2025 Conference Agenda

*This agenda is a work in progress and subject to change.

Day 1: May 12, 2025

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast Salon G

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Acoem Training: Reliability Maintenance for Leaders Day 1 Salon C

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Eruditio Workshop: Preventive Maintenance Optimization (PMO) Made Simple Salon E

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

FLIR Workshop: Thermal Camera Operator Qualifications  Salon TBD

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

RDI Technologies Training: Advanced Features Day 1 Salon A

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

UE Systems Workshop: Reliability Leadership for Multi-Facility Operations – Strategies for Success Day 1 Salon TBD

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch Salon G

Day 2: May 13, 2025

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast Salon G

8:30 am - 12:00 pm

UE Systems Workshop: Reliability Leadership for Multi-Facility Operations – Strategies for Success Day 2 – Salon TBD

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Acoem Training: Reliability Maintenance for Leaders Day 2Salon C

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Acoem Training: Falcon/NEST Training & User MeetingSalon TBD

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Erudito Workshop: Leadership for Facilities and Maintenance SuccessSalon D

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

RDI Technologies Training: Advanced Features Day 2 Salon A

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

UE Systems/FLIR Workshop: Infrared & Ultrasound Synergy – Tools and Techniques to Empower Your PdM Program Salon E

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch Salon G

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

RDI Technologies Workshop: Motion Amplification®: Our Latest Reliability Solutions Salon B

Day 3: May 14, 2025

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast Salon G

8:30 am - 8:45 am

Welcome Salon DE

8:45 am - 10:00 am

Keynote “TBD” – Salon DE

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Group Discussion & Community Building Salon DE

Let’s learn together! Join us for a large groups session where you can share topics that you want to focus on during the conference and build a group of peers to discuss them. Maybe you want to discuss the use of AI with the predictive technologies or how planning is critical to good scheduling, share your topic with the group and plan to get together later to debate, discuss, and decide. This is one of the best ways you can personalize your conference experience.

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Break & Exhibits

10:45 am - 11:45 am

Track 1 “Implementing Reliability the ‘One-Point Preaching’ Way” – Jonathan Ayers, Hollingsworth & Vose Salon DE

Track 2“Field Balancing High-Speed Compressors” – Christopher Eyman, Acoem Salon F

11:50 am - 12:50 pm

Lunch & Exhibits Salon G

12:55 pm - 1:25 pm

Track 1 Getting the Most Out of Your CMMS System” – Trent McJunkin, Oshkosh Defense Salon DE

Track 2 “Understanding the Power of a Work Order” – George Miconi, US Steel Salon F

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Track 1 “Safety & Reliability – How Infrared Windows Help You Achieve Both” – John Gould, Teledyne FLIR – Salon DE

Track 2 – “How to Design a CBM Program from Scratch” – Bob Arnold, Acoem  Salon F

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Break & Exhibits

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm

Track 1 – “Redefining Failure: Paving the Way to Lasting Success” – Stephen Ford, FedEx and Jeremy Bey, UE Systems Salon DE

Track 2 “Large Scale Improvement as Frito-Lay’s First Class of Certified Maintenance Planners Graduate” – Jerid Jackson, Frito-Lay  Salon F

3:20 pm - 4:20 pm

Track 1 “Dear Reliability, Why Won’t You Work? A Diary of Derailed Deployments and System Snafus” Ali Slayton, 3V Sigma USA Salon DE

Track 2 Customer Case Study” – Barry Cease, Cease Industrial Consulting  Salon F

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Network Reception & Exhibits

Day 4: May 15, 2025

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast Salon G

8:30 am - 9:30 am

General – “Lighting the Path to Reliability: Harnessing the Power of Technology” Leading Reliability Partners Salon DE

9:30 am - 9:45 am

Break & Exhibits

9:45 am - 10:45 am

Practitioner Panel “We’ll gather a diverse panel of practitioners who can share real life examples of how they are leading reliability at their facilities. You’ll have a chance to ask them questions and learn from your peers.”   Salon DE

10:50 am - 11:50 am

Track 1 “Customer Case Study” Ariberto Fernandes and Scott Hunnicutt, Bridgestone Americas Salon DE

Track 2“Ultrasound 2.0: Unlocking Hidden Insights Beyond ISO Standards” – Blair Fraser, UE Systems Salon F

11:55 am - 12:55 pm

Lunch & Exhibits Salon G

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Interactive Tool Time Salon DE

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Break & Exhibits

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm

Game Show Trivia Session – Jeopardy Inspired Salon DE

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Break & Exhibits

3:35 pm - 4:35 pm

Panel & Closing  Blair Fraser, UE Systems, Florian Buder, Acoem, Jeff Hay, RDI Technologies, John Gould, Teledyne FLIR, and Shon Isenhour, Eruditio Salon DE

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Beach BBQ

Networking Events

While the backbone of any conference is the content shared, there’s no doubt that the opportunity to network with your peers comes in at a close second! That’s why we offer numerous opportunities to network in both small and large groups at the following events:

Welcome Reception & Exhibits

Join us for a cocktail reception where you’ll be introduced to your fellow conference attendees. As you wander around the reception you’ll have the opportunity to meet our featured industry partners who will be showcasing their products and services and how their solutions can help you achieve results!

Beach BBQ

Join us Thursday evening for a Hawaiin-themed beach BBQ with a raffle, live music, and beach games! Don’t forget your Hawaiin t-shirt!

Leading Reliability Conference Testimonials

“A must-attend event for anyone looking to start or improve their maintenance and reliability!”

“I really enjoyed the 2021 Leading Reliability Live and In-person Conference. The speakers each led great discussions and also took time during the day to answer any questions and give out their contact information as a continued resource. There is great value in the contacts made during this conference and the opportunity to talk with our peers about the opportunities and successes we are seeing in our facilities. The venue was excellent and the conference organizers took great care of us. Thank you.”

“This was my first reliability conference, and it was a great experience. I not only enjoyed presenting, but also attending the other workshops. I learned a lot from really established professionals and hope to make improvements at my site with the useful information. I also was able to network with others and answer questions, as well as, get a few of mine answered. Overall this was an excellent conference that was extremely helpful and well put together.”

“What a great week of interacting with a huge variety of professionals that were all focused on reliability! The location, food, and sessions were all outstanding but the atmosphere while enjoying these is what will bring me back next year! Great job guys!”

“This was a wonderful experience. Some of the roadblocks I have while building the PdM program have been removed thanks to this conference. The networking and broad spectrum of speakers was a grand help.”

“The most important part of these types of conferences is the gathering with others who have a interest in implementing a Reliability culture within each of our facilities. This conference provided a lot of available tools and relationships to help improve and implement the reliability culture without our facilities.”

“The Leading Reliability Class was an amazing time! All industry members are experts in their field, and no matter your experience you will definitely take something away from it. No matter if you’re looking for the latest in greatest technology, or just looking to gain knowledge on Reliability Leadership this seminar has it all. Big thank you to everyone who made this visit a pleasure and I look forward to attending again in the future!”

“I got the most from the preconference session with eruditio. I was able to come back and implement some of the strategies immediately.”

“This was my first time attending the reliability conference, so I really wasn’t too sure what to expect. It was a very informative and educational conference. It was a great opportunity to network with folks from within my company as well as build relationships with folks outside of my company.”

“I don’t get the opportunity to meet many other vibration analysts outside of our company, so it was awesome to discuss similarities and differences with them. I loved the atmosphere and networking opportunities.”

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