Overview

2019 Walk the Line Industry Sharing Face-To-Face Workshop

Tuesday, July 30 - Wednesday, July 31, 2019
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center
1601 Lake Robbins Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380

Walk the Line with Confidence

The fourth annual Walk the Line workshop will provide attendees with a variety of learning and networking opportunities. The general session and breakout sessions will highlight aspects of the following themes:

  • Operational Discipline
  • Employee engagement/culture
  • Ownership and Sustainability
  • Implementing WTL with a team approach
  • Measuring Success
  • Operational Readiness
  • Valve Left Open
  • Overfill and Loading/Unloading
  • LOTO/Energy Isolation

The goal is for all companies attending to leave with a written Walk the Line plan to bring back to their sites. With this in mind, the format of this year's workshop will be a mixture of small group breakouts and general session presentations. The workshop will kick off with presentations from five operating companies who will discuss their Walk the Line Journey. This year attendees will have the opportunity to participate in all four breakout sessions. 

We will also have a technology showcase. This will provide hands-on opportunities for attendees to interact with products that help achieve WTL staples of Operational Discipline, Operating Procedures, Training, etc. Please contact Alyse Keller (akeller@afpm.org), if you would like more information about becoming a sponsor.

Workshop Goals:

  • Tangible takeaways for attendees: training materials, presentations, meeting notes, benchmarking surveys
  • Include resources and time during workshop for companies/sites to develop action plans to bring back to their site

General Session Speakers:

  • Keynote: “Operational Discipline Does Not Mean Following Procedures” Steve Cutchen, U.S. Chemical Safety Board
  • Industry Team Presentations from: Solvay, Ashland, Shell Chemical, and Ascend Performance Materials

Breakout Session Descriptions:

Lessons Learned Training Exercise

  • Work through WTL related events to identify key causal factors and what tool may have prevented a similar event.
  • Attendees will be able to take the exercises back to their site in addition to discussing what Walk the Line tools could have prevented each event.

Walk the Line Challenge Exercise

  • Discuss ways to address real-life Walk the Line scenarios and challenges focused on pre-identified themes.
  • Challenge questions addressed and summary notes packet from all rooms will be sent to attendees following the meeting.

Benchmarking Exercise

  • Attendees will utilize polling technology to benchmark responses with other attendees followed by a discussion on specific site practices.
  • These takeaways include benchmarking results and discussion insights from all the major themes.

Walk the Line Open Discussion

  • Discuss with your peers what you’ve learned throughout the workshop and prepare to work on your action plan with your company teams. Time will be available for open facilitated discussion.
  • Take back to your team an actionable plan and sharable lessons.

Come join the 250 other attendees from Operating companies from across the country at this year’s workshop.  Please email Alyse Keller, akeller@afpm.org, with any questions or for more information.

Resources available on the AFPM Safety Portal (safetyportal.afpm.org)

  • Tool box talks
  • Newsletters
  • Practices Sharing Documents
  • Presentations

Registration closes Friday, July 19th. 

Schedule
Tuesday July 30, 2019
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
07:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Registration
08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break & Technology Showcase
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Networking Lunch & Technology Showcase
01:00 PM - 04:30 PM
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Coffee Break & Technology Showcase
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Networking Reception & Technology Showcase
Wednesday July 31, 2019
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
07:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Registration
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
General Session
08:30 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Networking Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
General Session
Time Title
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
07:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Registration
08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break & Technology Showcase
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Networking Lunch & Technology Showcase
01:00 PM - 04:30 PM
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Coffee Break & Technology Showcase
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Networking Reception & Technology Showcase
Time Title
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
07:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Registration
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
General Session
08:30 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Networking Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
General Session

2019 Walk the Line Industry Sharing Face-To-Face Workshop

Tuesday, July 30 - Wednesday, July 31, 2019
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center
1601 Lake Robbins Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380

Registration

Participation is limited to Operating Companies.  You do not have to be an AFPM member to attend. If you wish to attend, please contact Alyse Keller, akeller@afpm.org for eligibility.

Registration Fees
Name Price Available To
Member Registration $300.00
Non-Member Registration $450.00

Housing

The official AFPM room block at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott is currently full. We recommend booking a room at one of the following nearby properties. AFPM does not hold a block at these properties, so the rate of a room will be the posted rate.

The Westin at The Woodlands
2 Waterway Square
The Woodlands, TX 77380
(281) 419-4300
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/iahwi-the-westin-at-the-woodlands/
0.3 mi – distance from The Woodlands Waterway Marriott 

Hyatt Centric at The Woodlands
9595 Six Pines Drive, Suite 1100
The Woodlands, TX 77380
(281) 203-5005
https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/texas/hyatt-centric-the-woodlands/
0.4 mi – distance from The Woodlands Waterway Marriott

Residence Inn by Marriott Houston The Woodlands/Market Street
9333 Six Pines Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380
(281) 419-1542
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/hould-residence-inn-houston-the-woodlands-market-street
0.5 mi – distance from The Woodlands Waterway Marriott

Housing

The official AFPM room block at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott is currently full. We recommend booking a room at one of the following nearby properties. AFPM does not hold a block at these properties, so the rate of a room will be the posted rate.

The Westin at The Woodlands
2 Waterway Square
The Woodlands, TX 77380
(281) 419-4300
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/iahwi-the-westin-at-the-woodlands/
0.3 mi – distance from The Woodlands Waterway Marriott 

Hyatt Centric at The Woodlands
9595 Six Pines Drive, Suite 1100
The Woodlands, TX 77380
(281) 203-5005
https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/texas/hyatt-centric-the-woodlands/
0.4 mi – distance from The Woodlands Waterway Marriott

Residence Inn by Marriott Houston The Woodlands/Market Street
9333 Six Pines Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380
(281) 419-1542
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/hould-residence-inn-houston-the-woodlands-market-street
0.5 mi – distance from The Woodlands Waterway Marriott

By registering for this meeting you signify that you have read, understand, and agree to abide by AFPM's policies listed below.

REGISTRATION POLICY: Those who are present at the site of an AFPM meeting and/or occupy a hotel room in the AFPM room block to conduct business with industry personnel gathered for that meeting are expected to register for that meeting and pay the registration fee, whether or not they attend a specific function.

FEE POLICY: Eligibility for member rates is based on membership information currently on file with AFPM. If your company is not currently a member, the non-member fees will be charged to your credit card.

CANCELLATION POLICY
Registration cancellations must be submitted in writing and faxed to 202.835.0467 or emailed to meetings@afpm.org. Substitute conference registrations may be made in advance or on arrival with no penalty. Substitutions can be made online by the individual who entered the registration or can be submitted in writing to meetings@afpm.org.

Cancellations may be made by June 28, 2019 with no penalty. Cancellations postmarked, faxed, or emailed between June 29 and July 19, 2019 will receive a refund of fees, less a $50 processing fee. No refunds after July 20, 2019. No telephone cancellations.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CONDUCT CODE

The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (“AFPM”) has adopted the following “Ethical Responsibility and Professional and Personal Conduct Code” (hereinafter, “the Code”). Every member of AFPM, their designated representatives, and non-member attendees at all AFPM meetings and forums agree to abide by the Code as a condition of membership in AFPM and attendance and participation at AFPM meetings and forums.

The Code requires the following of all individuals attending AFPM meetings and forums:

• Adherence to the AFPM bylaws and the AFPM policies and procedures, as adopted by AFPM’s Board of Directors.

• Strict compliance with antitrust laws.

• Adherence to all applicable federal and state laws.

• Maintain the highest level of professional and personal ethical behavior while attending AFPM meetings and forums.

• Prevention of certain behaviors, including harassment, violence, intimidation and discrimination of any kind involving race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or, where applicable, veteran or marital status.

• Assurance that conduct at all times and in all professional and personal dealings with each other and other attendees is with the highest level of integrity and courtesy.

• Sharing of knowledge and expertise as speakers at AFPM educational events and sessions whenever practicable, without soliciting or explicitly promoting their own organization's products or services.

• Working to instill public and consumer confidence in the petrochemical and refining industries, its member companies, and its professionals, avoiding any action conducive to discrediting members of AFPM.

• Refraining from scheduling general attendance meetings, receptions or other events at times that conflict with substantive programming or social events at AFPM meetings without express written permission of AFPM.

Failure to abide by the Code may result, for the first offense, in informal censure of a company or individual by the AFPM Executive Committee. If violations of the Code continue after such an informal censure, a company may be subject to expulsion from AFPM, or an individual to exclusion from participation in AFPM activities, by the Board of Directors.