About

What to expect from the Eastern Area Conference?

Join us in October 2021 as the NACE Pittsburgh and West Virginia Sections bring you a technical program that unites different areas from across the corrosion industry, with a focus on pipelines and coatings, and offers real case-based corrosion issues, testing, and remediations as well as the latest technologies that can be put to use today.

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200-250 people from across the Eastern United States

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60% of attendees are NACE members

Our attendees come from:

Upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas facilities and asset owners
Cathodic Protection equipment and service providers
Inspection equipment and service providers
Coatings manufacturing, equipment, application, and inspection providers
Inspection equipment and service providers
Utility Operators
Department of Transportation

Job titles of our attendees include:

Business development directors and managers
Managers - Asset integrity, facility, construction, and sales
Engineers – asset, corrosion, reliability, metallurgical, and pipeline integrity
Cathodic protection/corrosion technicians
Operations directors and managers
Coatings applicator or inspector

Conference Committee

Conference Chair
Jason Rine
American Innovations

Conference Co-Chair & Treasurer
Hal George
Ryan Energy

Technical Program Chair - Corrosion
John Otto
Williams Gas

Technical Program Co-Chair - Corrosion
Tom Conner
Peoples Gas

Technical Program Chair - Coatings
John Todd
KTA

Technical Program Co-Chair – Coatings
Nicole Zafris
Equitrans Midstream

Exhibits & Sponsorships Chair
Jason Rine
American Innovations

Exhibitor/Attendee Alert! – There are vendors attempting to sell conference attendees list. Please be aware that these vendors are not affiliated with NACE International and has no access to the information they claim to be selling. Please disregard emails from any companies attempting to sell you a false list. If you receive a message from any vendor you are unfamiliar with and would like to confirm their affiliation with any NACE conferences, please contact Meghan Leyva at Meghan.Leyva@nace.org.