Fresh program updates for ATMOsphere America 2012 include a list of newly confirmed speakers and sponsors. In addition, you can save $100 when registering for ATMOsphere during January and February and meet the ATMOsphere team at ASHRAE and AHR Expo in Chicago later this month.
Below you can find a list of all the speakers that have already confirmed.
Confirmed speakers for ATMOsphere America 2012:
Introduction & State of the Industry session
- Mr Predag Hrnjak, University of Illinois, "Natural Refrigerants in different applications"
- Mr Jeff Cohen, EOS Climate, "Leveraging Carbon Finance for Advanced AC/Refrigeration"
- Ms Nina Burhenne, shecco, "US Refrigeration Market Trends"
- Chair: Ms Keilly Whitman, GreenChill Partnership
- Mr Steve Hagen, Fresh & Easy
- Ms Kathy Loftus, Whole Foods
- Mr Simon Bérubé, Sobeys
- Mr Harrison Horning, Delhaize America
- Mr Jerry Stutler, Sprouts
- Ms Cindy Newberg, US EPA, "SNAP update and Natural Refrigerants"
- Steven Cousins, The Coca Cola Company
Technology Case Studies
Next week we will issue a call for the 8 case studies for our two technology sessions. In general, the presented case studies should reflect the latest market innovations and efficiency results for natural refrigerant applications in North America.
Early bird reduction for registrants
We were pleased to see that our Christmas special attracted a high number of early registrants. Therefore, for the months of January and February we will also be offering a special early bird reduction, where you can save $100. We would recommend that you register as soon as possible as places are limited.
Register here
Book your hotel room for The Liason Hotel here
ATMOsphere team at ASHRAE and AHR Expo in Chicago
To see latest product developments in the HVAC+R industry as well as to meet the key people from the industry the ATMOsphere team will be attending the ASHRAE winter meeting as well as the AHR Expo in Chicago later this month. We will be in Chicago from Saturday, January 20 until Thursday, January 26. Please contact us at info@ATMO.org if you would like to meet the ATMOsphere chairman Marc Chasserot and/or colleagues from the ATMOsphere team.
New Sponsors
In addition to Hill PHOENIX, Mayekawa, CSC, Danfoss, Linde, Dorin, EcoThermics, Parker/Sporlan and Temprite, we are very happy to welcome two new sponsors for ATMOsphere America 2012:
BITZER - Silver Sponsor: Since 1934, BITZER has been a market leader in refrigerant compressor technology. BITZER began producing CO2 compressors in 1998 and has continued to develop this technology, allowing for increased energy efficiency and reliability while assisting their customers' environmental sustainability efforts.
Star Refrigeration - Bronze Sponsor: Star is the UK's largest independent industrial refrigeration engineering company. It first used CO2 in the early 1990s. In 1996, on behalf of Nestle Star pioneered the use of a CO2/NH3 cascade system for freeze drying. CO2 continues to play a major role for the company with orders for over 120 CO2 systems for supermarkets currently in production.
