Conference Day One: Tuesday, 26 June 2012

8:30 Registration and Refreshments

9:00 Opening Address and Welcome from the Chairman

9:10 The Art of Planning – Successful Response Management During Sudden Emergencies, Incidents and Accidents

  • Developing expectations of cost controls, planning, scheduling, safety, performance, scope control, contractor management and communication
  • How to retrofit, refurbish or repair with the latest tools and technologies that can smoothen turnaround process
  • Implementing clear and concise communications plan to enhance operations, supply chain, and executive leadership of the schedule timeline and process
  • Minimising downtime and unnecessary costs incurred through exceptional planning and execution; understanding how this can be done

Steven Suykens
Project Coordinator – Shutdowns
BRC Petroplus UK

9:50 Case Study – The Success of Scope Change Management

  • How to match the turnaround requirements and your plant’s business goals and resources
  • Handling the gap between the procedures of your plant and the procedures of the turnaround under implementation
  • Encouraging the scope changes before the turnaround execution
  • Assisting in limiting the scope changes to the baseline system

Senior Representative
Aggreko

10:30 Morning Tea and Networking

11:00 Schedule Management - How to Keep Within the Shutdown Duration to Attain Efficient Machinery Up-Time

  • Learning how to develop and implement a practical checklist of all considerable items before a shutdown
  • Changing the perception of shutdowns as a maintenance cost, into a key driver to achieving business objectives
  • Recognising that shutdowns are repeatable events that follow a lifecycle and can be optimally managed and planned through formalised processes and systems
  • Highlighting dynamic scheduling that focuses on defined roles and communication between the turnaround team, contractors, and operations to guarantee the continuity of the project and its 24x7 active schedule

Kumaren Gnana
Senior Manager –Shutdown
Powertek Malaysia

11:40 The Shutdown Anatomy – 5 Distinct Segments

  • Breaking down the entire turnaround process; strategic planning, detailed planning, organisation, execution and closeout
  • Highlighting crucial implementation steps in each segment
  • Assessing the effects of segmental inefficiencies to shutdown momentum
  • Discussing real-life examples of plant success stories achieved through exceptional segmentation

Senior Representative
Sulzer

12:20 Lunch and Networking

1:20 The Dream Team – Is your Steering Committee Powerful, Strategic and Effective?

  • How to structure and build the ultimate team with the right people to support turnaround
  • Developing expectations of cost control, ROI and scheduling
  • How to create the perfect combination of job functions and responsibilities
  • Defining the metrics, costs and timeline of the turnaround cycle

Samir Saad Aly
General Manager
KHALDA Petroleum Company

2.00 Panel Discussion: Workforce Planning and Scheduling – How Much is Your Plant Enhancing a Turnaround Cycle?

  • Identifying key elements of workforce planning to ensure workers have the necessary support and equipment before kick-off
  • Planning and managing risks and constraints during a shutdown and outage
  • Performing out-of-sequence tasks with excellence; a rough guide on how to achieve this
  • Assessing the effectiveness of your workforce planning and comparing it to previous turnaround cycles

Panellists:

Samir Saad Aly
General Manager
KHALDA Petroleum Company

Steven Suykens
Project Coordinator – Shutdowns
BRC Petroplus UK

2:40 Afternoon Tea and Networking

3:10 Contractor Management – Are Your Visitors Feeling at Home?

  • Managing external contractor relationship and co-relate it to your internal workforce
  • Tips on becoming a preferred client in order to attain the best services from your vendor
  • Creating a robust contactor selection process and leverage from the best
  • Evaluating contractor relationships and its’ effectiveness to plant operations

Mohd Daoud
Senior Manager – Engineering and Projects
ADCO

3:50 The Human Factor – How to Manage Workforce and Vendor Relationship to Ensure a Smooth Turnaround Process

  • Crucial ways in achieving up-to-par contractor relationships
  • Implementing positive collaboration between contractor engagement and in-house staff to achieve a powerful workflow
  • Designing the optimal turnaround team with specific roles and responsibilities
  • Overcoming the challenges derived from an aging workforce and shortages in technical skills and crafts

Hussein Holla
General Manager
Petrozeit

4:30 Close of Conference Day One