October 2026 GHPB Commerce Club Luncheon

The featured presentation and Q&A address sanctions risks in the maritime industry. The discussion is led by a lawyer whose listed experience includes maritime sanctions enforcement, export controls, anti-money-laundering matters, and government investigations. His representative experience includes leading the seizure and forfeiture prosecution of a North Korean cargo vessel suspected of sanctions violations; coordinating maritime sanctions enforcement with the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy; and advising on sanctions and export-control policies, voluntary disclosures to OFAC, BIS, and DOJ, and supply-chain and counterparty risk assessments.

Southwest Gas will host the roundtable. Participants will discuss collected information and resulting outcomes, with brief presentations from six member companies selected at the June Leaders Selection Conference. Three interactive breakout sessions will address topic-specific questions; possible topics include risk modeling, risk analysis, and integrity resources. Attendance is for Natural Gas Utility Operators Only. Recommended attendees include integrity management and DIMP program leaders, risk management and risk modeling personnel, pipeline safety and compliance professionals, and engineering staff responsible for integrity risk evaluation and mitigation across the utility.

The technical program covers pipeline integrity management, in-line inspection (ILI), engineering assessments, geohazards, crack and dent assessment, seam-weld threats, repairs, and hydrogen transportation. Plenary topics include operator guidelines and specifications, technical knowledge management, assessing existing pipelines for hydrogen service, selective seam-weld corrosion, and PHMSA MAOP reconfirmation requirements. Parallel technical tracks address landslide monitoring and pipeline strain; crack characterization and management; ILI applications, analysis, and verification; hard spots; dent assessment; engineering assessment; hydrogen transportation; integrity management; difficult-to-inspect pipelines; materials verification; and repair technologies. Presentations include work on ILI run comparisons, risk-informed assessment choices under the PHMSA Gas Mega Rule, dent engineering critical assessment, non-intrusive pipeline assessment, material testing, and repair qualification. A panel addresses PHMSA repair criteria for hazardous-liquid and gas-transmission pipelines.

Hosted by WGA Chair and Hawaiʻi Governor Josh Green, the meeting includes a discussion of Pacific prosperity and U.S. regional security, including how states, territories, and the federal government can identify and mitigate emerging risks, strengthen regional resilience, and advance shared security and prosperity. A panel on energy infrastructure examines how states, developers, and local leaders can align large projects with growing electricity demand while supporting local economies and delivering lasting benefits to host communities. Other agenda topics include workplace substance misuse, mental health, and worker safety under the Health Beyond Healthcare initiative; and tourism policies and educational campaigns that help communities honor their homelands and heritage while supporting sustainable economic development.

Annual national event for water power professionals. Programming includes CC Central exhibits and education, the Innovation Power House, plenary sessions, panel discussions, workshops, asset-owner-only sessions, technical presentations, roundtables, and hydro plant technical tours. The event brings together hydro asset owners and generators, C-suite and executive leadership, engineers, portfolio and general managers, plant operations personnel, manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, federal and state resource agencies, regulators, research entities, academia, nonprofit organizations, and financial entities.

The Ohio Oil & Gas Association’s principal business meeting covers current issues impacting Ohio’s oil and gas industry through business sessions, breakout sessions, and a trade show. Agenda topics include the Debrosse Memorial Report on 2026 oil and gas activity in Ohio; an Ohio Natural Energy Institute program update; a Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management regulatory update; a Federal Political Perspective; and a State Legislative Leadership Discussion. The program also lists an Ohio Geological Society session and legal continuing-education sessions. Several session titles and breakout presentations remain TBD. The program includes the Oilfield Patriot Award ceremony and the Thomas E Stewart Legacy Award presentation.

Technical presentations cover the Pleasure Bay Interceptor Recovery Tunnel, the Palisades Tunnel Project, Ellicott City flood resilience, East River Tunnels rehabilitation, and ground stabilization for the Hudson River Tunnels. Other topics include Italian high-speed rail tunnel design and construction, the Manhattan Tunnel Project and ground freezing, jet-grouting safe havens on the Lower Olentangy Tunnel Project, the BART Silicon Valley Phase II extension, and the MWRA Metropolitan Water Tunnel Program. The program also includes a project update on the Gateway Hudson Tunnel and an update on the U.S. tunneling industry, including major projects, construction methods, market drivers, and trends.

The meeting brings together governors, state and federal regulatory officials, oil and gas industry representatives, and nongovernmental organizations. Its stated mission is to advance conservation and efficient recovery and storage of domestic oil and gas resources while protecting human health, safety, and the environment.

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.