Emerging Leaders Networking Event
Emerging Leaders
Sponsored by W.R. Grace & Co
Hosted by Bryce Hansard, Flint Hills Resources, LLC and
Nevin Whalley, Axens North America
Meet and network with other Emerging Leaders and industry leadership at the upper level of the Glass Cactus. We will kick the reception off with an ice breaker then hear from industry leadership and AFPM’s Committee members.
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Lessons Learned from FCC Incidents
Learnings from Incidents, FCC
The Chemical Safety Board will present its findings and recommendations from its April 2018 FCC Unit Explosion and Asphalt Fire at Husky Superior Refinery investigation, published in December 2022. Two FCC experts will then discuss industry's response and the integration of lessons learned into FCC training.
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Ziad Jawad, Phillips 66
Richard Grove, Chevron USA
Melike Yersiz, US Chemical Safety Board
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How to Attract, Recruit, and Retain Great Employees
Leadership, Emerging Leaders
Attracting and keeping talented employees is a critical activity of any organization. Steve Anderson, PhD., will share research and his experience of over twenty years in helping health care organizations hire and keep the best employees. During this interactive session you will learn the critical components of creating a culture that empowers employees and attracts the best talent. He will also share how to create hiring processes that weeds out the pretenders and get the best candidates. Dr. Anderson will talk about the necessity of holding accountable, and possibly terminating, problem employees that harm your culture of excellence.
As a result of attending this speech participants will:
- Gain insight into five functions of management.
- Learn how to design a hiring system to locate and hire the best talent.
- Understand how to develop those employees.
- Understand how to create a review system that rewards good behavior and holds accountable “bad” behavior.
Facilitator: Lawrence Moreaux, LyondellBasell Industries
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Steve Anderson, PhD., Integrated Leadership Systems
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Learning from Incidents – Slide Valves
Learnings from Incidents, FCC
Facilitator: Joe Famolaro, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
Speaker:
Virgil Guzman, TapcoEnpro
Brandon Seltzer, Blac Inc
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FCC Catalysts and Additive Technology Advancements
FCC
Improvements in catalyst and additive technology continue to boost refinery profitability. This session will highlight how next generation FCC catalyst and additives are being used to allow refiners to process increasingly challenging feedstocks and cost effectively manage stack emissions. Case studies will be presented that demonstrate increased profitability where these advancements have been deployed.
Facilitator: Mike Federspiel, Valero Energy Corporation
Speakers:
Vasileios Komvokis, BASF
Jason Goodson and Hongbo Ma, Johnson Matthey
Christian Carnahan, CITGO
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FCC 101: Unit Monitoring Strategies for Optimization & Profitability
FCC
This session will review the role of a mass balance in understanding FCC Unit operations, including the influence data quality can have on interpretation. It will also touch on various unit monitoring strategies, including the use of KBC modeling, to aid in unit optimization for maximum profitability. Real-world case studies will be presented to show the direct impact these topics can have in an operating unit.
Facilitator: Andrew Mezera, Valero Energy Corporation
Speakers:
Michael Allegro, BASF
Austin Troxler, Marathon Petroleum
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