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Pre-Con: Slinging and Rigging Training (Room Sunset IV - V)

27 Feb 17
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker(s): Michael Gelskey, Sr. ; Michael Gelskey, Sr.
Two of the more important reasons why you should enroll and attend the Sling & Rigging Training offered by AWEA as a pre-conference a... More...

AWEA EHS Steering Committee Meeting (Room Sunset I)

27 Feb 17
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for additional information. Please note that you must be a member of the Stee... More...

AWEA Workforce Development Steering Committee Meeting (Room Sunset II)

27 Feb 17
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Contact Michele Mihelic to RSVP or for more information. Please note that you must be a member of the Steering Committee to attend this meeting. More...

NERC GADS Wind Training (Room Bayview)

27 Feb 17
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker(s): Donna Pratt
This two-hour training session provides the participant with the essentials for registering to report to NERC’s new GADS reporting applicatio... More...

AWEA O&M Steering Committee Meeting (Room Sunset I)

27 Feb 17
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. Please note that you must be a member of the Steering Committee to... More...

AWEA Operations Steering Committee Meeting (Room Sunset II)

28 Feb 17
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Contact Melissa Bittner mbittner@awea.org to RSVP or for more information.   More...

Welcome General Session (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker(s): Gemma Smith ; Jeffery Wehner ; Krys M. Rootham ; Tom Kiernan
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Balancing the Priorities of Development and Operations to Achieve Lasting Success (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s): Justin Johnson
Competing priorities between Development and Operations must be balanced if we’re to achieve lasting success.  Operations and developmen... More...

Beyond Wind Farm Design - Maximizing Wind Farm Life (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s): Justin Johnson ; Mike Hornemann ; Rob Budny ; Ronald Grife
OEM turbine and Independent Engineer design certifications are typically 20 years. However, with owner initiatives to reduce LCOE, most operat... More...

CSI for Gearboxes: Solving Tribological Crimes Leads to Greater Reliability (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Justin Stover
There is a crime scene when machinery fails or is on the brink of failure. Finding the perpetrators in a gearbox failure is the big challenge. The ... More...

Integrating Grease Sampling and Analysis into Wind Turbine Maintenance Programs - about Main and Pitch (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Gretchen Kowalik
While oil analysis is a well-established part of a condition based monitoring program, the inherent difficulties involved with in-service grease sa... More...

Machine Learning Techniques on SCADA Data to Improve Turbine Reliability and Performance (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s): Rob Budny
Machine learning gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed. Machine learning techniques are currently being used in ... More...

Oil & Grease – Sampling, Testing and Analysis (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Matt Conwell ; Rigoberto Murillo
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Workforce Development (Room Windsor Complex)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Exploring Arc Flash Studies for Wind Energy Projects (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Benjamin Allen ; Gemma Smith ; John Chamberlin ; Kyle Layman
This session explores the Arc Flash phenomena. Understand if there are significant differences between the IEEE and NFPA approaches. Hear presenter... More...

Lead-time to drivetrain component failure and the impact of your O&M strategy (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
11:40 AM - 12:05 PM
Speaker(s): Reynir Hilmisson
B&K Vibro is a pioneer in active condition monitoring for wind turbine drivetrains; backed with more than 14,000 condition monitoring systems s... More...

Analytics within workflow--A hybrid approach to using data to drive value (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
11:55 AM - 12:20 PM
Speaker(s): Stephen Dictor
It has become common for wind companies to employ data-driven management to make better decisions. But that only unlocks half of the potential powe... More...

AWEA Quality Committee Meeting (Room Sunset I)

28 Feb 17
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Contact Hannah Hunt at hhunt@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

Networking Lunch

28 Feb 17
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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The Mystery of the Missing Production (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM
Speaker(s): Dariush Faghani Eng.
The following is a true story, although names and details may be changed to protect the confidential. During the first year of operations of a ... More...

Trends & Key Drivers of O&M Metrics (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
12:40 PM - 1:05 PM
Speaker(s): Katy Briggs
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Debunking Cable Failure Myths and Implementing AWEA Recommended Practices for Greater Reliability (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker(s): Ben Lanz ; Charles Shannon ; Christopher Petrola ; Paul Idziak
Understanding how cable systems fail is one of the key elements to ensure collector system reliability. Insight into empirical evidence and lessons... More...

Industrial Athlete – Impact of Ergonomics and Fitness for Duty in the Wind Energy Industry (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker(s): Len Tully ; Rayshon Myles ; Scott Bramlett ; Shannon Lehmkuhl
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Medium Voltage Cable and Splicing Technology Best Practices (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker(s): Bruce Hammett
The electrical energy arterial collection system installed during construction of a wind farm requires expertise in selection and installation of t... More...

PMT Outgassing – Fatal or Just Indigestion? (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
2:35 PM - 3:35 PM
Speaker(s): Christopher Petrola ; Ken Puetz ; Kevin Alewine
Based on real field experiences, this panel will review the unusually high levels of gases often found in the oil insulated pad mounted transformer... More...

Partnering to Manage Construction (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
2:40 PM - 3:40 PM
Speaker(s): Carlos Diaz ; Christopher Daniels ; Daniel Olson ; George Daly ; Victor Hall
Wind energy construction involves multiple entities including: the project owner, turbine manufacturer, the general contractor, and their subcontra... More...

Mainshaft Bearings: Bearing Arrangements, Failure Trends and Technology Advancements (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM
Speaker(s): Richard Brooks
Five different main bearing arrangements are common in wind turbines: 3-point mount, 4-point mount, and direct mount arrangements are used in gear ... More...

Bolted Joints - Loading beyond Yield and its impact on mechanical properties and Fatigue Performance (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Juan Redin
The general convention is that bolted joints should always be tensioned below yield and usually with a safety factor. Additionally, the designer al... More...

Fatigue Considerations for Repowering and Extending the Life of Wind Turbine Foundations (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Hieu Nguyen
Wind turbines are operating systems and during their typical 20-year lifetime they experience approximately 109 load cycles. The key element with r... More...

Foundation Considerations for Aging Projects (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Jeffrey Hammitt
Foundations are critical to the long term performance of wind turbines.  As turbines age the structural integrity needs to be considered espec... More...

Growing & Maintaining a Robust Industry Workforce (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Brent Mitchell ; Daniel Cushman ; Jacob Baker ; Lauren Miller ; Shannon Lehmkuhl
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Understanding and Extending the Life of a Wind Turbine Support Structure (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Matt Chase P.E.
With over 74,000 installed utility scale wind turbines in the US alone, more than a third of these turbines are over ten years old. As wind towers ... More...

Implementing Lean Tools and Concepts Throughout the Windfarm Lifecycle (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM
Speaker(s): Karen Tucker
Lean tools and concepts are proven to optimize a company’s day-to-day operations. Companies utilizing Lean principles have a direct positive ... More...

Applying Lean Concepts (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:15 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Thomas Brazina
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Lean and Site Management Principles (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Speaker(s): Gregory Lilly
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Technician and Continuous Improvement (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Speaker(s): Karen Tucker
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Typical Lean Concepts (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Speaker(s): Ryan Griffin
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Warehouse and Tool Management (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:15 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Fritz Oettinger
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Meet the AWEA Quality Committee - Networking and Information (Room Sunset Terrace)

28 Feb 17
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join us for a meet-up during the regularly scheduled networking reception. We would like to tell you more about what the AWEA Quality Commit... More...

LOTO in the 21st Century (Room Mission Bay)

01 Mar 17
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Speaker(s): Brad Simpson ; Diego Ramirez ; Kyle Kirkpatrick ; Kyle Layman ; Peter Lukens
Lock-out Tag-out is a critical part of any safety framework and is one element that can help us ensure the safety of our workers.   The g... More...

Exploring the Impacts and Challenges of Repowering (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Speaker(s): Tiffany May
Repowering is an industry buzz word, and with good reason. It’s a great way to extend the life of existing assets and PTC incentives availabl... More...

Medicine Bow Wind Farm - Case Study (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Speaker(s): Johanne Sermania
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Trends, Technical Risks, and Opportunities in Repowering (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Speaker(s): Alex Byrne
With the recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance allowing eligibility of repowered projects for production tax credits (PTC), there is signi... More...

Best Management Practices for Mitigating Bat Fatalities (Room Sunset IV - V)

01 Mar 17
8:35 AM - 9:35 AM
Speaker(s): Byron Jessee ; Dwyer Haney ; Jaimeet Gulati ; Tim Hayes
In 2015, to address increasing concerns by stakeholders of bat fatalities at operating wind sites, the AWEA Board of Directors adopted a suggested ... More...

Human Element in Major Accident Hazards (Room Mission Bay)

01 Mar 17
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Speaker(s): Gary Lee ; Gemma Smith ; JP Conkwright ; Scott Bramlett ; Wesley Witt
Accidents happen but what can be learned from them to prevent them from occurring again in the future and avoid costly downtimes?  This panel ... More...

Upgrades and Improvements to Wind Turbine Pitch and Yaw Electronics (Room Sunset IV - V)

01 Mar 17
9:45 AM - 10:10 AM
Speaker(s): Aaron Lawson
Two of the most important systems in modern utility scale wind turbines are the pitch and yaw systems. The proper operations of these two systems a... More...

Balance of Plant - The Wind Farm’s Link to the Marketplace (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
9:50 AM - 10:15 AM
Speaker(s): Judah Moseson
This presentation focuses on the wind farm BOP electrical system including the pad mount transformer, collection system cabling and substation. The... More...

Vibration Analysis Strategies for O&M Excellence, Warranty and Insurance (Room Sunset IV - V)

01 Mar 17
10:15 AM - 10:40 AM
Speaker(s): David Clark
Vibration analysis and condition monitoring is used in many points in the asset life for O&M, commissioning as well as insurance and developmen... More...

Application of Human Performance to the wind industry (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Speaker(s): Steve Davis
Industries such as aviation, medicine and nuclear power have experienced significant consequences resulting from preventable human error. These sam... More...

Asset Performance Management Using Benchmarking and Big Data (Room Mission Bay)

01 Mar 17
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM
Speaker(s): Holly Burnett
This presentation will use a case study to explore •            How to make sense of... More...

Data that Drives Operational Excellence (Room Mission Bay)

01 Mar 17
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM
Speaker(s): Kevin Schroeder
As operators look to improve equipment reliability and availability while decreasing operating costs many have turned to the vast amounts of data b... More...

Integrating Safety Programs – Strategies and Lessons Learned (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Speaker(s): David Bressert
When companies are acquired or merged, the Integration of their respective Safety Programs is one of many challenges facing both organizations. How... More...

Keeping Your Workforce Focused (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Speaker(s): Michael Kelley
The wind energy industry is still a relatively young and emerging industry. Maintaining workers focus on EHS responsibilities during difficult or u... More...

Keeping your workforce focused on EHS during difficult times (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Speaker(s): Ryan Fonbuena
Maintaining workers focus on EHS responsibilities during difficult or uncertain times is a difficult task for anyone to keep up with. PTCs come and... More...

Leveraging Wind Industry Experience to Maximize Safety Performance (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Speaker(s): John Boyle
Identifying and capturing wind industry experience is essential to building a strong safety culture. Balancing ground up experience and top down ex... More...

Maximizing value realization from Smart Data for more profitable commercial operations (Room Mission Bay)

01 Mar 17
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM
Speaker(s): Timothy Leier P.Eng.
The use of Smart Data in the wind industry has so far mainly been to optimize asset and business performance, either by lowering the Lost Productio... More...

Real Life examples that will Impact the LifeTime of your Wind Turbines (Room Mission Bay)

01 Mar 17
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM
Speaker(s): francis pelletier
This presentation will provide several real life examples of unproper settings, intrumentation problems, unproper control algorithm, maintenance is... More...

Deciding whether or not to install Vortex Generators (Room Sunset IV - V)

01 Mar 17
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
Speaker(s): Darren Weiss
VGs are said to improve wind turbine performance by inducing a turbulent flow atop the blade such that the flow separates from the blade further do... More...

Smarter Blade Design for Maintenance & Optimal Performance (Room Sunset IV - V)

01 Mar 17
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
Speaker(s): Darren Weiss ; Derek Berry ; Jacques Nader ; John Amos
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Using Quality Assurance Tracking To Build A Professional Experience Portfolio (Room Mission Bay)

01 Mar 17
11:55 AM - 12:20 PM
Speaker(s): Chris Buller
A discussion about how Historian, Maintenance Tracking and/or Quality Assurance (QA) systems can be used to support professional accreditation sche... More...

Development of a Troubleshooting and Safety Simulator for Wind Technology Education (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM
Speaker(s): John Moreland
Effective troubleshooting is a critical skill that affects wind farm efficiency. However, many newly-hired wind turbine technicians lack sufficient... More...

Making Sense out of Multibrand Services (Room Mission Bay)

01 Mar 17
12:55 PM - 1:20 PM
Speaker(s): Cloe Holden
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Building Infrastructure to Ensure Operational Success (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker(s): Billy Watts ; Jacob Nikle ; John Nichols ; Krys M. Rootham ; Neil James
Ensuring the operational success of a wind energy project starts at the beginning. This panel will investigate the best practices of project develo... More...

Preparing for the NERC CIP Evolution (Room Sunset IV - V)

01 Mar 17
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker(s): Donna Pratt ; George Brown ; Jeffery Wehner ; Kristen Kocon
If anything was learned from 2016 is that cybersecurity is important and has grave consequences for those that fail to take it seriously. This sess... More...

Managing Your Contractor Management Program (Room Mission Bay)

01 Mar 17
2:05 PM - 3:05 PM
Speaker(s): Brad Tweeten ; Christopher Nolan ; Jim Barfield, CSP
Considering the Quality, Safety and Environmental risks found in our industry, the size of an ad in a phone book or a firm handshake are no longer ... More...

OSHA Requirements for Machine Guarding (Room Sunset IV - V)

01 Mar 17
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker(s): Gary Garcia
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Round the Hub: Partnering for Operational Excellence (Room Paradise)

01 Mar 17
3:40 PM - 4:40 PM
Speaker(s): Brian Hayes ; Jeffery Wehner ; Jim Adams ; Marco Molina ; Ted Pruss
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(EHS) AWEA Safety Award Subcommittee Meeting (Sunset III) (Room Sunset III)

02 Mar 17
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(EHS) AWEA Safety Data Subcommittee Meeting (Room Sunset I)

02 Mar 17
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(O&M) AWEA Data Reporting Subcommittee Meeting (Room Sunset II)

02 Mar 17
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(O&M) AWEA Operations Subcommittee (Sunset IV) (Room Sunset IV)

02 Mar 17
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(WDET) AWEA Workforce Data Subcommittee Meeting - Compensation (Room Sunset V)

02 Mar 17
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(EHS) AWEA Operations and Maintenance Safety Subcommittee Meeting (Room Sunset I)

02 Mar 17
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(O&M) AWEA Blades Subcommittee Meeting (Room Sunset II)

02 Mar 17
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(O&M) AWEA Tower Auxilary Meeting (Room Sunset III)

02 Mar 17
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(EHS) AWEA Electrical Safety Subcommittee Meeting (Room Sunset IV)

02 Mar 17
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(EHS) AWEA Safety Campaign Subcommittee Meeting (Room Sunset III)

02 Mar 17
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(EHS) AWEA Training and Education Safety Subcommittee Meeting (Room Sunset I)

02 Mar 17
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(O&M) AWEA BOP Meeting (Room Sunset II)

02 Mar 17
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

(WDET) AWEA Veterans Transition and Training Subcommittee Meeting (Sunset V) (Room Sunset V)

02 Mar 17
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contact Michele Mihelic at mmihelic@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...
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