Promoting Alberta at the Offshore Technology Conference 2009 in Houston


The Government of Alberta will lead a contingent of 44 Alberta-based companies to Houston, Texas for one of the most important energy industry conferences in the world.

The Offshore Technology Conference 2009 May 4-7 is expected to attract 75,000 participants from 110 countries.
A 20’ by 20’ Alberta booth will anchor the Canadian pavilion, featuring 28 of the Alberta companies attending. It is the 32nd year Alberta has participated in the conference that allows local businesses to connect with the world.

Government staff will help promote the province, answering public questions and providing information on a wide list of subjects including tourism, energy production and environmental responsibility.

Staff will play a key role in helping to facilitate introductions between local businesses to prospective partnering international companies and investors.

Read more about the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.

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The Alberta booth at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston

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Setting up the Alberta booth at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston

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What Others are saying about Alberta’s participation at the Offshore Technology Conference May 4-7 in Houston, Texas:

“The Alberta government support of this show has been invaluable in helping us to attend and in getting such a great booth location at the show. We get much more booth traffic, meet more potential customers and get a much higher profile because of the excellent location.” – Ted Redmond, Executive vice president of Energy Products and Services, McCoy Corporation.

“Master Flo has been attending the OTC for over the past 20 years and initially we started with the support of the Canadian and Alberta governments’ involvement and participation in the shows. This was very helpful to us, as it put us in a prominent location in the show and helped us with the logistics and knowledge of how to be involved in a show like this. Our head office is Edmonton, but we, like many companies are a serious global player, and the OTC is just one place we go to show the world who we are.” - Mark McNeill, president of Master Flo.

“(Our members) have been quite motivated to help share a more balanced story about the industry and help the public assess all the information they receive more critically,” – Trent Kaiser, President of the Canadian Heavy Oil Association. Kaiser will be talking to conference participants about the important work done by those Canada’s heavy oil industry.

“The exhibition is THE place that companies come to present their technology to an international audience and to introduce new products. Energy officials come from 127 countries to see the latest advances in offshore technology and learn about the real-world solutions to technical problems that they can take home and apply immediately.” OTC 2009 Chairman Don Vardeman.