AFPM Summit 2023 | American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) | 3 October 2023 | Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, 1501 Gaylord Trail, Grapevine, TX 76051, USA

The Summit delivers world-class technical sessions dedicated to improving plant-wide performance in the refining and petrochemical industries. Join and network with dedicated industry subject matter experts in Grapevine to discover the latest strategies and emerging innovations, and find immediate solutions to implement at the site level. With over 70 sessions, we guarantee to deliver the curriculum you need to succeed.

Summit is AFPM's premier technical conference dedicated to improving plant-wide performance in the refining and petrochemical industries. Sessions are led and attended by engineers, managers, operators and leaders across the downstream sector. This year's conference will feature the following technical tracks:

• Maintenance
• Hydroprocessing
• Crude/Coking
• FCC
• Sustainability
• Alarm Management
• Artificial Intelligence
• Unit Reliability
• Digitalization
• Turnaround
• Alkylation
• Emerging Leaders

Who Should Attend Summit?
• Technical Managers
• Process Engineers
• Reliability Leaders
• Operations Managers
• Maintenance Leaders
• Process Control Leads
• Contractors
• Technology Licensing
• Turnaround Planning and Management
• Optimization Managers
• Change agents related to digital transformation
• Emerging Leaders

2023 Speakers

Chet Thompson
President and CEO, AFPM

John R. Auers
Managing Director, RBN Energy

Alan Gelder
Vice President, Global Content Lead for Refining, Wood Mackenzie

Debnil Chowdhury
Vice President, Head of Americas Refining, S&P Global

Jerry Price
Managing Director, GreenStar BCS

Gerard Celestine
Maintenance Support Mgr., Motiva Enterprises, LLC

Ann Benoit
Director, Global Customer Technology, FCC, W. R. Grace & Co.

Ziad Jawad
Director FCC Technology, Phillips 66

Richard Grove
FCC Process Expert, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Melike Yersiz
Chemical Incident Investigator, U.S. Chemical Safety Board

Steven Anderson Ph.D., MBA
Leadership Consultant, Integrated Leadership Systems

Athicha Dhanormchitphong
Extended Reality Domain Architect, ExxonMobil US Production

Kyle Daughtry
Extended Realities Solution Architect, ExxonMobil Chemical Co.

Fritz Kin
Director, Safety, Security, Emergency Response, & PSM, Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Thomas Myers
VP, Health, Safety and Environmental, Cheniere Energy

Willis Jernigan
Director, Safety & Health, Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC

Mark T. Mitchell
Maintenance & Reliability Manager, Channelview Complex, LyondellBasell Industries

William Brian Probert
Maintenance Team Leader, Houston Refining, LP

Casey Long
Director of Asset Management, Flint Hills Resources, LLC

Mike Fessenden
Production Coordinator, Flint Hills Resources, LLC

Atique Malik
President, AIControl LLC

Samuel A. Lordo
Advisor

Wesley Teasdale
Regional Technical Specialist, Halliburton Multi-Chem

Willis Jernigan
Director, Safety & Health, Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC

Mark T. Mitchell
Maintenance & Reliability Manager, Channelview Complex, LyondellBasell Industries

William Brian Probert
Maintenance Team Leader, Houston Refining, LP

Casey Long
Director of Asset Management, Flint Hills Resources, LLC

Mike Fessenden
Production Coordinator, Flint Hills Resources, LLC

Lauren Grimm
US Chemical Safety Board

Scott Sayles
Manager of Renewable Fuels and Alternative Feeds, Becht

Sylvain Fontaine
Sr. Product Application Crude Unit, Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions

Vasileios Komvokis
Global Innovation & Evaluation Manager - BASF Refining Catalysts, BASF Corporation

Andrew Shows
Process Engineer, CITGO Petroleum Corporation

Jason Goodson
Regional Sales Manager, Johnson Matthey

Hongbo Ma
Senior Technical Service Engineer, Johnson Matthey

Paul J Dofton
Principal Engineer - Renewables, Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Kamyar Keyvanloo
Operations Engineer, Phillips 66

Tanner Lawrence
Sr. Process Engineer, Diamond Green Diesel

Rich Smith
Senior Manager, Hydroprocessing, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

John Acord
Corrosion Engineer, Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Amit Patel
Chief Engineer, Phillips 66

Michael Allegro II
Technical Service Specialist, BASF Corporation

Austin Troxler
Process Engineer, Marathon Petroleum (Garyville, LA)

Kevin M. O'Neil
Senior Business Leader, UOP - A Honeywell Company

David Schwalje
Business Development Manager, Axens North America

Antonio Seijas
Phillips 66

David Dewees
Process Director, Fluor Corporation

Rhett Finch
Naphtha Technologist, Marathon Petroleum Company

Russell Wiltse
Principal Process Engineer, Valero Energy Corporation

Alexander V Sabitov
Director, Reforming, Isomerization, Aromatics, Phillips 66

Matthew Hutchinson
Technology Manager Gasoline and Petrochemical Technologies, Axens North America

Steven Philoon
Sr Platforming Technology Specialist, Honeywell UOP

Tim Olsen
Technical and Business Consultant for Refining Industry, Emerson Automation Solutions

Stephen Gill
Director, Process Safety, HF Sinclair Corporation

Karen A Kuhn
Manager, Process Controls, Cenovus Energy Inc.

Patrick Robinson
Technical Manager, Bayway Refinery, Phillips 66

John Durnin
Process Control Supervisor, Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Monica Plowman
Corporate Mechanical Integrity Leader, HF Sinclair Corporation

Benjamin Mossman
Operations Superintendent, CHS Inc.

Richard Hanson
General Manager, Petroval S.A.

Bruce Taylor
Digital Transformation SME, FurtherTec

Brandon Taylor
Business Manager – Work Process Transformation, HF Sinclair Corporation

Virgil Guzman
Regional Sales Manager, TapcoEnpro, LLC

Dean Matthew Roberts
Maintenance/Engineering Manager, Ergon-West Virginia Inc.

Cory Bird
Project Engineer, Ergon, Inc.

Jeremy DeBenedictis
President, Alterra Energy

Outi Teras
Head of Technology Commercialization for Chemical Recycling, Neste Corporation

Stephen Forry
CECO Emtrol-Buell

Virgil Guzman
TapcoEnpro

Dan Sack
Becht

Kent Turner
Technical Service Representative, W. R. Grace & Co.

Nicolas Aubin
Petroval

Roberto Tomotaki
Clean as New

Bill Clark
Director, Reliability, Phillips 66

Mike DeHart
Executive Director of Maintenance Excellence, Valero Energy Corporation

Brad K. Hase
Global VP of Turnarounds, HF Sinclair Corporation

Yongcan Gao
Senior Technologist, Technip Energies

Nikolas A Larsen
FCC Technologist, Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Stan Holbrook
Sulfur/Amine Technologist, Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Carlos A Cavalca
Vice President Operations - Business Development, Veolia North America

Bill Clark
Director, Reliability, Phillips 66

Mike DeHart
Executive Director of Maintenance Excellence, Valero Energy Corporation

Brad K. Hase
Global VP of Turnarounds, HF Sinclair Corporation

Tim Olsen
Technical and Business Consultant for Refining Industry, Emerson Automation Solutions

Patrick Robinson
Technical Manager, Bayway Refinery, Phillips 66

Hector E. Gamboa-Arizpe
Strategic Planning / Senior Process Engineer, CITGO Petroleum Corporation

Steve Williams
Crude Vacuum Technologist, Marathon Petroleum Company

Stefan Brandt
Market Development Director Energy Transition, W. R. Grace & Co.

Derek Froehle
Senior Technical Services Specialist in the FCC Technology Services group at Honeywell UOP, UOP LLC

Melvin G. Larson
Strategic Consulting Manager, Becht

Gary Lee
Low Carbon Projects Engineer, Parkland Refining (B.C.) Ltd.

Bill Clark
Director, Reliability, Phillips 66

Mike DeHart
Executive Director of Maintenance Excellence, Valero Energy Corporation

Brad K. Hase
Global VP of Turnarounds, HF Sinclair Corporation