The year 2005 was the 30^th anniversary year of the Combustion Turbine Operations Task Force (CTOTF) and a year in which the CTOTF expanded beyond its current borders to more fully meet the technical networking needs of turbine users around the world. These are significant milestones in the CTOTF’s rich heritage and worth celebrating. 

In preparation for the 30^th anniversary, the CTOTF Leadership Team implemented some exciting changes to the structure of the CTOTF conference format in 2004. These changes are designed to improve the quality of our sessions.

The objectives of the changes are:

•  To reinforce the fundamental philosophy that the CTOTF is turbine user centric, and a separate and distinct organization from any other membership organization associated with the power industry.

•  To involve more of the turbine community to better meet their technical needs; and,

•  To implement a new CTOTF program that provides participating vendors a platform to share their products, services, or solutions with end users while supporting and furthering the goals CTOTF.

We have started a new spouse group named “SWANS” (Spouses Who Are Naturally Sensational), which is proving to be successful in encouraging spouses to accompany the attendees to the meetings.  Prior to the institution of this group, spousal attendance would average between 8 and 12 spouses per meeting.

Our 30^th Anniversary year was celebrated with special programs in Annapolis, Maryland, the week of April 3^rd, and in Banff, Alberta, CANADA, the week of October 3^rd. The Annapolis Forum was hosted by Constellation Energy (Rich Evans).  The Banff Forum was  unhosted.

The 33rd Annual Spring Turbine Forum and Trade Show 2008 will be held Mach 16-20, at The Westin Savannah Harbor Resort in Savannah, GA.  The Fall Turbine Forum and Trade Show will be held September 14-19, 2008 at the Hilton El Conquistador, in Tuscon, AZ.  Please plan on attending one or both of these vital Turbine Forums.

The CTOTF is a vibrant users organization –

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