North America's first all-inclusive, industry led O&M agenda

Changing O&M market trends and projections for the future

Dan Shreve, Director, MAKE Consulting

CASE STUDY
An operators approach to post warranty life from a Technical Services view

Judah Moseson PE CEM, Director of Technical Services, Infigen Energy

INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION
OEMs Business Model - Favourable terms or not?

Cathy Syme, Senior Manager, GL Harrad Hassan
Ruben Segura-Coto, Director, Post Sales Service, ACCIONA Windpower North America, LLC

Other panellists TBC

Operator Moving to Turnkey O&M Service

Scott Michael McBride, Director of Operations, NRG Energy

INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION
Non OEM Warranty: Other Protections Available For Your Fleet

Justin Voss, Managing Consultant – Power Generation, Global Risk Consultants
Chris Cioni, Senior Vice President Technical Services and Claims, G-Cube Insurance
Martin Schmidt-Bremer Jr. Chief Operating Officer, WindGuard North America, Inc.

Other panellists TBC

INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION
Work scopes for service contracts

Eddie Perez, Vice President of Operations, Wind Capital Group
Herbert R. Thompson, Director O&M – Wind, Edison Mission O&M
Martin Winter, VP Engineering Solutions / Partner, Foundation Engineering LLC
Ruben Segura-Coto, Director, Post Sales Service, ACCIONA Windpower North America, LLC

NERC’s guidelines and standards for wind operators

John N. Moura, Manager, Reliability Assessment, North American Electric Reliability Corporation

CASE STUDY
Grid Integration: Operational Strategies for Higher Yield

Darren McCrank, Director of Operations, Wind, TransAlta Corporation

Grid Operations: Managing Stability of the Grid

Frank Puyleart, Bonneville Power Administration

CASE STUDY
Grid integration and compliance: Ensuring 24x7 Operation

Blaine Sundwall, Director, National Control Center, Iberdrola Renewables

CASE STUDY
Building an in-house Engineering “Center for Technological Excellence”

Ross Newlin, Director of the Center Technical Excellence, enXco Corp.

CASE STUDY
O&M Strategy: How does your wind farm compare?

Cathy Syme, Senior Manager, GL Garrad Hassan

Increasing wind farm energy production

Idoia Iceta, Wind Energy Market Business Director, NEM Solutions

Maximizing Yield from a Wind Facility

Jason Allen, Senior Vice President – Renewables Operations and Engineering, Duke Energy Renewables

Optimizing Project Performance: Pre- and Post-Construction Strategies

Brian Kramak, Senior Project Manager, AWS Truepower

Arc flash hazard analysis

John Kolak, President, Praxis Corporation

JOINT PRESENTATION
A unique approach to safety culture

Grayling Vander Velde, EHS Professional, EHS Field Support, Duke Energy Corp.
Todd Karasek, Vice President Environment, Health & Safety, Suzlon

INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION
Safe O&M Operations: Hazard Recognition & Injury Mitigation

Grayling Vander Velde, EHS Professional, EHS Field Support, Duke Energy Corp.
John Kolak, President, Praxis Corporation
Todd Karasek, Vice President Environment, Health & Safety, Suzlon
Other panellists TBC

Wind Turbine Foundation Issues facing O&M operators

Martin Winter, VP Engineering Solutions / Partner, Foundation Engineering LLC

JOINT CASE STUDY
Improving an already installed machine – a WindBOOST experience

Tim Hertel, Director of Technology, EDP Renewables
Scott Shapiro, CM&U Product Line Leader, GE Wind

Blade repair challenges

Gary Kanaby, Director of Sales for Wind, MFG

JOINT CASE STUDY
Leading edge blade treatments and their effects on performance

James Snelson, Senior Project Engineer, Technical Services Group, Infigen Energy
Grant Qualley, Manager of Performance Analytics, Technical Services Group, Infigen Energy

INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION
Best practice blade repair protection and maintenance

Clint Ramberg, Director - Spider Wind Access, Spider
Mike Jeffrey, President, Complete Wind Corporation
James Snelson, Senior Project Engineer, Technical Services Group, Infigen Energy
Gary Kanaby, Director of Sales for Wind, MFG

The Gearbox Reliability Collaborative: An Overview

Jonathan Keller, Ph.D. National Wind Technology Center, NREL

JOINT PRESENTATION
Solutions for asset-life cost containment

Tom Marek, Business Unit Leader - Windserve North America, David Brown Gear Systems Ltd
Mark Eagle, Wind Gear & CMaS Manager, Moventas Inc.

INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION
Gearbox reliability improvement

Dr. Ashley Crowther, VP Engineering - Wind, US Wind Technical Center, Romax Technology
Tom Marek, Business Unit Leader - Windserve North America, David Brown Gear Systems Ltd
Bruce Neumiller, Founding Partner and CEO, Gearbox Express

Other panellists TBC

CMS Technology – Maximizing Profitability

Larry Jacobs, Product Manager, NRG Systems

Reliability database benchmark: a US O&M experience

Valerie Peters, Wind Reliability Lead Analyst, Sandia National Laboratories

Steve Rodger, Product Manager, GasTOPS

Condition Monitoring Systems for Wind Turbines: Present status and future developments

Dr. Ing. Karl Steingroever, Sr. Principal Engineer, Group Machinery Components, GL Renewables Certification

SCADA focus: overcoming challenges caused by using a centralised SCADA system approach

Alistair Ogilvie, Reliability Database Lead, Sandia National Laboratories

JOINT CASE STUDY
ORAP: Transferable data collection, analysis and reporting techniques

Sal DellaVilla, CEO, Strategic Power Systems
Alistair Ogilvie, Reliability Database Lead, Sandia National Laboratories

Aligning operator and OEM metrics for higher power generation

Jeff Wiener, Commercial Director, GE Wind