SGA OPERATING CONFERENCE

2010

Hyatt Regency Downtown
Houston TX

July 19-21, 2010

Future locations:

• Operating Conference - July 13-15, 2011: Jacksonville FL (Hyatt Hotel)
• Operating Conference - July 23-25, 2012: Ft. Worth TX (Omni Hotel)

Conference Schedule Monday July 19, 2010 Exhibitor set up (starts at 8 am) Below lobby level Registration (9 am to 6 pm) Imperial Ballroom Foyer (3rd floor) Break out sessions (1 to various end times) Exhibits open (3 to 6:30 pm) Tuesday July 20, 2010 Registration (7 am to 1 pm) Imperial Ballroom Foyer (3rd floor) Full breakfast with exhibits (7 to 8:00 am) Below lobby level Roundtable sessions (8:00 am to 5:00 pm) Lunch with exhibits (11:30 am to 1:30 pm) Below lobby level Exhibits break down after lunch (1:30 pm) Business mixer   Wednesday July 21, 2010 Continental breakfast (7 to 8 am) Near meeting rooms Refreshment break Roundtable sessions continue (8 to 11:30 am) Conference ends @ 11:30 am Roundtables Customer Field Service Utilization Distribution Engineering (Incorporating Distribution Integrity Management Programs - DIMP) Distribution Measurement & Regulation Distribution Construction, Operations and Maintenance Gas Control LNG Pipeline Construction, Operations & Maintenance Project Management Public Awareness Right of Way Supply Chain Management Transmission Integrity Management Transmission Measurement Underground Storage

Hotel Reservations

Hyatt Regency Houston

1200 Louisiana Street

Houston, TX   77002

• (800) 233-1234 or (713) 654-1234 and ask for the SGA Conference rate
• Conference rate will be posted here soon (single or double occupancy)   
• Reservation deadline will be posted here soon.

Exhibit

• Operating Conference Exhibit Web Page
• Contact: Debbie Krawzik

Day Pass to the Exhibit

More details here soon.

Associate Member Participation in these Sessions

• Most Monday afternoon sessions are open to all conference attendees (gas company and Associate Members).
• Please click a roundtable above to see which of these is open to Associate Members. All roundtables are open to gas company attendees.

Why are some roundtables only open to gas company attendees?

We are proud of the growth and sustained participation in our roundtables. Our Chairmen tell us that the SGA roundtable format provides an open forum for operators to share ideas and lessons learned.They also tell us that the size of their roundtables (generally 15-50+ attend each roundtable) helps facilitate a robust discussion. When those roundtables get too large, attendees have difficulty getting the information they came for - the thoughts and ideas of their peers.

For these reasons, some of the roundtable sessions are open to gas company participants only. Chairmen of each session are sensitive to the desires of our much valued Associate Member participants, and they will post an "Open to Associate Members" sign outside their meeting rooms, when their sessions are open to Associate Members.

When gas company participants get the information they want, they will continue to attend. When attendance continues to grow  as it has the past few years, more customers visit the SGA Exhibit area, and we continue to  sell out our Expo. This creates a meaningful and productive meeting for everyone!

Want to Attend the AGA/SGA Best Practices Roundtable?

Attendance at this roundtable is restricted to those who have registered with AGA to participate in the 2010 AGA/SGA Transmission Benchmarking/Best Practices Program. 

Schedule

This page updated: November 23, 2009.