Conference: April 10-13, 2017 | Exhibition: April 10-12, 2017
McCormick Center West | Chicago, IL

Conference Grid

Opening Day Keynote & Executive Roundtable

Tuesday, April 19
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
EP16 Opening Keynote - Big Easy/Big Dreams
Tuesday, April 19
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
EP16 Opening Keynote - The Digital Transformation of Electricity
Tuesday, April 19
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Industry Makeover - The new face of the Power Industry

Track 1: Power Plant Performance & Profitability

Tuesday, April 19
1:00 PM - 2:20 PM
1A: Strategic Outage Management to Create a Proactive Plant
Tuesday, April 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
1B: Are Turbine-Generator Upgrades the Key to Performance and Profitability?
Wednesday, April 20
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
1C: Overcoming Outage Management
Wednesday, April 20
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
1D: Increase Reliability and Profitability while Adapting Maintenance to Changing Market Demands
Wednesday, April 20
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
1E: How Big Data, New Technologies & Preemptive Measures Improve Plant Performance
Thursday, April 21
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
1F: Heed Lessons Learned and Operate at Peak Performance during Outages
Thursday, April 21
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
1G: Three Building Blocks for Quick ROI in the Face of Challenge

Track 2: Environmental Compliance

Tuesday, April 19
1:00 PM - 2:20 PM
2A Environmental Mega Session: Navigating the Minefield of CPP Compliance
Tuesday, April 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
2B: Breaking it Down: Four Pillars of the Clean Power Plan
Wednesday, April 20
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
2C: The Acronym Shuffle: Reducing SO2 through DSI and VOM
Wednesday, April 20
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
2D: The Big Picture: Important Considerations for CCR and Transportation Project Planning
Wednesday, April 20
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2E: Handling Residual and Water Management in the Wake of CCR & ELG
Thursday, April 21
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
2F: Optimizing Mercury Control for ELG Compliance
Thursday, April 21
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
2G: Insightful Technologies and Practices to Control NOx and Particulate Matter

Track 3: Technology Advancements & Solutions

Tuesday, April 19
1:00 PM - 2:20 PM
3A: The Future of Nuclear Power
Tuesday, April 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3B: Natural Gas from Legacy Plants to New Designs
Wednesday, April 20
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
3C: Practical Plant Improvements: Performance, Reliability & Enhanced Environmental Compliance
Wednesday, April 20
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
3D: Adding Renewables to the Grid: Challenges, Strategies, Flexibility, Storage & Planning
Wednesday, April 20
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
3E: A Global Look at the Evolution of OEM Technology
Thursday, April 21
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
3F: Suppressing Dust by Diverse Coal Handling Methods
Thursday, April 21
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
3G: Using Energy Storage to Maximize Clean Power
Thursday, April 21
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
3H: Utilizing New Technologies to Manage Reliability

Track 4: Power Plant Resiliency – Safety, Practices, Operations & People

Tuesday, April 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4B: Lessons in Resilience from Wildland Firefighting, Aviation, and Healthcare
Wednesday, April 20
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
4C: Training to Develop Resilience
Wednesday, April 20
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
4D: How NERC is Applying the Lessons of HRO’s to the Bulk Power System
Wednesday, April 20
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
4E: Safety Doesn’t Happen By Accident
Thursday, April 21
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
4F: How Our Response to Failure Contributes to Reliability
Thursday, April 21
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
4G: Design for Resilience – Practices, O&M Practical Strategies & Tactics(Session 1)
Thursday, April 21
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
4H: Design for Resilience – Practices, O&M Practical Strategies & Tactics(Session 2)

Track 5: Power Plant Resiliency – Systems & Physical Equipment

Tuesday, April 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
5B: Weathering the Storm During A Natural Crisis
Wednesday, April 20
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
5C: Cybersecurity Essentials Update
Wednesday, April 20
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
5D: Physical Design For Resilience
Wednesday, April 20
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
5E: Remaining Resilient in the Face of Man-Made Crisis
Thursday, April 21
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
5F: Keys to Loss Control: Reducing the Possibility & Mitigating the Impact
Thursday, April 21
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
5G: Keeping Your Infrastructure Safe
Thursday, April 21
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
5H: Microgrids - Resilience for Critical Applications

Track 6: Combined Heat & Power

Tuesday, April 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
6B: Real World Application of Combined Heat & Power
Wednesday, April 20
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
6C: Utilizing CHP to Increase Efficiency & Power Output
Wednesday, April 20
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
6D: OEM Technologies for CHP Reliability & Efficiency
Wednesday, April 20
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
6E: Are CHP Plants the Answer to Clean Power Plan Compliance?

EP Theater

Tuesday, April 19
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
EP Theater:Industrial Info Resources (Tuesday)
Tuesday, April 19
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
EP Theater:Young Professionals in Power Session - The Future Electric Power Workforce
Tuesday, April 19
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
EP Theater:The U.S.-Mexico Border Energy Forum: New Opportunities
Wednesday, April 20
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
EP Theater:Young Professionals in Power Session - Are You a Rainmaker? Career Advice for the Young Power Professional
Wednesday, April 20
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
EP Theater:Industrial Info Resources (Wednesday)
Wednesday, April 20
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
EP Theater:Young Professionals in Power Session - The Future of Power Generation from a New Perspective

Training Workshops

EP16 Workshops

Monday, April 18
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
PRBCUG Better Practices Table Top Updates
Monday, April 18
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Human Performance Workshop
Monday, April 18
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Drone University: Utilizing Drones in Your Power Plant
Monday, April 18
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Conveyor Belt Workshop
Monday, April 18
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CANCELLED - Introduction to Resilience Engineering and Highly Reliable Organizing - CANCELLED

User Group Meetings

Plant Management Institute 2016

Monday, April 18
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
PMI Roundtable
Monday, April 18
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
PMI Reception

Women in POWER 2016

Tuesday, April 19
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
2016 WIP

Sponsors

Grand Sponsor

Official Publication

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