MainTrain 2022 Program

*All presentation online and in-person will be recorded and will be watchable on the online platform until December 31st, 2022

Online Live Sessions
PheedLoop Conference Platform

Pre-Conference ONLINE Speakers
12:00pm - 12:45pm Eastern Time

First Week

Second Week

Third Week

Fourth Week

August 23

August 30

September 6

September 13

Postponed to
Sept 20
Advanced Analytics, Doing Smart with Existing Infrastructure / Minimal Investments

Marcia O'Connor,
AM FM Consulting Group Inc
Present, Founder

The Transitioning of 1900 Field Workers to a new Mobile Plant Maintenance Solution

Henry Luong,
Sales / Business Development Associate, S4A IT Solutions
&
Kim Bildfell,
Technologist-Plant Maintenance, 
K Bildfell Consulting Ltd.

A Modern Approach to Asset Data Management

Judy Yu,
Associated Engineering, 
Discipline Leader Data Management
&
Nathan Prins,
Project Manager,

Tronnes Geomatics Inc.

Developing an Inclusive Workspace and Supporting Trans Employees

Blair Carmichael,
Asset Management Specialist, 
Ontario Northland

August 25

September 1

September 8

September 15

 

Passage from Reactive to Preventive Maintenance

Alp Bora,
Engagement Manager, Hatch Ltd. 

Humans...Assets?

Cliff Williams,
Principal Consultant,
TMS Asset Management

Developing Asset Health Indices

Sachin Pradhan,
Senior Consultant,

AMCL USA

What is Reliability Worth to Your Business?

James Reyes-Picknell,
Managing Consultant,
Conscious Group Inc.

 

In-Person Event
FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON TORONTO AIRPORT
6257 Airport Road, Mississauga,
Ontario L4V 1E4 Canada

Exhibitor Hall
Monday,  September 19th 4pm
to 
Wednesday, September 21st 1pm

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Meetings and Courses
(Additional Registration/Cost for Courses)

8:00 – 9:00

Breakfast

9:00 – 5:00

8:30am 
PEMAC Board of Director Meeting


Room: Kingston

(In-person only & not recorded)

 

COURSE - CAMA Prep

CAMA
Day 1

Room: Wasaga

(In-person only & not recorded)
Pre-registration is Needed

 


Monday, September 19, 2022


Workshops & Courses
(Workshops are included in conference registration. Courses are an additional fee)

7:00 - 8:00

Breakfast

8:00 - 8:50

Keynote: Executive Decisions – What Does Your Boss’s Boss Think of Your Asset Management Strategy?
Ron Bettin, President Adduco Consulting
Room: Windsor Ballroom
Sponsored by Platinum Sponsor: Cohesive Group

 

Full Day
Room: Windsor A

Half Day
Room: Windsor B

COURSE - CAMA Prep

 

Offsite Tour

9:00 - 10:15

Full-Day Workshop:
Maintainability & Reliability Best Practice Metrics Workshop

Michael Raible, Reliability Engineer, Eastman Chemical Company

(In-person only & not recorded)

1/2 Day Workshop: Demystifying the Digital Twin and Achieving Whole Life Asset Intelligence for Sustainable Operations

David Armstrong, Director,
Cohesive Group

(In-person only & not recorded)

CAMA
Day 
2

Room: Wasaga

(In-person only & not recorded)

Capital Power's Goreway Power Station Tour

(Limited to 30 people)

10:15 - 10:30

Break

10:30 - 11:45

Continued

Full-Day Workshop:
Maintainability & Reliability Best Practice Metrics Workshop

Michael Raible, Reliability Engineer, Eastman Chemical Company

(In-person only & not recorded)

Continued

1/2 Day Workshop: Demystifying the Digital Twin and Achieving Whole Life Asset Intelligence for Sustainable Operations

David Armstrong, Director, 
Cohesive Group

(In-person only & not recorded)

CAMA
Day 
2

Room: Wasaga

(In-person only & not recorded)

11:45 - 1:00

Lunch Sponsored by Platinum Sponsor: Cohesive Group

Authors Corner
(In-person only & not recorded)

Chapter Presidents Meeting (Kingston)

1:00 – 2:15

Continued

Full-Day Workshop:
Maintainability & Reliability Best Practice Metrics Workshop

Michael Raible, Reliability Engineer, Eastman Chemical Company

(In-person only & not recorded)

1/2 Day Workshop: Uptime Improvement Tailoring

James Reyes-Picknell,
Managing Consultant,
Conscious Group Inc.
&
Martha Myers, Owner/Operator, 
Martha Myers Consulting Services

(In-person only & not recorded)

CAMA
Day 
2

Room: Wasaga

(In-person only & not recorded)

 

2:15 - 2:30

Break

2:30 – 3:45

Continued

 

Full-Day Workshop:
Maintainability & Reliability Best Practice Metrics Workshop

Michael Raible, Reliability Engineer, Eastman Chemical Company

(In-person only & not recorded)

Continued

1/2 Day Workshop: Uptime Improvement Tailoring

James Reyes-Picknell,
Managing Consultant,
Conscious Group Inc.
&
Martha Myers, Owner/Operator, 
Martha Myers Consulting Services

(In-person only & not recorded)

 

CAMA
Day 
2

Room: Wasaga

(In-person only & not recorded)

 

4:00 - 6:00

Networking Exhibitor Hall Opening
Sponsored by UE Systems
(In-person only & not recorded)

 

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

7:00 - 8:00

Breakfast

8:00 - 8:50

Keynote: Strategic Investment Into our Greatest Asset – Our People
Jeremy Sylvain, Maintenance Supervisor & Coordinator, NAES Corporation
Room: Windsor Ballroom
Sponsored by Platinum Sponsor: Northern Lakes College

 

Asset Management
Room: Windsor A

Reliability
Room: Windsor B

Maintenance
Room: Windsor C

People
Room: Kingston

9:00 - 9:45

Operational Readiness (OR) Global Approach to Asset Management Landscape & Best Practices

Rick Derkach,
Asset Management Specialist,
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

Barringer Process Reliability – “My factory on a page

Andre-Michel Ferrari,
Reliability Engineer,
Enbridge Pipelines

How Asset Management Practices Evolve in a Clean Energy Transition

Richard Mercredi
Process Specialist,
TransAlta
&
Prabhdeep Singh Sodhi,
Maintenance Process Specialist, 
TransAlta
&
Marina Van Koughnett,
Process Specialist,

TransAlta

PEMAC Education = Value for Organizations

Nicolle Guillen, Education and Professional Development Manager,
PEMAC
&

Edith Mackenzie, The Professional "Nudger"

9:45 - 10:00

Break Sponsored by Gold Sponsor: Xtivity

10:00 -10:45

Advanced Analytics, Doing Smart with Existing Infrastructure / Minimal Investments

Marcia O'Connor,
AM FM Consulting Group Inc
Present, Founder

Dynamic P-F Curve with Machine Learning for efficient Predictive Maintenance

Arun Gowtham,
Reliability Engineer,

RAMwright Consulting Co.

Turning Strategy into Maintenance Excellence  

Melissa Schmidt,
General Manager, Finning

Canada's Got Talent - But Can We Find It?

Cliff Williams, Principal Consultant, TMS Asset Management

10:45 -11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:30

MRO Roundtable
(Room: Windsor Ballroom)
(In-person only & not recorded)

12:30 - 1:30

PEMAC Volunteer Engagement & Lunch Sponsored by Platinum Sponsor:
Northern Lakes College

1:30 - 2:15

Integration of Climate Change into Levels of Service at Town of Halton Hills

Jerry Joseph,
Director, Asset Management,

Jacobs
&
Catherine Simpson,
Asset Management Technical Lead,
Jacobs

&
Dharmen Dhaliah,

Senior Manager
Climate Change and Asset Management,
Town of Halton Hills

Identifying Critical Mass and Worker Density Constraints when Planning a Maintenance Outage: A Case Study

Daniel Evoy,
Reliability & Maintenance Advisor,

Dlpemanagement

PEMAC Maintenance Team of the Year 2021

Andrew Booker, Maintenance Manager, Irving Pulp and Paper

 

A Road Map to Excellence, Connect, Learn, Contribute

Edith Mackenzie

2:15 - 2:30

Break

2:30 - 3:15

Impact of Electrification on Long-Term Infrastructure Decision-Making

Imad Khan,
Senior Consultant,

AMCL USA
&
Sarah Vine, Technical Director, AMCL Canada

Installation and Commissioning pillars of Reliability 

Roman Megela Gazdova,
Senior Reliability Engineer,
Easy-Laser AB

The Ultimate Maintenance KPI and the Seven Underling Planning Scheduling KPIs

Doc Palmer,
Managing Partner/ Author-McGraw Hill, Palmer & Associates

 

 

PEMAC’s Certifications and Your Career

Susan Lubell,
Principal Consultant,
Steppe Consulting Inc.

3:15 - 3:30

Break

3:30 - 5:00

Panel #1: Technology Panel: Data to Decisions
Moderator: Justyna Krzysiak, P.Eng, Pragmatic Strategist
Panelists: Dr. Janet Lam, Assistant Director, C-MORE, University of Toronto &
Paul Daoust, Founder, Managing Director, Scio Asset Management Inc. &
David Armstrong, Director, Cohesive Group

Room: Windsor Ballroom

5:15 – 6:30

Networking Hospitality Hour
Room: Kingston
Sponsored by Cohesive Group

(In-person only & not recorded)

6:30 - 9:00

Awards Dinner
Room: Windsor Ballroom

Sponsored by Northern Lakes College
(In-person only & not recorded)

 

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Sessions

7:00 - 8:00

Breakfast

8:00 - 8:50

Keynote: Maintaining Reliability in Unreliable Times
Danaka Porter, Regional Managing Partner, Iota Consultants
Room: Windsor Ballroom
Sponsored by Platinum Sponsor: UE Systems

 

Asset Management
Room: Windsor A

Reliability
Room: Windsor B

Maintenance
Room: Windsor C

Technology
Room: Kingston

9:00 - 9:45

People, processes, and technology: How Cameco is improving how physical assets are managed at its mining operations

Jean-Pierre Pascoli
Director, Asset Management & Reliability,
Cameco Corporation

Integrated APM: Seamless Management of Asset Strategy and Health

Chris Harrington,
Principal Solutions Engineer,
Arms Reliability Canada LP

 

Multi-Criteria Decision Model for Spare Parts Stocking for Manufacturing Industries

Sathishkumar Nachimuthu,
Reliability Specialist,

Hinton Pulp a division of West Fraser Mills Ltd.

Manage Strategic Nuclear Operations Using Project Management Methodology

Ronald Gavrin, 
Owner, Instructor, Retired, Self Employed

 

9:45 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 10:45

Making Asset Management Useful in Operational Management

Paul Daoust,
Founder, Managing Director,
Scio Asset Management Inc.

 

Towards Automatic 3D Printing: A Framework for Closed-Loop Process Monitoring and Control

Katie Xu,
Master’s Student,

University of Toronto - Continuing Studies
&
Dr. Janet Lam,
Assistant Director, C-MORE,
University of Toronto

Planning & Scheduling ROI - Why Aren't You Achieving It?

Kris Halland,
Senior Planner, Key Lake,

Cameco Corporation - Cigar Lake

Maintenance Work Management for an Aging Facility

Ryan Pretzlaw, 
Director, Maintenance Work Management, Sherritt International

10:45 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 11:45

Human Performance Tools For Individuals

Harmeet Gill,
Outages and Maintenance Services, Bruce Power

Reliability and Root Cause Analysis of Commercial Greases

Dave Tingey,
Product Application Specialist,
POLARIS Laboratories

Controlling the Turnaround Event Scope
 “Thinking Beyond the Scope Challenge”

Frank Engli,
Senior Advisor,
Becht

KPI Study for Mining Industry: Eliminate the Communication Gaps Within Organizations

Gabriel Merisanu,
Student,
University of Toronto
&
Blair Cui,
Master of Engineering Student,
University of Toronto

11:45 - 1:00


Lunch Sponsored by Platinum Sponsor: UE Systems

1:00 - 1:45

Living the Clean Energy Transition

Dale Peck,
Fleet Asset Reliability Specialist,
TransAlta
&
Zachary Baker
Fleet Asset Reliability Specialist,
TransAlta
&
Marina Van Koughnett,
Process Specialist, TransAlta

 

How to Use Historical Data to Find Opportunities to Improve the Effectiveness of Equipment Reliability Programs, Optimize MRO Inventory Operations, and Enhance MRO Workflow Management Processes

Stan Shantz,
Cofounder, VP,
Perspect Analytics. Inc

&
Dr. Yang Wang,
CEO,
Perspect Analytics Inc.

The Many Ways Poor MRO Material Identities in Your CMMS/ERP Harm Your Business and How to Fix. 

Conrad Greer,
Founder,
SPC Results Inc

 

 

Why It Is So Difficult to Make Big Business Improvements in Reliability and Maintenance

James Reyes-Picknell,
Managing Consultant,
Conscious Group Inc.

1:45 - 2:00

Break

2:00 - 2:45

 

From Liability to Asset: Natural System Assessment and Restoration in Asset Management 

Scott Cowan,
Fluvial Geomorphologist,
Stantec

&
Heather Amirault,
Water Resources Engineer,
Stantec Consulting Ltd.

 

Are We Solving the Right Problems?

Nigel D'Souza,
Manager of Facilities Services,

Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board

 

Part Criticality - An Important Link Between Asset Uptime and Effective Supply Chain Management

Andrew Jordan,
Managing Director,

Xtivity Inc.

Capstone Winners

Francis Ogamba, MMP, CMRP

Blair Carmichael,
Asset Management Specialist,
Ontario Northland

Dana Nielsen, Acting Reliability Superintendent, Neptune Terminals

2:45 - 3:00

Break

3:00 - 4:30

Panel #2: MRO Supply Chain New Normal in a Post Pandemic World
Moderator: Erika Mazza, CMMS - Asset Data Management, Regional Municipality of Durham
Panelists: Marina Van Koughnett, Process Specialist, TransAlta &
Danaka Porter, Regional Managing Partner, Iota Consultants &
Andrew Jordan, Managing Director, Xtivity Inc.

Room: Windsor Ballroom

 

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