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Monday, September 16th - Welcome & Play Day
- Golf Tournament
- Master Evaluator Certificate Program (MECP)
- Welcome Reception
Tuesday, September 17th
- Breakfast/Registration
- General Sessions at Texas Live!
- Lunch at Loews
- Breakout Sessions at Loews
- Ranger Game Suite
Wednesday, September 18th - Conference Day
- Breakfast/Registration
- General Sessions at Texas Live!
- Lunch at Loews
- Breakout Sessions at Loews
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CONFERENCE AGENDA
Don't miss out on a jam-packed week of learning and fun. Additional registration is required for some items. Subject to change.
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Monday - September 16, 2024
7:00 AM - Golf Tournament at Waterchase Golf Club*
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Master Evaluator Certificate Program (MECP) at Loews Conference Center.*
9:00 AM - Exhibitor Setup Begins
5:00 PM - Registration & Check-in at Texas Live!
5:30-8:30 PM - Welcome Reception at Texas Live!
*Additional Registration is Required
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Tuesday - September 17, 2024
7:30 AM - Breakfast at Texas Live! Arena
8:15 AM - EWNCON Main Stage Kickoff
8:30 AM - Robert "Cujo" Teschner - Keynote
10:00 AM - Conversation with John Olshefski
11:30 AM - Lunch at Loews Conference Center
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM - Breakout Sessions #1
- Operators: Using Accountable Leadership and Teamwork to Build Defensible Programs
- Ret. Col. Cujo Teschner
- Contractors: Status Quo Ain’t Good Enough: Delivering Quality to your Customers
- Ret. Col. John Olshefski
- Ask an Expert: EWN Systems & Services: A Guided FAQ/Q&A
- EWN Team Members
- Leadership/Essential Skills Series - Emotional Intelligence
- Dr. Matt Joiner, EWN
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM - Breakout Sessions #2
- Operators - Cujo Q&A
- Ret. Col. John Olshefski
- Damage Prevention for Contractors
- Ketha Molina, Texas811
- MG Govia, Okie811
- Operators & Contractors Programs
Beyond the Basics- Jim Marcoe, Black Hills
- David Blackmore, Primoris
- Leadership/Essential Skills Series - Multi-Generational Teams
- Dr. Matt Joiner, EWN
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM - Break with Vendors
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - Breakout Sessions #3
- Eliminating Risk through Teamwork: Operator & Contractor Collaboration Session
- Roundtable Discussion
- Power Users Series - Building a Model Safety Program
- Ward Westphal, MP Technologies
- Raising the Bar - Beyond Status Quo
- Brian Dresel, EWN
6:00 PM - Rangers Game* (Game time is 7 PM)
*Additional Registration is Required
- Operators: Using Accountable Leadership and Teamwork to Build Defensible Programs
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Wednesday - September 18, 2024
7:30 AM - Breakfast at Texas Live! Arena
8:30 AM - EWNCON Main Stage
8:45 AM - APGA: Tools for Small Operators to Raise the Bar (Moderator: Erin Kurilla)
- Panel: Steve Allen, John Olshefski, Bill Defoor, Massoud Tahamtani
10:00 AM - Leveraging the EWN Platform to Build Defensible Programs (Panel)
- Operators: WEC Energy (Brad Hansen), NiSource (Julie Roppelt & Alex Vegh), Black Hills (Jim Marcoe)
- Contractors: Primoris (Bill Cunnigham), Miller Pipeline (Jeremy Wyatt)
11:30 AM - Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM - Breakout Sessions #1
- New & Emerging Regulations and Expectations
- Erin Kurilla, APGA
- Evaluators and Evaluations
- Brian Dresel, EWN
- Managing Changes to your OQ Program
- Brad Hansen, WEC
- Building Company-Specific Training for Operational Excellence (Exceeding “Off-the-Shelf”)
- Crystal Stromberg, EWN
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM - Break with Vendors
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM - Breakout Sessions #2
- TRACER Asset Management with EGW
- Jim Schauer & Carlee Adams, EWN
- Establishing Integrity Controls for your OQ Program (Building a Defensible Program)
- Heather Stein, EWN
- Managing Contractor OQ: Expectations, Administration & Compliance Management
- Alex Vegh & Julie Roppelt, NiSource
- PSMS: Where it is today and where it's going tomorrow.
- Jeff Wiese and Massoud Tahamtani
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - Breakout Sessions #3
- Ask a Recovering Regulator - I have a friend with a pipeline…
- Jeff Wiese
- Steve Allen, EWN
- Brian Dresel
- Ask an Expert: EWN Systems & Services: A Guided FAQ/Q&A
- EWN Team
- EWN Mobile App - Using Technology in the Field to Increase Efficiency and Integrity
- EWN Team
Robert “Cujo” Teschner
Robert “Cujo” Teschner is a retired F-15 / F-22 fighter pilot. He is also a former F-15 Weapons School Instructor, F-22 Squadron Commander, senior Joint Staff officer, and combat veteran. He holds advanced degrees in Operational Art and Science and National Security Strategy and has extensive experience in tactical planning and execution and organizational leadership. From 2004 to 2006, he served as the US Air Force’s expert in post-mission debriefing, the methodology used by high-performing military teams to self-correct and improve continuously.
Cujo retired immediately after pinning-on full Colonel due to complications from cancer-related care and started an international business consulting practice based in St. Louis, MO. His company is called VMax Group. VMax Group’s mission is to teach, inspire and nurture teams on how to really “team”, making work more fulfilling and making teams much more effective.
Loews Arlington Hotel
888 Nolan Ryan Expressway, Arlington, Texas, 76011
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