Testimonials
What do your peers think about this Conference?
In times of financial restraint, you must not miss this conference. It will give you a great ROI and engage your employees.
-Maintenance Planner/Shutdown Coordinator, Irving Paper
Great to hear different ideas across various industries.
-Maintenance Engineer, Enmax Energy
The speakers were excellent, their knowledge and passion was evident in the quality of the presentations.
-Turnaround Scheduler, Sherritt International
I liked networking with others in the same field.
-Project Expansion Commissioning Lead, Spectra Energy
The presentations were very relevant to my job in commissioning and start up for the next 2–3 years.
-Area Operations Manager, Suncor Energy Inc.
The focus on commissioning was great and a great opportunity for networking. Good variety of industries and speakers with their own spin on common challenges.
-Commissioning Lead, Mosaic
It was great to learn what others in the industry are doing with respect to commissioning and start-up and to determine how we could improve.
-Manufacturing Lead, NOVA Chemicals
The amount of experience from the presenters was great
-Petro Canada
I liked the mixture of speakers from different Jurisdictions
– Spectra Energy
Excellent Networking, Good papers!
-Xstrata
Very informative, good speakers, well organized.
-Imperial Oil Resources
Very knowledgeable Speakers, Casino night was a great mixer.
-Canexus Chemicals Canada Ltd Partnership
Presentations were well delivered and were on topics common and related to
today’s workplace. My first conference of this type. It was well organized. Presenters and
exhibitors were very good. Casino night was excellent.
-Syncrude Canada
It was great to meet new people and it was a lot of fun. Casino night was a blast.
-Syncrude Canada
Lots of interesting presentations!
-ATCO Power
Good range of topics!
-Maintenance Superintendant—Shutdowns, Xstrata Copper
I liked the networking opportunities, different speaking venues/themes, wireless instant feedback and good breaks throughout the day. Very organized, nice location and food
was great.
-Tartan Construction Ltd
Great networking venue, continues to be informative.
-General Manager, Kinetic Projects ‘Gemini’
Excellent! This is an excellent road map for T/A improvement. Good information!
-Maintenance and Reliability Engineering Lead, Cenovus Energy
Very much enjoyed implementing a best in class outage management process for oil sands. A lot of valuable information!
-Shutdown Coordinator, Teck Metals
Excellent presentations—very informative and relevant.
-Planning and Scheduling Coordinator Cenovus (EnCana)
I liked networking with vendors and presentations dealing with specific shutdowns issues.
-Shutdown Manager, Imperial Oil
I liked the networking and contacts with new vendors.
– Petro Canada
Very much enjoyed implementing a best in class outage management process for oil
sands. A lot of valuable information!
-Shutdown Coordinator, Teck Metals
Really enjoyed the vast experience and educated speakers that were present.
-Operations Field Sponsor, Cenovus Energy
Excellent! This is an excellent road map for T/A improvement. Good information!
-Maintenance and Reliability Engineering Lead, Cenovus Energy
Real stories that we can relate to, great information—very detailed. Very well managed, good selection of vendors with many people willing to provide information. Everyone had takeaways.
I learned a great deal from the presenters over the last several days.
-Turnaround Coordinator, Statoil Canada Inc.
I liked the networking, seeing actual turnaround strategies and good presentations.
-Planner/Scheduler, Alta Steel
All topics were related to Turnarounds
-Petro Canada
Each speaker was very good at sharing knowledge. We thought we were alone in our shutdown planning/scheduling issues [but] it appears that everyone has very similar issues. The data gathered was very helpful – we gained many contacts, got leads, talked with many people which will help us in the future. Good job!
-Mechanical Planner, MEG Energy Corporation
…very pleased with content received and what I can take back to my day to day work
processes and procedures.
-Westlake Chemical
I liked the knowledge gained, variety of presentations and networking.
-Mechanical Engineer, BASF
The conference was excellent, well-organized, excellent material covered. Everything was top-notch, very professional and really reinforced how we are moving forward in our maintenance
planning and execution within our own company.
-Turnaround Supervisor, Husky
I liked the wide variety of speaker topics. Very informative, one of the best conferences I’ve attended. I will definitely come back.
-Corporate Turnaround SME, Chevron Phillips
It was all great!
-Planner, Husky Energy
Excellent opportunity for the technical folks to exchange their knowledge.
-Turnaround Planner, CNRL
I liked the quality of speakers and the opportunities for networking.
-Maintenance & Inspection Lead, Total E & P, Canada
The examples of what went wrong and how planning improved results was a real hit for me
-Turnaround Coordinator, Statoil Canada Inc.
Sessions were very informative…to see & hear actual shutdown wins and losses, what worked and what did not.
-Business Analyst, Sherritt International
The conference was excellent, well-organized, excellent material covered. Everything was top-notch, very professional and really reinforced how we are moving forward in our maintenance planning and execution within our own company.
-Turnaround Supervisor, Husky
I liked the wide variety of speaker topics. Very informative, one of the best conferences I’ve attended. I will definitely come back.
-Corporate Turnaround SME, Chevron Phillips
It was all great!
-Planner, Husky Energy
Excellent opportunity for the technical folks to exchange their knowledge.
-Turnaround Planner, CNRL
I liked the quality of speakers and the opportunities for networking.
-Maintenance & Inspection Lead, Total E & P, Canada
The conference was well organized with a variety of topics from speakers. It covered topics on everything involved with running a successful turnaround.
-Turnaround Planner, Husky Energy
I liked the interesting topics and discussions and the interactions with other professionals.
-Maintenance Planning, Irving Tissue Company
I liked the opportunity to hear experiences of others and networking with ‘new to us’ companies in the industry. Excellent job – very well put together!
-Operations Lead, Pengrowth
I liked the wealth of knowledge.
-Team/pipe fitter, Agrium
Excellent networking, great people!
President, Safewatch
I liked the opportunity to interact and learn from peers in our field who have direct experience
with issues.
-Operations TAR Coordinator, Methanex
Topics and networking were of great value.
-Turnaround Supervisor, Agrium
I liked the networking opportunities. Almost all content had a beneficial takeaway that I will try to implement.
-Turnaround Manager, Yara Belle Plaine
A+ information from larger companies.
-Turnaround Planner, Husky Energy
I liked the type of ‘boots on the floor’ speakers and topics. Good, useful information. Project Foreman, Pembina Pipeline Ltd. Great opportunity to hear about commissioning best practices from peer companies.
-Project Manager, Inter Pipeline Ltd.