Panama. With great success it culminated with the 14th. Annual Conference of Refrioméricas and 8th. Of Tecnoedificios & Seguridad, more than 2,000 people gathered this year at the Atlapa Convention Center in Panama City, with around 20% of international visitors from countries such as Colombia, Costa Rica, the United States, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador and Venezuela.
More than 40 expert experts were responsible for providing training to maintenance managers, facility managers, building managers, mechanical systems engineers, contractors, equipment manufacturers and distributors. A full agenda of topics such as green standards, sustainability, role in city infrastructure and trends in heating, cooling and ventilation focused on positive results for design, operation and energy efficiency.
A commercial exhibition with more than 60 specialized companies from the continent, in 3,000 square meters of exhibition complemented this interesting academic offer. Among some of the topics highlighted on the agenda was the "Green Standards" by Juan Fernando Ochoa, manager of the company Environmental Outsourcing of Colombia. "These issues help to contribute a grain of sand to the whole issue of sustainable development and climate change. The companies that visit the fair, as well as those that participate in the academic agenda, allow us to generate links to be able to develop new strategies and aim at that north that we must implement the companies that are in this segment".
In RefriAméricas, the UTP (Technological University of Panama), highlighted the importance of the link with the Refriaméricas congress. "The UTP being the leading University in this country in terms of science and technology is responsible for the professional training of this area of refrigeration and air conditioning and we are very proud to participate with the event, as this allows our graduates to remain in a process of continuous training, which is very necessary always because technology is dynamic and advances day after day," said Engineer Orlando Aguilar, Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the UTP.
The facilities offered by Panama in infrastructure, geographical position and wide air connectivity are factors that contribute to more people attending and participating in the next version of Refriaméricas y Tecnoedificios & Seguridad to be developed on June 14 and 15, 2018.
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