Kevin Patel and Graham Nasby from the ISA Water/Wastewater Division were in Chicago Illinois for the annual 2015 WEFTEC wastewater treatment show on Sept 28-30, 2015. As the largest water quality event in the world, WEFTEC boasts over 1200 exhibitors and 22,000 attendees every year. Kevin and Graham were on hand to host a special “Highlights of the ISA Water/Wastewater Symposium” that showcased papers on the topics of Alarm Management and High Peformance HMIs. Also on hand Tom DeLaura, a long-time ISA and WEF volunteer, who helped by moderating the session and fielding questions from the audience.
The papers in the session were:
Speaker #1:
“Effectively Deploying Alarm Management to SCADA Systems: How to realize the benefits of ISA-18.2 in systems that were never designed for it”
— Graham Nasby, Eramosa – abstract
Speaker #2:
“The Art of the HMI is Changing: Migrating an Existing HMI Application for Situational Awareness”
— Kevin Patel, Signature Automation – abstract
Speaker #3:
“Achieving Operator Buy-In of High Performance Graphics: lessons learned in Lynchburg, VA”
— Jason Hamlin, City of Lynchburg VA, and Carter Farley, Instrulogic – abstract
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Some photos from the session, WEFTEC and exploring Chicago are included below:
