Reliable Plant 2022: Conference and Exhibition

Against a tropical background of palm trees and sunshine, maintenance and reliability professionals from 24 countries congregated at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, to attend the 2022 Reliable Plant Conference & Exhibition from 25th-28th July 2022.

This year, the event shifted its education content focus to align with 12 reliability tracks, and on Monday, July 25, attendees were already filling the Caribe Royale for half-day and full-day workshops. Noria's Wes Cash, vice president of services, conducted a full-day workshop in the Leadership and Communication track on "Lubrication for Reliability Leaders: Building the Business Case."

Along with Cash's workshop, several international professionals from the field of lubrication excellence conducted other Monday workshops.

On Tuesday, July 26, the conference officially opened with the Opening Ceremony on the Reliability Stage. Led by Cash and Bennett Fitch, Noria's Chief Strategy Officer. The theme of the conference was "Turn ideas into action".

After the Opening Ceremony, there was a tremendous buzz as the exhibit hall opened for the first day. A steady stream of attendees, looking for the latest technologies and solutions to their everyday challenges, visited the 100 industry exhibitors. This diverse mix of companies, which covered all facets of the maintenance and reliability industry, provided any type of solution for issues facing the industry.

New to Reliable Plant this year was the Emerging Technology Zone. Consisting of carefully curated companies, the Emerging Technology Zone showcases innovative technologies serving the maintenance, reliability and operations sectors.

Tuesday, 27th July also boasted a keynote panel on "Building and Sustaining a Strong Reliability Culture." The panel consisted of Garrett Bapp, senior technical service advisor, Petro-Canada Lubrications; Megan Johnson, plant manager, Blue Buffalo; Nathan Wright, president, Transformational Performance Solutions; and Ryan Chan, CEO and founder, UpKeep.

The panellists shared their perspectives on what makes a strong and sustainable reliability culture and covered questions ranging from how culture impacts day-to-day to operations and sustaining culture during a high turnover to sharing advice on building a positive workplace culture.

Wednesday, 28th July closed on a high note with the Casino Reception. Featuring an array of games — Blackjack, Craps, Texas Hold'em and more — Casino Night gave everyone the chance to unwind and relax. Everyone was a winner as they played with 'house money," and four lucky participants won prizes at the end of the night.

The final day of Reliable Plant 2022 featured more learning sessions and then the Closing Ceremony.