Virtual Shutdowns Readiness Clinic

The Virtual Shutdowns Readiness Clinic is presented by the Canadian Institute, part of the C5 Group of Companies, and is organized by the Shutdowns Turnarounds Superconference Series team.

The Virtual Shutdowns Readiness Clinic is a four-hour masterclass focused on building safer, tighter, and more predictable shutdowns. It follows four turnaround readiness gates covering long-range planning and scope development, detailed work planning and procurement, pre-turnaround readiness and execution risk, and execution, startup, and post-turnaround review.

The Virtual Shutdowns Readiness Clinic will take place online on October 14, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mountain Time.

The clinic is designed for maintenance, reliability, operations, and turnaround professionals responsible for shutdown readiness, coordination, and field delivery. Relevant functions include planning and scheduling; shutdown, turnaround, and outage execution; contractor coordination; safety and process safety; permit-to-work and control-of-work; operations readiness; cost and project controls; materials, procurement, logistics; and startup, commissioning, and closeout.

The clinic is relevant to organizations that plan and execute industrial shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages, including oil and gas, petrochemicals, chemicals, mining, metals, utilities, power generation, pulp and paper, and other process industries.

The program covers scope development and readiness, planning and scheduling, procurement and long-lead materials, contractor readiness, procedures and safety protocols, critical-path validation, execution risk, pre-shutdown field work, startup, closeout, and lessons learned. The four-session format is built around practical turnaround readiness gates from early planning through post-turnaround review.

Attendees will learn how to strengthen scope discipline, validate planning assumptions, secure long-lead resources, improve contractor and materials readiness, and verify field readiness before execution begins. The clinic also addresses critical-path protection, real-time risk monitoring, startup coordination, and using lessons learned to improve the next turnaround cycle.

The current faculty features senior practitioners and advisors with expertise in maintenance and turnarounds, planning, and scheduling. The program is designed around practical shutdown-readiness experience and execution-focused guidance.

Organizations currently represented on the faculty include Koch Fertilizer Canada ULC, Becht, Nutrien and Progressive Plan International.

Yes. Groups of 4–8 attendees from the same organization registering together receive a 10% discount, while groups of 9–12 receive a 15% discount. Organizations registering larger teams can contact the Canadian Institute for preferred group pricing; applicable discount restrictions may apply.

The cancellation policy for virtual events allows substitution requests in writing at least 5 days prior to the event. Virtual event cancellations submitted 60+ days prior are eligible for a full refund or credit memo. Cancellations for virtual events received between 11-60 days prior to the start date may choose a full credit memo or refund less a cancellation fee. Cancellations made fewer than 11 days before the event are non-refundable. All cancellations must be submitted in writing to [email protected].

This is a virtual event, so no hotel accommodations are required for attendance.

CLE, CPD, or CME credit availability has not been confirmed for the Virtual Shutdowns Readiness Clinic. Please refer to the conference website for the latest continuing-education information.

Yes. The Shutdowns Turnarounds Superconference Series also includes the 25th Annual Shutdowns Turnarounds Superconference in Calgary, taking place December 1–2, 2026, and the Shutdowns Turnarounds Superconference Houston, taking place in Houston in June 2027. These in-person events offer additional opportunities to benchmark shutdown, turnaround, and outage strategies, learn from industry practitioners, and connect with the broader STO community.