The program committee is pleased to announce the list technical speakers for this year’s 2016 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium:
(see also program schedule)
Featured Speakers
| Keynote Speaker | It’s Not Just a Job – It’s Your Passion! – view abstract Steven D. Drew, Director of Water Resources Department, City of Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Invited Speaker | ISA 101: Human Machine Interfaces for Process Automation Systems – view abstract Greg Lehmann, CAP, Process Automation Technical Manager, AECOM |
| Invited Speaker | Applying the Automation Competency Model – view abstract Dean Ford, P.E., CAP, Executive Vice President, Westin Engineering, Inc. |
| Guest Speaker | Demystifying Cyber Attacks on ICS: How They Work and How to Use Engineered and Cyber Layer of Protections – view abstract Bryan L. Singer, CISSP, CAP, Principal Investigator, Kenexis |
| AWWA Guest Speaker | Water Sector Approach to Cybersecurity – view abstract Kevin M. Morley, PhD., Security & Preparedness Program Manager, American Water Works Association (AWWA) |
Full Technical Speaker List
| Centralized Control System Architecture – view abstract Hassan Ajami, Process Control & Instrumentation Anil Gosine, Detroit Water & Sewerage Department |
| What Are We Going to Do with All This Data? – view abstract James H. Black, Ph.D, Braincube NA |
| Calibration Evolution and Revolution-A Case History – view abstract Chris Caglioti, City of Cape Coral Florida, North RO Plant |
| The Lego Principle – Modular Approach to Water Processing Control & Automation – view abstract Craig Correia, Festo Corporation |
| Cybersecurity – Going Beyond Protection – view abstract Don Dickinson, Phoenix Contact |
| Fieldbus Implementation at a Wastewater Treatment Plant – view abstract Robert J. Dusza, Jr., Manchester Water & Sewer |
| Cybersecurity: How much is enough – view abstract Michael H. Firstenberg, Waterfall Security Solutions |
| CASE Study for the Replacement of a Distribution SCADA System – view abstract Dean Foote, P.E., EMA,Inc. Terry Draper, P.E., PMP, EMA, Inc. John J. Mogavero, Erie County Water Authority |
| SCADA is DEAD – view abstract Dean Ford, P.E., CAP, Westin Engineering, Inc. |
| Designing ISA 62443 Cybersecurity compliant Virtual Machine (VM) architectures – view abstract Kenneth Frische, AE Solutions |
| Energy Savings while Eliminating Fugitive Emissions – view abstract Thomas Hoven, CH2M Hill |
| Alarms Management in Utility-wide SCADA Systems – view abstract Alan Hudson, Trihedral |
| Water Industry Cyber Security Trends and Tools – view abstract Stephen Liebrecht, Rockwell Automation |
| Leveraging Ethernet and process control technology advancements to extend critical asset life – view abstract Stephen Liebrecht, Rockwell Automation |
| Practical SCADA Cyber Security Lifecycle Steps – view abstract Jim McGlone, GICSP, Kenexis |
| Meeting the Requirements of NFPA 820, Standard for Fire Protection in Wastewater Treatment and Collection Facilities – view abstract Paul J. McGuire, P.E. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) |
| Lowering Lifecycle Costs with Intelligent Motor Control Centers – view abstract Jeff M. Miller, P.E., Schneider Electric |
| Embracing Change: Using High Performance Graphics to Improve Operations – A Case Study – view abstract Jonathan Mitchell, P.E., CDM Smith |
| Designing a Control Strategy to Automate a Solids Handling Process in a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) – view abstract Brent Mitchell, P.Eng., Dave Shook and Associates Ltd. Sreekanth Lalgudi, M.Sc. P.Eng. PMP, CAP, EPCOR Water Services Inc. |
| Data Diode Cybersecurity Implementation Protects SCADA Network and Facilitates Transfer of Operations Information to Business Users – view abstract Ron Mraz, Owl Computing Technologies |
| What I learned in a decade deploying firewalls on control systems – view abstract Joe Page, Waterfall Security Solutions Michael H. Firstenberg, Waterfall Security Solutions |
| Operational Blindspots: Why Securing Critical Infrastructure Starts with Improved Visibility – view abstract Mille Gandelsman, Indegy |
| Measuring Gravity Sewer Flow Accurately – view abstract Albert J. Royster, |
| Utility Success Story – Integrated System Architecture – view abstract Biren Saparia, Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) Hassan Ajami, Process Control & Instrumentation (PCI) |
| Wireless Flexible Peer-To-Peer SCADA – view abstract Robert J Shull, P.E., CAP, Custom Controls Unlimited, Inc. |
| System-Wide SCADA Documentation to Prepare for Disaster Recovery – view abstract G. Mike Stoup, P.E., McKim & Creed, Inc. |
| CyberSecurity – What do I Need to Do? – view abstract Richard Witucki, Schneider Electric |
| Using Data Analytics to Monitor and Reduce Energy Consumption – view abstract Stephen Wortendyke, Black & Veatch |
