HA Users Group Annual Conference 2025

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USER ATTENDEE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

User Attendee Conference Fee
$425.00 USD (Registrations received by Thursday, July 03, 2025)
$475.00 USD (Registrations received Friday, July 04, 2025 or later)

USER ATTENDEES MUST OWN/OPERATE A 7HA OR 9HA GAS TURBINE ENGINE TO ATTEND. ENGINE MODEL # IS REQUIRED WITHIN THE REGISTRATION AND WILL BE VERIFIED / VALIDATED BY GE VERNOVA.

User Registration button link below will open on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

Register Now

ANY REGISTRATIONS RECEIVED FROM NON-USERS WILL BE CANCELLED IMMEDIATELY AND ASSESSED A $25.00 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.

REGISTRATION MODIFICATIONS: If you need to process a name change or modify the RSVP’s within your registration, please use the link below. You will need the email address in your registration and your confirmation/reference number to access.

User Attendee – Modify Existing Registration

If you need any assistance regarding the online registration process or cancellation of your conference registration, please contact planning.team@sv-events.net.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS

HA Users Group offers Professional Development Hours certificates.

• Maximum number of credit hours of professional development hours (PDHs) available to be secured at the conference will be calculated once we have a final agenda.
• Total number of hours earned will be based on your attendance of the conference presentations and discussion sessions.
• Once your attendance hours are tallied via our online QR-code-enabled system, a certificate will be emailed to you.
• These certificates are widely accepted to fulfill your professional requirements for training and licenses.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

• QR code must be scanned during each session when provided on the screen to receive credit for that session.
• PDHs will not be credited once session has ended, if QR code is not scanned, no exceptions.
• Please allow two weeks post conference for processing.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

This conference offers certificates for Professional Development Hours (PDH’s) for conference attendees. Please see the PDH Tab for more details.

Printable agenda will be available at a later date

Last Update: 2/02/25

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION EVENT

info coming soon…

GE VERNOVA FACILITY TOUR

info coming soon…

CONFERENCE HOTEL

HYATT REGENCY GREENVILLE

220 North Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601
Hotel Phone: +1 (864) 235-1234

Check-In: 4:00 PM
Check-Out: 11:00 AM

Group rate: $182.00/nt. USD + tax

Last day to reserve accommodations at the group rate: Monday, July 14, 2025 (11:59 PM, hotel time) or when group block is full

Reservation Process: Online link will be in your emailed conference registration confirmation / booth registration confirmation, as applicable.

• This link will have the group rate pre-populated.
• If you have difficulty confirming your reservation through the link, please email planning.team@sv-events.net. We may need to ask the hotel for additional rooms in the block for specific nights.
• If the block is full or the hotel is sold out, we will post a note on this page letting everyone know.

Special negotiated concessions for rooms confirmed in the HA group block:

• Group rate honored 3 days pre/post conference dates, based on availability

See standard hotel and room amenities by visiting https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-regency/en-US/gsprg-hyatt-regency-greenville.

Internet:

• Guest rooms: Complimentary wireless internet in guest rooms
• Public areas: Complimentary Wi-Fi in lobby and public areas
• Meeting Space: HA Users Group will have dedicated Wi-Fi in meeting space (with normal email usage)

Parking:

The hotel provides covered valet parking only. Valet parking includes in/out privileges at no additional charge.

• • Valet Overnight with in/out privileges: $28.00

City’s Commons Garage, 60 Beattie Place

• • Electric vehicle charging stations; Adjacent to hotel

Liberty Square Garage, 65 Beattie Place

• • Visit GreenvilleSC.gov for parking rates

Please note: If you do not need a rental car during the conference, you may want to consider one of the alternate forms of transportation shown on the Directions/Travel tab.

TRAVEL

Airport Code: GSP – Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport

• Distance: 14 miles
• Website: https://gspairport.com/

Airport Transportation: This hotel does not provide airport/hotel shuttle service.

Alternate Transportation:

Taxi:

For over 25 years, Eastside Transportation has served the Upstate of South Carolina, Charlotte, Atlanta, Columbia, Asheville, and surrounding areas. Located just one mile from GSP terminal, we offer a range of transportation options, including:

• • Minivan Economy Service
  • Executive Sedans and SUVs
  • Shuttle Bus and Limousine Coach Services

As the Official Ground Transportation provider for Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, our dedicated team and skilled drivers ensure a seamless travel experience.

Whether for corporate events, church groups, or social gatherings, Eastside Transportation delivers style and comfort with our late-model Lincoln, Cadillac, and Ford transit vehicles.

To schedule your next ride, please visit our website for seamless booking. Experience the reliability and excellence of Eastside Transportation today.

Rideshare Options:

Uber/Lyft: Passengers are welcome to use Uber or Lyft. Travelers must make arrangements for drop off or pick up through the apps or online. Vehicles will pick up passengers from the front curb of the terminal.

Helpful Tips for Ride Apps:

• • Wait to request your ride until after you’ve claimed your luggage at baggage claim or have arrived on Level 5.
  • Please use the designated crosswalks to access Island 5 and be aware of vehicle traffic in the area.
  • Ride app drivers are not allowed to solicit customers and payment is made in the mobile app.
  • Rides may only be requested through the mobile apps.
  • Before you get into a ride app vehicle, make sure the license plate, car make and model, and driver name match what is in the app.
  • Rideshare passengers that require extra assistance can request a pickup at the curbside of Level 5 near doors 504, 506, 510 or 512 (west side) or doors 505, 507, 511 or 513 (east side).

Rental Cars:

These companies provide car rental services at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport. Please call them for all your car rental needs.

• • Alamo Car Rental
  • Avis Rent-A-Car
  • Budget Rent-A-Car
  • Dollar Car Rental
  • Enterprise Rent-A-Car
  • Hertz Corporation
  • National Car Rental
  • Thrifty Car Rental

All GE Vernova representative registrations must be completed using the registration link provided to Mary Mendoza at GE Vernova.

Please contact Mary.Mendoza@GE.com to confirm you are approved to attend and obtain the link to register.

The link to confirm hotel accommodations will be in your emailed registration confirmation.

VENDOR PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITIES

Please keep the abstract to a brief description. You may upload a supporting pdf document within the abstract submittal process if you feel the committee needs to see more detail to make a decision. Note: If you are selected to present, your abstract will be seen in the mobile app during the conference. The abstract will serve as an introduction to the presentation topic, not outline the entire presentation. Vendors should use this opportunity to attract Users to their discussion.

Submit Abstract

IMPORTANT DATES/DEADLINES:

• 02/05/25: Link opens to submit an abstract
• 03/28/25: 5:00PM, Eastern – Link to submit abstract closes
• 04/14/25: 5:00 PM, Eastern – All Vendors who submit an abstract through the online link will be notified as to whether or not their abstracts were chosen.
• 07/07/25: Final presentations are due for committee review. A Smartsheet link will be emailed to approved presenters to upload presentation(s).

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

1. Presentations must be technical in nature – addressing design issues, improving performances, troubleshooting, results from RCA studies, etc. Selling and other related activities are limited to the vendor fair only.
2. Presentations must focus on currently available technology/processes/systems/components. Presentation attendees shall not be utilized as a makeshift focus group for future product development…that’s for the vendor fair if you choose.
3. Multiple abstracts may be submitted. While this does not guarantee your company will be chosen to present, it can certainly increase your odds of submitting a hot topic of interest for the upcoming conference.
4. Abstracts will only be accepted through the attached link on this page.
5. The steering committee reserve the right to approve or deny any abstract submitted for the annual conference.
6. Presentation topics may not be changed once chosen by the steering committee. If a topic change is necessary, the steering committee reserves the right to cancel your topic and fill the space with another presentation.
7. All presenting companies are required to be Vendor Fair exhibitors on Tuesday, August 05, 2025.
8. Participating Companies are not allowed to schedule meetings or invite Users to functions during conference scheduled events.
9. Presenters who are not sponsors will have booth registration priority after the sponsors’ early booth registration and prior to the opening of  booth registration for all vendors. See “Vendor Fair” tab for the booth registration schedule.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

• If you are chosen to present and need to cancel, please contact planning.team@sv-events.net.

VENDOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Sponsorship Levels, Fees, and Benefits

Sponsorship opportunities button link below will open at 12:00 PM, Eastern, on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

Purchase Sponsorship

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

• Upload logos in JPG/PNG and EPS formats to the form link in your sponsorship confirmation email by Friday, April 4, 2025.
• Sponsorship payments must be paid in full by Friday, April 11, 2025.
• Sponsors must be exhibitors at the vendor fair on Tuesday, August 05, 2025.
• Sponsors will have booth registration priority. See “Vendor Fair” tab for booth registration schedule.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

• Sponsorships are non-refundable.

VENDOR FAIR

Tuesday, August 05, 2025 (35 booths)
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

VENDOR FAIR FLOOR PLAN:

Interactive Floor Plan

This is an interactive floor plan. You can click on the booths to see who is registered in each booth. You cannot register for a booth from this link. Please go further down this page for the booth registration schedule and link to purchase.

ADVERTISING IN CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Vendors will have an opportunity to purchase ad space in the Users’ conference program at the time of purchasing a booth space. Sponsors will have an opportunity to upgrade ad space included in sponsorships.

Complimentary ads included in sponsorships:

• Diamond Sponsor – Back cover of conference program
• Platinum Sponsors – 2-page spread
• Gold Sponsors – full page
• Silver Plus and Silver Sponsors – half page
• Bronze Sponsors – quarter page

Mechanical Specifications:

1. All fonts must be embedded or converted to outlines.
2. All layers must be flattened before submitting.
3. Resolution must be 300 dpi or higher.
4. Only the outside cover ad has the option of bleeds. Ads placed in the inside pages will not bleed.
5. When using InDesign, export PDF at Press Quality…
   • NO compression
   • NO image downsampling
   • NO color conversion
   • Check the box “All spots to process” in the Ink Manager
6. Color mode must be set as CMYK.
7. When choosing colors, please consider the CMYK color mode. Certain colors are not reproducible using CMYK. If the color you’ve selected is not, it is indicated by an exclamation in the Color Picker window. Clicking on hte exclamation point will automatically select the closest CMYK-friendly neighbor.
8. For solid black areas use these values:
   C: 60%, M: 40%, Y: 40%, K: 100%

Upload: Please use the SmartSheet Form button link below to upload your ad for the conference program by Thursday, June 05, 2025.

Upload your Ad

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

• Ads containing inappropriate language and/or images will be removed from the program. No refund will be issued.
• The Steering Committees reserve the right to refuse any ad they deem inappropriate.
• Ads due Thursday, June 05, 2025.
• Failure to submit ads by the deadline could result in your ad not being included in the program. Refunds will not be issued.

CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY:

• Confirmation – June 05, 2025: Refundable
• June 06, 2025 or later: Non-refundable

Please contact planning.team@sv-events.net with questions regarding conference program advertising.