IEEMA - Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers' Association - the representative of Indian electrical, industrial electronics and allied products industry, organised CABLEWIRE-2011, a 2-day Seventh International Technical Conference on Cables & Wires on 17-18 November 2011, at Hotel Intercontinental The Lalit, Mumbai, India. With its theme - "Powering Growth through Innovations", the Conference focused on new/improved technology trends in manufacturing, developments of new insulating materials, condition monitoring and online assessment, new techniques for installations and maintenance, enhanced safety aspects, developments in cable accessories, etc.

IEEMA received an overwhelming response for the Conference. Around 235 delegates from users, manufacturing industry, research & development and testing institutions, raw materials manufacturers, attended the Conference. The delegates from 10 countries like Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, The Netherlands, UAE, USA and India, were participated giving international flavour to the Conference.

Shri Suresh Prabhu - Former Union Cabinet Minister for Power, GoI, inaugurated the conference whereas the invited guest speakers - Mr M K Deore, Director (Projects), Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd, Mr Arun Sachdeva, General Manager (Tech Services), North Delhi Power Ltd., Mr S K Negi, Managing Director, Gujarat Electricity Transmission Company Ltd and Mr M S Rao, Sr Vice President & Head - Mumbai Transmission, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd., were present at the conference.