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New: Virtual Shutdown Readiness Clinic
Strengthen your shutdown readiness with expert-led virtual sessions focused on planning, governance, and execution.
Shared Experience. Better Turnarounds.
Tap into practical perspectives from our conference community on continuous improvement, systems thinking and the issues shaping turnaround performance today.
Celebrating 25 Years of STO Excellence
For a quarter century, the Shutdowns Turnarounds Superconference has connected the people responsible for Canada’s critical shutdowns, turnarounds, outages, and maintenance events. What began as an industry gathering has evolved into Canada’s largest STO-focused knowledge-sharing community and practical, peer-driven learning opportunity.
Join us in Calgary as we celebrate this milestone year and continue advancing STO excellence together—sharing the insights, strategies, and real-world experiences that help drive safer, smarter, and more successful shutdown execution.
View AgendaConference Co-Chairs
Frank Engli
Regional Group Lead – Canada, Turnaround, Capital Projects & Maintenance Services
Becht
Alicia Donnelly
President
Overland Container Transportation Services
Herb Thomas
Vice President, Operations
FLINT Corp
The Case for Attending #Shutdowns26 — Backed by 25 Years of Results
A trusted peer community built over 25 years fostering transparency and learning, where senior leaders and decision-makers share what truly works in the field.
35+ sessions, case studies & interactive panels on planning, scheduling, execution, workforce coordination, contracting, risk mitigation, and digital enablement.
30+ expert speakers from turnaround directors to operations executives from Nutrien, PETRONAS, NorthRiver Midstream Inc., North West Redwater Partnership, Borouge International and more.
80+ leading vendors and specialized service providers with the expertise to help elevate your next project.
Cross-industry scope ensuring benchmarking relevant to every sector — oil & gas, mining, petrochemical, power, pulp & paper and more.
Canada’s longest-running STO event bringing together thousands of planners, schedulers, turnaround managers, maintenance leaders, contractors, and solution providers.
A virtual readiness clinic delivering practical tools, benchmarks, and proven strategies to help teams prepare for safer, more predictable shutdowns.
Specialized additional experiences — an executive summit, a safety lab, and two interactive workshops — delivering deeper discussion, practical problem-solving, and peer-to-peer learning.
25
Years as Canada’s Leading STO Event
3
Days of Innovation and Connection
400+
Attendees
>65%
Owner/Operator
Companies
170+
Companies in
Attendance
80+
Exhibitors in the Expo Hall
Trusted by Canada’s Leading Operators
Join the professionals responsible for planning, executing, and improving Canada’s most critical shutdowns, turnarounds, maintenance events, and outages.
Organizations Represented Include:
- Cenovus
- Suncor
- Shell
- ConocoPhillips
- Pembina Pipeline
- Keyera
- ARC Resources
- AltaGas
- LNG Canada
- Nutrien
- CF Industries
- NOVA Chemicals
- Chemtrade
- Air Liquide
- Rio Tinto
- Teck Resources
- ENMAX
- Heartland Generation
- FLINT
- Graham
- CEDA
- TEAM Industrial Services
- Mammoet
Canada’s Leading Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages Conference
Real-World Takeaways & Benchmarking
Tap into this hub of knowledge sharing to gain peer insights and proven strategies for managing costs, controlling scope, enhancing safety, and improving performance.
Unmatched Networking Opportunities
Strengthen relationships, exchange ideas and expand your STO network with turnaround, outage and shutdown professionals from across Canada and beyond—all in one location.
Showcasing Innovation & Efficiency
Join the best-of-the-best in the turnaround community and discover fresh solutions, specialized expertise and leading service providers to help take your next project to new heights of success.
Professional Engineering Accreditation
Apply for your annual Continuing Professional Development credits. Licensed engineers and engineering technology professionals can earn annual CPD credits by attending this 2-day conference. The Canadian Institute will provide a certificate of attendance post-event for licensed engineers and engineering technology professionals. It will be the responsibility of each attendee to confirm their credit hours based on the sessions attended.
Deep Dive Add-On Sessions
Go beyond the main conference program with specialized, interactive learning experiences.
STO Executive Summit
Executive-level discussions on leadership, governance, and contractor strategies that separate controlled turnarounds from costly, reactive ones.
Hands-On Safety + Workforce Lab
Build practical shutdown safety controls while addressing workforce surge risks, permit-to-work, isolations, confined spaces, hot work, and contractor safety.
Virtual Readiness Clinic
Evaluate readiness, challenge assumptions, and identify execution risks before they impact turnaround performance.
Building Better Work Packages Workshop
Create execution-ready work packages that improve planning quality, reduce risk, and strengthen turnaround readiness.
Building Resilient Turnaround Teams
Develop practical strategies to strengthen crew resilience, psychological safety, and team performance throughout turnaround execution.
Benchmark Your Readiness Before the Turnaround Begins
Gain practical tools and proven strategies to identify gaps earlier and prepare for safer, more predictable shutdowns.
Explore The Virtual Clininc
Shutdowns Content Hub
Access practical tools, expert insights, and proven strategies to help improve shutdown readiness and execution. Explore resources focused on planning, preparation, risk reduction, and delivering safer, more predictable outcomes.
Explore the Hub“Excellent! The conference and trade show were excellent.”
“Fantastic experience! The speakers were very informative, experienced and really knew their subject matter. I was able to leave with a better understanding of best shutdown practices and affirmation that our processes are on the right path.”
“Great show, highly recommended it to anyone in the business.”
“It was productive! [I especially liked the] access to vendors and their services.”
“Great! Well organized. [I liked] networking with vendors and listening to the variety of good presentation topics — well presented, added knowledge, offered different perspectives.”
“It was an exceptional event and the best I’ve experienced in the last five years.”
“The conference was great! I think the one thing that stands out for this conference is the exceptional interaction; a real sense of community.”
“It’s always the best networking … This is by far the best Canadian TA conference I attend.”
“This event does an excellent job of bringing people together. It was one of the most personable experiences within the exhibit space I’ve seen and I’ve been to hundreds of conferences over the years.”
“As always, the event was an incredible experience!”
“Perhaps the best conference I have attended in a long time. Impressive, well-attended, and well-organized.”
Sponsors & Partners
Exhibiting Opportunities
Discuss how your company can be a part of the largest turnaround and shutdown expo. Reach out to Ken Glass, Senior Business Development Manager to discuss opportunities.
For more information please contact:
Ken Glass
Senior Business Development Manager
Phone: 416-998-8883
Email: [email protected]