WWAC2013 Invited Speakers Announced – Bill Hollifield, John Cusimano and P. Hunter Vegas

The symposium committee is pleased to announce the three invited speakers for the 2013 ISA WWAC Symposium:

Bill Hollifield, of PAS, will be giving a follow-up presentation to the “high performance HMIs” talk that he gave this past year. For  our 2013 symposium, Bill will be presenting results of a recent EPRI study about high performance HMIs and how the findings can be applied to our sector.

Joe Cusimano, of exida, will give a “state of the union” address about the current state of cyber security in municipal water plants in the world. John is also the instructor of the optional 2-day in-depth cyber security course that is being offered in conjunction with the symposium.

P. Hunter Vegas, of Avid Solutions, will present an invited talk about how to plan and manage successful SCADA retrofit projects.  Mr. Vegas also recently authored a book entitled “100 Tips for Successful Automation Career” (available at www.isa.org/books).

For more information about the invited talks and the speakers themselves see the invited speakers page.