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The PRIME Expo’s one-day conference agenda brings together hundreds of plant and department managers, supervisors and frontline workers involved in reliability, inspection & maintenance, shutdowns & turnarounds and process digitalization. Register now! FREE to plant employees.
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9:30 - 10:30 AM Industry Panel 1
Maximizing productivity and reliability in maintenance and turnarounds, Part 1
Experts discuss increasing efficiency and safety, how to leverage work processes to drive KPIs, as well as current initiatives and successes at their plants, including:
- Time on tools improvements
- Materials and contractor scheduling
- PM optimization
- Improving KPIs
Speakers:
- Steven Pittman, Senior Principal Maintenance & Reliability Engineer, Arkema
- Elliott Snell, Execution Lead, Covestro
- Mark Mitchell, Maintenance & Reliability Manager, LyondellBasell Channelview
- Moderator: Jeremy Osterberger, President & COO, BIC Alliance
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Industry Panel 2
Maximizing productivity and reliability in maintenance and turnarounds, Part 2
Plant experts share their experiences and successes in optimizing productivity, setting and meeting KPIs, and making data-driven decisions. Panelists will share initiatives at their plants, including:
- Work process for maintenance, operations, and turnarounds
- Productivity improvements through material staging, scheduling and work culture strategies
- Improving efficiency by managing contractors, contract administration
- Design for reliability
- Root cause analysis
- Reducing and managing events
Speakers:
- Johnny Park, Central Maintenance & Reliability Manager, LyondellBasell- La Porte Complex
- Tami Glasper, Reliability Manager, Air Products
- Byron Logan, Contract Administration & MRO Leader, Dow
- Moderator: James Griffin, Assoc. Vice Chancellor & Sr. Vice President for CPET, San Jacinto College
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EHCMA Industry Panel
Best practices for HS&E, economic growth, and community relations
EHCMA-member plant site managers will share initiatives and best practices that their facilities use to promote health, safety, environmental responsibility, and economic growth. The East Harris County Manufacturers Association (EHCMA) is a coalition of nearly 120 plant sites serving one of the largest petrochemical complexes in the world.
Panelists will share what key best practices their facilities have implemented and are striving to improve, such as:
- Upholding environmental standards, reliability, mechanical integrity, leak prevention, monitoring standards, emissions reduction
- Recent initiatives to mitigate chemical exposures and non-permitted task injuries
- Crisis communications, incident reporting, and emergency response procedures
- Advocacy and ongoing partnerships with surrounding communities through Community Advisory Panels & Councils, community opinion surveys and benchmarking
- Advocacy with local, regional, and state regulatory agencies and legislators
- Workforce development strategies
- Using social media to amplify a company’s good work
Speakers:
- Aaron Stryk, Public & Government Affairs, ExxonMobil Baytown (Moderator)
- Tifanie Steele, General Manager, Chevron Pasadena Refinery
- Sharon Hulgan, Lead Site Manufacturing Director, Dow Houston Hub Operations
- Scott Halbrooks, Plant Manager, OxyChem, La Porte VCM Facility
- Christina Penrose, Environmental Manager, The Lubrizol Corporation
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Schedule Of Events, August 20, 2024:
- Expo Hall Opens: 9:00 AM
- Industry Panel 1: 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
- Coffee Break: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
- Industry Panel 2: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Lunch Service: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
- Ice Cream Break: 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
- EHCMA Panel: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Happy Hour 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
- Expo Hall Closes 4:30 PM
