(Above: EUEC Energy & Environment Conference 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona)

(Above: Intelex's Steve Ross & Dan Marcus with Intelex Users and colleagues)

The EUEC Energy & Environment Conference was a great source for industry news and best practices, but this year's conference was particularly relevant in light of President Obama's proposed renewable energy initiatives, which include "Implementing an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050," and "Helping create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future." (White House Agenda - Energy & Environment).

Information on managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and other environmental initiatives.

The 16th Annual EHS Management Forum in Memphis, Tennessee was a great success. The forum gave the Intelex Sales Team an opportunity to catch up with existing clients like NRG, AEP, Danaher, and Tyco Valves and Controls; and a chance to meet with new colleagues and business partners.

Although Intelex representatives have attended NAEM’s EHS Management Forum in years past, this was the first year that we were a platinum sponsor. As a sponsor we had the opportunity to engage in the forum on a new level, which included participating in the Safety portion of the forum program.  Also participating in the Safety Session was Intelex’s client Tyco Valves and Controls. Keith Welch, Tyco’s EHS Manager, presented on “Safety – Best Practices & Emerging Issues.” Keith provided some key insights into the challenges that Tyco Valves and Controls had to consider when they made the decision to switch from a paper-based EHS reporting process to the Intelex web-based EHS Management System. Being that Tyco Valves and Controls has over 12,000 employees in 24 different countries, you can imagine this was no small project.  To learn more about Keith’s presentation, you can submit a request through the Intelex website.

Last week’s environment, health, and safety forum was such a success that we’re already looking for to the next NAEM event “Driving Performance and Cost Savings Through EHS Management Information Systems” on February 19-20, 2009 in Tampa, Florida.  See you there!

(From left to right: Daniel Marcus-Intelex Account Manager, Keith Welch-Tyco Valves and Controls EHS Manager, Bevin Lyon-Intelex Account Manager)

Intelex is pleased to announce that we will be a platinum sponsor at NAEM's 16th Annual EHS Management Forum. The forum takes place October 22-24th at The Peabody Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee.

For those folks who are interested in learning more about streamlining safety management efforts across multiple sites, Intelex client's Tyco Flow Control North America will be presenting on "Safety – Best Practices and Emerging Issues."

Presenting on behalf of Tyco Flow Control North America is Environmental, Health & Safety Manager Keith Welch. In his current role, Keith has overall EHS responsibility and oversight for over 20 locations in Canada, the US, and Mexico.  Keith currently has his Associate Safety Professional designation and is working toward his CSP.  Keith was recently recognized by Tyco International for his outstanding EHS contributions during the company's annual EHS Conference.  In addition Keith has been responsible for leading the implementation of the Intelex software for over 30 Tyco Flow Control Americas facilities.

Account Managers Bevin Lyon and Shaun Wong will be representing Intelex at the 2008 ASTD International Conference and Exposition. The first annual ASTD conference was held in 1944, since then the event has grown to over 9,000 visitors in 2007!

"The ASTD (American Society for Training &Development) is the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals." Its members come together from more than 100 countries worldwide.

The training and development focused conference will take place at the San Diego Convention Center June 1^st - 4^th,2008. If you're in the area  please don't hesitate to stop by for a visit.