Overview

2023 AFPM Training Forum

August 10, 2023
The Westin Galleria Houston 
5060 West Alabama
Houston, TX 77056

 

The purpose of the AFPM Training Forum is to give individuals with similar training responsibilities an opportunity to share information about their companies’ programs with their peers, benefit from the experiences of others, engage in interactive roundtable discussions on specific topics, and envision what steps AFPM can take to support members’ training activities in the future. 

What you'll experience and learn:  

  • Full day Training Forum including Immersive Learning Committee presentations on available AFPM immersive learning tools and what they provide to your organization
  • Networking Reception and World Cafe' sessions- opportunity to build your network and knowledge share with trainers, SME's and industry peers
  • Tools to develop frontline and operator leadership, learning programs, and knowledge capture 
  • The potential of AI ( Artificial Intelligence) for immersive learning technology/content
  • Experience a hands-on BARS activity for Operator Performance Measurement
  • Learn about "Storytelling for Knowledge Capture" 
  • Benefit from sharing experiences and solutions with fellow members
  • FCC presentation about the suite tools available to senior level operators
  • Be a voice for your site- contribute to the future steps AFPM can take to support your training activities

A key focus of this year’s AFPM Training Forum is building learning programs that impact business performance. 

Registration is limited to AFPM members. If you are unable to register, please send a request  Yvette Fowler at yfowler@afpm.org 

Schedule
Wednesday August 9, 2023
05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Networking Event
Thursday August 10, 2023
07:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Registration
07:30 AM - 08:00 AM
Breakfast
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Networking Break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:50 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
02:30 PM - 02:45 PM
Break
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
03:45 PM - 04:45 PM
Time Title
05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Networking Event
Time Title
07:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Registration
07:30 AM - 08:00 AM
Breakfast
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Tyler Veenstra — Refining Training & Development Manager, Marathon Petroleum Company
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Dr. Mary Ann Burress — Competence Development Advisor, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Networking Break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Dr. Mary Ann Burress — Competence Development Advisor, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
10:50 AM - 12:00 PM
Jason Lay — Regional Training Coordinator, Marathon Petroleum Company
Bruce Shaffer — Leadership and Professional Development Director, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Reggie Sinnette — MLP Training and Safety Specialist, LyondellBasell Industries
Alisha Keyes — Learning & Development Manager, MSOD, PHR, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Joseph Hietala — Shift Capability Leader, Flint Hills Resources
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Tim Chappell — Immersive Technology Studios Product Owner, ExxonMobil Corporation
William Cox — Systems Completions Advisor, ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company
Dr. Rajan Puri — Corporate Medical Director, PBF Energy
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Ziad Jawad — Director FCC Technology, Phillips 66
02:30 PM - 02:45 PM
Break
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Allen Schmaltz — Training Specialist, Flint Hills Resources, LLC
03:45 PM - 04:45 PM
Tyler Veenstra — Refining Training & Development Manager, Marathon Petroleum Company

Registration

Registration fees are based on AFPM membership. If your company is a member of AFPM, you qualify for the member fees.

Save $250 on registration fees by registering on or before July 14. Registration fees increase on July 15. Online registration closes on August 4, 2023.

Registration Cancellation Policy

Cancellations may be made on or before June 30, 2023 with no penalty. Cancellations must be submitted in writing. Written cancellations postmarked, faxed, or emailed between July 1 and July 14 will receive a refund fees, less a $100 processing fee. No refunds after July 14, 2023. No telephone cancellations. 

Registration Fees

Name

Price

Available To

Member Registration 

$400.00    

Member Companies  

Member Onsite Registration

$650.00 

Member Companies

Non-Member Registration  

$600.00 

Non-Members

Non-Member Onsite Registration    

$850.00

Non-Members

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.

COVID-19 Safety Protocols
AFPM is closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC guidelines, city/state regulations, and venue practices.

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.

Member Fee Eligibility
Eligibility for member rates 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.

Cancellation Policy
Registration cancellations must be submitted in writing and faxed to 202.835.0467 or emailed to meetings@afpm.org. Substitute conference registrations may be made in advance or on arrival with no penalty. Substitutions can be made online by the individual who entered the registration or can be submitted in writing to meetings@afpm.org.

Cancellations may be made by June 30, 2023 with no penalty. Cancellations postmarked, faxed, or emailed between July 1 and July 14, 2023 will receive a refund of fees, less a $100 processing fee. No refunds after July 14, 2023. No telephone cancellations.


AFPM Antitrust Guidelines
AFPM takes its antitrust compliance obligations seriously and our antitrust policy goes beyond the minimum requirements.

To ensure compliance with the antitrust laws and avoid any appearance of anticompetitive activity, every participant in AFPM meetings and AFPM activities must adhere to the AFPM antitrust guidelines.

Therefore, there should be no discussion or disclosure of information with respect to:

  • Individual company's prices, profits, premiums, surcharges, or discounts;

  • your intent to do business with specific customers;

  • proposed product offerings;

  • allocation of geographic or product markets;

  • any refusal to deal with a customer or supplier;

  • how to respond to the market behavior of a competitor;

  • company's non-public, confidential information; or

  • any other topic involving a potentially anticompetitive practice.


It is not only your duty to follow the AFPM policy, but also to affirmatively stop any conversations on impermissible subjects. If a discussion presents an antitrust issue, raise your concern immediately. If the discussion continues, announce that you are leaving the meeting because you have an antitrust concern and immediately report your concern to AFPM staff and legal counsel. These Guidelines apply both during the meeting and at informal social events involving AFPM members.

This reference is an overview of AFPM's Antitrust Guidelines. It is not a substitute for legal counsel. Any and all antitrust related concerns should be addressed to AFPM's General Counsel.

Ethical Responsibility and Professional and Personal Conduct Code
The American Fuel and 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 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.