2023 RETA Breeze March-April

RETA National Conference is your one stop shop for earning PDH Credits for recertification, education, and training on a wide array of workshops, technical topics, hands-on sessions, and manufacturing sessions. Add to that, business networking opportunities and reuniting with RETA family. Each year Conference features a variety of educational sessions and workshops, led by industrial refrigeration industry experts and leaders. These sessions cover a range of topics related to refrigeration, including engi neering, maintenance, trouble shooting, compliance, and safety. Industrial refrigeration systems can be hazardous, and it’s crucial for technicians, operators, and engineers to understand how to work safely around them while keeping the world food safe.

TECHNICAL SESSIONS We recently closed our 2023 Call for Abstracts. Technical Topics have been carefully reviewed and selected by our Peer Review Committee, consisting of 15 peer reviewers. Each abstract is anonymously graded by the Peer Review Committee based on strict criteria. Peer reviewers volunteer many hours of their personal time reading and reviewing each abstract submitted. This laborious process begins with the submitted abstracts and continues through reviewing the Technical Papers and the creation of each PowerPoint presentation you see at Conference.

We had over forty amazing abstracts, thoughtful and well written abstracts, submitted to RETA HQ for consideration, making the grading process rigorous. A sincere THANK YOU to our RETA Peer Review Committee for their countless hours dedicated to continued education and safety. Also, thank you to all the authors who submitted abstracts for RETA 2023. We need industrial refrigeration professionals like you, who are willing to share your insight and expertise in this ever-growing field. I encourage you to continue to submit abstracts (more than one submission is welcome as well) each year.

I am excited to announce our Technical Topics for 2023:

Compliance Topics • What to Expect Post Ammonia Release • Life Cycle of a Recommendation • Choosing a High-Quality PHA Facilitator • Unraveling the 5-Year MI Paradigm • IIAR Suite of Standards Update Engineering Topics • War Stories - Tales of an Ammonia Refrigeration Engineer • The Enhanced MEB—So Much More Than A PSM Document • Is it Worth the Energy - ROI Workshop • A New Hire’s Guide to Thermal & Moisture Protection

Management Topics • Finding Operators:

Operations Topics • Using Statistical Methods to Ascertain Running Condition of Glycol Pump • Ammonia Hoses Unrolled • A Cold Shower • Passivation of Condensers • Reality Check! Energy Additional Workshops & Courses (preregistration required) • Train the Trainer • CARO Review Course • CIRO Review Course • CRST Review Course • CRES Review Course • Management of Change (MOC) Workshop • WiNR Workshop • CPR / AED & First Aid Management from An Operator’s Perspective

Exiting Military as One Option • Hands On Training Verses Classroom Training: Which is Really Better? • Understanding Communication Types • Hot Work Permits for Ammonia Refrigeration Systems Additional Workshops and Courses • Epic Fails • Summary of Ammonia Codes & Standards • Chapter Leaders Round Table • The Operators Challenge • Industrial Refrigeration Round Table - Lessons Learned • The History of Refrigeration - Volume 1

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