JOINT CONFERENCE
Pipe & Tube Pittsburgh 2010, October 3-5, 2010
The Tube & Pipe Association, Intl. (TPA), USA, and the International Tube Association (ITA), UK, are collaborating again on a world-class conference devoted to updating seamless and welded tubular product technology and processes.
Pipe & Tube Pittsburgh will take place from 3-5 October 2010 at the Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport, 8256 University Blvd., Moon Township, PA 15108, USA.
Special value room rates of US$94 will be available for conference delegates at the hotel.
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Call for papers and submission of abstracts
Speaker applications are invited for this unique technical conference centred on the theme ‘technology for profitable production’. Topics to be considered include, but are not limited to: seamless and welded tube and pipe; conventional and new high-temperature alloys; hydraulic, medical, aerospace applications; oil country tubular goods and fittings; production, drawing, forming, annealing, and finishing processes; market overviews for the USA and worldwide.
Abstracts will be accepted from, but not limited to, engineers, managers, sales, researchers, and metallurgists. Students may present findings on complete research, research in progress, university projects, or co-operative projects.
Deadline
Please apply to either the ITA or TPA using the form that can be downloaded from the conference website www.pipe-pittsburgh.com, where a submission can also be made on line. Please note that the deadline for submission is March 31, 2010. Upon selection, a letter of invitation to speak will be sent no later than April 30, 2010. Abstracts not included in the original selection will be retained as alternates in the case of cancellation or inability to present at the event. All abstracts will be considered for possible publication at upcoming ITA/TPA conferences. It is the complete and final decision of the ITA and TPA as to the selection of the technical papers to be presented at this conference.
Details of terms and conditions are published on the conference website.
Abstract guidelines
- Limit the abstract to 75 words or less.
- Clearly state the scope or purpose of the presentation.
- Clearly indicate what is new to the industry.
- Clearly indicate how the results were obtained (still in research, testing stage, fully implemented and proven).
- Clearly indicate results/benefits to date and what is expected in the future.
For more information regarding this event, including sponsorship, plant tour, video tour and tabletop exhibit opportunities, please contact:
Audrey Long
TPA Education
Tube & Pipe Association, Intl. (TPA)
833 Featherstone Drive, Rockford, IL 61107, USA
Tel: +1 815 227 8206
Fax: +1 815 484 7706
Email: audrey@fmanet.org
Jennifer W. Christian
TPA Education
Tube & Pipe Association, Intl. (TPA)
833 Featherstone Drive, Rockford, IL 61107, USA
Tel: +1 815 227 8207
Fax: +1 815 484 7750
Email: jen@fmanet.org
Phillip Knight
Executive Secretary
International Tube Association (ITA)
46 Holly Walk, Leamington Spa CV32 4HY, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1926 834681
Fax: +44 1926 314755
Email: info@itatube.org
(The TPA is a technology affiliate of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International and the ITA is the world’s largest personal membership organization of tube and pipe engineers)
Conference main joint sponsors:
Bronx Taylor Wilson, USA
Thermatool Corp. USA