VMA MARKET OUTLOOK WORKSHOP
August 12 - 13, 2010

HI MARKET INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
August 11, 2010

1st Registration: $580
2nd+ : $480

Marriott Union Square Hotel                                                     
480 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA  94108
415.398.8900
Click here to book online 

Reference the Hydraulic Institute room block to receive the discounted rate of $159/night; reservations accepted through July 30, 2010.  Requests after this date will be accepted on a space and price availability basis only.  Discounted rates are available 3 days before and after the meeting.

Wednesday, August 11

• 9:00 am – 5:00 pm: HI Market Intelligence Committee Meeting
• 6:00  – 8:00 pm: HI Market Intelligence Committee Dinner (Puccini & Pinneti, 129 Ellis Street, San Francisco, 94102, 415.392.5500)

Combine beauty, fun, efficiency and a terrific location and you have the new San Francisco Marriott Union Square. Sitting on the corner of Sutter and Powell, this Union Square hotel in San Francisco is just steps from world class shopping, restaurants, bars, and the theater district. From the hotel's ideal location in San Francisco's Union Square you can walk to the Moscone Center or the Financial District, have lunch in Chinatown and end the evening with a game at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. Rooms offer spectacular views of the Bay, the city lights or Union Square. With high-speed internet access throughout the meeting space and a full-service business center, the hotel is perfect for working professionals. The onsite restaurant, fitness center, and the hotel's close proximity to San Francisco's Union Square is sure to be a hit for all travelers.

Transportation (The hotel does not provide shuttle service.)
San Francisco airport (SFO) is 14 miles N of the hotel.
Directions: From South; US 101N to I-80E, toward Bay Bridge. Take 7th Street exit. Turn right at Folsom St. Left on 3rd Street. Continue on Kearny St. Turn left on Sutter St. Hotel is 3 blocks down Sutter on the right, at the corner of Sutter and Powell.
Alternate transportation: GO Lorrie's Airport Shuttle; $15/way; Subway: $8.10/way; Estimated taxi fare: $40/way

Oakland airport (OAK) is  20 miles NW 
Directions: I-880N towards Oakland. I-80W (Bay Bridge). Exit onto Fremont St., cross Market St., Fremont becomes Front St. Left at Pine St. Left at Montgomery St. Right at Sutter St. Hotel is on the right, 4 blocks up Sutter St. at the corner of Sutter and Powell.

Alternate transportation: Super Shuttle; $25/way; Subway: $3.80/way; Estimated taxi fare: $60/way

Things to do in while in San Francisco : The City By The Bay: charm, cuisine, and avant-culture in one of the world's greatest natural settings. Ride a cable car, windsurf the Golden Gate, or scribble poetry in a North beach cafe. Power-shop. See an opera, then club-crawl through cyber-cool SoMa.  Click here to explore the many things San Francisco has to offer!

Thursday, August 12

• 7:30 am: Registration & Continental Breakfast
• 8:00 am: Welcome
• 8:15 am: Session 1 – Water/Wastewater, Tom Decker, Vice President, CH2M Hill
• 9:00 am: Session 2 – Pulp and Paper, Michael Armstrong, Vice President, Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• 9:45 am: Break
• 10:00 am: Session 3 – Brazil, Jerry Owen, President, Intrix Americas
• 10:45 am: Session 4 – Wall Street Perspective, Michael Halloran, Vice President, Robert W. Baird & Company
• 11:30 am: Session 5 – Nuclear, Tom Harrison, Chief Editor, McGraw-Hill/Platts Nuclear Group
• 12:15 pm:  Lunch
• 1:30 pm: Session 6 – Oil & Gas, John Spears, President, Spears & Associates
• 2:15 pm:  Session 7 – Petrochemical, Mark Eramo, Executive Vice President, CMAI
• 3:00 pm:  Break
• 3:30 pm:  Session 8 – Mining, Steve Ralbovsky, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• 4:15 pm:  Session 9 – Domestic Economic Outlook, Alan Beaulieu, Economist, Institute for Trend Research
• 5:30 - 6:30 pm: Reception (Sponsored by Robert W. Baird & Company)
  
  Dinner on your own

HI MARKET INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
August 11, 9 am - 5 pm
The HI Market Intelligence Committee will meet on Wednesday, August 11 and provides oversight and direction for the HI Statistics Program and related member services.  The committee will review status of all ongoing statistics reports, particularly the new Quarterly Global Pump Bookings report.  Plans for 2011 will also be discussed as well as a possible new member service.  If you are not currently participating and would like to learn more please contact Mary Silver at 973.267.9700 ext 117.

Friday, August 13

• 7:30 am:  Continental Breakfast
• 8:15 am:  Session 10 – Hydrocarbon Processing, Mark Peters, Vice President/Group Publisher, PennWell Corporation
• 9:00 am:  Session 11 – International Economic Outlook, Gary Schlossberg, Senior Economist, Wells Fargo.
• 9:45 am:  Break
• 10:15 am:  Session 12 –  Power, Branco Terzic, Regulatory and Policy Leader, Deloitte Services
• 11:00 am:  Adjournment