CALL FOR PAPERS



FOURTEENTH ANNUAL HUMAN PERFORMANCE/ROOT CAUSE/TRENDING/SELF ASSESSMENT/OPERATING EXPERIENCE CONFERENCE

June 16 - 20 · Delta Meadowvale ·

Mississauga, ON Canada

Mission: to provide a collaborative setting for participants to share concepts and best practices relating to continuous improvement initiatives – including human performance improvement, data analysis, root cause analysis, corrective action and other organizational effectiveness assessment tools and techniques.

The HPRCT workshop planning team is searching for abstracts that provide first-hand accounts of work practices that have yielded positive results in human performance (HP), Root Cause (RC), Data Quality and Analysis, Including Trending, Operating Experience (OE), and Self Assessment (SA) to industry professionals.  The intent is to provide information in a format that allows other practitioners to implement good practices. 

Instructions for submittal:

  • Choose a topic from one of the track listings or propose a subject. (click anywere on this line to see suggested listings)

  • Decide on the format:
    • Manuscript:  An oral presentation (The presentation should be 30-45 minutes in length) covering the key points of a written presentation that will be included in the conference proceedings.
    • Case Study: A presentation of a completed or in-progress innovative program. 
  • Prepare a 200-400 word summary describing the topic.
  • At the end of the summary, indicate the selected format: Manuscript or Case Study.
  • Indicate area (Human Performance, Root Cause, Data Quality and Analysis, Including Trending, Self Assessment, or Operating Experience).
  • Indicate “basic” or “advanced” material.
  • Include your name, title, company, address, telephone, fax, and e-mail at the bottom of the page.
  • Send the summary in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format by March 15, 2008 to:


    • Paul Zippel
    Senior Advisor - Operating Experience
    Bruce Power Inc
    mailto://paul.zippel@brucepower.com

Additional Information:

Review and approval of the abstract by the appropriate HPRCT Planning Subcommittee and notification of acceptance by March 31, 2008.

Submit final hard copy presentations for inclusion in the proceedings by May 17, 2008.

Submit Presentations in Power Point by May 28, 2008.

Presentations that do not meet the deadlines above may be replaced with alternate papers.

Remember, the deadline for abstract submittals is March 15, 2008