DARATECH PLANT 2006

Daratech 2006: Fast tracking of projects — whether it be a retrofit or the construction of a new plant — requires out-of-the-box thinking and quick, decisive action that often short-circuits traditional processes and controls. What suffers is predictability. Costs can spiral way beyond worst case estimates, and schedules can stretch to where the rationale for fast tracking the project is defeated. We'll be taking a close look at fast-tracked projects to find strategies that shorten design and construction time while maintaining a high level of predictability of costs and schedules. Schedule compression, cost reduction, safety, business- and engineering-process enhancements, six-sigma quality, and practices that bring these about through the strategic deployment of technologies that solve real problems and enhance collaboration are at the heart of daratechPLANT conferences. Collaterally, daratechPLANT also focuses on how knowledge contained in the countless islands of digital information created during the business planning, plant creation, construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance phases of the plant lifecycle can be correlated, managed and deployed to make better-informed decisions. This year, we'll tackle these objectives in the context of the opportunities created by the rising price of oil for the fast tracking of new construction, retrofit, and more reliable production — as well as examining the challenges posed by hurricanes, earthquakes and other destructive natural phenomena that lead to the fast tracking of repair and rebuilding projects. Information exchange and interoperation between applications has been, and continues to be, an estimated $10 billion per year unnecessary cost for EPCs and Owner/Operators in the chemical, nuclear & power, offshore, oil & gas and pharmaceutical and food processing industries. daratechPLANT2006 will feature new approaches to this vexing problem and launch new initiatives in this area with the help of this sector's major software providers and non-profit associations. New this year is our "Emerging Technologies Pavilion" that will showcase innovative, groundbreaking hardware and software solutions from fledgling companies and from entrepreneurs still in the pre-startup phase. Daratech is offering five grants to the most interesting of these innovators to help them connect with the marketplace. This will be an opportunity to see what's coming and influence the direction of their R&D. daratechPLANT has proven to be the premier industry meeting place for business development executives — people with C- and V-titles in engineering, operations and information technology, project engineers and others looking to network with, and learn from, their peers. It brings together experts in the areas of business development, asset creation, lifecycle management, instrumentation, real-time operations and plant maintenance. Our tradition of excellence continues in 2006: you'll discover innovative methods of work; successes and solutions to problems with established technologies; and how your peers are implementing and benefiting from today's best practices. As ever, daratechPLANT continues to be a showcase of the most innovative ideas, practices and technologies from around the world. Don't miss it.

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