What to Expect from IDEA2019

If this is your first or 40th IDEA conference, the connections you make at IDEA2019 will be memorable and lasting. In our diverse educational sessions, bustling exhibit hall, and relaxing post-program events, you will meet with and learn from CEOs, VPs, and other senior management professionals, project engineers, managing directors, consultants, sales managers, and many more.

Simply put, if you’re new to district energy or IDEA conferences, you will be amazed by how much you will learn. If you’re a veteran of the industry, you are guaranteed to learn something new.

Click the link for a partial list of previous attending organizations, exhibitors and partners.

Past Participating Organizations

Considering the high level of expertise and innovation on display, we like to think of the exhibit hall at IDEA2019 as an extension of our educational program. Where else can you get hands on access to the latest technologies and cultivate strong partnerships that will ensure your next project is a successful one?

This year’s exhibit hall features the highest caliber manufacturers, suppliers, and service contractors. If you’re looking for companies with success and an impeccable reputation for designing, constructing, and installing systems across North America and around the world, then IDEA2019 is where you’ll want to be.

This year, we’ve added a new twist to the exhibit hall with an Innovation Theater, featuring presentations and discussions with organizations who received Honorable Mention recognition at this year’s Innovation Awards. 

Exhibit Hall

At IDEA2019, it’s a long-standing tradition to honor those individuals and organizations, systems, cities, and municipalities who are exceeding expectations. Join us in recognizing the people, the systems and the new projects that are modernizing communities and making a difference while they're doing it.

Annual IDEA Awards to be presented in 2019:
IDEA System of the Year Award
Person of the Year (Norman R. Taylor) Award
District Energy Space Awards
Innovation Award
John Gray Scholarship Award

Other Recognition:
United Nations Environment District Energy Initiative Champion City

IDEA Awards

At IDEA2019, you will hear from more than 100 experts from all facets of the industry, delivering insight and analysis you can’t find anywhere else. In panels, workshops, presentations, and forums, you’ll hear from presenters who have “been there, done that”, sharing practical, real world experience in building systems, spearheading innovation, and changing the status quo. Be ready to tap into a bottomless reservoir of expertise and leave with a better understanding of what to do, how to do it - and even what not to do.

Visit our conference program page for deeper dive into the kind of educational content you will find at IDEA2019.

Conference Program

The challenges you face are often shared with colleagues from all over the world. IDEA2019 is an extraordinary opportunity to hear the unique perspectives of attendees, exhibitors, panelists, and presenters from dozens of countries. Discover the possibilities of low-carbon, sustainable systems operating in Europe, learn more about the large district cooling networks in the Middle East, and hear success stories of the highly efficient systems serving campuses and communities across North America. You might find out that what works ‘over there’ might just work for you ‘over here’.

See where past attendees came from!