LIFTOFF! Launching our Future Today

Conference Date and Location
September 3-6, 2008 --
Westin Kierland Resort
Scottsdale, Arizona

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Keynotes will include
Gene Krantz – NASA’s Mission Controller for Apollo missions 11, 13 and 17

Luc J. Messier – Senior Vice President, Project Development, ConocoPhillips

We are also please to announce the following luncheon speakers

Amy Myers Jaffe – Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy; Associate Director, Rice Energy Program

Michael S. Dudas, CFA – Managing Director, Bear, Stearns & Co.

Today’s Vision - Tomorrows Reality?
A perspective on what tomorrows projects will require from Industry Leaders
Four leaders from major industries (Power, Mining, Petrochemical, E&C Contractor ) will discuss Today’s Vision and how it equals Tomorrows Reality on capital spending, new program development and what each of us need to do to sustain our business in the next 5 to 10 years. This is a unique opportunity to examine the vision and perspective of industry executives you presently interface with or could be involved with tomorrow. Speakers will include

Rich Marcogliese – Executive VP and COO, Valero Energy Corporation
Rick Bowen – President, Peabody Energy
Ed Day – Executive VP, Southern Company
Bill Hall – President, WorleyParsons

Leadership and Management = Success
This session will look at leadership models that will be shaping our future in the Engineering and Construction arena. It will be directed to achieving success in our organizations through the combination of leadership and management and show how some organizations are reaping the benefits of new approaches in these areas.

New Frontiers: New Technologies Coming to your Project
Attendees will enjoy this lively plenary session that looks at the world of emerging technologies and execution approaches that will be shaping our future in the Engineering and Construction arena. These are bleeding-edge technologies and execution approaches that are either on their first demonstration or pilot application, or have just moved from concept to initial deployment. Examples are developments such as Nano-Technology applications, and integrated LEAN execution approaches.

This will be a unique opportunity to see the visions and perspectives on various emerging technologies and execution approaches by those who are the pioneers working those developments. It will provide opportunity to look for scenarios, potential integration points, and most importantly, to inspire the industry to look at the “New Frontiers” in a different way.

Mike Wetzer – Founder and CEO of Malden Labs
Dr. Joannie W. Chin – Leader, Polymeric Materials Group, Materials and Construction Research Division, NIST
Aidan Chopra - Product Evangelist, Google SketchUp

The Breakout Forums will focus on the specific, essential information needed to develop corporate and project strategies that proactively address current and anticipated challenges.

• When Big Projects Come to Town - The Community Perspective
• Carbon Capture – Trends and Challenges
• Inside the Mind of the National Oil Company
• The World is Getting Flatter - How Technology Will Continue to Transform International Work Processes
• The 2008 Election – How Will it Impact the Construction Industry?
• The Nuclear Giant Awakes – What Happens Now?
• A “C-Level” View of the Project Portfolio – How Executive and Investor Perspectives on Capital Projects are Changing
• The Complex World of Project Finance - What Every E&C Executive Needs to Know
• Achieving Predictable Projects in a World of “Black Swan” Risks
• The Big Problem of Small Projects – Practical Solutions for Sustaining/Improving Production with Limited Resources