Conference Tracks
These are broad topics that serve as the overarching focus of a conference or event. Understanding the conference theme and related topics can help attendees determine which sessions and presentations will be most relevant and beneficial for them to attend.
The conference features four expertly curated tracks that address the evolving challenges and emerging opportunities in asset-intensive industries. Each track offers practical insights, future-forward strategies, and thought leadership to help professionals and organizations thrive in a rapidly changing environment:
- Leadership in Engineering:
Lead with purpose. Explore how strategic leadership, competency development, and sustainable innovation can transform engineering teams and project outcomes. - Sustainable Asset and Risk Management:
Future-proof your assets. Dive into ISO standards, risk frameworks, and digital solutions to enhance asset resilience, reliability, and long-term sustainability. - Asset Integrity & Equipment Reliability
Prevent failures before they happen. Learn how predictive technologies, proactive maintenance, and risk-based inspections can optimize equipment performance and ensure safety and compliance. - Plant Operations & Finance Excellence
Synergize strategy and execution. Discover how to align plant operations with financial priorities through life-cycle costing, data-driven decisions, and investment optimization to drive asset value.
Conference Tracks and Related Topics
This conference track will delve into the theme of ‘Leadership in Engineering’. We invite industry leaders to share insights on guiding engineering projects towards sustainability, highlighting how leadership can effectively integrate sustainable practices in engineering.
- Suggested Topics:
- Strategic Direction
- Operational Excellence
- Executive Sponsorship
- Measure Performance
- Building a Financial Business Case for Plant Performance Improvement Projects
- Lead and Manage People
- Human Capital Management
- Competency Based Learning
- Change Management
- Skills Certification
- Sustainability
- APM Journey & related topics

As sustainable asset utilization gains prominence, this track will discuss implementing sustainable and risk-averse strategies in asset management. Aligning with ISO 55000 and the SDGs, we explore paths to resilient and economically viable operations.
- Suggested Topics:
- Asset Management (AM)
- ISO 55000 and related standards
- ISO 5501 Certification and beyond
- Risk Management
- ISO 31000 and related standards
- Strategic Asset Management Plan
- Asset Knowledge
- Asset Lifecycle
- Asset Health Index
- Asset Performance Indicators
- Industry 4.0 in AM analytics and applications in AM
- Digital Twins
- Machine Learning in AM
- Machine Sensors for AM and related topics

This track covers Asset Integrity Management (AIM) and Equipment Reliability, focusing on proactive maintenance strategies to improve system performance, extend asset life, and ensure safety and compliance. It integrates RAMS principles and risk-based asset management to prevent failures, optimize costs, and align with sustainability goals like the UN SDGs.
- Suggested Topics:
- FMEA & FMECA
- Reliability Block Diagram
- Remaining Useful Life (RUL) Analysis
- Safety Integrity Levels (SIL)
- Root Cause & Failure Analysis
- Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
- Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) & Predictive Analytics
- Planned Maintenance Optimization (PMO)
- Maintenance Repair Operations (MRO) Strategies
- Operator Driven Reliability (ODR)
- Planning & Scheduling
- API 580 & related standards
- Static & Rotating Equipment Integrity
- Electrical, Instrumentation & Control System Integrity
- Pipeline, Well, and Structural Integrity
- Risk-Based Inspections (RBI)
- Failure Investigation & Asset Health Monitoring
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) & IoT in RAMS
- Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
- Digital Twins & Advanced Predictive Analytics
- Maintenance and Asset Integrity in Industry 4.0

This track focuses on achieving Operational & Plant Financial Excellence (OFE) by integrating plant operations, maintenance, and asset financial management. It aims to maximize asset value, control costs, and ensure sustainable growth through data-driven insights and risk-based decisions, aligning financial and operational priorities.
- Suggested Topics:
- Capital Investment and Asset Lifecycle Management
- Budgeting and Cost Control for Plant Operations & Maintenance
- Life-Cycle Cost (LCC) Analysis
- Financial Modeling and Scenario Planning
- Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
- Risk-based Decision Making
- Total Costs of Ownership
- Theory of Constraints
- Lean and Six Sigma
- TPM and or Operator Driven Reliability
- MRO Optimization

Conference Tracks and Related Topics
This conference track will delve into the theme of ‘Leadership in Engineering’. We invite industry leaders to share insights on guiding engineering projects towards sustainability, highlighting how leadership can effectively integrate sustainable practices in engineering.
- Suggested Topics:
- Strategic Direction
- Operational Excellence
- Executive Sponsorship
- Measure Performance
- Building a Financial Business Case for Plant Performance Improvement Projects
- Lead and Manage People
- Human Capital Management
- Competency Based Learning
- Change Management
- Skills Certification
- Sustainability
- APM Journey & related topics

As sustainable asset utilization gains prominence, this track will discuss implementing sustainable and risk-averse strategies in asset management. Aligning with ISO 55000 and the SDGs, we explore paths to resilient and economically viable operations.
- Suggested Topics:
- Asset Management (AM)
- ISO 55000 and related standards
- ISO 5501 Certification and beyond
- Risk Management
- ISO 31000 and related standards
- Strategic Asset Management Plan
- Asset Knowledge
- Asset Lifecycle
- Asset Health Index
- Asset Performance Indicators
- Industry 4.0 in AM analytics and applications in AM
- Digital Twins
- Machine Learning in AM
- Machine Sensors for AM and related topics

This track covers Asset Integrity Management (AIM) and Equipment Reliability, focusing on proactive maintenance strategies to improve system performance, extend asset life, and ensure safety and compliance. It integrates RAMS principles and risk-based asset management to prevent failures, optimize costs, and align with sustainability goals like the UN SDGs.
- Suggested Topics:
- FMEA & FMECA
- Reliability Block Diagram
- Remaining Useful Life (RUL) Analysis
- Safety Integrity Levels (SIL)
- Root Cause & Failure Analysis
- Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
- Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) & Predictive Analytics
- Planned Maintenance Optimization (PMO)
- Maintenance Repair Operations (MRO) Strategies
- Operator Driven Reliability (ODR)
- Planning & Scheduling
- API 580 & related standards
- Static & Rotating Equipment Integrity
- Electrical, Instrumentation & Control System Integrity
- Pipeline, Well, and Structural Integrity
- Risk-Based Inspections (RBI)
- Failure Investigation & Asset Health Monitoring
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) & IoT in RAMS
- Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
- Digital Twins & Advanced Predictive Analytics
- Maintenance and Asset Integrity in Industry 4.0

This track focuses on achieving Operational & Plant Financial Excellence (OFE) by integrating plant operations, maintenance, and asset financial management. It aims to maximize asset value, control costs, and ensure sustainable growth through data-driven insights and risk-based decisions, aligning financial and operational priorities.
- Suggested Topics:
- Capital Investment and Asset Lifecycle Management
- Budgeting and Cost Control for Plant Operations & Maintenance
- Life-Cycle Cost (LCC) Analysis
- Financial Modeling and Scenario Planning
- Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
- Risk-based Decision Making
- Total Costs of Ownership
- Theory of Constraints
- Lean and Six Sigma
- TPM and or Operator Driven Reliability
- MRO Optimization

Conference Tracks and Related Topics
This conference track will delve into the theme of ‘Leadership in Engineering’. We invite industry leaders to share insights on guiding engineering projects towards sustainability, highlighting how leadership can effectively integrate sustainable practices in engineering.
- Suggested Topics:
- Strategic Direction
- Operational Excellence
- Executive Sponsorship
- Measure Performance
- Building a Financial Business Case for Plant Performance Improvement Projects
- Lead and Manage People
- Human Capital Management
- Competency Based Learning
- Change Management
- Skills Certification
- Sustainability
- APM Journey & related topics

As sustainable asset utilization gains prominence, this track will discuss implementing sustainable and risk-averse strategies in asset management. Aligning with ISO 55000 and the SDGs, we explore paths to resilient and economically viable operations.
- Suggested Topics:
- Asset Management (AM)
- ISO 55000 and related standards
- ISO 5501 Certification and beyond
- Risk Management
- ISO 31000 and related standards
- Strategic Asset Management Plan
- Asset Knowledge
- Asset Lifecycle
- Asset Health Index
- Asset Performance Indicators
- Industry 4.0 in AM analytics and applications in AM
- Digital Twins
- Machine Learning in AM
- Machine Sensors for AM and related topics

Addressing the critical role of RAMS, the conference will cover the latest tools and methodologies to enhance system performance and safety, showcasing how RAMS contributes to the UN SDGs.
- Suggested Topics:
- FMEA & FMECA
- Reliability Engineering
- Reliability Block Diagram
- Life-cycle cost analysis
- Safety Integrity Levels
- Remaining useful life analysis
- Hazard and Operability Analysis
- Layer of Protection Analysis
- Process Hazard Analysis
- Artificial intelligence (AI) & IoT in RAM
- Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) & efficiency
- RAM in Industry 4.0
- MTBF and MTTR
- Maintenance Repair Operations (MRO) Strategies
- Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS)
- Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
- Planned Maintenance Optimization (PMO)
- Root Cause & Failure Analysis
- Planning & Scheduling
- Operator Driven Reliability & related topics

Focusing on asset integrity, we will explore best practices for maintenance and ethical management, encouraging vendors to exhibit solutions that enhance asset integrity in line with sustainability goals.
- Suggested Topics:
- API 580 & related standards
- Static equipment integrity
- Rotating equipment/machinery integrity
- Electrical equipment integrity
- Instrument and control equipment integrity
- Structural integrity
- Pipeline integrity
- Well integrity
- Safety systems integrity
- Risk-based inspections
- Failure investigation & related topics
