AWEA Wind Project Performance and Reliability Workshop 2012

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About This Seminar

Increase the Performance of Your Wind Projects

Wind installations expanded 15% in 2011, increasing the demand for high quality and efficient operation and maintenance of turbines. Attend this seminar to learn about and influence industry-proven O&M best practices and optimal processes for maintaining turbine components to enhance wind turbine performance and to maximize project profitability. Discuss the importance of maintaining all parts of a wind plant - mechanical, structural, electrical, controls - to ensure high availability and maximum electricity production. Interact with the wind energy industry's leading owners, operators, turbine manufacturers, and specialists from national laboratories. Leave the AWEA Wind Project Operations, Maintenance & Reliability Seminar with solid plans and strategies on how best to manage wind projects' assets to maximize the bottom line.

Attend this seminar to:

Learn the importance of proactive condition monitoring of key operating parameters for timely maintenance to minimize major repairs
Hear directly from owners and operators how to maximize productivity and minimize costs
Capture breaking information on documented industry-wide availability data
Receive newly-released recommended practices for maintaining major turbine components and efficient operations
Attend the AWEA Operations and Maintenance Working Group meeting to further develop O&M recommended practices

Attend if you work in

Development
Resource Allocation and Management
Finance
Project Management
Inspection
Operation
Maintenance and Repair
Supervision
Consulting

Networking

Bring a full box of business cards to the AWEA Wind Operations, Maintenance & Reliability Seminar because there’s no better place to network and expand your business contacts than AWEA events.

"85.9% of 2011 attendees said they would consider attending another AWEA Wind Operations, Maintenance & Reliability Seminar."

Program Chair

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Marty Crotty, Board Member, Catch the Wind, Inc.

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Registration

Registration is now closed. However, you may register on-site at the hotel on Tuesday, January 10 at 10:30am.

Click here to download a PDF list of companies attending the 2012 seminar!

Registration Prices

Registration Type	Early Bird Discount by December 9	Regular by January 6	Onsite After January 6
AWEA Business Member	$495	$550	$600
AWEA Advocate	$595	$650	$700
Non-Member	$595	$650	$700
Government Agency	$300	$350	$400
Full-Time Student or Faculty	$225	$275	$325
Non-Profit*	$225	$275	$325
Seminar Speaker or Moderator	$150	$150	$150

Special Offer! Register for the AWEA Operations, Maintenance & Reliability Seminar and receive a discount code for 25% off the registration fee for the co-located AWEA Wind Health & Safety Seminar taking place January 9 – 10 at the same hotel. (This offer is good for any registrant paying the member or non-member registration fee; government, academic, non-profit, and presenter registrants are not eligible for this discount. The discount code is provided in your registration confirmation email.)

* Non-Profit registrations require pre-approval by AWEA. See below for a description of the type of organizations that meet our non-profit pricing requirement and email conference@awea.org for details.

For registration questions or general event inquiries, contact conference@awea.org or

(202) 383-2512.

If you are unsure of your AWEA membership status, contact membership@awea.org or

(202) 383-2556.

If you are interesting in exhibiting, contact exhibition@awea.org or (202) 383-2514.

Special Attendee Types

Government Agency: A full-time employee of a U.S. or international government agency (federal, state, local or tribal). Government-supported universities or colleges, government contractors, and government consultants do not qualify. Economic development organizations should register under the Government category.

Full-Time Student or Faculty: To qualify for the Student/Faculty registration rate you must be a current full-time student or faculty member at an educational institution. You must bring your institution ID to registration to verify your status.

Speaker: Registration for confirmed speakers and moderators in the seminar (limit 1 per presentation). Speaker/Moderator status will be verified.

Non-Profit Wind Power / Clean Energy Advocacy Groups: Discounted registrations are available to certain non-profit wind power / clean energy organizations that receive pre-approval by AWEA. This category is intended for specific wind power / clean energy advocacy groups as well as qualified environmental or energy related non-profits such as the Sierra Club, Energy Foundation or World Wildlife Fund among others. All 501c3 organizations will not necessarily qualify for the non-profit registration rate. Economic development organizations do not qualify for the non-profit registration rate and instead should register under the government registration category. Email conference@awea.org with your full contact information and a brief description of your non-profit organization including a link to your organization website to request non-profit approval.

Media / Press: Complimentary press registrations are available to those that meet AWEA's media accreditation guidelines. To request a complimentary press pass contact presspass@awea.org.

Registration Policies

Seminar registration includes: a networking reception, continental breakfasts, lunches, access to the speaker presentations, plus invaluable education from experts in the wind energy community and critical networking opportunities.

Confirmation & Changes: Registration confirmations are emailed automatically upon registering on-line or upon manual entry of registrations sent via mail or fax. If you have changes to your registration including contact information, purchasing additional items to your registration such as a pre-conference seminar that is available to specific events, or if you need to provide a substitution for your registration, email conference@awea.org no later than Friday, January 6, 2012. After this date, any changes or substitutions will need to be made on-site at the event.

Cancellation Policy: All cancellations and requests for refunds must be submitted to AWEA in writing via email to conference@awea.org or fax to (202) 293-2567. Refunds may not be processed until after the completion of the seminar. All refund requests received by January 3, 2012 will be processed less a $100 administrative fee. There will be no refunds made for cancellations after January 3 or for no-shows and registration fees may not be transferred to a different AWEA event. However substitutions are permitted for no charge. Email information on substitutions to conference@awea.org. Any refunds to credit card payments may only be credited back to the original credit card and cannot be refunded to a different card.

Other: AWEA reserves the right to eject any registrant from the event without any prior notice or refund if while at the event your behavior is deemed disruptive, offensive, dangerous, and illegal or if you are found to be distributing unauthorized material.

This event is proceeding as planned unless the event organizer, the venue, and/or local or national authorities deem it to be unsafe to do so at which time we will update this website with more information.