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February 5-7, 2025 | St. Louis, Missouri
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Schedule At-A-Glance
Schedule At-A-Glance
Connect with Industry Leaders at the Inspection Expo & Conference
These sessions offer more than just presentations – they’re an interactive platform to connect with thought leaders, ask questions, and gain actionable strategies. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from industry trailblazers.
Day One | Wednesday, February 5
7:00 AM
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:00 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks - Richard Holdren, AWS President
8:15 AM
Keynote Address / Mike Turnbow - Failure is Not an Option
Offshore
Aerospace
AISC
9:30 AM
AMPP / Dan Baribault - TBA
NDTMA / Roger Englebart - Aerospace NDT – The Need for Understanding of Materials and Manufacturing Processes
AISC / Bob Shaw - Bolting: Top Ten Things That Can Go Wrong, and What to Do About Them
10:15 AM
Break / Exhibitor Networking
10:45 AM
AWS / Peter J. Nicklas - An Offshore Riser Repair – A Team of Teams Approach to Restore a Facility Back into Production
AMPP / TBA
AISC / Robin Dunlap & Shane Vernon - Quality of Steel Bridge Materials
11:45 AM
NDTMA / Josh de Mombrun - Offshore NDT Inspection: Advancing Integrity in Challenging Environments
AWS / Amanda Young & David Viar - D17.1: Aerospace Welding, Inspection, NDE and Internal Auditing Best Practices
AISC / Mike Gase - Shop and Field Inspection of Bolted and Welded Connections
12:30 PM
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
Pipelines
Tools
AMPP
1:30 PM
AMPP / Mitch Conner - Pipeline Coatings and Inspection
NDTMA / Ricky Morgan - Flawed Specimens – Qualification Specific
AMMP / Mike Cavallero - Introduction to Industrial Coatings: Common Coating Terms
2:30 PM
AWS / Amanda Young - Emerging NDT Technologies
AISC / Patricio Mendez, PhD. & Luke Faulkner - Applying AI and Advance Technology to Reduce Welding Inspection Time
AMPP / Mike Cavallero - Introduction to Industrial Coatings: Corrosion Principles
3:15 PM
Break / Exhibitor Networking
3:45 PM
NDTMA / Rhett O'Briant - Guided Wave Enhanced Corrosion Monitoring for Pipelines and Facilities, Part 1
AMPP / Joshua Gray - Foundations of Quality: Advances Inspection Equipment and Reporting
AMPP / Mike Cavallero - Introduction to Industrial Coatings: Coating Inspections
4:45 PM
NDTMA / Rhett O'Briant - Guided Wave Enhanced Corrosion Monitoring for Pipelines and Facilities, Part 2
AWS / James Gravley - Inspection of Thermal Spray Metalizing: Bridge Components
AMPP / Mike Cavallero - Introduction to Industrial Coatings: Common Coating Problems
5:30 PM
Welcome Reception
Day Two | Thursday, February 6
7:15 AM
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
Dissimilar Metals
Certification
AWS
8:00 AM
AISC / Catherine Houska - Fundamentals of Dissimilar Metals
NDTMA / Danny Keck - Building Quality: ASNT Certification Schemes Enhance the Personnel Qualification and Certification Reliability, Accuracy, and Oversight
AWS / Lee Pielaet - Required Contractors (Fabricator/Erector) Inspections for Building and Bridge, Part 1
9:00 AM
AMPP / Matt Taylor - From Theory to Application: The Galvanic Series and Dissimilar Metal Corrosion
AWS / Richard Campbell - AWS Certifications for Structural Inspectors (SI) and Owner's Inspectors (OI)
AWS / Lee Pielaet - Required Contractors (Fabricator/Erector) Inspections for Building and Bridge, Part 2
9:45 AM
Break / Exhibitor Networking
10:15 AM
AWS / William F. Newell, Jr. - Dealing with Challenges Presented by Dissimilar Welds
AMPP / Jorge Reyna - The Value of Multicertification for Inspectors
AWS / Brent Boling - How to Start a Successful Welding and/or Inspections Business
11:15 AM
NDTMA / Curtis Schroeder - Effect of Differences in Acoustic Properties during Steel Ultrasonic Weld Inspection
AISC / Lisa Patel & Zane Keniston - AISC Certification: What does it Mean?
AWS / Shanen Aranmór - Acceptance Criteria versus WPS: What Caused Those Defects?
12:00 PM
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
Standards
Advanced Steel Structures
NDTMA
1:00 PM
AISC / Larry Kruth - How does Chapter N (AISC 360) and Chapter J (AISC 341) Effect Me?
NDTMA / Will Haworth - Enhancing Weld Inspection Reliability in Structural Steel: The Advantages of TFM and TFMi in PAUT
NDTMA / Danny Keck - How Well Do You Know Guided Wave?
2:00 PM
AMPP / Michael Pardo - Why Reading and Understanding Specifications and Standards is Important
AWS / Brent Boling - Layers of Inspection Coverage: How Many Inspectors Do We Need on this Job Anyway?
NDTMA / Josh de Mombrun - Educational Insights into Subsea NDT Work: Techniques and Innovations
2:45 PM
Break / Exhibitor Networking
3:15 PM
AWS / Richard Campbell - The History of AWS and ASME Welding Codes and Standards – and the Concerning Potential Future
AMPP / Kimmer Cline & Chad Sellman - Coatings Inspection Do’s and Dont’s: Bridges, Stadiums and High Rises
NDTMA / Will Haworth - Performing Phased Array UT in Compliance with AWS D1.1/D1.5
4:15 PM
NDTMA / Danny Keck - Building Confidence: Advancing Quality and Safety Through Nondestructive Testing Standards
AISC / Christine Freisinger - The Gateway Arch – Unique Perspectives
NDTMA / Jeremy Wheeless - Butt Weld Inspections and Rejectable UT Indication Retrofits of T–1 Steel
5:00 PM
Reception
Day 3 | Friday, February 7
7:30 AM
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
Tanks
Renewables
Nuclear Power
8:00 AM
AMPP / Paul Atzemis, Jr. - Tank Linings 101: Protecting Steel Tanks from Corrosion and Chemical Attack
AISC / Max Puchtel - Introduction to Sustainability and Structural Steel
NDTMA / J. Fred Hall - NDT/NDE in the Nuclear Industry
9:00 AM
AWS / Andy Shingledecker - Introduction to Tank Inspection
AMPP / Anthony Leidelmeyer - Corrosion Protection using Coatings in Renewable Energy
AISC / Mark Holland - Fabricators Shop Floor View of Nuclear Inspection
9:45 AM
Coffee Break
10:15 AM
NDTMA / TBA
AWS / Mike Caravaggio - Renewable Fleets around the Globe
AWS / Ajay Pasupuleti - A New Approach to NDT Data Management and Problem Resolution in Nuclear and other Industries
11:15 AM
Panel Discussion / Let's Talk About the "E" Word — ETHICS
12:00 PM
Conference Adjourns