The conference takes place in Solihull, UK on 9th-10th November 2011. It has been organised by five leading UK trade associations (BPMA, BCAS, BEAMA, GAMBICA and FETA) who have come together in order to tackle the importance of systems engineering in achieving energy efficiency.DEFRA’s is responsible for environmental regulation, climate change – mitigation and overall carbon budgets and sustainable consumption and production.“We look forward to announcing exactly who will be attending the event in due course, but we are of course very pleased to have had such a positive reaction from DEFRA”, commented event director, Andrew Castle. The MDS Conference is suitable for energy managers, plant engineers and facility managers within the manufacturing and processing industries or other sectors where pumps, compressed air, motors, drives, controls and fans have a role to play.