As of February 16, 2020
30th Annual Conference and Exhibition
Registration: Convention Center Promenade Lobby
Exhibition: Convention Center Exhibit Hall
Luncheons: Convention Center Exhibit Hall
LM2500 Breakout Meetings: Promenade 101
Chair: Garry Grimwade, Riverside Public Utilities
LM5000 Breakout Meetings: Promenade 102A
Chair: Perry Leslie, Yuba City Cogeneration Plant
LM6000 Breakout Meetings: Promenade 103
Chair: Dave Fink, Southwest Generation
LMS100 Breakout Meetings: Promenade 102B/C
Chair: Steve Worthington, Arizona Public Service Co
Sunday, March 29
AFTERNOON
2:00 to 7:30 Registration
3:30 to 5:00 Welcome to WTUI/Conference Familiarization, Promenade 102A
All new registered attendees
EVENING
5:30 to 8:30 Exhibitor-Sponsored Welcome Reception, Convention Center Exhibit Hall
All registered attendees, spouses/guests
Monday, March 30
MORNING
7:00 to 4:00 Registration
7:00 to 8:00 Breakfast, Convention Center Exhibit Hall
All registered attendees
7:00 to 5:30 Exhibit Hall open
Must have name badge to enter
8:00 to 9:30 General Session, Promenade 104
All registered attendees
9:30 to 10:30 ASP Presentations, Promenade 104
All registered attendees
10:30 to 10:45 Break, Convention Center Exhibit Hall
10:45 to 11:45 Worldwide Gas-Turbine Business Update, Promenade 104
Mark Axford, Axford Turbine Consultants LLC
All conference attendees
11:45 to noon GE Services Presentation, Promenade 104
All registered attendees
AFTERNOON
Noon to 2:30 Lunch/Exhibits
Must have name badge to enter
2:30 to 5:30 Breakout Meetings: LM2500, LM5000, LM6000, LMS100
Users, ASPs, and GE only
EVENING
6:30 to 9:30 Monday Night Reception, Pacific Ballroom (adjacent to
Convention Center)
All conference attendees and registered spouses/guests.
Must have name badge/wristband and be 21 years old for entry.
Tuesday, March 31
MORNING
7:00 to 4:00 Registration
7:00 to 8:00 Breakfast, Convention Center Exhibit Hall
All registered attendees
7:00 to 2:30 Exhibit Hall open
Must have name badge to enter
8:00 to 9:30 Breakout Meetings: LM2500, LM5000, LM6000, LMS100
Users only
9:30 to 10:00 Break, Convention Center Exhibit Hall
10:00 to noon Breakout Meetings: LM2500, LM5000, LM6000, LMS100
Users, ASPs, and GE only
AFTERNOON
Noon to 2:30 Lunch/Exhibits
Must have name badge to enter
2:30 to 5:30 Special Technical Presentations
All registered attendees
2:30 to 3:30 1. Combined Cycle Journal’s Best Practices, Promenade 101
2. Ageing HRSG Inspection and Maintenance Priorities (HRST Inc), Promenade 103
3. What’s Going on in My Turbine Controls (Woodward Inc), Promenade 102B/C
3:30 to 4:30 1. Best Practices Around Equip/Chemistry (Evoqua), Promenade 103
2. Varnish and Clean Oil Practices (Hy-Pro Filtration), Promenade 102B/C
3. Vibration 101 (Baker Hughes Co), Promenade 101
4:30 to 5:30 1. Using Eddy Current to Identify Defects in GT Internals (Olympus), Promenade 101
2. CO2 Generator Cleaning (WEG), Promenade 102B/C
3. How to Use Your Insurance (Zurich Insurance Group), Promenade 103
Wednesday, April 1
MORNING
7:00 to 8:00 Breakfast, Convention Center Promenade Lobby
All registered attendees
8:00 to 10:30 Breakout Meetings: LM2500, LM5000, LM6000, LMS100
Users, ASPs, and GE only
10:30 to 10:45 Break, Convention Center Promenade Lobby
10:45 to 11:45 GE New Products Update, Promenade 104
All registered attendees
11:45 to noon Wrap-up/Adjourn, Promenade 104
All registered attendees
SPECIAL EVENTS
Sunday
Golf. The Skylinks at Long Beach is the premier course in the area, with a demanding slope rating of 130. Designed by award-winning architect Cal Olson in 2004, it is said to challenge all levels of golfers. The championship links-style course extends 6909 yards and features narrow, rolling Bermuda fairways, over 70 bunkers, and well-guarded bentgrass and poa annua greens.
Format for the tournament will be a four-person (sometimes three or two persons), 18-hole shotgun scramble. You must pre-register for golf at www.wtui.com; fee is $100 per player.
Buses depart the Hyatt Regency Long Beach lobby entrance at 6:00 a.m. and the Renaissance Long Beach at 6:15.
Bowling. The WTUI tournament for the first 50 pre-registered bowlers takes place at Cal Bowl, located about 20 minutes from the Long Beach Convention Center. The facility is equipped with 68 state-of-the-art lanes. Registration is at www.wtui.com; fee is $30, including shoes and refreshments.
Welcome reception. Doors to the Convention Center Exhibit Hall open at 5:30, allowing all registered conference attendees and spouses/guests their first look at products and services offered by the more than 150 sponsoring exhibitors. Refreshment stations are located throughout the exhibit hall. Doors close at 8:30.
Monday
Spouse tour of the legendary cruise ship Queen Mary runs from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00, and includes lunch. Exhibits throughout the vessel chart the ship’s history from its launch as the most luxurious and technologically advanced ocean liner of its time, to her duty as a troop ship during WWII, and through the golden years of the 1950s.
Participation is limited to the first 55 pre-registered spouses/guests (sign up at www.wtui.com). Fee of $75 includes the tour and luncheon and bus transportation from the Hyatt Regency Long Beach lobby entrance at 9:30.
Women in power, a special session from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 in Promenade 102A, will be chaired by JoAnn Haynes of CleanAir Engineering.
Monday night reception, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30, in the Pacific Ballroom (adjacent to the Convention Center), features entertainment by the Spazmatics, a well-known chain band that plays cover songs from the 1980s. Sure to be a fun evening. Admission is restricted to conference attendees and registered guest/spouses 21 years and older; name badges or wristbands are required.
Tuesday
Recognition awards for service to WTUI and the industry will be presented at the luncheon, between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00.
