2014 Q&A and Technology Forum
2014 Q&A and Technology Forum
Sunday, October 5 - Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Hyatt Regency Denver
650 Fifteenth Street
Denver, CO 80202
The Q&A and Technology Forum program has four major components to give attendees the industry's most comprehensive meeting on refinery operations and process technology: the Q&A Panel Sessions, the Principles & Practices Sessions, and the Plant Automation/Decision Support Sessions, and a table top exhibition.
Save $300 by registering by September 3rd and making a sleeping room reservation in the AFPM room block.
The Q&A Sessions on Hydroprocessing, Gasoline Processes, Crude/Vacuum Distillation & Coking, and FCC feature panels of industry experts from refining companies and technology providers who respond to questions and engage attendees in a discussion of today's tough issues. You can participate by submitting your own answers to these questions to be included in The Answer Book.
The Principles & Practices(P&P) Sessions on Hydroprocessing, Gasoline Processes, Crude/Vacuum Distillation & Coking, FCC, Peer-to-Peer, and Safety, Reliability, Economics, and Utilities are discussion-oriented sessions, primarily designed for the engineer whose overall operating experience is less than 20 years. The P&P sessions complement the information exchange that occurs in the Q&A sessions. Each of the sessions addresses the fundamentals of good operation and the foundational principles for the technologies that are commonly employed. These sessions have short presentations followed by a time where attendees can ask further questions or present their own particular problems and benefit from the collective experience of the other attendees.
The Plant Automation & Decision Support Sessions will have sessions on Cybersecurity, Asset Optimization, Refinery Project Development, Work Process Automation and Instrumentation Technology. Presentations include "Lost Anonymity in Hacker Identy: Case Study Analysis of How Law Enforcement Identified Three Hackers," "Application of a Batch-Wise Adapting MPC Technology," "DCS MIgration: Lessons Learned," and "Plant Real-Time Integrated Decision Execution (PRIDE)," and many more.
The Tabletop Exhibition will showcase catalyst, chemical, and technology providers, engineering companies, licensors and other industry suppliers in one convenient location.
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Save $100 off full conference registration by registering by September 3rd, and save an additional $200 by reserving a room in the AFPM block at the Hyatt Regency Denver as you register. On-line registration closes September 26.
Registration fees increase by $100 on September 4th.
Download the full set of QUESTIONS.