Thank You!
Thank you for your support of the Operations & Process Technology Summit (previously, the Q&A on Process Technology). All the things you’ve valued most about OPTS will be available to you through an entirely new, innovative, and integrated experience beginning in August, 2020! Save the date for the new 2020 Summit - August 25 – 27, 2020. Look here for more information.
Maximizing Your Molecular Advantage – Practical Solutions for Today, Forethought for Tomorrow
In its 72-year history, the AFPM Q&A and Technology Forum has undergone many changes. From its beginnings in 1947 as a solid 2 ½ day question and answer session that everyone attended, it has evolved into a one-stop shop for professional, technical, and industry network development.
AFPM strives for our industry professionals to provide you with practiced and foresighted methods in daily operations. This year’s SMEs will deliver great innovative tools with visible and discussion driving answers. The Summit will aim to meet the challenges and needs of our changing industry and workforce for years to come.
The Summit Features the Following Components
Click here to download the Advance Program.
Sunday October 13, 2019
Pre-Conference Workshop
Presented by DuPont Clean Technologies
- Latest Design Options -- it's time for an upgrade!
- Latest Effluent Treating Research -- to treat or not to treat?
- Unique Olefin Feeds -- can your unit process these crazy feeds?
Advance registration is required. For more information contact Jeannie Branzaru by email.*
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Student & Emerging Leaders Meetup
If you are a student, recent graduate or new to the industry, this is the perfect event for you! Come network with other students, emerging leaders and the industry experts that make up the AFPM Committees responsible for the conference programming.
Kickoff Networking Event
Monday October 14, 2019
New Manager Morning Mixer
This is a new event for those who are about to or have just entered into a formal supervisory or managing role. Whether you are comfortable and well-trained or nervous and have lots of questions, come meet like-positioned peers who can share with you their experience and boost your teams performance.
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General Session
Concurrent Sessions
Q&A and Discussion Session - Gasoline Processes
Principles & Practices - Emerging Leaders Town Hall
Principles & Practices - SME
Cybersecurity
Operational Planning, Control & Automation Technologies (OPCAT)
Coffee Break
Concurrent Sessions - Continued
Q&A and Discussion Session - Gasoline Processes
Principles & Practices - Emerging Leaders Town Hall
Principles & Practices - SME
Cybersecurity
OPCAT
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
Concurrent Sessions
Q&A and Discussion Session - Hydroprocessing
Principles & Practices - Auxiliary Facilities
Principles & Practices - Gasoline Processes
Cybersecurity
OPCAT
Refreshment Break
Concurrent Sessions - Continued
Q&A and Discussion Session - Hydroprocessing
Principles & Practices - Auxiliary Facilities
Principles & Practices - Gasoline Processes
Cybersecurity
OPCAT
Reception in Exhibit Hall
Tuesday October 15, 2019
Registration
Concurrent Sessions
Q&A and Discussion Session - Crude
Principles & Practices - Hydroprocessing
Cybersecurity
Operational Planning, Control & Automation Technologies (OPCAT)
EMpower Session
Learn what AFPM is doing to empower industry employees to tell the story of our industries and to change the narrative at the EMpower Breakfast. This session is for those who are looking for practical ways to engage in proactive and constructive conversations with their communities about their company and their industry, a must attend for all industry personnel.
Coffee Break
Concurrent Sessions - Continued
Q&A and Discussion Session - Crude
Principles & Practices - Hydroprocessing
Cybersecurity
OPCAT
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
Concurrent Sessions
Q&A and Discussion Session - FCC
Principles & Practices - Crude
OPCAT
Refreshment Break
Concurrent Sessions - Continued
Q&A and Discussion Session - FCC
Principles & Practices - Crude
OPCAT
Women in Refining Reception
Join us for this opportunity to both share and learn professional development strategies and build a network of women leading our industry, as you relax after two days of intense learning.
Wednesday October 16, 2019
Registration
Concurrent Sessions
Principles & Practices - FCC
Principles & Practices Fostering Profitability
Coffee Break
Concurrent Sessions - Continued
Principles & Practices - FCC
Principles & Practices Fostering Profitability
Meeting Fees
Save $100 on registration fees by registering by September 13th. Registration fees increase September 14th. Online registration closes October 4th.
Name | Price | Available To |
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Member Registration - Early | $750.00 | Member/Government |
Member Registration - Late | $850.00 | Member/Government |
Non-Member Registration - Early | $1,400.00 | NonMember |
Non-Member Registration - Late | $1,500.00 | NonMember |
Spouse Registration | $100.00 | Spouse |
Advance Program and Registration Form
Justification Toolkit
Let your manager know just how beneficial it will be to attend the 2019 Operations & Process Technology Summit. AFPM has put together the Justification toolkit to provide you with a way to present the costs and benefits of attending the conference all in one convenient location.
We encourage you to review the toolkit to gain a greater understanding of the conference and how to communicate the value it can provide when attempting to gain attendance approval from your manager.
Below is some helpful information to explain why you should attend:
Justification Toolkit
ROI Guide
Reservations cannot be made prior to registration. If you register before the hotel cut-off date, you will receive a link to make a hotel reservation once your registration is complete. You can also find the link to reserve your housing at the top of your confirmation email.
Be sure to register and reserve your room by September 13th. The room block rate cannot be guaranteed after this date.
Marriott Rivercenter
101 Bowie Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Guest Room:
Rate: $234.00 Single/Double Occupancy per night
Deposit: $234.00 Single/Double Occupancy per night
Exhibitor Information
Thank you for your interest in exhibiting at The Summit. At this time we are operating on a waitlist. To join the waitlist, please apply online using the link below or by downloading the Exhibitor Prospectus below, and faxing completed application to 202.835.0467. Please contact Jeanne Boone, Meeting Planner, with any questions.
By registering for this meeting you signify that you have read, understand, and agree to abide by AFPM's policies on registration, housing, cancellation, spouse/guest registration, and fees.
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
Member Fee Eligibility - The member rate 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.
SPOUSE/GUEST POLICY
A guest is a spouse/significant other, friend or an adult child (18 years old or older) who is not in an industry-related occupation. A co-worker, an associate or spouse who works within the industry may not use the Spouse/Guest Registration category. Guests are not permitted to work the table-top exhibit. Children under 18 are not permitted in the exhibit hall.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Registration cancellations must be submitted in writing and faxed to 202.835.0467 or emailed to OPT@afpm.org. Substitute conference registrations may be made in advance or on arrival with no penalty, and may be submitted in writing to OPT@afpm.org or processed online by the individual who input the original registration.
Cancellations may be made by September 13, 2019 with no penalty. Written cancellations postmarked, faxed, or emailed between September 14 and September 27, 2019 will receive a refund of fees, less a $50 processing fee. No refunds after September 27, 2019. No telephone cancellations.
NO SUIT-CASING PLEASE
Please note that while all meeting registrants are invited to the exhibition, any non-exhibitor registrant who is observed to be soliciting business in the aisles or other public spaces, in another company's booth, or in violation of any portion of the AFPM Exhibition Policy will be asked to leave the show floor. Please report any violations you may observe to show management.
RECORDING POLICY
Video recording, streaming or broadcasting of the exhibit hall, general sessions, workshops and discussions is strictly prohibited. Audio recording is permitted only in the workshops and for the sole purpose of private use. Any recording for purposes of reproduction or distribution without the written consent of the AFPM is strictly prohibited.
PHOTO RELEASE
By registering for this conference, I hereby grant AFPM, its licensees and assigns, the right to use my name, biographic material, as well as, photos, or videos taken of me during the conference in news media, websites, publications, programs, articles, and/or marketing materials.
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 AFPMs Board of Directors.
Strict compliance with antitrust laws.
Adherence to all applicable federal and state laws.
Maintenance of 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.
ENTERTAINMENT POLICY
We ask your cooperation in observing Association policy on activities held in conjunction with any AFPM meeting:
Meetings or social activities should not be scheduled that take registrants away from AFPM programs and AFPM-sponsored activities;
Any company sponsoring a function to which 25 or more people are invited should outline its plans for advance approval by AFPM. In general, such functions will be approved if they do not unduly take registrants away from AFPM-sponsored activities;
All representatives of companies sponsoring hospitality activities are expected to register for the meeting;
Hospitality suites are expected to close by 12:00 am;
Food, beverage and service personnel (bartenders, hostesses, etc.) must be obtained through the hotel catering department;
Suite promotional activities are to avoid the use of elaborate entertainment, expensive door prizes, suite attendance solicitation by individuals who are not full-time employees of the sponsoring company, or other similar activities.