Overview
2017 Fall Board of Directors Meeting
Sunday, September 10 - Tuesday, September 12, 2017
The Meritage Resort & Spa
875 Bordeaux Way
Napa, CA 94558
The Board of Directors Meeting is the semi-annual gathering of the Association’s leadership. In addition to the Board business meeting, sessions feature speakers from government, business, and academia who discuss current issues of importance to the refining and petrochemical industries. Attendees also benefit from networking opportunities in a social setting.
Featured Speakers:
Rich Karlgaard
Editor-at-Large and Global Futurist, Forbes, Economic Leader, Entrepreneur & Author
Mick Ebeling
Founder & CEO, Not Impossible Labs; Author, Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn’t Be Done
Registration by invitation only.
Agenda
11:30 AM - 04:00 PM |
Executive Committee Lunch and Meeting
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12:00 PM - 06:00 PM |
Registration
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02:00 PM - 06:00 PM |
Process Safety Advisory Group Meeting
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03:00 PM - 04:30 PM |
Petrochemical Committee Meeting
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05:00 PM - 06:00 PM |
Associate Member Meeting
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06:00 PM - 09:00 PM |
Sunday Reception and Dinner
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07:30 AM - 08:30 AM |
Buffet Breakfast for Registrants and Spouses - Monday
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07:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Registration
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08:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Board Business Meeting
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11:30 AM - 01:00 PM |
Lunch for Registrants and Spouses
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12:00 PM - 05:00 PM | |
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM | |
07:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
Monday Reception and Dinner
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07:30 AM - 08:30 AM |
Buffet Breakfast for Registrants and Spouses
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07:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Registration
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08:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
General Session
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Time | Title |
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11:30 AM - 04:00 PM |
Executive Committee Lunch and Meeting
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12:00 PM - 06:00 PM |
Registration
|
02:00 PM - 06:00 PM |
Process Safety Advisory Group Meeting
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03:00 PM - 04:30 PM |
Petrochemical Committee Meeting
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05:00 PM - 06:00 PM |
Associate Member Meeting
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06:00 PM - 09:00 PM |
Sunday Reception and Dinner
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Time | Title |
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07:30 AM - 08:30 AM |
Buffet Breakfast for Registrants and Spouses - Monday
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07:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Registration
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08:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Board Business Meeting
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11:30 AM - 01:00 PM |
Lunch for Registrants and Spouses
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12:00 PM - 05:00 PM | |
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM | |
07:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
Monday Reception and Dinner
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Time | Title |
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07:30 AM - 08:30 AM |
Buffet Breakfast for Registrants and Spouses
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07:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Registration
|
08:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
General Session
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Meeting Fees
Meeting Fees
Details
2017 Fall Board of Directors Meeting
Sunday, September 10 - Tuesday, September 12, 2017
The Meritage Resort & Spa
875 Bordeaux Way
Napa, CA 94558
Who Should Attend:
Each member company has an appointed representative to the Board who is invited and encouraged to attend. In addition, each member may register one additional company employee.
Registration Includes:
Sunday opening reception and dinner; Monday breakfast, Board business meeting, lunch and dinner; and Tuesday breakfast and General Session.
Meeting Attire:
Business Casual
Travel:
Rental Car: AVIS is the official rental car agency for the Fall Board Meeting. Call 800-331-1600 and refer to AWD#:B761300 to receive discounted rates.
Ground Transportation & Driving Directions:
Airports
From Oakland International Airport (OAK):
• Evans Transportation offers shuttles from Oakland Airport. Call 707.255.1559
• Take 880 North to I-80 East, (approximately 30 miles)
• Take I-80 East towards Sacramento for approximately 24 miles across the Carquinez Bridge
• Take Discovery Bay Parkway/Highway 37 exit for approximately 2 miles
• Turn right onto Highway 29 North (Exit 19) for approximately 7 miles
• Turn left onto Soscol Ferry Road, located 1 mile from Highway 12 intersection and follow around back under highway
• Turn right on Bordeaux Way
• The Meritage Resort and Spa is located on the right hand side
From San Francisco International Airport (SFO):
• Evans Transportation offers shuttles from San Francisco Airport. Call 707.255.1559
• Take 280 or 101 North to San Francisco
• Take I-80 East towards Sacramento for approximately 24 miles across the Carquinez Bridge
• Take Discovery Bay Parkway/Highway 37 exit for approximately 2 miles
• Turn right onto Highway 29 North (Exit 19) for approximately 7 miles
• Turn left onto Soscol Ferry Road, located 1 mile from Highway 12 intersection and follow around back under highway
• Turn right on Bordeaux Way
• The Meritage Resort and Spa is located on the right hand side
From Sacramento and Sacramento International Airport (SMF):
• Napa Airporter offers shuttle service from Sacramento Airport. Call 707.252.1900
• Take I-80 West for approximately 42 miles
• Take CA Highway12 exit towards Napa/Sonoma (Approximately 8 miles)
• Turn right onto Highway 29 North
• Turn left onto Soscol Ferry Road, located 1 mile from Highway 12 intersection
• Turn right on Bordeaux Way
• The Meritage Resort and Spa is located on the right hand side
From Napa County Airport (KAPC):
• From terminal, turn left onto Airport Boulevard. Stay on Airport Blvd for approx. 1 mile
• Turn left onto Highway 29
• Stay to the left on Highway 29
• At first light, turn left onto Soscol Ferry Road
• Turn right on Bordeaux Way
• The Meritage Resort and Spa is located on the right hand side
Policies
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 federal 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.