The symposium program committee is pleased to announce this year’s WWAC2014 program:
(see also alphabetical technical speakers list)
Monday, August 4, 2014
| 8:00am-4:00pm | SCADA Instrumentation & Control Troubleshooting Short Course (day 1 of 2)** |
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
| 8:00am-4:00pm | SCADA Instrumentation & Control Troubleshooting Short Course (day 2 of 2)** | |
| 8:00am-4:00pm | Intro to Cyber Security Short Course (1 day)** | |
| 12:00pm-12:30pm | Early Symposium Registration & Badge Pick-Up |
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| 3:30pm-6:15pm | 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 6, 2014
| 7:00am | Registration, Badge Pick-up, & Breakfast | |
| 8:00am | Opening Remarks | |
| 8:15am | Keynote Speaker A Vision for the Water Resources Utility of the Future Thomas W. Sigmund, P.E., Chair, NACWA Utility and Resource Management Committee & Executive Director, NEW Water – view abstract |
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| 9:00am | Invited Speaker Troubleshooting Instrument and Control Systems Don Lovell, ISA – view abstract |
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| 9:45am | Coffee Break & Exhibits | |
| Track 1 | Track 2 | |
| 10:30am | Townsend Filter Plant SCADA Replacement –Standardization Matters! Pavol Segedy, Brown and Caldwell – view abstract |
CyberSecurity: Can Standards Bring Clarity from the Confusion? David Doggett, Jeff Miller, P.E., ENV SP, and Mark Leinmiller, Schneider Electric – view abstract |
| 11:00am | Municipality Moves SCADA System from Desktop Computers to Thin Clients Bosko Bob Loncar, The Regional Municipality of Halton – view abstract |
Which cybersecurity standard is most relevant for a water utility? Don Dickinson, Phoenix Contact – view abstract |
| 11:30am | HMI Development – Techniques for Reduction of Development Time Lucas Jordan, P.E., ARCADIS – view abstract |
Digital Energy – BPT Paul Coggin, Dynetics, Inc. – view abstract |
| 12:00pm | Lunch & Exhibits | |
| 1:00pm | Sustainability through Automation of Wastewater Treatment: A Case Study on the Energy and water quality Impacts of DO, NH4 and SRT Control Strategies at A Conventional Activated Sludge Plant Irina Gokhman and Sarah Elger, P.E., Xylem Water Solutions – Sanitaire Products and Robert Smith, Ph.D., P.E., Xylem Water Solutions – YSI Products – view abstract |
Managing Complexity – Minimizing Risk: Balancing system growth against destabilizing risk Blair Sooley, MBA, P. Eng., Trihedral Engineering – view abstract |
| 1:30pm | New Transit Time Flowmeter for Biogas applications Alan Vance, Endress+Hauser – view abstract |
Leveraging Real-time Data for Intelligent, Utility Management Gary Wong, P.Eng., MBA, CPA , OSIsoft, LLC. – view abstract |
| 2:00pm | Process Automation Upgrade of the Gilder Creek WWTP Scott Whitmore, P.E., CDM Smith and Sothorn Khel, P.E., MR Systems – view abstract |
How Ottawa Met its Environmental Regulation Requirements Using Real Time Control (RTC) and Reduced Their Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) by 60% Maxym Lachance, Eng., Tetra Tech – view abstract |
| 2:30pm | Poster Session, Coffee & Exhibits
Featured Poster (part of poster session): |
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| 3:45pm | End-to-End Networking Solutions in the Water and Wastewater Sectors Patrick Ho and Riz Amanullah, Eaton – view abstract |
Human Factors For Project Managers David Lee, CEng, FIChemE, User Centered Design Services Inc. – view abstract |
| 4:15pm | DNP3 Implementation – The Do’s and Don’ts Jeff Miller, P.E., ENV SP, Mike Drescher, and Mark Leinmiller, Schneider Electric – view abstract |
Putting the Operator First – Case Studies on Rethinking HMIs and Addressing Alarm Management Ryan Kowalski, P.E., ARCADIS – view abstract |
| 4:45pm | Using Cellular Machine-to-Machine Data Plans for Collection System SCADA: Is a Small Plan Big Enough? Daniel Cote, P.E. and Tim Baldwin, P.E., McKim & Creed, Inc. – view abstract |
Advanced Alarm Management Solutions Thomas Maczuzak, MBA and Brian Heimbigner, BSChE, MBA, ABB Inc. – view abstract |
| 5:15pm | General Reception and Cash Bar | |
Thursday, August 7, 2014
| 7:00am | Breakfast | |
| 8:00am | Opening Remarks | |
| 8:10am | Preview of next year’s 2015 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium | |
| 8:15am | Invited Speaker Understanding Vulnerabilities: How to Conduct Vulnerability Assessments to Know What Attackers Can, and Can’t Do Bryan Singer, Kenexis – view abstract |
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| 9:00am | Guest Speaker WEF Current News and Trends Tom DeLaura, P.E., Chair, WEF Automation and Information Technology Committee & Vice-President, Eramosa Engineering International – view abstract |
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| 9:25am | Guest Speaker AWWA Current News and Trends Mike Sweeney, Ph.D., P.E., Florida Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) & Deputy Executive-Director, Toho Water Authority – view abstract |
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| 9:45am | Coffee Break & Exhibits | |
| 10:30am | Forum Session The Role of Automation within the Utility of the Future Moderator: Tom DeLaura, P.E., Chair, WEF Automation and Information Technology Committee & Vice-President, Eramosa Engineering International Panel Members: Tom Sigmund, P.E., Chair, NACWA Utility and Resource Management Committee & Executive Director, NEW Water Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, Ph.D., Dean, University of South Florida, Patel College of Global Sustainability Barry Liner, P.E., Director, Water Science & Engineering Center at Water Environment Federation (WEF) Zdenko Vitasovic, PhD, Senior Engineer, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Mike Sweeney, Ph.D., P.E., Florida Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) & Deputy Executive-Director, Toho Water Authority |
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| 12:00pm | Lunch & Exhibits | |
| Track 1 | Track 2 | |
| 1:00pm | What is your Cloud IQ? Is the Cloud for you? – As technology advances, where do you need to be? Daniel Sheldon, P.E., Xylem Inc. – view abstract |
Optimizing In-line Booster Pumps with Unique Design Features and Control Strategies Evan Curtis, P.E., Hazen and Sawyer – view abstract |
| 1:30pm | Cloud Based SCADA for Small Water Districts – Efficiency improvements with a new control architecture Mauritz Botha, XiO, Inc. – view abstract |
Optimizing Water Reclamation Systems by Automation using Continuous Water Quality Analysis Vickie Olson, MBA, Honeywell Process Solutions – view abstract |
| 2:00pm | Virtualizing SCADA – Improving control system reliability with proven IT technology Jason Hamlin, City of Lynchburg Regional Wastewater Plant and Carter Farley, P.E., Instrulogic Corporation – view abstract |
Effluent Water Automation System and Operation Effectiveness Fakhri Musameh and Issa AL-Jadi, Kuwait Oil Co. – Water Handling Team – view abstract |
| 2:30pm | Poster Session, Coffee & Exhibits | |
| 3:45pm | CCST Certification – What, Why, Who, and How Dan Machado, Cobb County Water System – view abstract |
SCADA Risk Management and Emergency Preparedness Mark Leinmiller, Jeff Miller, P.E., ENV SP, and Mike Drescher – view abstract |
| 4:15pm | Specifying Adjustable Speed Drives for Improved Control and Integration Tom Schaefer, Rockwell Automation |
SCADA Security and Control System Redundancy and Robust Design Marios Iacovou, Brown and Caldwell – view abstract |
| 4:45pm | The Benefits of Video Integration for Facility and Asset Management Gregory Santos, Industrial Video & Control – view abstract |
Vulnerabilities in SCADA Systems: What Are We Protecting Against? Mark Benedict, Ultra Electronics, 3eTI – view abstract |
| 5:15pm -5:30pm |
Closing Remarks | |