Reynolds Wrap Up: Highlights from the API Subcommittee on Inspection and Mechanical Integrity (SCIMI) Meetings at the Fall 2019 API Standards Meeting

API Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit 

Planning has begun for the next Inspection and Mechanical Integrity (IMI) Summit.  The format will be largely the same as it has been. Some discussions are underway about length of presentations.  As attendees know, during the last Summit, we changed from 45 minute to 30 minute sessions. That worked well for some presentations, but was a bit too short for some others.  Hence, we are exploring the possibility that we will have a blend of 30 minute and 45 minute presentations; no decision yet.  

The planning committee is also hoping to ramp up the “new technology” sessions which allowed companies to talk for 15 minutes about some of the newer IMI technologies that are being developed but are not yet available commercially.

We are also looking for new blood for the planning committee to help us vet speaker abstracts, slides, and as always help to moderate and facilitate the sessions.  If you are interested and are able to commit between 50 and 100 hours of volunteer work over a period of 6-8 months, then respond to this article at the IJ and we will add your name to the list of potential volunteers.  The planning committee will meet again at the April Standards meeting.

As a reminder from the last SCIMI highlights from the Spring Meeting, the big news is that...