Preliminary Agenda

Monday, October 6, 2008

• Welcoming Reception at the Omni William Penn Hotel 6-9 PM

Tuesday, October 7, 2008
A Day at the AREVA facility in Charleroi or at the Mitsubishi facility in Warrendale

• Group Breakfast at the Omni William Penn Hotel
• Buses leave from the Omni William Penn Hotel
• Presentations and Factory Tours
• Lunch at the factory - sponsored by the Factory Day hosts
• Testing and Maintenance Methods Training
• Buses return to the Omni William Penn Hotel
• Evening Hospitality Expo with 90 supplier exhibits, food & drinks

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Conference Presentations and a "Maintaining Siemens BZO Oil Circuit Breakers" Seminar

• Group Breakfast at the Omni William Penn Hotel
• Effective Maintenance Management Tools
• Partial Discharge Testing Methods
• An Approach to Transmission Circuit Breaker Condition Assessment
• Analyzing First Trip Test Results
• Types of Bearings in Circuit Breakers and Their Proper Lubrication
• Zero Crossing Breaker Issues
• Circuit Switcher Upgrades to Increase Interrupting Ratings
• Group Lunch at the Omni William Penn Hotel
• Maintaining Siemens BZO Oil Circuit Breakers (a half-day seminar by Siemens)
• Evening Hospitality Expo with 90 supplier exhibits, food & drinks

Thursday, October 9, 2008
Conference Presentations

• Group Breakfast at the Omni William Penn Hotel
• Oil Analysis for Condition Based Maintenance
• Commission Testing of a New Substation
• Lead Acid Battery Testing and Maintenance
• Preventing Animal Caused Outages
• Correction of Switching Induced Failures in Capacitor Cans
• Acceptance Testing of New Substations
• High Current Ground Grid Integrity Testing
• Metal Clad Switchgear Maintenance and Testing Priorities
• Group Lunch at the Omni William Penn Hotel
• Radiography as a Condition Assessment Tool
• Successful Bushing Repairs
• Work Practices for Grounding Safety
• Optimizing Infrared Camera Surveys
• Insulation Testing of Circuit Breakers
• Asset Management Practices and Objectives
• On-Line Circuit Breaker Monitoring Options
• Arc Flash Awareness
• Evening Hospitality Expo with 90 supplier exhibits, food & drinks

Friday, October 10, 2008
An "Outdoor Air Disconnect Switch Maintenance Seminar"

• Group Breakfast at the Omni William Penn Hotel
• Maintaining Outdoor Air Disconnect Switches (a half-day seminar by Pascor Atlantic)
• Fifteen $100 Instant Cash Prizes awarded at 11:45 AM (celebrating our 15th year - must be present to win)
• ADJOURN AT NOON