Annual Client Conference August 16-18, 2005

Mark your calendars! Our conference this year is in Colorado Springs – a location with a fantastic mix of outdoor adventure and city entertainment activities, so you may want to stay the weekend too.
 

Hotel Reservations
Please contact the Cheyenne Mountain Resort at 719-538-4000 (www.cheyennemountain.com).

A block of rooms is being held, so please mention that you are with the
GE Energy Pipeline Conference. Room rates are $139/night with a spouse rate of $79/night (taxes not included). This includes breakfast, lunch and dinner for the days of your stay including the night of your arrival.

 
 
Agenda
Tuesday, August 16
1:00-5:00 PM   Four 1-hr rotating learning sessions covering topics such as:
  • Addressing documentation challenges with Data Management
  • Field service & remediation best practices
  • Photogrammetry for pipelines
  • Advanced integrity assessment techniques that optimize costs and improve safety
  • Smart pipelines for prevention of third party damage
  • Crack detection technologies
  • Managing Direct Assessment as a complete, integrated inspection service
  • EMAT Validation
  • Improving the value of ILI baseline and re-inspection data
  • Corrosion methods and technologies
Final topics will be based on your input. Please vote during the registration process for the four topics you would like to attend.
6:00 - 8:00 PM   Networking event.
Evening to include cocktail hour and hors d’oeuvres.
Wednesday, August 17
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM   Technical program will include operator case histories, regulatory updates and interpretative commentary, as well as a view from the transmission and distribution industries. Topics of interest will include:
  • Regulatory & industry updates - Where we are today, where we are going, how to get there (including a discussion of API 1163 and the August 11th OPS Public Meeting)
  • Managing pipeline facilities for enterprise-wide applications
  • Data enabling the integrity management process
  • Solutions for challenging lines
  • Crack management: New approaches for detection and management
  • Mechanical damage: Detection, assessment and prevention
7:00 - 10:00pm   Gala dinner
Thursday, August 18
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM   Technical program continued – examining next steps for pipeline operators (Where can we go from here?) with topics including:
  • Planning to meet the operators needs - today & tomorrow
  • Identifying specific needs
  • Resource allocation & constraints
  • Cost mitigation & planning
1:00 PM onward   Activity of choice: golf scramble at Pikes Peak / Garden of the Gods, fishing and boating – we hope that you can join us!