September 3rd is the Last Day to Get the Advance Registration Discount for SFPE Annual Meeting

September 3rd is the Last Day to Get the Advance Registration Discount for events being held at the Annual Meeting: Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Professional Development Conference and Exposition.

The SFPE Professional Development Conference will be held October 3-8, 2010 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in New Orleans, LA. This event will feature a two-day Engineering Technology Conference highlighting today's advances and cutting-edge presentations on practices in fire protection engineering that are used to protect people, property and the environment from fire.

The Engineering Technology Conference creates a unique educational experience that is designed to keep you a step ahead of the rest. Keynote presentations:

• "Skillful Engineers" J. Kenneth Richardson, P.Eng., FSFPE

• "Tenability: How Long Can People Survive in a Building Fire?" Richard Gann

• "Simple Fire Models That Can Be Used Conveniently in Fire Safety Design Practices," Takeyoshi Tanaka, Dr.Eng., FSFPE

• "Environment Analysis Fire Departments Responding to Fire or Community Response Elements," Edward Plaugher

• "Engineering Failure or Failure to Engineer," Robert Schifiliti, P.E., FSFPE

• "Fire Forensics," Craig Beyler, Ph.D., FSFPE

Following the two-day Engineering Technology Conference is the SFPE 8th Annual Engineering Technology Exposition and a series of seminar being taught by the profession's leaders. Seminar topics include: sprinkler design, smoke control, fire dynamics simulator and smokeview, fire analysis, dust explosion, industrial fire protection engineering, human response in fire, and principles of fire protection engineering.

New this year - follow the conference on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SFPEAnnualMtg!

So register by September 3, 2010 to receive the advanced discount. Click here to find out more or to register!