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2013 Roundtables |
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| Date | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| Topic | “Automation Accessible” RT 130517 Schipani |
| Speaker | Joe Schipani, Director, Business Development, Cimation |
| Date | Friday, April 12, 2013 |
| Topic | “Near Misses: What Do They Mean to Management?” RT 130412 Baruque |
| Speaker | Edmond Baruque, HSE Specialist, Audubon Field Solutions |
| Date | Friday, March 8, 2013 |
| Topic | “Understanding Technology Advancements in Owner-Driven Capital Project Execution and How They Impact You” RT 130308 Guard |
| Speaker | Andrew Guard, Business Development Executive, Intergraph PP&M |
| Date | Friday, February 8, 2013 |
| Topic | “Assuring an Adequate Safety Culture” RT 130208 Arnold |
| Speaker | Ken Arnold, Senior Technical Advisor, WorleyParsons |
| Date | Friday, January 11, 2013 |
| Topic | “The 2012 Elections and U.S. Domestic and Foreign Energy Policy” |
| Speaker | Joe Barnes, Bonner Means Baker Fellow, The Baker Institute |
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| Date | Friday, December 14, 2012 |
| Topic | “Oil & Water Do Mix – Managing the world’s most powerful natural resource while pursuing the shale revolution” |
| Speaker | Keith Cole, CEO, Titralyte |
| Date | Friday, November 9, 2012 – Presentation will NOT be available |
| Topic | “Trends in Supplier Markets” |
| Speaker | Larry Jackson, Vice President of Procurement, Fluor |
| Date | Friday, October 5, 2012 |
| Topic | “Transitioning from Technical Expert to Manager” RT 121005 Panos & Gray |
| Speakers | Anthony Panos, Founder & President, Performance Training, Inc. Mark Gray, Chief Commercial Officer, Bergaila & Associates, Inc. |
| Date | Friday, August 17, 2012 |
| Topic | “Emerging Innovations and Technologies in the Energy Sector” |
| Speaker | Maryanne Maldonado, Vice President & Managing Director of HTC Energy, Houston Technology Center (HTC) |
| Date | Friday, July 13, 2012 |
| Topic | “Surviving the Talent Shortage: A Panel Discussion” RT 120713 Lee |
| Speakers | Dave Lee, CEO, Covelo Group LLC Steve Allen, Sr. Vice President, Human Resources & Administration, Technip USA Bill Bradshaw, President, Affinity Management Group |
| Date | Friday, June 8, 2012 |
| Topic | “Floating Production Systems: The Drivers That Drive Us” |
| Speaker | Eric Namtvedt, President, FloaTEC, LLC |
| Date | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| Topic | “Engineering Sustainable Concrete Structures: Challenges, Opportunities and New Frontiers” RT 120518 Shahsavari |
| Speaker | Dr. Rouzbeh Shahsavari, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University |
| Date | Friday, April 13, 2012 |
| Topic | “Beyond Compliance: Measuring Effectiveness in Safety Management Systems” RT 120413 Shah |
| Speaker | Ajay A. Shah, P.E., Director, Audubon Risk Management Services (ARMS) |
| Date | Friday, March 9, 2012 |
| Topic | “GHG Best Available Control Technology (BACT) – Where do We Stand after One Year of USEPA’s Regulation of GHG Emissions?” RT_120309_Crum |
| Speaker | Ron Crum, URS Corporation, Vice President-Louisiana Operations |
| Date | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| Topic | “Betrayed by Best Practices – How Excessive Focus on Conventional Wisdom Kills Big Projects, and What to do about it.” RT_120210_POST_Westney |
| Speaker | Richard (Dick) Westney, Founder/Chairman of Westney Consulting Group Inc. |
| Date | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| Topic | “Subsea Separation and Processing of Oil, Gas & Produced Water Past, Present and Future – Why We Need It Now” 011312RT_Prescott.pdf |
| Speaker | Neal Prescott, Executive Director Offshore Technology, Fluor Offshore Solutions |
2011 Roundtables |
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| Date | Friday, December 9, 2011 |
| Topic | “The Practical Construction MBA” |
| Speaker | Matt Stevens, President of Stevens Construction Institute, Inc., Management Advisors to Construction Contractors |
| Date | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| Topic | “A Retrospect – how 2 companies have achieved significant cost savings for themselves and their clients through their involvement in the Process Industry Practices (PIP) consortium” Jahn_Dolbec_RT111811 |
| Speaker | Wayne Dolbec, Executive Director for Engineering Excellence at Shaw Energy and Chemicals with responsibility for Engineering Strategic Initiatives and Business Analytics across multiple execution offices in India, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, and, Paul Jahn, Vice President and Regional Business Manager at Middough with dual responsibility for the company’s process industry business in the Midwest and for its chemical industry strategy nationwide. |
| Date | Friday, September 9, 2011 |
| Topic | “The Current State & Outlook of the LNG Industry” RT_110909_Humphries |
| Speaker | Gerald D. Humphrey is Senior Vice President, Business Development – Global LNG at CB&I. |
| Date | Friday, August 5, 2011 |
| Topic | “A Wall Street View of E&C” RT_110805_Fisher |
| Speaker | Steven M. Fisher, CFA,CPA, Executive Director, UBS Investment Research – Engineering & Construction/Industrials - a survey was completed by attendees; view those results here. |
| Date | Friday, July 8, 2011 |
| Topic | ”Contracting Strategies for Today’s Environment” |
| Speaker | Lyn Fu, Partner, Cruver, Robbins and Fu, LLP |
| Date | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| Topic | “Creating a Competitive Advantage through Your Workforce” |
| Speaker | Lloyd G. Kirchner, President and CEO, Commonwealth Engineering & Construction |
| Date | Friday, May 13, 2011 |
| Topic | “Sustainability: What Does it Mean to Energy Contractors and How Does it Affect Your Business” |
| Speaker | Charles R. Lyons, P.E., VP Global Quality, Health, Safety & Environment (QHSE), KBR |
| Date | Friday, April 8, 2011 |
| Topic | “Global security challenges, issues, and their impact on the Global E & C Industry” |
| Speaker | Richard A. (Rick) Fisher, CPP, CFE, VP Global Corporate Security, Chicago Bridge & Iron |
| Date | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| Topic | “E&C Industry – C-Suite Global Mobility Metrics” |
| Speaker | James O’Neill, Principal with Mercer |
| Date | Friday, February 11, 2011 |
| Topic | “Engineering and Construction Funding” |
| Speaker | Brad Mc Donald, McDonald Financial Corporation |
| Date | Friday, January 14, 2011 |
| Topic | “The E&C Landscape, 2011 and Beyond” |
| Speaker | David C. Vogt, Sr. Director, Global Market Development in the Corporate Planning Group, CB&I |
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| Date | Friday, December 10, 2010 |
| Topic | “Top Ways for an EPC Contractor to Get into Trouble” |
| Speaker | Frank G. Adams, PE, President, Interface Consulting International, Inc. |
| Date | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| Topic | “Assuring Predictable & Sustainable Performance in a Global Delivery Context – A Large Project Case Study” |
| Speaker | Chris Lloyd-Jones, Corporate Vice President Air Liquide, S.A., Chairman & CEO Air Liquide Process & Construction, Inc., Chairman Lurgi Inc |
| Date | Friday, October 8, 2010 |
| Topic | “From Capability to Results – Finally! Quantifiable Team Behavior” – you may request a copy of this speaker’s presentation from www.epm.cc; see notation in red approximately center mid page |
| Speaker | Gerry Sepe, Chief Executive Officer, ePM, LLC |
| Date | Friday, August 13, 2010 |
| Topic | “Energy Market Consequences of an Emerging U.S. Carbon Management Policy ‘Carbon Solutions’ Study” |
| Speaker | Kenneth B. Medlock, III, Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Rice University |
| Date | Friday, July 9, 2010 |
| Topic | “Trends in North American Construction Craft Productivity” |
| Speaker | Mo Perry, Vice President, Kiewit Energy Company |
| Date | Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| Topic | “EPA Mandatory GHG Reporting……What’s Next?” |
| Speaker | Matt Harrison, Senior Project Manager at URS |
| Date | Friday, May 7, 2010 |
| Topic | “Shifting O&G Dynamics, Shifting EPC Opportunities” |
| Speaker | Michael Krenek, Director, Deloitte LLP |
| Date | Friday, April 23, 2010 |
| Topic | “CERA EPC Project Capital Cost Trends” |
| Speaker | Candida Scott — Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Inc.; Senior Director of Research Cost Analysis Forum |
| Date | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| Topic | “The Impact of Social Media on Recruiting” |
| Speaker | David Tuttle – Director, Digital Strategy, TMP |
| Date | Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| Topic | “A simple and reliable method forecasting time and costs of E&C projects” |
| Speaker | Dr. Tom Johns, PhD, PE, PMP, MAPM, Chairman Business Management Consultants Advisory Council |
| Date | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| Topic | “A Perspective on Managing Market Changes and Planning for the Future” The presentation is a 7.86 MB pdf file. Please allow time to load. |
| Speaker | Marco Caccavale, North America Region General Manager, GE Oil & Gas |
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| Date | Friday, December 11, 2009 |
| Topic | “Is it Possible to be Ethical and Still Look Out for Your Company’s Best Interest? |
| Speaker | Ken Arnold has over forty years of industry experience with 16 years at Shell Oil Company. He founded Paragon Engineering Services in 1980 which was purchased by AMEC in 2005. Since then Ken founded K Arnold Consulting, Inc. |
| Date | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| Topic | “Algae – pond scum evolves to prime time Energy Source” |
| Speaker | Barry Cohen – Executive Director, National Algae Association PDF Will Thurmond – Managing Principal, Emerging Markets Online PDF |
| Date | Friday, October 9, 2009 |
| Topic | “Understanding Carbon Capture and Sequestration” |
| Speaker | Michael E. Moore, Vice President, Business Development and External Affairs, Blue Source LLC |
| Date | Friday, August 14, 2009 |
| Topic | “Compensation to Engineers: Recent Past and Future Trends in Local Region and Nationally” |
| Speaker | Chris Touhey, Vice President, Pearl Meyer & Partners |
| Date | Friday, July 10, 2009 |
| Topic | “Meltdown Management in the E&C Industry and the Engineering Company Conundrum“ |
| Speaker | Paul Allen, CEO/Project Executive, Project Executive Group and Ken Arnold, Founder, Ken Arnold Consulting |
| Date | Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| Topic | “Construction in Today’s Uncertain Market“ |
| Speaker | Daniel H. Lumma, Vice President, Kiewit Energy Company |
| Date | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| Topic | “Canada Line – Automated Light Rail System“ |
| Speaker | Jean-Marc Arbaud, President and Chief Executive Officer, IntransitBC |
| Date | Friday, April 17, 2009 |
| Topic | “Monetizing U.S. Coal/Petcoke: The Gasification Opportunity” To view the video visit http://www.gasification.org/. Scroll to bottom of page. |
| Speaker | James Childress, Executive Director, Gasification Technologies Council |
| Date | Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| Topic | “Louisiana Energy Projects – Economic Impact?” |
| Speaker | Dane E. Revette, Director of the Energy Development, Oil, Gas and Petrochemical sectors for Louisiana Economic Development (LED). |
| Date | Friday, February 13, 2009 |
| Topic | “Status of the Project Finance Market” |
| Speaker | George Longo, Managing Director, Structured Finance Group,Raymond James & Associates, Inc. |
| Date | Friday, January 9, 2009 |
| Topic | “Oil Trends” (due to size, this presentation is loaded in 2 parts – A & B) Part A / Part B |
| Speaker | Mark F. Peters, Vice President of Gulf Publishing Company and the Publisher of Hydrocarbon Processing and of the official OTC Conference Newspaper |
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| Date | Friday, December 12, 2008 |
| Topic | “Impact – current economic trend, financial market issues and reduced demand for oil” |
| Speaker | John Townsend, Vice President Procurement and Materials for KBR Operations. |
| Date | Friday, November 14, 2008 |
| Topic | “Managing Contraction and Stress in an Ambient Pressure Insulated 9%Ni Subsea Cryogenic Pipeline” |
| Speaker | C. Neal Prescott, Executive Director Offshore Technology at Fluor Offshore Solutions |
| Date | Friday, October 10, 2008 |
| Topic | “Improve Your Success in International Contracting” |
| Speaker | Dean Ragsdale, CEO, Ragsdale Group LLC |
| Date | Friday, August 8, 2008 |
| Topic | “The Change Competency: A Critical Success Factor for Today’s E&C Companies” |
| Speaker | Dutch Holland, PhD, CEO, Holland & Davis LLC |
| Date | Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| Topic | “Strategy, Forecasting and Capital Investing in the Hydrocarbon Industry” |
| Speaker | J P Chevriere, Founder, Transmar Consult Inc. |
| Date | Friday, May 16, 2008 |
| Topic | “New Views on North American Gas: After the Inflection Point” |
| Speaker | Raoul LeBlanc, Senior Director, Financial Advisory, PFC Energy |
| Date | Friday, April 11, 2008 |
| Topic | “Capital Projects: Meeting the Challenge of Predictability” |
| Speakers | Mr. Richard Westney, PE, PMP, Chairman and Ric Massie of Westney Consulting Services |
| Date | Friday, March 7, 2008 |
| Topic | “Pakistan Oil Refinery Modernizations – a Delegation Orientation Visit” |
| Speakers | Mr. Mohammad Azam, Director of Refining, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, Government of Pakistan Delegation of Refinery Presidents and CEO’s from PakistanDr. Geoff Parker, Director, Entergy-Tulane Energy Institute, Tulane University |
| Date | Friday, February 15, 2008 |
| Topic | “The Construction Labor Shortage . . . Dealing with the Challenges – Locally & Globally” |
| Speaker | Jason J. Marques, VP Construction Director, Aker Kvaerner Industrial Constructors |
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| Date | Friday, November 9, 2007 |
| Topic | “Fabrication Oriented Engineering” |
| Speaker | Nick Routledge, Executive VP, Projects, HFG Engineering US, Inc., A Heerema Group Company |
| Date | Friday, July 13, 2007 |
| Topic | “Petroleum Engineering: A Discipline Facing Challenges “ |
| Speaker | Vik Rao, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer, Halliburton |
| Date | Friday, May 18, 2007 |
| Topic | “LNG: where we are today and the impact LNG will have on other forms of energy” |
| Speaker | Chris Helms, Pipeline Group President, NiSource, Inc. |
| Date | Friday, March 9, 2007 |
| Topic | “Construction Challenges for Pipelines in North America” |
| Speaker | Richard Adams, VP Operations & Engineering, Enbridge Corporation |
| Date | Friday, January 12, 2007 |
| Topic | “Russia: Political & Business Climate” |
| Speaker | Dean A. Peroff, Partner, Amsterdam & Peroff |
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| Date | Friday, September 8, 2006 |
| Topic | “The Future of World Gas Trade” |
| Speakers | Dr. Peter Hartley, Baker Institute Rice Scholar and Professor of Economics, Rice University, & Dr. Kenneth Medlock III, Research Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University |
| Date | Friday, August 11, 2006 |
| Topic | “The Personnel Availability Crisis: How the University of Texas is Handling Requests for Training in the Oil and Gas Industry” |
| Speaker | Greg McCormack, University of Texas |
| Date | Friday, July 21, 2006 |
| Topic | “BioChemicals & BioFuels from Renewables” |
| Speaker | Dr. Ramon Gonzalez, Rice University |
| Date | Friday, June 9, 2006 |
| Topic | “The Resurrection of Foster Wheeler” |
| Speaker | Mr. Raymond J. Milchovich, Foster Wheeler |
| Date | Friday, May 19, 2006 |
| Topic | “Reclaiming the Gulf Gas & Oil Energy Network after the Damage from Ivan, Katrina and Rita” |
| Speaker | Mr. Mike Coyne, Shell Oil |
| Date | Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| Topic | “Global Oil and Gas Industry Construction Trends” |
| Speaker | Mr. Bob Tippee, Editor, Oil & Gas Journal |
| Date | Friday, March 3, 2006 |
| Topic | “Nuclear Power: Its Resurrection and the Effect on the E&C Industry “ |
| Speakers | Mr. Joseph J. Munisteri, The Joseph J. Munisteri Company Mr. Michael J. (Mike) Hyland, Snamprogetti |
| Date | Friday, February 3, 2006 |
| Topic | “Personnel Availability (or Lack of It)” |
| Speakers | Dr. Stephen Klineberg, Rice University Mr. Kenneth Arnold, AMEC Paragon Ms. Mary Needham, Reserve Technology Institute |
| Date | Friday, January 13, 2006 |
| Topic | “Risk Management in the E&C Industry” |
| Speaker | William (Bill) Zelle, Engineering & Construction Risk Institute (ECRI) |
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| Date | Friday, December 9, 2005 |
| Topic | “The Realities of Certifying LNG Terminals in North America” |
| Speaker | William (Bill) Westcott,Lloyd’s Register |
| Date | Friday, November 18, 2005 |
| Topic | “Corporate Suicide Prevention – Case Histories of Billion Dollar Missteps” |
| Speaker | Kerry C. Williams, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin |
| Date | Friday, September 9, 2005 |
| Topic | “New Laws Impacting E & C Projects” |
| Speaker | Kerry C. Williams, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin |
| Date | Friday, August 12, 2005 |
| Topic | “Gas to Liquids” |
| Speaker | Ray Oriss, Kellogg, Brown & Root |
| Date | Friday, July 15, 2005 |
| Topic | “Overview of Coal Gasification” |
| Speaker | Dick Olliver, Aplethora Consulting (ex ConocoPhillips) |
| Date | Friday, June 10, 2005 |
| Topic | “Trends and the Future the LNG Shipping Industry” |
| Speaker | Bill Sember, The American Bureau of Shipping |
| Date | Friday, May 20, 2005 |
| Topic | “E&C Demands for the LNG Industry” |
| Speaker | Joseph Munisteri, Joseph P. Munisteri Company |
| Date | Friday, April 8, 2005 |
| Topic | “How Will Project Execution Change in the Next 5 Yrs?” |
| Speaker | Ray Piper, President, Business Improvement Solutions Ltd. Co. |
| Date | Friday, March 11, 2005 |
| Topic | “Upgrading Heavy Oil – the EST Process” |
| Speaker | Mr. Montanari, Chief Technology Officer, Snamprogetti |
| Date | Friday, February 18, 2005 |
| Topic | “Alberta- The New Saudi Arabia” |
| Speaker | Gary Kalynchuk, VP, Stantec Engineering |
| Date | Friday, January 14, 2005 |
| Topic | “Sarbanes-Oxley Overview” |
| Speaker | Stephen Moritz, VP, Sogeti USA LLC – (Technology Consulting Sub of Capgemini) Project Delivery & Governance Services Practice |
2004 Roundtables |
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| Date | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| Topic | “Understanding the ( U.S.) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ” |
| Speaker | Donald Cruver, Managing Partner of the Law Firm Cruver, Robbins and Fu, LLP |
| Date | Friday September 10, 2004 |
| Topic | “Globalization Challenge to the EPC Industry” |
| Speaker | Freddie Wong, Manager at Aramco Global Services and is Co-Chair of the Globalization Committee of CII (Construction Industry Institute). This presentation is based on an extended workshop on this topic conducted by CII jointly with several other organizations. |
| Date | Friday, July 9, 2004 |
| Topic | “LNG Imports and their Effect on the State, Regional and National Economies” |
| Speaker | Eric Smith, Former Chairman of Saipem US, is now with Tulane University at the Entergy-Tulane Energy Institute. This presentation is based on a study he co-authored at Entergy-Tulane Energy Institute (published April ’04). |
| Date | Friday, May 14, 2004 |
| Topic | “Can the Asian Contractors Save the Global Petroleum Industry?” |
| Speaker |
J. P. Chevriere, President, Transmar Consulting
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| Date | Friday, March 12, 2004 |
| Topic | “Impact of Technology in the Energy Industry” |
| Speaker |
Martin Van Sickels, Chief Technology Officer, KBR
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| Date | Friday, January 9, 2004 |
| Topic | “Construction for the U.S. Offshore Market and the U.S. Shipping Market Effects of Free vs. Regulated Markets” |
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Peter M. Lovie, P.E., Vice President, American Shuttle Tankers
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