SGA Operating Conference with Exhibits

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

Operating Conference Exhibit Web Page
Contact: Debbie Krawzik

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

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	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
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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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