The symposium program committee is pleased to announce this year’s WWAC2018 program:
(see also alphabetical technical speakers list)
Monday, August 6, 2018
| 8:00am-4:00pm | IACS Cybersecurity Operations & Maintenance: Secure Your Control System (day 1 of 2)* |
| 8:00am-4:00pm | Overview of Grounding and Noise Reduction for Control Equipment (1 day)* |
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
| 8:00am-4:00pm | IACS Cybersecurity Operations & Maintenance: Secure Your Control System (day 2 of 2)* |
| 8:00am-1:00pm | Early Symposium Registration & Badge Pick-Up |
| 1:00pm-5:00pm | Tour of Treatment Plant (transportation provided)** |
* Short courses are optional. Separate course registration required.
** Limited capacity on tour. Tour bus leaves from hotel lobby. Invitations will be sent out 3 weeks prior to tour to registered symposium attendees. RSVP required.
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
| 7:00am | Registration, Badge Pick-up, & Breakfast | |
| 8:00am | Opening Remarks | |
| 8:15am | Keynote Speaker HRSD’s Vision for Advanced Water Treatment and Managed Aquifer Recharge in Eastern Virginia, USA: Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow (SWIFT) Charles B. Bott, PhD, PE, BCEE – Director of Water Technology and Research, Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) – view abstract |
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| 9:00am | Invited Speaker NIST Cybersecurity Framework Matt Barrett – Program Manager, Cybersecurity Framework, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
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| 9:45am | Coffee Break & Exhibits | |
| Track 1 | Track 2 | |
| 10:30am | Improve Plant Efficiencies & Reduce Energy Costs with Reliable and Consistent Online Nutrient Monitoring for Biological Wastewater Processes Jay Mershon – Endress+Hauser Kelvin Hurdle – Rockwell Automation – view abstract |
Incorporating CyberSecurity into Water Utility Master Planning Umair T. Masud – Rockwell Automation Kevin M. Morley, PhD – AWWA – view abstract |
| 11:00am | Keep Those Bioreactor’s Bugs Happy at Night: WWTP Flow Equalization Using Existing CSO Sites Maxym Lachance, P.Eng. – Tetra Tech Abhishek Bhargava, M.Sc., P.Eng. – EPCOR Water Services – view abstract |
Cybersecurity Before the Budget Scott Reynolds, PE, CAP – Johns Manville – view abstract |
| 11:30am | Online Organics Monitoring for Rapid Process Control of Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment Operations Amanda Scott – Suez Water Technologies & Solutions, Analytical Instruments – view abstract |
Cybersecurity Certification Programs have Matured Ted Stewart – exida Michael Medoff – exida – view abstract |
| 12:00pm | Lunch & Exhibits | |
| 1:00pm | Ultra-Low-Level Turbidity Meters for Determining Continuous Membrane Integrity Carlos Williams – Hach Dave N. Commons – Hach Melody Whiter – Hach Bob Dabkowski – Hach- view abstract |
Leading water utilities who’ve successfully navigated the digital journey to true smart water Gary Wong, PE, MBA, CPA – OSIsoft – view abstract |
| 1:30pm | Pressure Instrumentation Installation Tips for Challenging Applications David Dlugos – Ashcroft Inc. – view abstract |
Where Do Intelligent Water Systems Fit in the Smart City Movement? Insights From The IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community Amro M. Farid, Ph.D. – Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth Barry Liner, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE – Water Environment Federation Amymarie R. Corriveau, CBAP – CDM Smith – view abstract |
| 2:00pm | Taking Calibration to the Next Level: Using Documenting Calibrators Joel Gregory, CCST-III – DC Water Robert Hopkins, CCST-II – DC Water Francisco Morales, CCST-II – DC Water – view abstract |
Where Do Intelligent Water Systems Fit in the Smart City Movement? Insights From The IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community Smart Cities Panel Discussion moderated by Barry Liner |
| 2:30pm |
Coffee Break & Exhibits |
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| 3:30pm | Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Jennifer M. Mansfield, PMP – Rockwell Automation – view abstract |
SCADA: Your Most Critical Asset Dean Ford, CAP, PE – Westin Technology Solutions, LLC – view abstract |
| 4:00pm | Crossing the chasm with information integration interoperability and the industrial internet-of-things leveraging the strategic industry standards Thomas Burke – OPC Foundation – view abstract |
Cloud-Based SCADA Solution to Monitor Storm Water Pumping G. Mike Stoup, PE – McKim & Creed Mark Jones, PE – Department of Public Works, City of Virginia Beach Jason Davis, PE – McKim & Creed – view abstract |
| 4:30pm | Advancing national water systems with safe and secure Industrial IoT applications Goran Novkovic, MSc, ITIL, CQA, CSQE, PEng, APM, PMP – PwC Canada – view abstract |
Surge Protection Devices: Feeling lonely, please think about me! Kalyani Ganesan – Carollo Engineers, Inc Manoj Yegnaraman, PE – Carollo Engineers, Inc – view abstract |
| 5:00pm | General Reception and Cash Bar | |
Thursday, August 9, 2018
| 7:00am | Breakfast | |
| 8:00am | Opening Remarks | |
| 8:10am | Preview of next year’s 2019 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium | |
| 8:15am | AWWA Guest Speaker Kevin Morley, PhD – Manager, Federal Relations, AWWA |
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| 8:25am | WEF Guest Speaker Barry Liner, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE – Director of WEF’s Water Science & Engineering Center |
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| 8:35am | Guest Speakers The 2018 LIFT Intelligent Water Challenge: Using a Challenge Prize to Drive Adoption of Intelligent Water Technology Tad Slawecki – LimnoTech Barry Liner, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE – Director of WEF’s Water Science & Engineering Center – view abstract |
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| 9:00am | Invited Speaker AWWA-J100 Risk Assessments in the Water Sector Patricia Lamb – Program Manager, Office of Emergency Management, DC Water – view abstract |
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| 9:30am | 2017 Water/Wastewater Automatic Control Symposium / Water Wastewater Industry Division Awards | |
| 9:45am | Coffee Break & Exhibits | |
| Track 1 | Track 2 | |
| 10:30am | DC Water’s SCADA Infrastructure Standardization Program – Paving the Way into the Future Mark Cusac, PE – CDM Smith Samant Garg, PE – DC Water Duncan Mukira, PE – DC Water Matt Lick – CDM Smith Josh Gelman, PE – CDM Smith – view abstract |
Don’t Let Cyber Attacks Leave You “Dead in the Water” Chris Grove – Indegy – view abstract |
| 11:00am | Facility P&ID Drawings: What they are and Why you need them! Graham Nasby, P.Eng, PMP, CAP – City of Guelph Water Services – view abstract |
Secure PHA Review for Managing ICS Risks Jim Gilsinn – Kenexis – view abstract |
| 11:30am | SCADA + Integrated Asset Management = Cost Savings Alan Hudson – Trihedral Engineering – view abstract |
The need to monitor process sensors for security & safety Joe Weiss – Applied Control Solutions Andy Pascoe – SIGA OT Solutions |
| 12:00pm | Lunch & Exhibits | |
| 1:00pm | Using DNP3 to Solve Water & Wastewater Remote SCADA Challenges Philip Aubin – Schneider Electric – Process Automation, SCADA & Telemetry – view abstract |
Why Operational Technology (OT) Deep Packet Inspection is Necessary for Comprehensive SCADA Security Ben Garber – Ultra Electronics, 3eTI – view abstract |
| 1:30pm | Beyond Modbus: Designing SCADA with Other Open SCADA Protocols Jacob Brodsky, PE – Jacobs, National Security Solutions – view abstract |
Cyber Secure & More! Jason Hamlin – Lynchburg Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Carter Farley, PE – InstruLogic LLC – view abstract |
| 2:00pm | Need more data for asset management & process improvements? Look in your own back yard Jason Norris – Phoenix Contact Dave Eifert – Phoenix Contact – view abstract |
Strathcona County Utilities SCADA system upgrade Mark A Williams, CCST – Strathcona County Utilities – view abstract |
| 2:30pm |
Coffee Break & Exhibits |
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| 3:00pm | Machine Learning for Optimized Plant Operations James Ruiz – ITG Technologies Yandy Perez-Ramos – ITG Technologies – view abstract |
Implementing E-Logging at Thames Water Utilities David Dollar – j5 North America Anthony Tyler – Thames Water Utilities Jeremy Westwood – j5 International Ltd. – view abstract |
| 3:30pm | Extracting Value from Data in Real-time Oliver Schraa – inCTRL Solutions Inc. Christian Hübner – ifak e.V. Nico Suchold – ifak e.V. Leiv Rieger, PhD, P.Eng. – inCTRL Solutions Inc. Ivan Miletic – inCTRL Solutions Inc. – view abstract |
Summary of the King County, Washington, West Point WWTP Flood of 2017 Brian Lee Mast, PE – Copper Bell Consulting LLC – view abstract |
| 4:05pm -4:20pm |
Closing Remarks / Symposium Wrap-Up | |