The SMRP announces the opening of registration for the 2013 Annual Conference

Practitioners, M & R professionals, consultants and business leaders gather to talk about the main current issues of M & R

INDIANAPOLIS, June 6, 2013 / PRNewswire / - Today, the Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) announced that is opened registration for the 2013 Annual Conference, which will take place from 14 to 16 October 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The annual conference of the SMRP brings together key M & R professionals and business leaders to discuss the case study, best practices and emerging trends.

"We are excited about the level of enthusiasm received from the speakers, sponsors, exhibitors and attendees at the conference this year," said Gina Hutto Kittle, WCRP, president of the SMRP 2013 Annual Conference and program manager of The Timken Company . "We are eager to meet new and emerging issues that will provide participants the opportunity to hone their skills and knowledge to improve their experience."

The conference will feature more than 50 distinguished speakers and workshop leaders, including practitioners, M & R professionals, consultants and business leaders. Keynote speakers include Lt. Col. Rob "Waldo" Waldman, a former fighter pilot and professional businessman; besides Ron Moore, reputed professional maintenance and reliability, and author of over 50 published articles and two books.
Some of the highlights of the 2013 Annual SMRP Conference include:

Six tours of the plant, including POLARIS Laboratories, Citizens Energy Group, Rolls Royce, Nucor Steel and Dallara IndyCar Factory;

It shows the hall, which features more than 40 exhibitors;
More than 15 workshops and more than 50 track sessions, and
Opportunities certification exam.

About the Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals The Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) is a professional non-profit society formed by practitioners to serve leaders and advance the management of physical assets and reliability. The SMRP provides value for individual practitioners and companies who practice and maintain best practice maintenance and reliability (M & R).

With nearly 4,000 members worldwide, the community of SMRP is dedicated to providing a wide range of benefits, including international affiliations, public and private partnerships, training opportunities, resources of the body of knowledge of M & R, certifications accreditation ANSI, groups of shared interests and many events in local and global networks. For more information about the SMRP, visit the website