Pumps and Pipes is a unique collaborative effort between Houston's largest industries to explore potential crossover ideas and extract shared technologies. Houston, one of the US's largest and fastest-growing cities, is closely tied with its two primary industries: medicine and energy. Combined with Houston's higher education community, the city is home to world-class research.

Pumps and Pipes 2 will be held on December 8, 2008 at the University of Houston. The theme for Pumps and Pipes 2 is “The Other Guy’s Toolkit,” and focuses on “tools” which a presenter from one sector, medicine or energy, believes could have an application in the other industry. These tools will range from modifications of existing equipment or practices to visionary out-of-the-box paradigm shifts.

Sponsoring members include ExxonMobil, the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center and the University of Houston.

Using the Other Guy’s Toolkit: Similarities of Pumping Blood, Oil Examined (UH Press Release)
Pumps and Pipes 2 (Methodist page)
Pumps and Pipes 2 (official page)