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Deadline for Abstract Submittal is February 13, 2015

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September 15-17, 2015 The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center

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Abstracts should summarize a noncommercial, technical presentation about solutions, approaches, areas of technology, technology application, or theory. Case studies on applications or processes are also welcome, particularly with an eye on results, impact on values, and/or other management and technical benefits and costs. Case studies must also be technical and noncommercial. We invite you to submit an abstract by February 13, 2015.

2015 conference adviSory boardmatthew thomasCenturion Pipeline L.P. - Advisory Board Chairman, Manager, Data ManagementJeff allenNovara GeoSolutions - President

Joe bentleyColumbia Pipeline Group - Senior GIS Analyst - GISP

troy bumgardnerWilliams - GIS Business Analyst

mick collinsBureau Veritas North America - Director of Business Development

tom coolidge ESRI - Pipeline and Gas Utility Industry Manager

nicolas Guerrero Jr. Global Information Systems - Houston Operations Manager

chuck Harris T.D. Williamson, Inc. - Manager, Strategic Commercialization

brent murrayAlliance Pipeline Ltd. - Manager Pipeline, Facilities and Mapping Records

david nemethEnergy Transfer - Director, GIS, EAM & Corporate Records

michael ortizPlains All American Pipeline - Manager of Data Integration

todd porter G2 Partners, Vice President - Geospatial Systems & Services

chris Smith Oil & Gas Journal - Managing Editor, Technology

Jay SmithWillbros Engineers - Director of Operations - Integrity Services

terry Strahan Morris P. Hebert, Inc. - GIS Manager - Houston Operations

ted tomesAnadarko - Pipeline Technology Manager

• GIS Analyst/Engineer/Developer/Manager • CEO/ President/ Vice President • Project Manager/Coordinator • Sales Manager/Director/Representative • IT Manager/Analyst/Consultant

• Data Management/Integration • Pipeline Integrity Professional • Pipeline Engineer • Design/Drafting

WHo Will be your audience?

abStractS are noW beinG accepted for tHe 24tH annual Gita oil & GaS pipeline conference.

ABsTRACT DEADLINE: February 13, 2015

ABSTRACT REQUIREMENTS • Abstracts should be no more than 2,000 characters.

• In submitting an abstract you are indicating your availability and willingness to attend and present at the 24th annual GITA Oil & Gas Pipeline Conference & Exhibition.

• Your abstract should be in English, completely original, and address issues as outlined in the conference focus areas.

• Abstracts should summarize a noncommercial, technical presentation about solutions, approaches, areas of technology, technology application, theory, case studies on application, evaluation, results, management processes and application, impact on value, and/or other management and technical benefits and costs.

SELECTED ABSTRACTS • The primary contact will be notified by email as to whether the abstract has been selected for inclusion in the conference

program by the end of March 2015.

• If your abstract is selected, you must comply with all deadlines.

• A PowerPoint presentation will be required to be given at the conference if your abstract is selected.

• Forty minutes will be allocated to make a presentation (includes question/answer discussion).

• Full instructions on the preparation of presentations will be sent to authors of selected abstracts.

CONDITIONS • Speakers are responsible for their own travel and related expenses, but receive a significantly reduced conference

registration rate. Co-authors register at the prevailing rate at the time of registration.

• Please ensure that the speaker details provided when submitting an abstract are correct, as these will be used for pre-event marketing purposes.

GENERAL CATEGORIES Asset Management, Mobility, Analytical Planning, Regulatory Compliance, Operational Awareness, Integration/Interoperability, Project Planning and Records Management, Construction Standards/Data Standards, Existing and Emerging Standards, Pipeline Integrity/Integrity Management, Convergence of Information Technology and Operational Technology Systems

When submitting an abstract, you will be asked to select a topic for which you wish to submit. Your abstract should address at least one of the following areas:

1. Asset Management: Describe your organizations solutions relating to maintaining a verifiable, traceable and complete record of your assets. Lessons learned from MAOP validation are of particular interest.

2. Mobility: How is your organization collecting and distributing data to your field operations? Has the technology caught up with your needs?

3. Analytical Planning: With the information your company has available, what new analytical processes have you implemented to improve pipeline safety? Tell attendees how these process improvements have impacted decision making within your organization.

4. Operational Awareness: Describe how you are disseminating information to everyone within your organization. Provide examples of solutions that feature intuitive, easy-to-use interfaces for those not familiar with traditional GIS.

5. Integration/Interoperability: Presentations should focus on multiple systems and process integrations. Examine and explain the benefits of these strategies in supporting operational awareness, compliance, and timeliness of decision making across organizations.

abStract GuidelineS

tecHnical focuS areaS

6. Project Planning and Records Management: What are people doing in the planning and execution phases of pipeline construction to ensure better data records are captured and input from the beginning? How are they getting contractors and vendors to participate?

7. Construction Standards/Data Standards: What “should be/needs to be” captured when we put assets in the ground?

8. Convergence of Information Technology and Operational Technology Systems: Presentations should focus on the transformational opportunities that convergence affords pipelines that take advantage of it.

9. Existing and Emerging Standards: Data standards, database standards, operational standards, regulatory standards, environmental standards, all as they apply to using geospatial in the pipeline domain.

10. Pipeline Integrity/Integrity Management (from a GIS perspective): For example, how are advances in GIS and in-line inspection tools affecting one another? Similarly, what synergies are emerging between GIS, SCADA, and IM programs within individual operators and how can these be better leveraged?

Jessica tippeeEmail: jessicat@pennwell.comDirect: 713-963-6225

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