Overview

The Advancing Process Safety (APS) subgroup participants and the Process Safety Workgroup are invited to participate in the annual APS Summit and PSAG Recognition Dinner. This is a stewardship meeting for all the subgroups to meet individually and then join together during a general session to present their annual work plans for 2025. This year will kick off with a morning general session presented by PSAG leadership. This will be followed by individual subgroup meetings, a general session, and end the day with a team building activity and PSAG Recognition Awards dinner. Subgroups include Hazard ID and Practice Sharing, Human and Organizational Performance, Industry Learning & Outreach, Mechanical Integrity, Process Safety Regional Network Chairs, Site Assessments, and Walk the Line.

Click on the Agenda tab to see specific times and locations of the meetings. Times may be subject to slight change.

Schedule
Wednesday January 22, 2025
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Human and Organizational Performance
Process Safety Site Assessments
Regional Network Chairs/Vice Chairs
Walk the Line
09:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Industry Learning & Outreach
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
Thursday January 23, 2025
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Breakfast
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
General Session
09:00 AM - 12:30 PM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch
01:30 PM - 04:00 PM
General Session
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Break
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Team Building Activity
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Cocktail Reception
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Process Safety Advisory Group Recognition & Dinner
Friday January 24, 2025
07:30 AM - 08:00 AM
Breakfast
08:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Process Safety Advisory Group Meeting
Time Title
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Human and Organizational Performance
Process Safety Site Assessments
Regional Network Chairs/Vice Chairs
Walk the Line
09:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Industry Learning & Outreach
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
Time Title
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Breakfast
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
General Session
09:00 AM - 12:30 PM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch
01:30 PM - 04:00 PM
General Session
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Break
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Team Building Activity
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Cocktail Reception
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Process Safety Advisory Group Recognition & Dinner
Time Title
07:30 AM - 08:00 AM
Breakfast
08:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Process Safety Advisory Group Meeting

Registration

Registration for this meeting is restricted.  Contact Mawusi Bridges for eligibility questions.

Housing

You will receive a link to make a hotel reservation once your registration is complete. You can also find the link to reserve your housing at the top of your confirmation email.

Be sure to register and reserve your room by the cut-off date, January 7, 2025. The room block rate cannot be guaranteed after this date.

Plaza San Antonio Hotel & Spa, Autograph Collection
555 S. Alamo St.
San Antonio, TX 78205

Guest Room:

Rate: $229.00 Single/Double Occupancy per night
Deposit: First room night of $229.00 Single/Double Occupancy guaranteed with a major credit card

Hotel Cancellation Policy:

All reservations must be accompanied by a first night room and tax deposit guaranteed with a major credit card . Deposit is fully refundable if a room is canceled three (3) working days or more prior to the arrival date and a cancellation number is obtained.

Check-In/Check-Out Policy:

Check-in time is 4:00 PM. While the hotel will make every reasonable effort to accommodate guests who arrive before the check-in time, guest rooms may not be immediately available. Baggage storage will be available.

Check-out time is 11:00 AM. Late check-out requests will be reviewed based on hotel demand.

Early Departure Policy:

Upon check-in, each guest will be asked to review the departure date, which can be changed at that time. If guests wish to change the departure date after check-in, a departure fee equal to one night's stay will be charged.

Parking Rates:

Plaza San Antonio Hotel & Spa offers valet parking only. Guests may utilize street parking or nearby lots, if available, on their own.

The following are the Hotel's current parking rates and are subject to change without prior notice:

 Valet Parking Only

Standard Overnight:

$56 + Tax 

 

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.

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.

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 antitrust laws.
• Adherence to all applicable federal and state laws.
• Maintain the highest level of professional and personal ethical behavior while attending AFPM meetings and forums.
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• 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.