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June 1-4, 2008

Conference Schedule

Monday    Tuesday    Wednesday (Workshops)

Sunday, June 1, 2008 — Arrival Day
6:00pm - 7:30pm Registration, Welcome Reception and Exhibition
Monday, June 2, 2008 — Conference Day 1
  TRACK 1 TRACK 2 TRACK 3
 
Lifecycle
Processes and Performance Management
Organization, Contractor Management
and EH&S
Systems and Technology
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Opening Address
8:45 Keynote Presentation:
Driving Bottom Line Performance with Effective Shutdown Management
Drew Troyer, Reliable Plant Magazine
9:45 Morning Refreshment Break and Exhibition
10:10
Are We There Yet? Tools & Techniques to Assess your Plant's Shutdown Readiness
Dan Sawyer
& Dan Norrad,
Ontario Power Generation

[Intermediate]
STO Planning/ Organization/ Best Practices
James Walton,
BASF Corporation

[Beginner]

Practical Project Controls
Dick Albaugh,
CITGO Petroleum
& Kevin Budack,
CostPoint Management

[Intermediate]
11:20
Outage Performance — There is no Silver Bullet
Dick Miller,
Bechtel Power Corporation

[Expert]
Shutdown Safety —
What's the Big Deal?

Vaughn Bend,
TransAlta

[Intermediate]

Streamlining SAP/Primavera Interoperability
Dean Edmundson, Primavera
&Gus McIntosh,
Vesta Partners
[Intermediate]
12:20 Lunch and Exhibition
1:20
Turnaround Scope Development & Control
Ron Kooy,
Valero Energy Corporation &
Gregory Alvarado,
The Equity Engineering Group

[Intermediate]
Contracting Strategies to Overcome Craft Shortages and Maximize Field Productivity
Bobby Singh,
Project Assurance

[Intermediate]

Process Safety Management Considerations in Capital Projects and at Handover
David Drerup,
Process Safety & Reliability Group

[Beginner/Intermediate]
2:30

Turnaround Work Package Development
Don Turner,
Jacobs Engineering
Group, Inc.

[Intermediate]

Outage and Turnaround Work Control and Resource Strategies
Irvin Moore,
PacifiCorp

[Beginner]
A Mining Case Study/Shutdown Management Process
Dave Traverso
& Brian Heinsius,
Rio Tinto Energy America
[Beginner]
3:30 Afternoon Refreshment Break and Exhibition
3:50
Special Guest Presentation :
The Power of Attitude
Fred Delahunty, ABB New Zealand
5:00 Networking Reception
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 — Conference Day 2
  TRACK 1 TRACK 2 TRACK 3
 
Lifecycle
Processes and Performance Management
Organization, Contractor Management
and EH&S
Systems and Technology
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Opening Address
8:45

Keynote Presentation:
Dynamic Scheduling — A Team Approach to Increase Worker Performance & Reduce the Risk of Cost and Schedule Over-runs
E.J. (Ted) Lister, Project Controls Specialist, CPM Solutions Ltd.

9:45 Morning Refreshment Break and Exhibition
10:10
Readiness Assessments
Jerry Hickman,
Air Liquide America

[Intermediate]
Shutdown Coordination in a Commercially Licensed Biopharmaceutical Plant
Feras Zubaidy
& Chris Webb,
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

[Intermediate]

Down-Up Scheduling: Minimizing Down Time through Detailed Scheduling
Delia Wangler
& Joe Rodier,
Alberta Pacific Forest Industries

[Expert]
11:20
Managing Risk in the Plant Shutdown Decision Process
Drew Troyer,
Reliable Plant Magazine

[Intermediate]
Strategies for Success
Kevin Cadieux,
Alberta Envirofuels Inc.

[Intermediate]

What Skilled Labor Shortage?
Bob Harrell,
Management Controls, Inc.
[Intermediate]

12:20 Lunch and Exhibition
1:20

Success through Cooperation — Owners & Contractors
Ben Mays,
Luminant Power, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant

[Intermediate]

Planning for T/A Success
Tom Fields,
ConocoPhillips

[Intermediate]
Optimizing a Planned Shutdown
Vinay Nihalani,
Meridium, Inc.

[Intermediate]
2:30

Measuring to Manage Reliability
Cliff Williams,
Kraft Canada
[Intermediate]

Managing Costs by using a Contracting Strategy
Ian Griffiths,
Faithful+Gould

[Intermediate]

Budget Reporting: Cost Analysis Made Easy
Jim Ryan,
Lincoln Electric System

[Intermediate]

3:30 Afternoon Refreshment Break and Exhibition
3:50 Keynote Presentation:
Revenue vs. Expense — Balancing Your STO Strategies
Terry Wireman, Vesta Partners
4:50 Track Chair Panel Discussion & Closing Address
Wednesday, June 4 2008 — Workshops
8:00am - 4:00pm Choose from four workshops (separately bookable for additional fee):
Includes Breakfast (7:30am – 8:00am), Break (10:00am – 10:20am), Lunch (12:00pm – 1:15pm)
Workshop 1 Using Maintenance Performance Indicators to Improve STO Performance
Workshop 2 The Crane Game
Workshop 3 Avoid the Shutdown — A Holistic Approach to Managing Plant Reliability
Workshop 4 Successfully Integrating Capital Projects with Turnarounds

 

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