TechForum Schedule

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Monday October 5

• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Sustaining Member Committee Meeting (location TBC)

Tuesday October 6

• 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Clean Energy Steel (CES) Construction Center Meeting (Capitol Peak B)
• 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM Social Tour at Meow Wolf (Hotel Lobby Foyer)
  Sponsored by Hasco-Thermic Ltd.
• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Registration Open (Capitol Pre-Function/Foyer)
• 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM Technical Sessions (Capitol Peak A)
  
  • 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Announcements & Introductions
    
  • 2:30 pm - 2:40 pm AGA's 5-Year Strategic Plan, Melissa Lindsley (AGA)
  • 2:40 pm - 2:55 pm Celebrating the People Behind TechForum’s Legacy: Past AGA Award Winners, Ryan Monnig (Monnig Industries, AGA Awards Chair)
  • 2:55 pm - 3:15 pm Perspective Matters or Perspective Shift, Kacie LeBlanc (Millenium Galvanizing) & Melissa Lindsley (AGA)
  • 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Coffee Break Sponsored by APR Plastic Fabricating
  • 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Virtual Plant Tour of V&S Galvanizing New York, Amber Jackson (V&S - New York)
  • 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Technology & Security Improvements: A Practical Guide, Alexandra Densmore (Elevate Services Group)
  • 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Managing Wet Storage Stain in Hot-Dip Galvanizing: Science, Solutions, and Customer Care, John Roy (Race Rock & Connecticut Galvanizing)
• 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Casino Night (Crystal Peak ABC)

Wednesday October 7

• 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast (Capitol Pre-Function/Foyer)
• 8:30 AM – 11:45 AM Technical Sessions & Plant Tour Preview (Capitol Peak A)
  
  • 8:30 am - 8:45 am Recognizing Peers, Elevating HDG, Bob Woods (Zaclon LLC) & John Roy (Race Rock / Connecticut Galvanizing)
    
  • 8:45 am - 9:15 am Challenges with the Design of a Hybrid Galvanizing Furnace, Michael Patterson (Western Technologies)
  • 9:15 am - 9:45 am Before the Dip: Customer Communication Before Galvanizing, Jason Scarborough
    (AZZ Metal Coatings)
  • 9:45am - 10:00 am Coffee Break Sponsored by APR Plastic Fabricating
  • 10:00 am - 10:30 am Connecting Zinc Pricing & the LME to Plant Operations, Joe Husseini (EverZinc)
    
  • 10:30 am - 11:00 am Reading the Steel Before It Reaches the Kettle: Managing Reactive Steel Complaints Through MTR Analysis, Prabath Gunasekara (LTL Galvanizers (Pvt) Ltd)
    
  • 11:00 am - 11:30 am Regeneration of Hydrochloric Acid from Liquid Process Streams Containing Iron and Zinc Using Bipolar Electrodialysis, Daniel B. Nothaft, PhD (Uplift Geosystems LLC)
    
  • 11:30 am - 11:40 am In-Person Plant Tour Preview: AZZ Galvanizing - Denver, Mike Garcia (AZZ Galvanizing - Denver)
• 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM Lunch
  Sponsored by ANI METAL
• 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Galvanizing Plant Tour of AZZ Galvanizing – Denver & Intermountain Electronics, Inc.
• 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM WiG Meeting & Networking Happy Hour Event
• 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Networking Event (Holey Moley)
  Sponsored by Teck

Thursday October 8

• 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast (Capitol Pre-Function/Foyer)
• 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM Technical Sessions & Interactive Panel Discussion (Capitol Peak A)
  • 8:30 am - 9:00 am Positioning Your Galvanizing Shop for Growth in the AI Era, Travis Buckingham (Steelhead Technologies)
  • 9:00 am - 9:45 am Panel Discussion: Navigating EHS Questions for Administrative and Customer Service Teams, featuring Sally Buck and Alyssa Weber of Valmont Coatings, Christine Kleen of AGA, and more
  • 9:45 am - 10:00 am Coffee Break Sponsored by APR Plastic Fabricating
  • 10:00 am - 10:30 am Electrically Heated and Hybrid Furnaces for Galvanizing, Nils Erik Faulhaber
  • (C. H. Evensen Industriovner AS)
  • 10:30 am - 10:45 am 2025 Process Survey Results, Brandon Jones (AGA)
  • 10:45 am - 11:00 am Update on CES initiatives, Jeff Suda (AGA / Clean Energy Steel (CES) Construction Center)
  • 11:00 am - 11:30 am AGA Research & Technical Department Updates, Alana Fossa (AGA)
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch for Master Galvanizer class attendees (Crystal Peak AB)
• 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Master Galvanizer Seminar #1: Overview of the Galvanizing Process, Quality, and Inspection (availability & location TBC)