Steering Committee 2024

Chairman

Mr Bruno MartinDear valve industry peers,

In the 20 years that I have participated in VW conferences, I have always appreciated their excellent level of technical content, but also the quality of exchanges.

The world is changing. We see these changes most clearly in the world of energy, but the need for valves remains. The valve industry must adapt and face many challenges. New players are emerging, as well as new needs, such as a very high demand for cost reduction.

The Valve World conference is a unique place of exchange between end users, manufacturers, and engineers. This year, the topics will revolve around the three highlights: energy transition, standardisation, and digitalisation.

I would like to invite and encourage all of you in the valve industry to send in your abstracts and ideas and think of suitable topics that are important to you.

We’ll make sure that the Valve World 2024 conference will maintain its exceptionally high quality.

Best regards,

Bruno Martin,
Technip Energies

Below you will find the Steering Committee of the Valve World Conference 2024.

Tomoharu Ishii

Tomoharu Ishii

Position: KITZ Corporation
Categories: Steering Committee 2024

Tomoharu Ishii

KITZ Corporation

Tony Smart

Position: Neway
Categories: Steering Committee 2024

Tony Smart, with 40+ years in Oil & Gas, spent 35 years at Shell leading global valve teams. In Feb 2023, he became VP of Valve Engineering at Neway Valve, marking a new chapter in his rich professional journey.

Tony Smart

Neway

Tony Smart, with 40+ years in Oil & Gas, spent...

Thijs van Munster

Thijs Van Munster

Position: MRC Global
Categories: Steering Committee 2024

Thijs Van Munster

MRC Global

Thomas Wagner

Position: Framatome
Categories: Steering Committee 2024

As a graduate from the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germany, Mr. Wagner started his career at Organic Power ASA, Norway; as a Commissioning- and R&D-Engineer for Small Scale Plants for Municipal Waste.
Since 2003, he is working for Framatome GmbH (former AREVA, Framatome ANP, Siemens, KWU), at Karlstein, Germany.
Mr. Wagner is the Engineering Supervisor at the accredited Components Qualification Department. As a Senior Test Engineer he gained experiences in testing of fuel elements, containment venting systems, passive safety systems, pressurizer heaters, Reactor Coolant Pump seal systems and various types of valve assemblies (Safety Valves, Main Steam Isolation Valves, control valves, etc.).
Mr. Wagner works together closely with customers from America, Europe and Asia; from the “request for quotation” until the delivery of the Test Data Report.

Thomas Wagner

Framatome

As a graduate from the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt,...