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Advocacy - Vehicles Policy: Combustion Engine Bans or Consumer Choice?
This session evaluates the concept of banning internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) favored by 98% of consumers today. The panelists, from impacted industries, local communities, and the think tank community, will look at the feasibility and costs of a technology-ban approach to reducing transportation emissions.

Moderator:
Derrick Morgan, Senior Vice President, Federal & Regulatory Affairs, AFPM

Panelists:
Mark Mills, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Tom Stricker, Group Vice President, Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs, Toyota Motor North America
Andrew Walmsley, Director, Congressional Relations at American Farm Bureau Federation

Operational Excellence and Culture - Digital Transformation: Cultural Change & Work Process Design

Moderator:
Craig Harclerode, O&G and HPI Business Development Executive, OSIsoft (part of Aveva)

Panelists:
Bill Johnson, Senior Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, DCP Midstream
Brendan Rogers, Downstream Digitization Manager, Chevron Corporation

Sponsored By:
Technip Energies

Technology - A New Era for Alkylation: Ionic Liquid Alkylation - ISOALKY (TM) Process Technology
This presentation introduces how ISOALKY Technology uses a non-volatile ionic liquid catalyst that operates with on-line regeneration, without acid soluble oil (ASO) disposal or any solid by-product formation. The presentation also reviews how ISOALKY Technology provides greater flexibility in processing olefin feedstocks with low/negligible H-transfer tendency, smaller volume of catalyst required, reduced emissions, optimized operating conditions to increase octane and alkylate yield, and decreased risk in transportation and handling of the solution.

Moderator:
Scott Purnell, Vice President, R&D, W.R. Grace

Panelists:
Helin Cox, Senior Business Leader, Alkylation & Treating, Honeywell UOP
Hye Kyung Timken, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Chevron Fellow

Sponsored By:
Honeywell, UOP

Networking and entertainment opportunity.

Advocacy - Regional Approaches to State Transportation Policy
As states look to the future of transportation, they are increasingly working with their neighbors to develop comprehensive solutions that involve electrification, fuels standards and Cap and Trade Programs. This session will look at the Transportation & Climate Initiative, the Great Plains Institutes “Clean Fuels Policy for the Midwest” and other regional efforts.

Moderator:
Don Thoren, Vice President, Outreach, AFPM

Panelists:
Drew Veysey, Senior Associate, Georgetown Climate Center
Brendan Jordan, Vice President, Transportation & Fuels, Great Plains Institute

Operational Excellence and Culture - Human & Organizational Performance in Georgia Pacific: Opening Minds, Taking Action, and Getting Results
Poor safety performance drove Georgia-Pacific, a major player in the paper industry, to transform using Human & Organizational Performance. Find out how they are applying new learning both in the office and in the field, and the early results.

Moderator:
Sharon Watkins, Operations Leader, Monroe Energy

Speaker:
Dawn Wurst, Senior Vice President, Health & Safety, Georgia-Pacific

Technology - Midstream Market Outlook
With the expansion of U.S. oil production in places like the Permian basin we have seen a corresponding expansion of pipeline infrastructure development to bring this feedstock to refiners and export markets. The U.S. energy industry, and the midstream sector, has also been uniquely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This panel will provide an outlook for pipeline development in the United States, along with insights into key market drivers influencing midstream investment decisions. The panel will also discuss the outlook for midstream recovery in a post-pandemic era, and review some of the key infrastructure projects that are now underway.

Moderator:
Susan Grissom, Chief Industry Analyst, AFPM

Panelists:
Katie Bays, Managing Director, FiscalNote
Rusty Braziel, CEO & Principal Energy Markets Consultant, RBN Energy
Tom O’Connor, Senior Director, Energy Markets, ICF Consulting

Visit sponsor pages or networking rooms.

Advocacy - Sustainability: Defining Expectations
As public dialogues question society’s best path toward a sustainable future, fuel and petrochemical manufacturers are defining the role of our industries by demonstrating ongoing commitments to improving environmental performance, advancing safety, supporting thriving people and communities, and driving progress in their own operations and in sectors across the economy. Hear how companies are navigating evolving stakeholder expectations while spearheading solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Moderator:
Kelly Curran, Senior Director, Communications, AFPM

Panelists:
Ron Abbott, Technical Manager, Sustainability, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
Maria Dunn, Policy & Sustainability, Phillips 66
Willis Jernigan, Director, Safety and Health, Koch Industries

Sponsored By:
Haldor Topsoe

Operational Excellence and Culture - Walk the Line and Culture – Leadership Fireside Chat
Walk the Line is a conduct of operations driven, practice sharing program focused on engaging the front line to help reduce process safety events and help make sites safer. This fireside chat will discuss Walk the Line and Culture from a company leader perspective. Case studies on how Walk the Line may help will be provided.

Moderator:
Lawrence Moreaux, Vice President and Site Manager, LyondellBasell

Panelists:
Michael McKee, Vice President, Refining Operations, PBF Energy
Michael VanDerSnick, Senior Vice President Americas Manufacturing, LyondellBasell
Tim Watson, Corporate EH&S Vice President, Americas Styrenics

Sponsored By:
Suez Water Technologies & Solutions

Technology - Cybersecurity Policy in the Evolving Threat Landscape
This session will focus on existing and potential threats to information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems, including ransomware, and what policy makers, regulators, and AFPM members can do to make these systems more secure from cyberattacks. We will look at how cyber threats have increased as technology advancements improve operational efficiency, and how the private sector can work with federal partners to ensure cybersecurity policy is crafted in a way that is flexible, non-prescriptive, and allows for industry to adequately respond to the evolving threat landscape.

Moderator:
Derrick Morgan, Senior Vice President, Federal & Regulatory Affairs, AFPM

Panelists:
Will Hurd, U.S. Representative (R-TX) (2015 - 2021); Former CIA Officer
Christopher Roberti, Senior Vice President for Cyber, Intelligence, and Supply Chain Security Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Christopher Lukas, Chief Information Security Officer, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.