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Welcome to Western Area Conference 2008
in San Francisco

Golden Gate BridgeProtecting Our Aging Infrastructure

Come join us in San Francisco, the Golden Gate of the Pacific. San Francisco is a destination city for travelers from all over the world. Come to enjoy the climate, the sights, and excellent food throughout this great city.

The San Francisco chapter of NACE is proud to host this year's conference and has developed an excellent technical program which will benefit engineers from water, oil and gas, power, infrastructure, engineering design firms and many other related industries.

The highlights of the program include 3-4 hour long educational tutorials on basics of corrosion and its control, cathodic protection, theory and application and art & science of coating applications and inspections. Technical papers covering an array of infrastructure corrosion issues such as cost benefit of corrosion control, cathodic protection of oil & gas as well as water & waste water systems, corrosion control for steel, concrete, ductile iron pipelines, evaluation of asbestos cement pipe systems, inspection methods, use of coatings, and the application of such methods to the utility pipeline, treatment plant, and building industries. Case histories of failure analysis as well as success stories by local and nationally renowned experts will be presented. Panel discussions will also cover these and many other infrastructure related topics.

Please mark your calendars to attend the Western Area NACE Conference October 1-3, 2008 in San Francisco. Come to improve your industry knowledge, while enjoying our great city of San Francisco.

Jim Lisa
Sherwin-Williams Company
Chair, Western Area Conference

Conference Committee

 Title  Name  Company  E-Mail
Chair Jim Lisa Sherwin Williams Company  
Co-chair TBD    
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