The symposium program committee is pleased to announce this year’s WWAC2012 program:
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
| 8:00am-3:30pm | Automation & SCADA Security Short Course |
| 3:45pm-6:30pm | Tour of Southern Regional Water Supply Facility |
| 6:30pm | Free Evening |
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
| 7:15am | Registration & Breakfast |
| 7:45am | Opening Remarks |
| 8:00am | Welcome from ISA President Bob Lindeman – view bio |
| 8:15am | Keynote Speaker: Facing Utility Challenges: Managing Risk and Addressing Aging Infrastructure Needs Celine Hyer, Principal, Malcolm Pirnie/ARCADIS – view_abstract |
| 8:45am | Invited Speaker An Overview of ISA99 for the Water or Wastewater SCADA Specialist Bryan Singer, Principal Security Consultant, Kenexis Security Corporation – view_abstract |
| 9:15am | Securing Critical Control Systems in the Water Sector – Where do I begin? Don Dickinson, Phoenix Contact – view_abstract |
| 9:45am | Using Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET) for a Wastewater Treatment Plant Bob Dusza, Manchester Water & Sewer Dept, Manchester, Connecticut – view_abstract |
| 10:15am | Coffee Break & Exhibits |
| 10:30am | Wastewater Plant Process Protection: Process Hazard Analysis Thomas McGovern, Broward County Water and Wastewater Sevices, Florida – view abstract |
| 11:00am | Improving Water and Wastewater SCADA Cyber Security: Based on Work Performed for Large and Small Utilities Bill Phillips and Norman Anderson, CH2M HILL – view abstract |
| 11:30am | Mobile Devices for SCADA Integration and Beyond: Considerations, Security and Applications Pavol Segedy and Brandon Erndt, Brown & Caldwell – view abstract |
| 12:00pm | Lunch & Exhibits |
| 1:15pm | Solar Powered Wirelss Sensors & Instrumentation Michael Macchiarelli, Imagine Instruments – view abstract |
| 1:45pm | HMI Testing of Multiple PLCs Using Simulations on Virtual Machines Marcelo Avendano and Kevin Patel, CDM Smith – view abstract |
| 2:15pm | High Fidelity Extended Period Dynamic Simulation in Development and Testing of Control Systms for Water Treatment and Distribution Facilities Creig Wilson and Jared Thorpe, CH2M HILL – view_abstract |
| 2:45pm | Poster Session, Coffee & Exhibits |
| 4:00pm | Successful SCADA Specifying and Implementation for Water and Wastewater Projects Robert Reinhart, ControlsLink – view_abstract |
| 4:30pm | FOUNDATION Fieldbus Provides a Unified Solution for Remote Operations Management Larry O’Brien, Fieldbus Foundation – view abstract |
| 5:00pm | Development an Integration Business Solution with Telemetry and GIS Michael Waddell, CDM Smith and Isabel Szendrey, Puerto Rico Water Authority – view abstract |
| 5:30pm | General Reception and Cash Bar |
Thursday, August 9, 2012
| 7:15am | Breakfast |
| 7:45am | Opening Remarks |
| 7:50am | Welcome from the ISA Tampa Section Bob Reinhart, President, ISA Tampa Section |
| 8:00am | Invited Speaker: The High Performance HMI – Better Graphics for Operations Excellence Bill Hollifield, Principal HMI Consultant, PAS – view_abstract |
| 8:45am | Guest Speaker Automation Technology Trends in the Wastewater Sector Tom DeLaura, Chair, WEF Automation and Info Tech Committee –view_abstract |
| 9:00am | Guest Speaker Florida Drinking Water Trends and Automation Trends Kim Kunihiro, Orange County Utilities, on behalf of the Florida Section of the AWWA – view_abstract |
| 9:15am | Common Pitfalls that Affect Water and Wastewater Instrumentation, Control and Automation Systems Francisco Alcala and Tim Wiley, CDM Smith – view abstract |
| 9:45am | Integrated Process Control & Management Systems: Creating More Effective Working Environments Mark Presti, Gray Matter Systems – view abstract |
| 10:15am | Coffee Break & Exhibits |
| 10:30am | Hybrid RO & Softening Water Treatment Plant Process Design Ali Farahmand, Nassir Gifani, and Mohsen Fariva, ToosAb Consulting, Iran – view abstract |
| 11:00am | Flowmeter Challenges in a Multi-Pass Reverse Osmosis System Chris Caglioti and Andrew Fenske, City of Cape Coral; and David Ramsey, AMJ Eqiupment Corp. – view abstract |
| 11:30am | Should we Keep DO for Nitrification Control? The Proof is in the Ammonium Electrodes Robert Lagrange, Lagrange Consulting; Sue Baert, Wheaton Sanitary District; Amanda Poole and Dave Green, Baxter & Woodman Inc; Nick Camin, Endress+Hauser – view abstract |
| 12:00pm | Lunch & Exhibits |
| 1:15pm | Modernization and Improved Operations: Process Automation Upgrade of the Gilder Creek WWTP Scott Whitmore, CDM Smith; Blake Visin, Renewewable Water Resources (ReWa) – Greenville, SC – view abstract |
| 1:45pm | Efficient Control of Potable Water Distribution Raed Al Nuaimi, Rajendra Kumar Ramakrishnan, and Mohammed Barghothi, AECOM (United Arab Emirates) – view_abstract |
| 2:15pm | Optimization of Wastewater Lift Station for Reduction of Energy Usage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions David Wilcoxson, MWH Americans and Travis Crane, JEA, Jacksonville, Florida – view abstract |
| 2:45pm | Poster Session, Coffee & Exhibits |
| 3:30pm | The Role of Rugged HMIs in Water and Wastewater Plants Jeff Hayes, Beijer Electronics – view_abstract |
| 4:00pm | SCADA Upgrades to Otay Water Treatment Plant Noune Garounts, MWH Global – view abstract |
| 4:30pm | So you have SCADA, what’s next? Grant Van Hermet, Schneider-Electric – view abstract |
| 5:00pm | Asset Tracking and Revision Control for Automated Water/Wastewater Control Systems Blair Sooley, Trihedral Engineering – view abstract |
| 5:30pm | Overview of Applicable ISA Standards to the Water and Wastewater Sectors Graham Nasby, Eramosa Engineering – view abstract |
| 6:00pm | Closing Remarks |
Poster Session – Wed, Aug 8, 2:45pm-4:00pm
- Planning and Designing SCADA Systems for Wastewater Collection Optimization
Norman Anderson, CH2M HILL – view abstract - more poster abstracts will be posted shortly.