Women in Industry Reception
Open to registered women attendees only. Please RSVP by March 4.
Sponsored by: Albemarle Corporation
Government Relations Breakfast
Price: $60
Open to registered attendees only. Tickets must be purchased by March 4.
An Insider's Guide to DC: What’s Next? Navigating 2022.
The 2020 Congressional races ushered in a few surprises and lots of new leaders. In a lively, timely and strictly non-partisan presentation, David will take you on a tour of the new DC landscape and what lies ahead for Congress and the President. Drawing on his extensive research on voting patterns and interviews with the candidates, David explores the aftershock of 2020 with an eye to the 2022 midterms and beyond.
General Session
Chairman's Welcome:
Jeff Ramsey, President & CEO, Flint Hills Resources, LLC, AFPM Chairman of the Board
President's Report
Chet Thompson, President & CEO, AFPM
Invited Guest Speakers
Representative Garrett Graves (R – LA 6th District)
Keynote Presentations:
Managing Risk in an Unstable World
Ian Bremmer, President & CEO, Eurasia Group
To navigate globalization's choppy waters, every business leader analyzes economic risk when considering overseas investments or looking at market exposure. Political analyst and entrepreneur Ian Bremmer explains that by blending political and economic risk analysis, you make savvier investment decisions–seizing valuable opportunities around the globe while avoiding danger zones. Learn how to spot political risk on the horizon and balance it against economic opportunities; shifting geopolitics; the trends on global terror, and what growing political risk means for the global economy.
What's REALLY On The Mind Of America
Dr. Frank Luntz, Pollster and Communications Expert
Most public opinion experts can only tell you what they think is on the minds of ordinary Americans, but Dr. Frank Luntz lets ordinary Americans speak for themselves. Through thousands of hours of intense direct response/focus group dial testing, Dr. Luntz has his fingers on the pulse of every issue Americans talk about today. Dr. Luntz will provide expert insight and analysis that can help you, the business leader, the politician, or just the average citizen, understand the thoughts and feelings of the average American.
Monday Lunch/Tech Talks
Grab some lunch and head over to the Tech Talks!
Five concurrent rooms will house cutting-edge short presentations and demos which will be presented on Monday, March 14 beginning at 12:15 pm and repeated at 1:00 pm to maximize your options.
AFPM Immersive Learning – Virtual Reality Fired Heater Simulation
AFPM’s Immersive Learning Committee has been partnering with AFPM members to develop several tools our members can use to enhance their existing training including Walk the Line 101 animation series, and several micro-learning videos. Their latest project, the Virtual Reality Fired Heater Simulation, is the latest product that has been released for member use. This presentation will review the various tools, provide a demonstration of the Virtual Reality simulation and share exiting upcoming projects and partnerships.
Speakers:
Mary Ann Burress, PhD., Competence Development Advisor, Chevron Products Company
Abby Esterly, Program Manager, AFPM
AFPM EMPOWER: Taking Policy Engagement to the Next Level
Employees are our strongest ambassadors and AFPM’s EMPOWER program helps give them a voice on the issues that matter most to our work. Learn about the resources EMPOWER can offer your employees and the ways we can mobilize EMPOWER around your company’s priority issues. Closed to press.
Speakers:
Ericka Perryman, Director, Issues Communications, AFPM
Charlie Turner, Director, Brand and Marketing Communications, AFPM
Cyber Threats in the Oil & Gas Industry
This session will provide an in-depth cyber threat briefing on key issues to the oil and gas industry pipelines and facilities; and cyber threats to pipelines both in the US and abroad.
Speaker: Sergio Caltagirone, Vice President of Threat Intelligence, DRAGOS
Flow Accelerated Corrosion Gridding
This session will focus on mixed reality applications for fast augmented gridding of elbows and/or straight piping. This demonstration will show how this application can reduce costs, increase reliability, and enhance safety.
Speaker: Martin Rosemond, Service Line Director-Advance NDE and Enterprise Account Director, TEAM Industrial Services
Robotics Breakthrough for Industrial Process Autonomous Operations
This session will describe how robotics can simulate operator rounds with many humanlike capabilities such as sight, hearing, smell, and tactile feel, which allow them to read gauges, record sound signatures, use thermal imaging to read hot and cold spots, and determine valve positions as the first steps toward to enabling autonomous operations. Discover how robots are becoming part of the mainstream in industrial operations, how they can perform the "dull, dirty and dangerous" tasks and allow workers to perform more meaningful tasks, and how they can perform tasks to enable operations having difficulty placing new employees.
Speaker: Dr. Penny Chen, Senior Principal Technology Strategist, Yokogawa
Energy Transition or Energy Evolution?
Experts Robert Bryce (author), Erik Larson (Princeton), and Jason Coffman (Deloitte) examine aspects of the often-discussed energy future. Will the world make a quick transition toward renewable energy and electric vehicles or will the energy landscape evolve more slowly? The speakers will consider the feasibility and cost of new sources of energy and transportation and also look at what consumers worldwide think.