Guide to 2024 Reliability and Maintenance Conferences

Elizabeth Ruiz

Posted 12/20/2023

It’s the end of the year and we are all starting to look at our calendars for 2024. Industry professionals know that attending, sponsoring, and presenting at reliability and maintenance conferences is a fantastic way to learn about new technology and advances in manufacturing, network, and get your company’s name out there. 2024 will offer many conferences covering a variety of different topics and industries, giving you the opportunity to do all the above. Maintenance World has put together a list of 2024 reliability and maintenance conferences we think our readers will benefit from in the coming year. Check them out in this week’s newsletter!

Join us at the 28th Annual Maintenance and Reliability Conference (MARCON 2024) for a Unique Learning Experience

Are you ready to dive into the world of maintenance and reliability? Look no further than the 28th Annual Maintenance and Reliability Conference (MARCON 2024), hosted by The University of Tennessee Reliability and Maintainability Center. This exceptional conference will take place from March 4-7, 2024, at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Prepare yourself for an unforgettable experience that goes beyond typical workshops and presentations.

Collaborative Learning and Networking Opportunities

Unlike other conferences, MARCON 2024 focuses on fostering collaboration and personal connections. While attending, you’ll have the chance to interact one-on-one with presenters, exhibitors, and fellow attendees. This interactive environment encourages knowledge sharing and provides a valuable opportunity to learn from others’ experiences. Engage in meaningful conversations, exchange ideas, and build lasting professional relationships that can benefit your career.

Sharing Best Practices and Emerging Technologies

MARCON 2024 is the perfect platform for companies to showcase their best practices and share insights on new emerging technologies in the field of maintenance and reliability. The conference will feature a wide range of presentations, workshops, and exhibits that highlight innovative approaches to optimize asset management, increase reliability, and enhance operational efficiency. Stay ahead of the curve by learning about the latest trends, strategies, and tools shaping the industry. Click here for more information!

National Facilities Management & Technology (NFMT 2024)

Central Valley Facilities Expo

International Conference on Reliability Engineering and Maintenance (ICREM 2024)

MODEX 2024

Lubricant Expo North America

Ultrasound Users Bootcamp by UE Systems

April:

Maximo Utility Working Group (MUWG 2024)

Learn Maximo efficiency and best practices from the best in the business, while building lasting partnerships. The MUWG conference is dedicated to providing a collaborative environment for all attendees.

The Maximo Utility Working Group (MUWG) provides a forum for utility members to exchange information, methods and experiences.

The MUWG is an industry group representing over 200 utility companies, counties and cities throughout the world that exchange information related to the implementation and application of the MAXIMO asset management system.

Two conferences are held each year, one in the Spring/Summer, the other in Fall/Winter. If you are a licensed MAXIMO user and meet the criteria of the charter you can attend a conference.

BEMAS Forum Maintenance

IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference

Food Automation and Manufacturing (FA&M) Symposium and Expo 2024

May:

The Reliability Conference (TRC 2024)

The RELIABILITY Conference (TRC) 2024, co-sponsored by Reliabilityweb.com® and Uptime® bookazine, is not just another industry event—it’s a call to action for those who are serious about mastering reliability, asset management, and condition monitoring. Taking place from May 14-16 in Bellevue, Washington, this conference has been the cornerstone of operational excellence since 2005.

Our mission? To fuel innovations that protect and elevate the people driving the reliability and asset management sector.

Stagnation is the enemy of reliability. That’s why we’ve tirelessly canvassed the globe to bring you an arsenal of leading-edge methodologies straight from the pioneers—subject matter experts, distinguished practitioners, and acclaimed authors—in our field. Your time is valuable, and we make it count.

Our robust lineup includes compelling main stage presentations that challenge the status quo, practitioner case studies that dissect real-world applications, and a plethora of short courses and workshops designed to deepen your skillset. Beyond the conventional, we offer a 3-day professional certification program, adhering to the Uptime Elements Reliability Framework and Asset Management System—because transformative leadership begins with transformative knowledge.

But we don’t stop there. Step into the RELIABILITY Expo, a nexus for the world’s top solution providers in reliability and asset management. Over 50 vendors await you, each one a catalyst poised to launch your organization into the realm of high-performance reliability.

Don’t merely attend—participate, engage, and lead. Mark the date; this is your opportunity to transcend from status quo to status go! Let’s write the future of reliability, together.

Why Attend?

Are you ready to challenge the status quo and rewrite the future of asset management, reliability, and operational excellence? Then buckle up—because the RELIABILITY Conference is the fuel your career has been yearning for. We’re not just selling tickets to an event; we’re offering an experience that transforms professionals into pioneers. Here’s why this isn’t just another conference—it’s a revolution!

Leap Ahead, Don’t Just Step: Dive into leading-edge methodologies, transformative technologies, and innovative approaches that make up the playbook of the world’s best-run companies. With over 6,000 organizations relying on the Uptime Elements Reliability Framework and Asset Management System, you’re stepping into a tried-and-true ecosystem for success.

Ignite Passion, Not Just Interest: Our lineup of world-renowned subject-matter experts, bestselling authors, and seasoned practitioners isn’t here just to lecture—they’re here to awaken a fire within you. When you’re engaged at a visceral level, learning transforms into mastery.

Empowerment, Not Just Education: Knowledge is power, but applied knowledge is superpower! Our 3-day professional certification program, guided by the principles of the Uptime Elements, turns you into the supercharged reliability leader your organization needs. The future doesn’t wait. Why should you?

Network & Thrive, Not Just Survive: Connect with a community that includes the world’s best-run companies that share your unwavering commitment to reliability and asset management. Imagine the synergy when hundreds of driven professionals pool their insights, experience, and energy. This isn’t networking; it’s a collaborative brain trust that lifts everyone higher.

Solutions, Not Just Theories: At our RELIABILITY Expo, touch, feel, and interact with the technologies and solutions that are shaping our industry. Over 50 vendors await, ready to offer tools that translate your visions into reality.

Actionable Insights, Not Just Data: Our program is designed to be a goldmine of actionable strategies. You won’t leave with vague ideas; you’ll walk away with a strategy and tactical blueprint to propel your organization into the realm of high-performance reliability and asset management.

Leading Reliability 2024

The Leading Reliability Conference provides all participants with a great opportunity to learn more about maintenance and reliability by attending live presentations, workshops, and trainings. In addition, you are also provided with ample opportunity to socialize and make connections – allowing you to build relationships with influential professionals in maintenance and reliability around the country!

The ability to share ideas and perspectives with industry experts is ALWAYS a great thing and will only be beneficial as we continue to work our way back to a normal way of business. You can expect to learn a lot, have fun, and take valuable ideas home with you to your very own facility!

2024 Offshore Technology Conference

Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) AISTech 2024

International Conference on Reliability, Safety and Security Engineering (ICRSSE 2024)

Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC 2024)

Facility Fusion – an IFMA Conference & Expo

June:

SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference

Reliable Plant Conference 2024

Connected Manufacturing Forum

Electrical Apparatus Service Association Convention (EASA 2024)

Southeastern Electric Exchange Annual Conference & Trade Show

July:

ITF FIRST

ASQ Reliability, Maintenance & Managing Risk Conference (RMMR 2024)

August:

MaximoWorld 2024

The MaximoWorld Experience is empowering TEAMS for asset management transformation.

Bring your team and cover over ten tracks of IBM^® Maximo^®, asset management and digitalization learning zone sessions.
Meet leading-edge technology vendors and top-ranked system integrators at the MaximoWorld Expo.
Participate in the hand’s-on experience labs for “show and tell” sessions.
Participate in Maximo Best Practices Benchmarking.
Connect with your Maximo User Group (MUG).
Meet authorized IBM Maximo Partners.
Meet IBM Executives.
Join Women in Reliability and Asset Management (WIRAM) for a special gathering (pre-registration is required).
Participate in the Reliability Leadership Foundation (RLF) Reliability Sustainability Hackathon.

Vibration Institute 47^th Annual Training Conference and Expo

About the Vibration Institute:

Our mission is to disseminate practical information on evaluating the behavior and condition of machinery without commercial interest.

The Institute offers a variety of programs, including education, training, certification, and opportunities for technical knowledge exchange. Our members share information, procedures, and cutting-edge data through formal training, networking, meetings, and publications.

If you would like to join our network of esteemed colleagues, improve your skills, and expand your education in the study of machine vibration, contact us directly, and get started as a member.

September:

International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS 2024)

2024 Offshore Structures Reliability Conference – American Petroleum Institute

Maintenance, Reliability and Asset Management Conference (MaintTrain 2024)

Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia (TPS 2024)

Euromaintenance

National Mining Association (NMA) MinExpo 2024

Women in Steel Conference (Look out for next year’s dates!)

Perumin

38 CBMGA

October:

Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP 2024)

Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME Conferences 2024)

Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo

IFMA World Workplace 2024

Food Processing ProcessExpo 2024

November:

Empowering Pumps & Industry Conferen ce

The Empowering Pumps & Industry Conference is where the industry can come to connect with manufacturers, distributors, end users, associations, and students in one place. The two-day event will feature presentations from subject matter experts, roundtable discussions, exhibits, and tours.

Topics discussed will include:

Engineering & Design
Maintenance & Reliability
Pumps & Operations
Industry Innovation & Infrastructure
Sustainability
Workforce Development

This conference is for:

Pump & Equipment: Engineers, Operators, Maintenance and Reliability professionals across industry.

Leadership: Marketing and Management professionals looking to grow their leadership skills.

Manufacturing & IoT: Manufacturing and IoT professionals who work in the industry, including operators and supervisors.

Generis American Food Manufacturing Summit 2024

BEMAS Asset Performance Conference & Exhibition

December:

2024 Reliability and Maintenance Conferences IMC 2024

38^th International Maintenance Conference (IMC 2024)

Step forward into the era of optimized performance at IMC-2024: The 38th International Maintenance Conference, where the vanguard of reliability and asset management converge to empower your organization’s success. Here, we’re not just about maintenance—we’re about creating an ecosystem of reliability that synchronizes people, leadership, processes, data, and technology.

Unearth the transformative potential of Uptime Elements, as you collaborate and network with visionaries from the world’s best-run companies. Experience a curated journey that fuels not only your assets but your most vital resource—your people. Elevate your management strategies to create an engaged, informed, and synchronized workforce that seamlessly automates asset knowledge, unlocking exponential value for your organization.

Don’t merely adapt; lead. Engage with actionable insights, dynamic workshops, and groundbreaking solutions that align with the tenets of the Uptime Elements Reliability Framework and Asset Management System. Harness the collective intelligence that will shape the future of safe, sustainable, and profitable operations.

Your path to leadership in creating resilient and high-performing workplaces starts here at IMC-2024.

Join us, and let’s make the quantum leap from reliability to reliability leadership.

23^rd Annual Shutdowns Turnarounds Superconference

Rocky Mountain Electrical League – Multiple Events

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) – Multiple Events

UPDATE 1/8/2024 – More Conferences for the list! – Check out these additional 2024 Reliability and Maintenance Conferences and Manufacturing Conferences:

Cyber Security Training at SANS Orlando 2024

Shared Services and Outsourcing Week Conference

12^th American Food Sure Summit

ISPE 2024 International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering Annual Meeting and Expo

Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference 2024

FabTech Expo 2024

North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit (NAMES 2024)

MUEW Electric Operations Conference & Expo 2024

Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2024

Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG 2024)

Generis American Manufacturing Summit 2024

International Conference on Precision Engineering and Mechanical Manufacturing (PEMM 2023)

Tissue World 2024

IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2024)

Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Expo

International Conference on Mechanical & Production Engineering (ICMPE-24)

International Conference on Lean Systems and Manufacturing Practices (ICLSMP 2024)

International Conference on Material and Manufacturing Technology (ICMMT 2024)

Institute for Supply Management (ISM World 2024)

International Conference on Green Manufacturing and Product Design (ICGMPD – 24)

International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC-CIE 2024)

We hope this list of 2024 Reliability and Maintenance Conferences is useful and that you have a happy holiday season!

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Safe Use of Clamps Through Proper Selection

The notions "one tool does all" or "any tool will do" result in wasted effort, poor quality work, damage to the misused tool, and exposing the user to possible injury, according to the Hand Tools Institute, an association of American manufacturers of quality hand tools. As with hammers, pliers, wrenches and all other hand tools, design is a key element to the type of work a tool is intended to do properly and safely, says HTI. Clamps are no exception and should be selected to conform to the work they are to perform.

The Cost of Doing Nothing

The cost of maintaining the status quo is enormous. The status quo affects each and every one of us every hour of every day, at work and at home. We have come to accept doing nothing as a safe and acceptable alternative. We even make it the default solution. Doing nothing is the management equivalent of a baby’s soother. It makes us feel safe and comfortable. But there is a cost to doing nothing.

Business Development: There's a Better Way!

Spare Parts Management Indicators

There is a saying: “What you can’t measure, you can’t improve”. The saying are not necessarily always true, but it is interesting, because I think a derivative of the saying is true: “What you measure, is usually what you get.”

Properly Aligning Projects to Corporate Strategy

Corporations throughout the world are losing billions of dollars in wasted project spending, and this waste is being carefully hidden from management and investors. A new global research report shows that one of the biggest contributing factors is the lack of alignment of projects with corporate strategy.

People Management - Workforce Shortage: Acceptance is the First Step

Baby Boomers are going to retire soon. There won’t be enough skilled labor to fill all the jobs. Employers aren’t prepared to handle the labor shortage. It goes on and on. So, is this workforce shortage thing for real? Well, YES! The numbers don’t lie. By 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) estimates there will be 165 million jobs and only 162 million people available in the workforce.

Novozyme Leverages Results Oriented Maintenance and Highly Motivated Staff to Win the North American Maintenance Excellence (NAME) Award 2000

Novozymes North America, Franklinton, North Carolina, a company with Scandinavian roots and management style won the coveted North American Maintenance Excellence Award (NAME) 2000. A reporter (Michael Lippig) recently paid Owe Forsberg, Maintenance Manager, Novozymes North America, a visit to see how this came about.

Mechanical Quality Assurance: The Next Progression of Reliability

Reliability is not rocket science. It should be easy to achieve. Do things right the first time, from design, procurement, construction, installation, maintenance and operation, all the way through to decommissioning. Isn't this the goal of engineers? Still, in many cases we —industry in general—seem to struggle in achieving high reliability. One reason may be widespread inattention to Mechanical Quality Assurance (MQA).

Maintenance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

It is often said that "what gets measured gets done". And getting things done, through people, is what management is all about. Measuring things that get done and the results of this effort is an essential part of successful management, but too much emphasis on measurements, or the wrong measurements may not be in your company's best interests.

The Building Blocks to Creating an Effective Lubrication Program

The goal of every lubrication program should be to ensure that all equipment receives and maintains the proper levels of lubrication such that no equipment fails due to inadequate or improper lubrication. In order for this to happen, we must follow the 5R's of lubrication - right lubricant, right condition, right location, right amount, right frequency.

Maintenance Training - The Backbone of Cultural Change

The "Program of the Month" phenomena. I feel that there is somewhat of a misunderstanding of this issue. Mindsets such as these are often attributed to the fact that management are not fully behind the concept, or a coping mechanism for a workforce that has reached a saturation point in terms of the continual changes that they need to endure. While there is, of course, some validity in these arguments the prime reason, the reason that proven programs fail is generally due to the lack of adequate communication.

Principles of Insulation Testing

Probably 80% of all testing. performed in electrical power systems is related to the verification of insulation quality. This Cadick Corporation Technical Bulletin briefly describes the fundamental concepts of insulation testing including – insulation behavior, types of tests, and some test procedures. For more detailed information, refer to the bibliography at the end of the paper.

Corrective Maintenance Task Generation

Corrective Maintenance Task. Generation is best performed by the. same personnel who perform corrective maintenance. The normal. technician’s time schedule does not. allow the time to document tasks in. detail. Some companies rely on the maintenance supervisor to document. and implement new preventative and corrective maintenance tasks.

Preheater Points Out the Value of Cooling Off

The moral: Even when you think you have found the best solution, put the problem aside and then ponder it again. A fresh look may lead to an even better solution. As for the integral desuperheater, it is too elegant a solution to go to waste. Perhaps you may have a use for it.

Maintainability Design Checklist

The following is a Maintainability Design Checklist for coal mining equipment. The purpose of the checklist is to provide a summary of design review points for the maintainability assessment of new or existing underground equipment. It specifically focuses on the identification of equipment design features, tasks, or procedures that impact equipment downtime, repair costs, labor hours and maintainer skill level requirements.

The Cost of Producing Electricity

The cost per kWhr, the "cost of producing electricity", is the cost of the energy which is taken out of the steam by the turbine generator system and converted into electricity. The following paper discusses calculation methods for determining this cost -- a critical step in the process of evaluating cogeneration feasibility.

Why Planned Maintenance?

There is only one reason to support a planned maintenance program. Planned maintenance increases profits! The primary objective for any business is to produce profits for the owner. Profit oriented goals apply to an elderly couple operating a corner grocery store, as well as to large corporations. Even maintenance consulting firms have to operate at a profit.

The What, Why, How of Wrench Time

Wrench time is a measure of crafts personnel at work, using tools, in front of jobs. Wrench time does not include obtaining parts, tools or instructions, or the travel associated with those tasks. It does not include traveling to or from Obviously, it does not include break time. These non-wrench time tasks are often necessary to get work done, but are not "wrench time." The craftsperson is in a delay situation. We should also ask ourselves whether the crafts personnel perform tasks efficiently while they are on tools in front of jobs. This is a legitimate question, but not answered by wrench time. Nonetheless, if we increase the time employees are "on the job," we should get more work done.

What is Vibration?

In its simplest form, vibration can be considered to be the oscillation or repetitive motion of an object around an equilibrium position. The equilibrium position is the position the object will attain when the force acting on it is zero. This type of vibration is called "whole body motion", meaning that all parts of the body are moving together in the same direction at any point in time.

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Guide to 2024 Reliability and Maintenance Conferences