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Grab some lunch and head over to the Tech Talks! 

Five concurrent rooms will house cutting-edge short presentations and demos which will be presented on Monday, March 14 beginning at 12:15 pm and repeated at 1:00 pm to maximize your options.

AFPM Immersive Learning – Virtual Reality Fired Heater Simulation 

AFPM’s Immersive Learning Committee has been partnering with AFPM members to develop several tools our members can use to enhance their existing training including Walk the Line 101 animation series, and several micro-learning videos.  Their latest project, the Virtual Reality Fired Heater Simulation, is the latest product that has been released for member use.  This presentation will review the various tools, provide a demonstration of the Virtual Reality simulation and share exiting upcoming projects and partnerships. 

Speakers:

Mary Ann Burress, PhD., Competence Development Advisor, Chevron Products Company   

Abby Esterly, Program Manager, AFPM 

AFPM EMPOWER: Taking Policy Engagement to the Next Level 

Employees are our strongest ambassadors and AFPM’s EMPOWER program helps give them a voice on the issues that matter most to our work. Learn about the resources EMPOWER can offer your employees and the ways we can mobilize EMPOWER around your company’s priority issues. Closed to press.

Speakers:

Ericka Perryman, Director, Issues Communications, AFPM 

Cyber Threats in the Oil & Gas Industry  

This session will provide an in-depth cyber threat briefing on key issues to the oil and gas industry pipelines and facilities; and cyber threats to pipelines both in the US and abroad.  

Speaker: Sergio Caltagirone, Vice President of Threat Intelligence, DRAGOS  

Flow Accelerated Corrosion Gridding

This session will focus on mixed reality applications for fast augmented gridding of elbows and/or straight piping. This demonstration will show how this application can reduce costs, increase reliability, and enhance safety.  

Speaker: Martin Rosemond, Service Line Director-Advance NDE and Enterprise Account Director, TEAM Industrial Services 

Robotics Breakthrough for Industrial Process Autonomous Operations  

This session will describe how robotics can simulate operator rounds with many humanlike capabilities such as sight, hearing, smell, and tactile feel, which allow them to read gauges, record sound signatures, use thermal imaging to read hot and cold spots, and determine valve positions as the first steps toward to enabling autonomous operations. Discover how robots are becoming part of the mainstream in industrial operations, how they can perform the "dull, dirty and dangerous" tasks and allow workers to perform more meaningful tasks, and how they can perform tasks to enable operations having difficulty placing new employees.  

Speaker: Dr. Penny Chen, Senior Principal Technology Strategist, Yokogawa  

Experts Robert Bryce (author), Erik Larson (Princeton), and Jason Coffman (Deloitte) examine aspects of the often-discussed energy future.  Will the world make a quick transition toward renewable energy and electric vehicles or will the energy landscape evolve more slowly?  The speakers will consider the feasibility and cost of new sources of energy and transportation and also look at what consumers worldwide think.

2:00 – 2:30 pm - Topsoe, Inc.

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production from Renewable Feedstocks

Speaker:

Priyesh Thakker, Topsoe, Inc.  

2:30 – 3:00 pm - Albemarle Corporation

FCC Co-processing Breakout Catalyst Technology and Optimization Strategies

Speakers:

Clifford Avery, Albemarle Corporation

Jon Strohm, Albemarle Corporation

3:00 – 3:30 pm - Extract Talent

What is Your Offer? What Great Talent Needs and Wants

Speaker:

Nancy Newman, Extract Talent

3:30 - 4:00 pm - W. R. Grace & Co.

EMISSCIAN™ - Breakthrough SOx Additive Technology from Grace

Speakers:

Michael Hawkins, W.R. Grace & Co.

J. Robert Riley, W.R. Grace & Co.