Aconex has posted a free webinar discussing the finer points of process management in energy industry projects.

The provider says participants will see IIR’s outlook for the oil land gas industry, hear how Fluor manages key processes on complex projects, and get a brief look at how Aconex can put you in control.

Chris Perkins, Interface Manager at Fluor, discusses improving productivity and accountability on selected projects. Jared R. Rastegar, System Consultant with Aconex, discusses handling critical processes such as interface management and design reviews. And Jesus Davis, VP of Oil & Gas Research at IIR, gives an overview of market conditions and trends in the Oil & Gas sector worldwide.

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Platts presents a free on-demand webinar discusses the role the Gulf Coast of the United States plays in supplying refine petroleum products to the world.

The U.S. Gulf Coast has become the world’s factory floor for refined products. The region has many of the most complex refineries in the world, Platt’s says on its website. They are able to feed off cheap crude from the shale revolution. And they can spit out massive amounts of clean products onto an immense system of pipelines and ports. The result is quick product movement to far-flung parts of the world at competitive costs.

The webinar covers:

• ULSD is king of the barrel in the US
• U.S. becoming net exporter of gasoline
• LPG, naphtha and more heading offshore
• Domestic demand, too, as U.S. product pipelines max out

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Seal Software offers a free on-demand webinar on contract fundamentals needed to extract the maximum value from your contracts.

On its website, Seal says whether your interest lies in procurement, sales, finance, legal or elsewhere, in order to extract the maximum value from your contracts, you must be able to answer the following fundamental questions:

• How many contracts do you have and where are they located?
• Can you quickly and easily locate specific contracts or clauses in the event of a critical occurrence?
• Do you know which of your contracts or provisions buried in your contracts pose the greatest risk?
• Are you missing out on cost savings and revenue opportunity hidden in your contracts?

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Kroll Ontrack presents a complimentary on-demand webinar discussing successful e-discovery on a multi-national project

E-discovery is approached differently in almost every country around the world, and international ediscovery best practices are evolving quickly in response to international litigation and investigations, the company says on its website, eDiscovery.com. “Knowing the country’s approach to ediscovery is integral to ensuring that a multi-national ediscovery project goes smoothly.”

Topics include:

• The biggest differences in approaches to ediscovery in the US, EU and APAC
• How the extraterritorial effect of US regulation affects global companies’ ediscovery tactics
• Techniques for managing ediscovery in international cases and on multiple fronts

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The International Association for Contract & Commercial Management will present a three-week online course designed to help participants better understand what is involved in commercial business relationships, and the process of managing contractual agreements.

Contract Management: Build Relationships in Business, starting April 27, is a free online course, available to all, developed by IACCM in partnership with the University of Southampton, the UK Cabinet Office and Civil Service Learning.

Topics include:

• Relationship fundamentals; the things that can go right or wrong in commercial relationships
• The rules that govern public and private sector procurement
• The complexities of supply chains and networks that are a feature of many contracts
• How to manage interdependencies and the needs of multiple stakeholders
• Judgement and the data needed to inform it

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How many electronic devices used in your organization store electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI)? If you work in a healthcare setting, this is not easily answered. While there has been considerable attention paid to ePHI stored on computers and networked servers, and recent attention given to portable devices like tablets and cell phones, one class of ePHI bearing technology remains rather mysterious – medical devices.

The Compliancy Group will present a webinar that shines a light on medical device data storage and introduces ePHI breach risks in direct patient care, clinical lab, and medical imaging settings. A brief case study for each setting will be presented.

The free webinar will be Tuesday, April 21, 2-3:30 p.m. Eastern time.

The presenter will beRay Davey, Chief Technology Officer for Maxxum, Inc., a technology asset disposition company near Minneapolis, MN. His career includes working for technology product and service companies like Hewlett-Packard, EDS, Cap Gemini, and others. As Maxxum’s CTO, his primary focus is helping clients manage risk associated with data bearing technology assets scheduled to exit their organizations.

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A free on-demand webinar from the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy compares the carbon intensity of natural gas and diesel long haul trucks.

On its website, the Institute says the webinar also explores the contribution of different assumptions, such as methane leakage, engine efficiency and natural gas storage — to the well-to-wheels carbon intensity of natural gas trucks.

Additionally, the webinar examines how to calculate the break-even methane leakage for natural gas trucks and the extent to which renewable natural gas can improve the climate performance of NGV trucks.

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A webinar from DTI will present a case law update that explores recent court decisions related to eDiscovery. These cases impact tactics and strategies organizations should consider to help control their eDiscovery costs and risks.

The free webinar will be Wednesday, April 22, at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

Samantha Green of DTI will moderate a distinguished panel which will cover over a dozen recent important decisions, DTI says on its website. Topics covered will include sanctions, scope of discovery, predictive coding, proportionality and the ethical obligation of attorneys to understand eDiscovery.

Presenters will include Ruth Hauswirth, Special Counsel and Director of Litigation and E-Discovery Services, Cooley LLP; Jennifer Feldman, Of Counsel, DLA Piper; Daniel Fox, Partner, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; and Shawnda Grady, Associate, Blank Rome LLP.

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Epiance Software will present a webinar April 14 to show how hundreds of companies, including HP, Accenture, Samsung, RBS, CapGemini and many more, use Epiplex500 for a range of transformation initiatives such as ERP rollouts and upgrades, knowledge transfer during BPO transitioning stages, documentation of process best practices and certification of user competency levels prior to go-live stage for key business transformations.

The 60-minute webinar will be Tuesday, April 14, beginning at 10 a.m. Central time.

Participants in the webinar will :

1. See how dramatic savings in time and costs can be achieved by using Epiplex to develop and deliver content for learning and knowledge transfer for your application rollouts and upgrades.
2. Learn how change management efforts can be made significantly less expensive and time consuming.
3. Learn how user competency levels can be dramatically increased through multiple mode interactions with simulations of your new business application platform.
4. See how you can automate the process of certifying user competency levels by tracking user interaction with simulations and other learning content.
5. Learn how you can gain 80% + savings in time and cost in all your documentation creation efforts.
6. Learn how electronic performance support – contextual, just-in-time support can significantly improve user performance in executing business processes and cut down on help desk costs

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Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP presents a complimentary webinar, “Practical and Ethical Issues in Compensating Fact Witnesses: Are the Benefits Worth the Headache?” presented by Eric L. Broxterman. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at 9:00 am PDT / 10:00 am MDT / 11:00 am CDT / 12:00 noon EDT.

Not only expert witnesses request payment for their time preparing for trial and their testimony, as once was the trend. Now fact witnesses with special knowledge about the case sometimes expect to be compensated as well. Although rules regarding compensation of fact witnesses have loosened over the years, such payments are not unconstrained. ABA Model Rule 3.4 (b) and the Federal Anti-Gratuity Statute provide some guidance on this topic, but have been criticized for being too vague.

In this webinar, you will learn practical advice on how to structure payments to fact witnesses, how to disclose such payments to opposing counsel, and other procedures that will not only help deflect the unavoidable appearance of impropriety associated from such payments, but will also help prevent sanctions from the court.

During the webinar, we will discuss the following:

• An overview and interpretation of rules and statutes relating to compensation of fact witnesses
• Exemplary legal opinions dealing with such compensation
• Structuring and disclosing payments
• Sanctions and other ramifications if compensation is done incorrectly

Our speaker will be Fitch Even partner Eric L. Broxterman. Eric is a litigator with extensive trial experience in patent cases. A registered patent attorney, he also counsels clients on patent prosecution, infringement/invalidity opinions, and IP transactional issues.

CLE credit has been approved for California and Illinois and is pending in Nebraska. Ethics credit is also pending in those states. Other states may award CLE credit upon attendee request. There is no fee to attend, but please note registration is required.

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In 2015’s climate of low oil prices and lean capex budgets, teams have come up against a hefty challenge: maintain company revenues with fewer wells in operation, says P2 Energy Solutions in its introduction to an on-demand webinar. This test can only be passed when production for these fewer wells is increased and held at the highest level possible. Production-impeding issues of any kind, therefore, need to be pinpointed and corrected quickly.

Grant Eggleton, P2 Vice President of Production Operations Solutions, addresses the importance of exception-based surveillance processes, which pinpoint production anomalies and alert teams to these issues in near real time.

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A webinar from DNV GL revealed findings from the firm’s global industry-wide survey “Beyond Integration” and shed light on three dynamics reshaping renewables and the grid for the energy transition.

DNV GL gathered views from more than 1,600 energy sector participants across 71 countries on a scenario in which renewables account for 70% of power sector generation. The results shed light on three dynamics reshaping renewables and the grid for the energy transition.

DNV GL’s Fliss Jones, principal author of our new Beyond Integration report, hosted the webinar to explore the findings of the research and the startling implications for electricity market participants across the world.

Fliss was joined by leading Energy Storage expert Dr. Ali Nourai and Future Grid visionary Peter Vaessen, who will explore what our findings mean for the future of electricity.

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A free on-demand webinar from Thompson Coburn explains the background, the issues, and the rules that apply to licensing in the government arena.

Protecting one’s valuable intellectual property is critical to a contractor’s survival in the federal marketplace, and understanding the basics of licensing, as applied to both prime contractors and subcontractors, should play a major role in a contractor’s approach, the firm says on its website.

Presenters are Jeff Newman and Kevin Kercher.

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A free on-demand webinar offered by P2Energy Solutions shows how you can uncover hidden opportunities through reserves visualizations and get the most out of the current market.

Low oil prices have upstream oil and gas companies scrambling to remain profitable in the face of shutdowns and restructurings, the company says on its website. Deciding what to develop, acquire, or divest in volatile market conditions is a challenge. Shrewd companies, however, are identifying opportunities through sound insight enabled by modern business intelligence tools.

The 25-minute webinar covers:

• Gaining a deeper understanding of analysis techniques
• Maximizing value while minimizing costs
• Identifying the best drilling opportunities

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An all-day webinar presented by Paycor — and now offered on-demand — features a series of one-hour sessions focused on the topics that are most relevant to today’s business leaders, from the Affordable Care Act to employee engagement and retention. The series consists of six separate webcasts that can be viewed individually.

On its website, Paycor says HR industry experts and thought leaders shared their guidance and recommendations with more than 4,000 attendees.

Jennifer Bellin, vice president of marketing for Paycor, said, “We were thrilled that so many people were able to attend our HR & Compliance Web Summit this year. But, we knew that even more companies could benefit from the insights and practical advice delivered by our panel of experts. We are pleased to offer all of the sessions on our website so that others can gain a deeper understanding of the complicated HR and compliance issues affecting their organizations today.”

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The University of California at Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy has posted a complimentary webinar on role of natural gas on trucking in the United States, presenting new research by the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies.

Presenters are Amy Myers Jaffe and Rosa Dominguez-Faus.

Discussion focuses on the feasibility that natural gas could be utilized to provide fuel cost savings, geographic supply diversity and environmental benefits for the U.S. heavy-duty trucking sector and explore whether natural gas can enable a transition to lower carbon transport fuels. The webinar includes a presentation and opportunity to ask questions.

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Crude oil prices have fallen to four-year lows, potentially impacting the North American energy renaissance. But how did this low-price environment impact merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for oil and gas companies in 2014, and what will low oil and gas prices in 2015 mean for the future?

Deloitte presents a free on-demand webinar discussing:

• M&A deals by subsector, including upstream, midstream, downstream, and oilfield services, domestically and globally.
• Key issues and risks that buyers focus on when considering transactions.
• Insights into what recent deals reveal about future M&A activity in the oil and gas sector.

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A free on-demand webinar posted by Steptoe & Johnson provides an overview of Division Order Title Opinions (DOTOs) and how they can be utilized, with a focus on the differences from basin to basin and customization to individual producer needs.

Presenters are Kevin W. DeHart and Kacie M. Bevers.

This webcast also covers:

• An overview of the mechanics of a DOTO
• Differences in DOTOs among different basins and producers
• Benefits of DOTOs among different basins and producers
• The role of DOTOs in reducing the risk of a given producer

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Warm Thoughts Communications presents a free on-demand webinar designed to help marketers make ends meet amid falling oil prices.

The presenter is senior consultant Ed Cardell.

The webinar addresses customer questions about how fast prices fall, higher fixed prices, and developing plans to adjust budgets, as well as helping customer service reps deal with unhappy customers asking questions about their prices.

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Oil & Gas Journal presents a free on-demand webcast looking at how global LNG trade will be affected over the next 12-24 months by falling crude oil prices and changing patterns and pressures of demand.

The Journal says the webinar discusses: Will US LNG production play a role in balancing markets? Or will it add to a growing global oversupply of LNG for markets remote from easier natural gas supply? Will new buyers with marginal credit, smaller requirements, or great need for flexibility begin to look attractive to suppliers? How will high-cost, mega-projects in Australia respond to new construction cost trends?

Presenters are James T. Jensen President of Jensen Associates, and James F. Bowe, Jr., Partner in King & Spalding’s Global Energy Practice.

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