Event Summary
Learning outcomes:
Engineers will be able to:
- Distinguish between minimum regulatory compliance and the engineer’s broader professional responsibility for public safety.
- Apply ethical reasoning when technical information is incomplete, conflicting, uncertain, or evolving.
- Evaluate ethical issues involving pipeline integrity, MAOP, records, GIS and asset-location accuracy, corrosion, leak management, construction inspection, damage prevention, and management of change.
- Recognize when assumptions, historical practices, missing records, or data limitations require additional investigation.
- Determine appropriate action when technical evidence indicates a credible risk even when regulatory requirements appear to have been satisfied.
- Properly document engineering assumptions, uncertainty, dissenting opinions, and decision rationale.
- Determine when professional responsibility requires additional technical review, escalation, or stopping work.
Core question: If the regulation says you can, but your engineering judgment says you shouldn’t, what is your obligation?
Meet the Instructor
Suzanne Ogle
President and CEO, SGA Natural Gas Association
Suzanne Ogle is a nationally recognized leader in the energy sector, serving as President and CEO of the SGA Natural Gas Association and President of the Gas Machinery Research Council. Known for her visionary leadership and servant heart, Suzanne is a passionate advocate for energy reliability, natural gas innovation, and the people behind the pipeline.
Her career spans boardrooms and breakout sessions, where she’s redefined what it means to convene, train, and advance a modern energy workforce. Under her leadership, SGA has evolved into North America’s premier training hub and industry connector — without ever losing sight of its founding purpose: to serve its members and strengthen the industry.
Suzanne brings data, heart, and humor to every conversation — and her message is always clear: when we lead with values, we build a stronger energy future.
