference attracted more than 3,000 participants.

The first Valve World Americas Expo & Conference was held in 2011 in
the Woodlands and the event has since become one of the most important
flow control events in the United States. One of the pillars of the event’s
success is innovation and adaptability, a quality shared by the entire valve
industry. Sponsored by Bonney Forge, Bray, Cameron – a Schlumberger
company, Crane, MRC Global, Neway, Quadax, and Velan, this year's
expo and conference celebrated its 10- year anniversary. Over the courseof two days, attendees were eager to explore everything on offer andfinally do business in person again.

The two-day conference kicked off with a keynote speech by Dan
DeVine, Valve Technology and Piping Materials Consultant for Corteva
Agriscience through Midland Engineering, who discussed the Importanceof Developing Relationships in the Valve Industry. Rob Saltiel, President &CEO of MRC Global, followed with the second keynote address about
Navigating a Changing Market. Afterwards, conference attendees wereable to explore five parallel streams with the following sessions: Upstream1

– Valve Selection; Midstream – Valve Selection; Downstream – ValveSelection; and Fugitive Emissions – ESG (Environmental, Social &Governance). A Spanish Language session was offered throughout theevent and open to all attendees, designed to welcome the Spanishspeaking members of the community to participate in the conference.

The event’s second day began with the keynote address from Bronson
Pate of TRICORD Consulting on Fenceline Monitoring and Real-time
Mobile Air Monitoring for Fugitive Emissions. Tim Goedeker, SeniorPrincipal Environmental Consultant - HSE - Refining at Phillips 66
delivered a keynote address on the Industrial Revolution 2.0 about theindustry’s Sustainable Journeys to Zero. Again, several sessions wereoffered to conference delegates, featuring various topics such as: an IOGP
Overview and highly anticipated panel discussion on IOGP featuring
representatives from Chevron, bp, MRC Global, ConocoPhillips, Sunbelt
Supply, ExxonMobil and several other companies. Other sessions
included: Fugitive Emissions – ESG; Actuation and Automation; Pipeline
Valves and Large Components; Fugitive Emissions – Monitoring andTesting. In addition, afternoon panel discussions were also hosted on
several topics such as: Maintenance and Turnarounds; Control Valves;
Strategies to Minimize Fugitive Emissions. Sessions on Upstream,Midstream, Downstream & Fugitive Emissions – Emerging Technologies
presented interesting and new product innovations currently being
developed for the valve sector.

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achievements. One exhibitor shared his enthusiasm, saying, “We thought
Valve World was absolutely wonderful. We were so looking forward togetting back to in-person events, and this did not disappoint.”2

Another exhibitor added: “Being a part of the panel discussions wasreally beneficial. They were very informative for us as a manufacturer thisyear – and it is great to have our end users and our distribution partners
here to all get together. It is always a great experience.”

One day prior to the Expo & Conference, a day of educational courses
was held on October 12th, which included the Industrial Valves Course, theIndustrial Valves Master Class, Fugitive Emissions Course, and thePipeline Valves Course featuring several valve subject experts as
instructors including former conference chairman and valve industry
legend, Ron Merrick (formerly of Fluor).
Following the event, on October 15th, the Valve World Americas Golf
Tournament sponsored by MRC Global, VALVITALIA, Newmans, FBV Inc.
and A-T Controls took place at the Golf Club of Houston where industry
professionals could connect and unwind. The next Valve World Americas
Expo & Conference will return to the George R. Brown Convention Centerin Houston, TX on June 7th-8th, 2023. For more information, please visit:www.valveworldexpoamericas.com

To learn more about Exhibition opportunities, please contact:
2023 Exhibition information:
Josh Gillen
Sales Manager
Office: +1-416-361-7030
Email: j.gillen@kci-world.com

2023 Conference information:
Sarah Bradley
Office: +1-416-361-7030
Email: s.bradley@kci-world.com

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