Archived General Session Presentations
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Dallas, Texas
Monday, May 7, 2018
- ASME Conformity Assessment: A Closer Look
Jon Labrador, Managing Director, Conformity Assessment
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Narrative | Slides
- NuScale Power: A Nuclear Manufacturing Paradigm Shift
Scott Bailey, Vice President, Supply Chain
NuScale Power
Narrative | Slides
- Carbon Monoxide Mortality
Vincent Scarcella, Equipment Breakdown Risk Control Director
CNA Insurance
Narrative | Slides
- Pressure Test Safety Awareness
Anne R. Ehrmann, CSP, Director of Global Safety
The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Narrative | Slides
- Pressure Relief Device Investigation Testing – Lessons Learned
Joseph F. Ball, P.E., Director, Pressure Relief Department
The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors
Narrative | Slides
- Communication as a Key to Safety
Christopher B. Cantrell, Director of Safety and Chief Boiler Inspector
State of Nebraska
Narrative | Slides
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Anchorage, Alaska
Monday, May 8, 2017
- Opening Remarks
Martin Buser, Four-Time Iditarod Champion
Narrative
- Keynote Address
John Foley, Former Blue Angels Lead Pilot and Motivational Speaker
Narrative
- Historic Introduction of Plate Heat Exchanger Rules into ASME and National Board Codes
Michael Pischke, Director, Quality Assurance
GE Power Services
Narrative | Slides
- National Board Inspection Code (NBIC) Tools for Historical Boilers
Joel Amato, Minnesota Chief Boiler Inspector and Chair of NBIC Subgroup Historical Boilers
State of Minnesota
Narrative | Slides
- Rules for Commissioned Inspectors
Vincent Scarcella, Zone Director
CNA Risk Control
Narrative | Slides
- A Century as a Jurisdiction
Donald Cook, California Principal Safety Engineer and Chair of NBIC Main Committee
State of California
Narrative | Slides
- A Triad Relationship to Making a Hobby Safer
Jon Wolf, Senior Risk Engineering Consultant
The Zurich Services Corporation
Narrative | Slides
- Safer by Design: Building Intrinsic Safety into High-Pressure Steam Boiler Plants
Michael Gerhart, Sales Manager, National Corporate Accounts
Miura America Co., Ltd.
Narrative | Slides
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Orlando, Florida
Monday, May 9, 2016
- Opening Remarks
Jack Hanna
Narrative
- Statistical and Loss–Based Training
Vance Murphy, Risk Consultant
Zurich North America Insurance
Narrative | Slides
- The National Board Inspection Code
Gary Scribner, Manager of Technical Services
National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors
Narrative | Slides
- ABMA — Turning Challenges into Opportunities
Scott Lynch, President & CEO
American Boiler Manufacturers Association
Narrative | Slides
- Overpressure Protection — Recent Improvements and Current Influences
Denis DeMichael, Chairman, ASME Subcommittee on Safety Valve Requirements
Senior Consultant, The Chemours Company
Narrative | Slides
- What's Under Your Hood?
Mark Masters, P.E., Director Code Services Latin America
HSB Global Standards
Narrative | Slides
- Telltale Signs of Risky Behavior
James R. Chiles, Author
Inviting Disaster, The God Machine
Narrative | Slides
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
Monday, April 27, 2015
- Opening Remarks
James Caan
Narrative
- ASME's Impact on Global Safety
Bernard Hrubala
Global Business Development Manager, TUV Rheinland AIA Services, LLC
ASME Governor
Narrative | Slides
- What Happened to the Sultana?
Patrick Jennings, Principal Engineer - Boilers
The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Narrative | Slides
- Carbon Monoxide: The High Cost and Effects of Complacency
Carey M. Bilyeu, NB-A, Senior Risk Engineering Specialist & Portfolio Engineer
Zurich North America Insurance, Machinery Breakdown Division
Narrative | Slides
- Hoover Dam - Maintaining a Giant
Nathaniel Gee, P.E., Project Manager, Dam Safety & Examination of Existing Structures
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Narrative | Slides
- Managing Safety in Spaceflight: Recognizing Narrow Margins
James F. Reilly, II, Ph.D., Former Astronaut
VP of Research and Development, Photo Stencil Corporation
Narrative | Slides
- Making ASME Codes & Standards Smaller: Small Modular Reactors & Their Needs for Future ASME Codes
A. Thomas Roberts, Engineering Consultant/Project Manager
MPR Associates Inc.
Narrative | Slides
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Bellevue, Washington
Monday, May 12, 2014
- Opening Remarks
Bob Newhart
Narrative
- 100 Years of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
Madiha Kotb, P.E.
Professional Engineer, Province of Quebec
President of ASME
Narrative | Slides
- Biofuels—How Impacting the Greenhouse Effect Impacts Power Boilers
Douglas E. Smiley, Senior Risk Engineering Consultant–Machinery Breakdown
Zurich Services Corporation
Narrative | Slides
- How a Bad Day Turned into a Good Day
Nick Morris
Safety and Motivational Speaker
Narrative | Slides
- Secrets of the Code
James R. Chiles, Author
Inviting Disaster, The God Machine
Narrative | Slides
- Overview of Thermal Fluid Heaters
Melissa Wadkinson, P.E., Chief Engineer
The Fulton Companies
Narrative | Slides
- Relief Device Capacity Comparison from the Inspector's View
Earl Harlow, P.E.
Sabic Innovative Plastics
Narrative | Slides
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Miami, Florida
Monday, May 13, 2013
- Opening Remarks
Hines Ward
Narrative
- Safety — An Integral Part of the Energy Grand Challenge
Kenneth R. Balkey, PE, Consulting Engineer
Westinghouse Electric Company
Senior Vice President, ASME Standards and Certification
Narrative | Slides
- Manual Weld Examination Using Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT)
Ron Kent, ASNT Level III
KB Inspection Services
Narrative | Slides
- BLOWBACK: Between the Lines
Paul Brennan, Director of Public Affairs
The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors
Narrative | Slides
- Inspection Quality: One AIA's Perspective
Fred Bull, President and Chief Executive Officer
HSB Global Standards
Narrative | Slides
- Recent Catastrophic Failures of Boiler Components
— Where Do We Go from Here?
George W. Galanes, P.E., Consulting Metallurgical Engineer
Diamond Technical Services, Inc.
Narrative | Slides
- Anatomy of a Catastrophic Boiler Accident
David Peterson, Machinery and Equipment Specialist
The Cincinnati Insurance Company
Narrative | Slides
- BIOGAS: The Hidden Costs of Going Green
Robert "Buddy" Dobbins, Technical Director - Machinery Breakdown
Zurich Services Corporation
Narrative | Slides
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Nashville, Tennessee
Monday, May 14, 2012
- Opening Remarks
Astronaut Gene Cernan
Narrative
- Potential Detrimental Consequences of Excessive PWHT on Pressure Vessel Steel Properties
Carl Spaeder, PhD, Consultant
Narrative | Slides
- The Day a Generation Died
R. Miles Toler, Museum Director
London Museum
Narrative | Slides
- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Update
Kenneth R. Balkey, PE, Consulting Engineer
Westhinghouse Electric Company
Senior Vice President, ASME Council on Standards and Certification
Narrative | Slides
- Solar Boilers: Evolving Issues with an Evolving Technology
Don Cook, Principal Safety Engineer
State of California
Tim Zoltowski, Regional Risk Engineering Manager
Zurich North American Insurance
Narrative | Slides (Cook) | Slides (Zoltowski)
- Establishment of a Federal Inspection Agency at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
John P. Swezy, Jr, Mechanical Engineer
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Narrative | Slides
- Applicability of National Board Testing Data to Reliability for Industry
Joseph F. Ball, PE, Director
The National Board of Boiler & Pressure Vessel Inspectors, Pressure Relief Department
Narrative | Slides
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday, May 9, 2011
- ASME: International Update
Joe Brzuszkiewicz, Project Engineering Administrator
Narrative | Slides
- Cold Iron & Cool Heads - Hard-Won Lessons from the Machine Frontier for the Next Generation
James R. Chiles, Author
Inviting Disaster, The God Machine
Narrative | Slides
- Industrial Boilers after Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
Robert D. Bessette, President
Council of Industrial Boiler Owners (CIBO)
Narrative | Slides
- The Authorized Inspector - Manufacturer Relationship in a Mass Production Shop
Mike Pischke, BS MetE, MS MatS
Quality Manager, Quality Assurance - Alfa Laval
Vice President, PVMA
Narrative | Slides
- The Code and Common Arc - Assuring Integrity While Bringing Efficiencies to American Industry
Jim Pillow, Operating Committee Chairman
Common Arc Corporation
Narrative | Slides
- Jurisdictional Inspection Integrity and Ethics
Michael Zdinak, Assistant Vice President
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Narrative | Slides
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