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	PlantSuccess 2008 Northeast Comments by Walt Boyes, editor in chief, CONTROL Magazine For the past five years, Carl Howk has been trying to get me to attend one of his PlantSuccess conferences. Howk holds three a year-- one in the Northeast, one on the Gulf Coast, and one in Canada this year. Next year's conferences will be April 16 at the Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake, September 2009 at the Hotel Arts in Calgary, and in November at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, DE. Oh, for the good old days! The Hotel [more]
	Reprinted with permission from CEP (Chemical Engineering Progress), December 2008, p. 3. Copyright © 2008 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Guest Editorial - Kristine Chin Leadership in Turbulent Times Unarguably, we are living in tough economic times. The U.S. stock market continues to experience massive fluctuations, and financial pundits predict that the volatility is not likely to go away any time soon. No industry will go unscathed by today's tumultuous financial crisis. Having been an editor covering the chemical process and related industries for over a decade, I was quite interested in [more]
	PlantSuccess 2008 Calgary Highlights Alberta's Leading Role in O&M Technologies Comments by William G. Beazley, President, Information Assets, Inc., Houston PlantSuccess conferences are widely known for the visionary selection of topics and speakers concentrating on issues that affect operational excellence, plant operations and maintenance. The program for PlantSuccess 2008 Canada, September 18th at Calgary's Hotel Arts, was no exception. Because of a unique convergence of circumstances, Canada's Alberta Province is among the biggest users of new approaches to acquiring equipment, data and skills for operational benefit. [more]