IPEIA 2025
Back by popular demand, the Integrity Challenges Forum will be returning for the 2025 IPEIA Conference & Exhibition! Through round table and group discussions, the ICF will report on the outcome of the past years’ discussions and introduce new topics to determine what the next Task Force will focus discussion around during the following year. Bring your voice to IPEIA 2025!
What is the Integrity Challenges Forum Task Force?
The ICF is a forum where industry identifies and develops solutions to industry wide challenges. Challenges encountered in one part of industry might also be an issue in other areas. The ICF asks industry to provide potential challenge topics for discussion by a wider audience during a group meeting at the annual conference. Industry votes to determine which challenges are the highest priority and a Task Force (TF) is developed to find a solution.
ICF welcomes input from all IPEIA members during the annual conference and we actively recruit Task Force members from Industry Groups and IPEIA’s general membership. All TF members go through IPEIA’s onboarding process. The ICF annual meeting and TF’s member fall under IPEIA’s Special Session Committee’s umbrella where ICF TF updates are reported during monthly meetings. The Special Sessions Chair has a seat on IPEIA’s Steering Committee and provides ICF updates to Steering.
Previous ICF meetings have taken place over a multi-hour period at the annual conference. Part of the meeting is devoted to reporting on the outcome of the past years’ discussions and outcomes for that years’ topics of interest. New topics are introduced at the annual meeting. They are discussed in small group and then the entire ICF votes on each topic to determine what the TF will discuss during the following year.
How can you get involved?
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Anyone interested in joining the annual ICF discussion is welcome to join and provide their opinion on the discussion topics. The Task Force is always looking for members who have the technical expertise to assist in providing solutions to the topic. ICF TF4 is currently working on three topics:
- Manpower
- The ICF is identifying solutions to manpower constraints within the pressure equipment integrity sector. Our intention is to continue the inter-society educational panel sessions initiated in the Spring of 2023.
- New Technologies Acceptance
- TF4 wants to work with regulators to clarify compliance requirements for acceptance of new technologies for in-service inspections.
- Red Tape Reduction
- Several Industry Groups (IGs) identified regulatory conflicts between Alberta ministries that have negatively affected the ability of members to perform maintenance functions. TF4 has IG permission to facilitate between the various IGS and apply to Alberta Red Tape Reduction to rectify the conflict.
Please visit IPEIA Committee Members – IPEIA, or contact admin@ipeia.com, if you are interested in becoming a Task Force member. All meetings are on-line using MS Teams and follow a regular schedule. Be sure to bring your opinion and expertise!
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How can you stay Up To Date?
Task Force #4
Task Force #3 – Final Report
ICF’s Past Initiatives
- ICF Task Force #1 – Inspector Log Book
- ICF Task Force #2 – CSA B51 Annex
- ICF Task Force #3 – Red Tape & Manpower Solutions