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PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS: Monday, April 21
| 8a |
Golf Tournament at Twin Warriors |
| 1 - 4p |
Meridium 101: Creating Business and Financial Value with APM |
| 2 - 4p |
Early Registration |
| 4 - 6p |
Welcome Reception sponsored by Reliability Center Inc.
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| 6 - 8p |
Newcomer Dinner (Invitation only)
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CONFERENCE DAY 1: Tuesday, April 22
7:30a
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Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30a |
Welcome and Introduction Bonz Hart, President, Meridium |
| 8:45a |
Your Most Important Asset Geoffrey Colvin, Editor At Large, FORTUNE magazine
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| 9:30a |
The Strategy is the Asset Bonz Hart, President, Meridium
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| 10:15a |
Break
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| 10:30a |
Demonstrating Value from Asset Performance Management: a Financial Perspective Bernie Cooper, CEO, Silcar
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| 11:30a |
Lunch
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| 1p |
An Introduction to Meridium Asset Strategy Management Joe Nichols and Chris DeFalco, Meridium
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Track One - Business
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Track Two - Functional
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Product Demo Theatre
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| 2:30p |
Manufacturing Success by Strategic Application of APM Roy Whitt, Meridium
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APM - Creating Maximum Value with a Risk- and Reliability- Based Program John Mitchell, Meridium
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APM Framework Martin Daniel, Meridium
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| 3:15a |
Break
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| 3:30p |
Enhancing Business and Financial Value: Meridium's Certification Program Marty Moran, Meridium |
| 4:15p |
Value Assurance Panel Discussion |
| 6p |
Cocktails, Trail Rides and Hot Air Ballooning sponsored by SKF |
| 7p |
Dinner sponsored by Intergraph |
CONFERENCE DAY 2: Wednesday, April 23
7:30a
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Continental Breakfast |
| 8a |
Product Update Joe Nichols, Vice President, Product Strategy, Meridium |
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Track One - Business
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Track Two - Functional
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Product Demo Theatre
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| 9:15a |
Developing a Global Reliability Solution for a Mining Organisation Adam Zaranski, Rio Tinto Group
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Case Study: Improving Asset Strategies Using Handhelds Mark Mitchell, Eastman Chemical
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Reliability Analytics Shannon Brown, Meridium
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| 10a |
Case Study: Successes in Strategy Management John Hawkins, PPG
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Using Meridium FMEA as a Simple, Seamless Way to Streamline Work Processes Pierre Swart, Sasol
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Mobile Solutions John Renick, Meridium
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| 10:45a |
Break |
| 11a |
Marathon Web Portal: Key to Leveraging Reliability Information in Meridium Throughout the Enterprise Lance Holmer, Marathon Oil
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The Dow Chemical Company’s Approach to Spare Parts Optimization Keith Lapeyrouse, Dow Chemical
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RCM & FMEA Kevin Sutherland, Meridium
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| Noon |
Industry Roundtable Luncheons |
| 1:15p |
Creating Value with APM at Saudi Chevron Phillips Dwayne Stover, Meridium
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Implementation and Obstacles to a Successful Risk Based Inspection Program for Stationary Equipment Ken Gottselig, LyondellBasell Industries
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Metrics and Scorecards Martin Daniel, Meridium
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| 2p |
The Great Multiplier: Leveraging Your Intellectual Property via APM Wayne Reed, SKF
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Case Study: Managing Boiler Tube Failures with Meridium Rick Hellner, Xcel Energy
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Risk Based Inspection Vinay Nihilani
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| 2:45p |
Break |
| 3p |
Manage Your PSM Initiative with Meridium Roy Whitt and Jeff Apel, Meridium
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Six Sigma for Reliability: Demonstrating Improved Performance with Sparse Data Rick O'Hara, Meridium
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Generation Management Joel Barger, Meridium
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| 4p |
Process Safety Management Open Forum Moderator: Roy Whitt, Meridium
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Six Sigma Black Belt Panel Moderators: Rick O'Hara and James Bumpas Panelists: Clark Sterner, Dow; John Hawkins, PPG
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Inspection Management Ian Hogg, Meridium
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| 5:30p |
Depart for Bonanza Creek Ranch |
CONFERENCE DAY 3: Thursday, April 24
| 7:30a |
Continental Breakfast |
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Track One - Business
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Track Two - Functional
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Product Demo Theatre
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| 8:15a |
Case Study: Using Metrics and Scorecards to Drive Change Mark Mitchell, Eastman Chemical, and Shannon Brown, Meridium
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VACUUM FAN FAILURE! An Interactive Live RCA Team Meeting Bob Latino and Mark Latino, Reliability Center Inc.
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RCMO Kevin Sutherland, Meridium
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| 9a |
Plant Lifecycle Information Management Mike Jordan, Intergraph, and Gary Johnston, Meridium
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SAP Fundamentals for Reliability Reporting Kahn Ellis, Vesta Partners
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SIS Management Conrad Clark, Meridium
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| 9:45 |
Break |
| 10a |
RasGas Journey of Root Cause Failure Analysis Sounder Rajan Subramanian, RasGas Company Limited
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Case Study: Meridium as Your Source of Record Scott Myers, Flint Hills Resources
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Root Cause Analysis (PROACT) Juan Garcia, Meridium
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| 11a |
Closing remarks and Grand Prize Giveaway (must be present to win) |
Noon - 5p
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Steering Committee meetings (Invitation only) |
| 1 - 3p |
SMRP Certification Exam Please visit www.smrp.org to register. |
In addition to those listed above, Meridium also welcomes Vesta Partners as the keycard sponsor for Meridium Conference 2008.
* Schedule subject to change at the discretion of Meridium
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