STLE Annual Meeting stronger than ever at 60.(Association Perspective)(Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers)

In today's business world, companies and organizations are constantly searching for new ways to improve their people, products, and processes to gain a competitive advantage. Often, the best way to gain that advantage is by turning to a source that has a proven track record for delivering value year after year to a wide range of technical professionals.

For the lubricants business, that source is the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Annual Meeting & Exhibition. The 2005 version of this unique event, which is to be held May 15-19 at Bally's Las Vegas hotel (Las Vegas, NV), promises to be an extraordinary professional development and business networking opportunity. STLE set attendance records at its last Las Vegas meeting in 1999, and signs point to another record turnout by 1,500 technical professionals from around the world.

What Makes STLE So Good?

While this will be STLE'S 60th Annual Meeting, the program reflects a multi-faceted and progressive technical focus that contributed to an overall 97% positive rating for the 2004 STLE convention in Toronto. The objective of STLE's Annual Meeting is to offer the kind of technical programming that helps individuals in the lubricants industry develop their professional skills and grow in their careers.

Early signs indicate the 2005 STLE Annual Meeting will be a particularly strong one. Paper submissions for the Las Vegas meeting have topped the 2004 total by nearly 20%. The 5-day conference (Sunday through Thursday) presents more than 300 technical presentations that have been selected by STLE'S Annual Meeting Program Committee. The meeting offers a combination of research-oriented technical papers, application-based case studies, and best-practice reports, in addition to discussion panels on technical issues and market trends.

What's more, STLE expects its 2005 trade show, held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting, to attract between 80 and 90 exhibitors. These companies will showcase the ...