PEMAC (the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada) and the Fort McMurray PEMAC Chapter is inviting interested parties to submit abstracts or topics for presentations/workshops for the MainTrain 2010 conference to be held in Fort McMurray, AB, September 15-17, 2010.

MainTrain is developed and produced by PEMAC, is supported by industry sponsors, and has been Canada's leading maintenance, reliability and physical asset management conference since 2004.

PEMAC is a national, not-for-profit association. It provides global leadership, education and certification in world-class maintenance, reliability and physical asset management practices.

The Oil Sands industries are continuously challenged by the reliability of mining, extraction and upgrading operations. Topics of the presentations/workshops for the Fort McMurray conference should be focused on how to help delegates measure maintenance and reliability success, adopt world-class maintenance practices, explore innovative ways to use emerging technologies such as non-destructive testing tools, and how to prove your value to management.

Key learning takeaways for participants are expected to be:
* How to measure maintenance success
* Prove value to your company CEO
* Lower critical asset management costs
* Increase the life cycle of key equipment
* Reduce waste with lean maintenance practices
* Boost production capacity and reliability; and
* Improve safety and environmental compliance.

Submission abstracts should be a maximum of 200 words, and include a biography and a photograph. Also, please submit a description of any venues/conferences where you have presented before. Case studies and interactive sessions will be given priority. Speakers will receive free admission to the conference.

Send submissions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The submission deadline is April 2, 2010.

For more information, visit the events website at www.maintrain.ca or call Norman Clegg, PEMAC executive director, at 905-823-7255, or Amin Elsherif, president PEMAC Fort McMurray, at 780-715-8737.