Wind Project O&M and Safety Conference 2018

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Sessions (76)

AWEA EHS Steering Committee (only committee members) (Room Hanover)

25 Feb 18
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

AWEA Wind Workforce Development Committee (WWSC) (Room Tropics)

26 Feb 18
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open to the public, RSVP to standards@awea.org More...

AWEA Wind Environmental, Health, and Safety Standards Committee (WEHSSC) (Room Hanover)

26 Feb 18
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Open to the public, RSVP to standards@awea.org More...

AWEA Wind Standards Committee (WSC) (Room Tropics)

26 Feb 18
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Open to the public, RSVP to standards@awea.org More...

Leaders Forum: Operational Excellence Ideation Session (Executive Room)

26 Feb 18
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Industry leaders will discuss solutions for overcoming the wind industry’s barriers to operational excellence. Resulting ideas will be shared... More...

Leaders Forum: Operational Excellence Ideation Session (Executive Room)

26 Feb 18
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Industry leaders will discuss solutions for overcoming the wind industry’s barriers to operational excellence. Resulting ideas will be shared... More...

Welcome & Keynote (Room Upper Grande Hall)

27 Feb 18
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker(s): Amy Farrell ; Jana Adams ; Kevin Schroeder ; Tim Autrey ; Tom Kiernan
The conference will kick-off with keynote Tim Autrey, Founder of the Practicing Perfection Institute.  Combining studies in behavioral psychol... More...

Beyond Data: Trends and Solutions (Room Viceroy)

27 Feb 18
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Incident & Hazard Review

Speaker(s): Gemma Smith ; Kristy Abel ; Prashant Krishnan, P.E.
Have you ever wondered about your data? Understand the different methodologies to analyze and see the trends of your safety data. See the progressi... More...

Shaping the Workforce in an Evolving Industry Landscape (Room Windsor Complex)

27 Feb 18
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Workforce and Training

Speaker(s): Christopher Meehan ; Lauren Miller ; Lucas Chavey ; Neil James ; Shannon Lehmkuhl
As the industry matures, the workforce is continuously evolving.  This changing landscape leaves many hotly debated questions such as what is ... More...

The Rise and Path of Digitalization (Room Upper Grande Hall)

27 Feb 18
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Brian Hayes ; Jonathan Weil ; Jorge Villalobos ; Melissa Stark ; Phil Gauthier ; Uzair Memon
With the fast evolution of technology comes major shifts in the way industry utilizes these emerging technologies, like in the case of the rapidly ... More...

Combining the Power of Data with Physics to Reduce Maintenance Costs and Increase Energy Production

27 Feb 18
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Sandeep Gupta
In recent years, two separate technological advances have been utilized to improve wind farm operations and maintenance practices. The first is a p... More...

Foundation Structural and Anchor Bolt Health; Practical application of Inspection, Testing, and Monitoring (Room Windsor Complex)

27 Feb 18
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Gary Garcia ; Jesse Tarr
“Foundation Structural and Anchor Bolt Health; Practical application of Inspection, Testing, and Monitoring”. Presenter: Jesse Tarr, CE... More...

How Machine Learning Will Revolutionize Your Utility (Room Upper Grande Hall)

27 Feb 18
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Jeff Brown
Navigant Research estimates that utility companies will spend almost $50 billion on asset management and grid monitoring technology by 2023. Today ... More...

Predictive Maintenance in Action: Understanding Workflow to Maximize O&M Performance

27 Feb 18
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Ryan Blitstein
In this session, SaaS-based predictive analytics provider Uptake will share lessons learned from an analytics collaboration between U.S. energy-ind... More...

Shark Tank Round 1 (Room Upper Grande Hall)

27 Feb 18
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Gerrud Wallaert
The maintenance of the future is here.  Wind project operators have long grappled with how to efficiently manage the large amounts of data col... More...

Tactical Safety: Situational Awareness and Risk Assessment Cultures (Room Viceroy)

27 Feb 18
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Behavioral/Cultural Safety

Speaker(s): Jason Perry ; John Boyle
Situational awareness is everything in an operations culture! A tactical approach on safety reminiscent of elite military units, firefighters, and ... More...

Towards Hybrid Domain/Model Data-Driven Approaches For Real-Time Diagnostics Of Big Cross-Platforms Fleets And Its Economic Impact On Operations & Maintenance.

27 Feb 18
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Gorka Parada
The early detection of symptoms of degradations and potential critical failures of big cross-platforms fleets is a key aspect of a condition-based ... More...

Networking Lunch & Exhibits (Room Upper Grande Hall)

27 Feb 18
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Sponsored by AMSOIL More...

An Introduction to Lean Process Improvement (Room Viceroy)

27 Feb 18
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker(s): Andrew Brody ; Karen Tucker
Taught by Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt from the wind industry, this session will be an interactive learning class covering an introduction to l... More...

Resilience Engineering and Causal Factor Investigation (Room Upper Grande Hall)

27 Feb 18
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: Incident & Hazard Review

Speaker(s): Wesley Witt
Safety management today is focused on the proactive actions people and and organizations perform to create a safe workplace and a resilient ograniz... More...

Your Pathway to Reliability, Efficiency, Productivity AND Safety (Room Windsor Complex)

27 Feb 18
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Behavioral/Cultural Safety

Speaker(s): Tim Autrey
Every organization in the Power Industry, regardless of size, must meet industry requirements and government regulations, while dealing with ever-i... More...

Are You Correctly Evaluating Your Performance Upgrade? (Room Windsor Complex)

27 Feb 18
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker(s): Sally Starnes
OEMs and 3rd parties currently offer a variety of turbine upgrades. These may be software-based controls optimization, or hardware-based aerodynami... More...

"The Role of Control" - How Advanced Wind Turbine Controls Can Be Geared Towards Performance, Reliability and Longevity Improvements. (Room Upper Grande Hall)

27 Feb 18
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Brandon Fitchett
Did you know that wind turbines don't communicate with each other!? Prominent among the rapidly progressing innovations in wind power today is ... More...

Extremum Seeking Control of Wind Energy Systems (Room Upper Grande Hall)

27 Feb 18
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Mario Rotea
Wind turbines work over a wide range of conditions and have long operating life.  As a result, the optimal parameters of the control system ma... More...

Hazard Mitigation Workshop for Confined Spaces (Room Viceroy)

27 Feb 18
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Tracks: Regulatory and Compliance

Speaker(s): JP Conkwright
Confined spaces are one of the most debated topics in the wind industry.  The existence of multiple standards (OSHA, ANSI, etc.) have only add... More...

Life extension for mid term and older wind turbines through control system modernization and through power regulation for maximizing life cycle value. (Room Upper Grande Hall)

27 Feb 18
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Bob Gates
Increased and continued value production is an aim shared by many owners and operators of mid life and older wind turbines. Modernization and or re... More...

Lube Application and the Internet of Things (Room Windsor Complex)

27 Feb 18
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker(s): Lasse Eriksen
Hove A/S specializes in solutions for lubrication within various industry segments, e.g. mining, cement plants and wind energy. They have developed... More...

Modernizing Wind Controls to Improve Performance & Increase Turbine Longevity (Room Upper Grande Hall)

27 Feb 18
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Ronald Grife
Advanced turbine controls are taking advantage of the latest in technology to increase production and extend the life of older turbines.  Pres... More...

Gearbox Efficient Monitoring Program (Room Windsor Complex)

27 Feb 18
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker(s): Tomoya Nakao
Gearboxes are a major damage and cost factor for wind turbines and their OPEX. To monitor gearbox damage condition effectively is a key for success... More...

A Condition Monitoring Success Story (Room Windsor Complex)

27 Feb 18
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Ryan Brewer
As the use of condition monitoring equipment in wind turbine applications has increased, the conversation has shifted from fault detection to exten... More...

Addressing MusculoSkeletal Injuries Through Bionomics (Room Viceroy)

28 Feb 18
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker(s): Angel Cariaga ; Clarisse Aguirre ; James Clapper ; Jim Barfield, CSP
We’ve all been there. Despite an EHS department’s best efforts to engineer solutions and develop creative training to address awkward e... More...

Digitally Transforming Wind Service Delivery (Room Windsor Complex)

28 Feb 18
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Speaker(s): Seth Dunn
Today's wind technicians need digital tools as modern as the turbines they service. Learn why digitally enabled field workers are a critical el... More...

Muscles Joints and Discs - The Science and Art of Injury (Room Viceroy)

28 Feb 18
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Behavioral/Cultural Safety

Speaker(s): James Clapper
In this presentation will address the latest information and best practices in the prevention of MusculoSkeletal Disorders (MSD's); sprain/stra... More...

TDI Mainshaft Bearing – Field Test Results (Room Upper Grande Hall)

28 Feb 18
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Speaker(s): Caleb Chovan
This paper is a follow-up to one given at the AWEA O&M conference in 2016, which highlighted the advantages of using a TDI-style mainshaft bear... More...

Real-Time Availability Categorization for Automated GADS Wind Performance Reporting (Room Windsor Complex)

28 Feb 18
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Speaker(s): Bradley Johnson
The current proposal details the procedures, challenges, and design of a comprehensive Wind GADS reporting platform within the Bazefield Operations... More...

How Can Advanced Analytics Improve Your ROI? (Room Windsor Complex)

28 Feb 18
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker(s): Cegeon Chan
As the wind energy industry matures, there’s been an increased focus on the optimization of wind farm operations. Whether it’s through ... More...

Main Transformer Bushing Failures - Failure Modes, Testing, and Online Bushing Diagnostics (Room Upper Grande Hall)

28 Feb 18
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Balance of Plant (BOP)

Speaker(s): Christopher Petrola ; Kevin Alewine ; Mark Tostrud
Main Transformer Bushing Failures in the Wind Industry – Failure Modes, Testing, and Online Bushing Diagnostics. The main power tr... More...

Authenticating ‘Black Box’ Data (Room Windsor Complex)

28 Feb 18
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Anthony Crockford
Wind farm operators are increasingly faced with data and reports based on untraceable ‘black box’ calculations. It is critical to be ab... More...

Steven_Davis_BHI_Energy_Harnessing_Programs (Room Viceroy)

28 Feb 18
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Behavioral/Cultural Safety

Speaker(s): Steve Davis
In order to enhance the desired behaviors within our workforce, safety leaders must clearly identify the critical behaviors we want to improve upon... More...

Maximizing Maintenance Dollars in a Post PTC World (Room Windsor Complex)

28 Feb 18
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Gary Hennigan
The phasedown of the Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit (PTC) will effectively cause wind operators to reduce their operations and mainten... More...

Repowering Focus: Foundations, Towers, and Blades (Room Upper Grande Hall)

28 Feb 18
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Alex Byrne ; Brian Tri ; Dayton Griffin ; Ninochska Maldonado-Bosworth
Repowering has caught the attention of many in the wind industry as a way to provide a capital improvements to an aging project such that multiple ... More...

Safety Case Studies in Leadership, Process and Equipment Integrity (Room Viceroy)

28 Feb 18
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Behavioral/Cultural Safety

Speaker(s): Hans Owens ; Karl Delooff ; Scott Bramlett ; Ted Pruss ; Troy Ryan
This presentation will illustrate the importance of safety to the bottom-line from the executive level. Eight actual case studies not previously sh... More...

IEC 61400-25 Wind Power Plant Communication (Room Windsor Complex)

28 Feb 18
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Bertram Lange
The IEC standard series 61400-25 provides a solution for access to wind power plant information with standardized data names and semantic. It gives... More...

AWEA Operations Steering Committee Meeting (Room Hanover)

28 Feb 18
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
This meeting is for steering committee members. For more information or to RSVP contact membership@awea.org More...

Improving Gear and Bearing Life with Proper Lubricant Selection (Room Windsor Complex)

28 Feb 18
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker(s): David Kiker
American Chemical Technologies, Inc. (ACT) has been a recognized leader in the manufacture and development of highly specialized, high perform... More...

Mitigating Transportation Safety Risks (Room Viceroy)

28 Feb 18
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker(s): Christopher Nolan ; Jack Johnson ; Jerry Morgan
Transportation and handling of WTG components offers hazards and PR issues for every entity in the wind industry.  From the OEMs to the contra... More...

Shark Tank Final (Room Upper Grande Hall)

28 Feb 18
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker(s): Andrea Miller ; Chris Shugart ; Gerrud Wallaert ; Krys M. Rootham
The participants selected from Round 1 will be presenting longer 10 minute presentations in this round, where they will come head-to-head with our ... More...

Safety and Its Importance in Protective Relaying (Room Windsor Complex)

28 Feb 18
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Electrical Safety

Speaker(s): Steve Turner
Often emphasis is placed first on economics however safety is always of the utmost importance since we are working in a high voltage power system t... More...

LCOE and Improving Performance: Evaluating Solutions in a Post-PTC Environment (Room Upper Grande Hall)

28 Feb 18
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker(s): Annemarie Graves ; Cloe Holden ; Jim Adams ; Kevin Schroeder ; Krys M. Rootham ; Marco Molina
With an estimated 100GW of installed capacity projected by the close of 2020, we  are entering a new era in the US wind market where projects ... More...

AWEA O&M Steering Committee (only committee members) (Room Hanover)

28 Feb 18
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at om@awea.org More...

(EHS) Fitness For Work Task Force (Room York/Kent)

01 Mar 18
8:00 AM - 9:50 AM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

(EHS) AWEA O&M Subcommittee (Room Windsor)

01 Mar 18
8:00 AM - 9:50 AM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

(EHS) Electrical Safety Subcommittee (Room Crystal/Continental)

01 Mar 18
8:00 AM - 9:50 AM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

(O&M) Operations Subcommittee - Regulatory Workshop (5 hour workshop) (Room Hanover)

01 Mar 18
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at om@awea.org Lunch will be served. More...

(WDET) AWEA Wind Technician Training and Education Subcommittee (Room Stuart)

01 Mar 18
8:00 AM - 9:50 AM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at workforcedev@awea.org More...

(EHS) AWEA Data Collection Subcommittee (Room Crystal/Continental)

01 Mar 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

(EHS) AWEA Safety Awards Subcommittee (Room Stuart)

01 Mar 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

(EHS) AWEA Training and Education Subcommittee (Room Windsor)

01 Mar 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

AWEA Quality Assurance Committee (Room York/Kent)

01 Mar 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at smorelli@awea.org More...

(EHS) AWEA Safety Campaign Subcommittee (Room York/Kent)

01 Mar 18
1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

(O&M) AWEA BOP Subcommittee (Room Windsor)

01 Mar 18
1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at om@awea.org More...

(O&M) AWEA Turbine Components Subcommittee (Room Stuart)

01 Mar 18
1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at om@awea.org More...

(WDET) AWEA Veterans Transition and Training Subcommittee (Room Crystal/Continental)

01 Mar 18
1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at workforcedev@awea.org More...

(EHS) AWEA Construction Safety Subcommittee (Room Windsor)

01 Mar 18
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

(EHS) AWEA OEM Safety Networking Group (Room York/Kent)

01 Mar 18
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

(EHS) AWEA Owner/Operator Networking Group (Room Crystal/Continental)

01 Mar 18
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

(EHS) AWEA Wind Technician Subcommittee (Room Executive)

01 Mar 18
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at safety@awea.org More...

(O&M) AWEA Drivetrain Subcommittee (Room Stuart)

01 Mar 18
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
For more information or to RSVP contact Sabrina Morelli at om@awea.org More...