Once again, almost 400 industry professionals made the journey to Biloxi to attend the Mississippi 811 Damage Prevention Summit! This annual event since 2008 continues to draw stakeholders from across the state to discuss industry challenges in an environment that lends itself to solutions based on mutual trust and respect for each other.
Keeping up with and staying ahead of the underground projects was just one of the hot topics discussed at this year’s event. Dynamic and informative speakers led the audience to redefine issues and make new friends. If you’re the excavator, the locators may become your new friend, and of course, if you’re the locator, maybe we need to try to better understand the pressures placed on the excavator. We’re going to see a lot more of one another over the upcoming weeks and months, so it would make sense to work together to help one another be more successful.
This year’s exhibit hall was hopping. First time vendors as well as first time attendees made the Summit explode with energy and kept it fun and easy to learn. Bringing stakeholders together to share perspectives, experiences and to create a better path for public safety and the protection of underground utilities is the primary purpose of any damage prevention event.
A special thanks to our sponsors for making the Summit possible: Platinum; Mississippi 811 and Progressive Partnering, Gold; 811 Magazines, Atmos, Kinder Morgan and USIC, Silver; Benchmark Subsurface Utility Services Bronze; BOSS, Compliance EnviroSystems, Pipe View America, Rust-Oleum, Utility Training Academy, and Vermeer MidSouth, Drink Sponsor; Locate Point and Reception Sponsor; Entergy.
Exhibitors for the 2025 Mississippi 811 Damage Prevention Summit were: 811 Magazines, Adams Cable Equipment, ARK Ventures, Atmos Energy, Badger Daylighting, Benchmark Subsurface Utility Services, BOSS, Columbia Southern University, Comcast Advertising, Compliance EnviroSystems, Delta Utilities, Ditch Witch Mid-South, Green Equipment Company, Gulf Atlantic Supply, Irth, Kinder Morgan, LineQuest/Gridhawk, Miller Pipeline, Mississippi 811, Mississippi Enforcement Board, Mississippi Public Service Commission, Mississippi Rural Water Association, Navigation Electronics, Inc, Norfield, Paradigm, Pipe View America, Rust-Oleum, Taylor Construction Company, Tri-State Utility Contractors, Urbint, USIC, Underground Magnetics, Utility Solutions Supply/Vivax-Metrotech, Utility Training Academy, Vermeer MidSouth and Williams Mobile Bay Plant.
The Mississippi 811 and ACTS Damage Prevention Summit team appreciate your sponsorship and willingness to exhibit at this premier event. This is Mississippi’s annual event designed to bring all stakeholders together to discuss better ways of working together to drive damage down in our state.
We look forward to seeing you next year at the IP in Biloxi for the 2026 Damage Prevention Summit. The date is November 4 – 6, 2026. Mark it on your calendar now!