2011 Public Policy Conference Thursday, May 5 - Friday, May 6, 2011 Washington Court Hotel 525 New Jersey Avenue NW [map] Washington, DC 20001-2019

NPRA is hosting its first annual Public Policy Conference. This conference will be open to NPRA member company employees only. The program is being carefully crafted by NPRA’s Advocacy staff and will include key speakers and panelists from the Administration, Congress, NGOs and the private sector discussing topical public policy issues. This conference is designed to be of keen interest to the wide range of public policy advocacy professionals at NPRA regular and associate member companies: government relations, communications, public relations outreach and grassroots, legal and state and federal regulatory and legislative specialists. We expect the speakers and panelists to present their open and straightforward views of the major public policy issues facing the nation’s refining and petrochemical industries in 2011.

Click here to see the tentative schedule of events.

Register by April 6th and save $100!

Who Should Attend:

Members who work in advocacy: government relations, communications, public relations outreach and grassroots, legal and state and federal regulatory and legislative specialists.

Meeting Attire:

Business

Registration Fees: These fees are available through 05/01/2011
Name	Price	Available To
Member Registration - Early	$525.00	Members
Member Registration - Late	$625.00	Members
Spouse Registration	$100.00

Cancellation and Other Policies:

REGISTRATION POLICY: Those who are present at the site of an NPRA meeting and/or occupy a hotel room in the NPRA 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.

SPOUSE/GUEST POLICY: A guest is a spouse/significant other, friend or an adult child (18 years old or older) who is not in an industry-related occupation. A co-worker, an associate or spouse who works within the industry may not use the Spouse/Guest registration category.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Registration cancellations may be made on-line or submitted in writing, faxed to 202.835.0467 or e-mailed to PPC@npra.org. Substitute conference registrations may be made in advance or on arrival with no penalty. Substitutions must be submitted in writing to PPC@npra.org.

Cancellations may be made by April 6, 2011 with no penalty. Written cancellations postmarked, faxed, or emailed between April 7 and April 20, 2011 will receive a refund of fees, less a $50 processing fee. No refunds after April 20, 2011. No telephone cancellations.

FEE POLICY: Registration fees will be assessed in accordance with membership information currently on file with NPRA. If you have improperly indicated fees to be charged, the correct fees will be charged to your credit card. Early registration fee is available on-line until April 6th. On-line late registration runs from April 7 - April 29. After April 29, registration may be done on-site in Washington.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CONDUCT CODE

ENTERTAINMENT POLICY

Is Media Allowed?

No

Housing

Earliest Check-in Date: May 4, 2011
Latest Checkout-out Date: May 6, 2011
Final Reservation Cut-Off Date: April 6, 2011
(Some hotels may run out of space earlier or be cut-off prior to this date.)

Washington Court Hotel:
525 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-2019



    Guest Room - Standard King
    Rate: $289 Single/$314 Double Occupancy
    Deposit: $289 Single/$314 Double Occupancy

Sponsors and Sponsorship Information:

Contact Merla Zollinger at merlaz@npra.org or call 202-457-0480 for sponsorship information.

Email Contacts:
For Registration information contact PPC@npra.org

Policies:
ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CONDUCT CODE

The National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (“NPRA”) has adopted the following “Ethical Responsibility and Professional and Personal Conduct Code” (hereinafter, “the Code”). Every member of NPRA, their designated representatives, and non-member attendees at all NPRA meetings and forums agree to abide by the Code as a condition of membership in NPRA and attendance and participation at NPRA meetings and forums.

The Code requires the following of all individuals attending NPRA meetings and forums:

• Adherence to the NPRA bylaws and the NPRA policies and procedures, as adopted by NPRA’s Board of Directors.
• Strict compliance with federal antitrust laws.
• Adherence to all applicable federal and state laws.
• Maintenance of the highest level of professional and personal ethical behavior while attending NPRA 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 with the highest level of integrity and courtesy.
• Sharing of knowledge and expertise as speakers at NPRA 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 NPRA.
• Refraining from scheduling general attendance meetings, receptions or other events at times that conflict with substantive programming or social events at NPRA meetings without express written permission of NPRA.

Failure to abide by the Code may result, for the first offense, in informal censure of a company or individual by the NPRA Executive Committee. If violations of the Code continue after such an informal censure, a company may be subject to expulsion from NPRA, or an individual to exclusion from participation in NPRA activities, by the Board of Directors.
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ENTERTAINMENT POLICY: We ask your cooperation in observing Association policy on activities held in conjunction with any NPRA meeting:

• Meetings or social activities should not be scheduled that take registrants away from NPRA programs and NPRA-sponsored activities;
• Any company sponsoring a function to which 25 or more people are invited should outline its plans for advance approval by NPRA. In general, such functions will be approved if they do not unduly take registrants away from NPRA-sponsored activities;
• All representatives of companies sponsoring hospitality activities are expected to register for the meeting;
• Hospitality suites are expected to close by 1:00 a.m.;
• Food, beverage and service personnel (bartenders, hostesses, etc.) must be obtained through the hotel catering department;
• Suite promotional activities are to avoid the use of elaborate entertainment, expensive door prizes, suite attendance solicitation by individuals who are not full-time employees of the sponsoring company, or other similar activities.
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