Gas & Oil Association of West Virginia

The agenda covers economic development, recent business expansions, and the future of energy production and costs. Sessions address women's experiences and challenges in manufacturing; the 2026 General Election and its potential effects on the 2027 legislative session and WVMA legislative agenda; and Helsing, an autonomous systems manufacturer based in Berkeley County. Other discussions cover long-term employer-employee relationships and retaining a multigenerational workforce; moving a new plant from prototype to full-scale production, including permitting, supply-chain challenges, and workforce development; and West Virginia University's NSF RETI grant, an industrial energy innovation hub focused on grid management, storage, cybersecurity, and reliability, along with programs from the WVU Industrial Extension. A final energy-sector discussion examines policy and public opinion on maintaining versus pursuing new markets and the effects of an anti-growth stance on development and economic growth in West Virginia.

An in-person safety forum for EHS professionals across the oil and gas industry. Topics include converging forces in high-hazard, high-turnover industries; the gap between falling injury rates and rising fatal risk; the CLEARLY WORTHY framework for assessing critical risk and building safety culture; six lenses for identifying exposures that could kill or permanently harm; cognitive bias in individual, organizational, and leadership safety decisions; and designing safety systems for every brain, including neurodivergent workers. The program also addresses practical takeaways attendees can begin applying immediately. Wilkes University is providing 3 PDHs and .3 CEUs.