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SGA OPERATING CONFERENCE

2009

Hyatt Regency Downtown
Houston TX

July 20-22, 2009

 

SGA contact: Hala Hluchoweckyj

 

2009 Conference Schedule

Monday July 20, 2009

  • Exhibitor set up (starts at 8 am)
  • Registration (9 am to 6 pm)
  • Break out sessions (1 to various)
  • Exhibits open (3 to 6:30 pm)

Tuesday July 21, 2009

  • Registration (7 am to 1 pm)
  • Full breakfast with exhibits (7 to 8 am)
  • Roundtable sessions (8 am to 4:30 pm)
  • Lunch with exhibits (11:30 am to 1:30 pm)
  • "Last Chance" Business Mixer in the Exhibit Hall (4:30 to 6:00 pm)
  • Exhibits break down after mixer (6:00 pm).
  • Business mixer at the Ball Park - Astros Baseball (Astros vs. Cardinals)

Wednesday July 22, 2009

  • Continental breakfast (7 to 8 am)
  • Roundtable sessions continue (8 to 11:30 am)

Breakout Sessions

Monday afternoon break out sessions focus on a range of topics such as:

  • Safety Smart Practices
  • Natural Disaster Emergency Management
  • Tours of natural gas facilities within the host city

More information about these sessions will be available closer to the Conference.

Roundtables

Sponsors

For sponsorship opportunities please contact Pat Downey.

 

 

Hotel Reservations

Information about how to make your hotel reservation will be available here soon.

 

Spouse Participation

You may purchase a ticket to the Astros baseball game on Tuesday night for your spouse or guest.  The cost is $25/ticket.

 

Exhibit

 

Day Pass to the Exhibit

You can purchase a day pass for either Monday ($50) or Tuesday ($75 - includes ticket to the baseball game). .

 

Vendor Participation in these Sessions

  • All Monday afternoon sessions are open to all conference attendees (gas company and vendors)
  • Please click a round table above to see which of these is open to vendors. All round tables 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 round tables. 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 round tables (generally 15-50+ attend each round table) 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 vendor participants, and they will post an "Open to Vendors" sign outside their meeting rooms, when their sessions are open to vendors.

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!

 

This page updated: December 1, 2008


REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT (Gas Company only)

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Event Fee

 
FEE
YOUR
RESPONSE
SGA Member Fee
$475
Registration Fee (non-member) $675
Spouse Fee $25

DAY PASS: Monday - Exhibit Hall Only

Gas company attendees only; vendors must register as exhibitors.

$50

DAY PASS: Tuesday - Exhibit Hall Only

Gas company attendees only; vendors must register as exhibitors.

$75

Please check here if you have a disability and may require accommodation to fully participate.

 

 

Roundtable Sessions

Indicate ONE primary roundtable you will attend.  

Customer Field Service Utilization

Distribution Measurement and

Regulation

Distribution Construction, Operations & Maintenance Gas Control
Distribution Engineers  / Distribution Integrity Management

Pipeline Construction, Operations & Maintenance

Right of Way Underground Storage

Transmission Integrity Management

Supply Chain Management

Transmission Measurement Public Awareness
LNG
THIS IS MY FIRST SGA ROUND TABLE!

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