All stakeholders operating in the electricity industry in the Caribbean, including suppliers, manufacturers and academics will be interested the 2008 Caribbean Association of Electric Utilities (CARILEC) Engineering and Managers and Engineers' Conference. Under the theme, 'Engineering Solutions to the Challenges faced by Caribbean Electric Utilities in the 21^st Century', the conference will cover topics including: combating rising diesel costs, interconnection of CARILEC utilities via submarine cable, GIS as a tool for optimising electric utilities performance, concentrated solar power solutions for the 21^st century, oil seepage into surface waters, technology planning to maximise your investments, and use of numerical weather predictions and climate predictions in forecasting electricity demand and energy load.