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Abstract
Microprocessor based devices have become ubiquitous in all industries. Regrettably the great majority of such installations do not make use of more than the control signal. Fortunately, not only are the devices getting smarter, so arethe tools to make use of the data available from those devices. In addition, a number of organizations are developing standards to access and convert the available data to actionable information. This  presentation will summarize the present state of intelligent devices, asset management, and how international standards such as FDT, HART, FDI and other new ISA as well as IEC standards are playing a role in improving the ability to access and use intelligent device information. By the end of the discussion you will have a better idea of how intelligent devices will change the way you perform your work and plant maintenance in the future.

Ian Verhappen
Ian Verhappen, P. Eng., is a Principal Automation Engineer at Orbis Engineering Field Services and has been active in industrial networks and communications developments since 1995 making him a recognized authority on industrial data communications. Verhappen is chairman of the ISA103 (FDT) Committee, Managing Director of ISA5 (Symbology) and ISA20 (Data sheets) as well as Canadian Chair of IEC TC65, SC65B and SC65E. He is a regular columnist for a number trade journals and a regular speaker at global automation conferences Ian spent 20 years in the oil sands industry as a Process Analyzer engineer and plant support specialist. He has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta, is a Certified Automation Professional and except for Manitoba is a registered Professional Engineer from Ontario to the Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

Cost:
$400 per person per day or $600/person for full program (2 Days) for IEEE members
$500 per person per day or $720/person for full program (2 Days) for Non-IEEE members

Limited seats available for University and College full time students at 50% discount

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Who can benefit from this tutorial?
This two day tutorial is suitable for people who have some exposure to the SCADA and Remote Monitoring system and would like to learn more how all pieces come together. Quite often each one of us have exposure to one of the areas of SCADA but understanding the entire system is quite beneficial for our day to day job. This tutorial starts at a very high level and dives into key issues and features of various SCADA systems. At the end of this two day tutorial, you should have an indepth understanding of all key features and challenges of SCADA systems. The following professionals may be interested in this seminar:

• Corporate Managers
• Project Managers
• IT staff who have to manage or interface with SCADA or Control Systems
• Any SCADA expert or software developer who needs to establish communication with SCADA devices or systems
• PLC, RTU or HMI Programmers
• Control Systems Software developers
• Engineers, Technologists, and electricians with SCADA and Control systems background
• University and college students and professors in engineering and computer science programs

Matt Eskandar:
Matt Eskandar, P.Eng. graduated from University of Alberta with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1991. Matt is cofounder and President of MR Control Systems International Inc. (www.mrcsi.com). Matt’s extensive experience in monitoring, control and automation projects in multiple industries worldwide has inspired him to develop a new generation of Monitoring and Control Systems that goes beyond conventional SCADA Systems. Matt is an active member of IEEE, APEGA and APEGBC. He presently serves as a Chairman of the IEEE Control Systems and Instrumentation joint chapters in Southern Alberta.

Program:
Day 1:

• Module 1: Introduction to SCADA (Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition)
• Module 2: Control, Automation, Protection
• Module 3: HMI (Human Machine Interface)
• Module 4: Network Communication

Day 2:

• Module 5: Alarm Management System
• Module 6: Historian (Data logging & Data Analysis)
• Module 7: Reporting (Report Generation & Presentation)
• Module 8: Data Processing
• Module 9: Security
• Module 10: Working with IT
• Module 11:Remote Facilities Requirements
• Module 12: Building your very own Control Center

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Abstract, Tyco Integrated Fire & Security:
Fire Alarm installation code changes: With the introduction of the new Alberta Building and Fire Code 2014 we are now utilizing the CAN/ULC S524-06 Standard for Installation of Fire Alarm Systems. There have been a number of significant changes from the 2001 standard and this 45 minute presentation will show the attendees than changes that occurred as well as some of the reasons behind the changes. The presentation will also speak about the use of the Fire Alarm installation Standards on DCS systems utilized throughout the oil and gas industry in Alberta.

Abstract, Vipond Inc. Detection and Supression:
During his talk, Dean will demonstrate with a Brief Explanation, Fire System VS PLC comparison. Then Fire Panel to Field Device SLC connection and finally a Panel to Panel Network Connectivity with either wire or fiber. Then finally, numerous possibilities of a Fire System to Plant Process PLC and/or Building Management Systems that need to be interfaced or overridden during Fire Conditions. Most importantly, to identify shut down areas and to identify the order of shut downs that will allow for mitigated losses and an easier startup after the condition has been cleared.

Tom VanKosh, Architect & Engineer Business Development Manager (Alberta)
Tom has over 22 years of progressive responsibility and expertise in the fire alarm industry. He started his career as a technician and he has worked in almost every aspect of the life safety industry from technician, designer, electrical contractor, service supervisor, operations manager, ESSR, and now as a Architect & Engineer Representative for SimplexGrinnell the Alberta Region. Tom is an Electrical Technologist C.E.T. with ASET and has held this designation since 2005. He is also very actively involved locally in the Canadian Fire Alarm Association serving as the founding president of the Alberta Chapter. He is currently the chair of the CFAA education committee. Tom’s knowledge of products, codes and the Alberta market helps engineers and end users by promoting fire alarm, sprinklers, security, special hazard, and nurse call systems. Tom has also delivered over 100 technical training sessions throughout Alberta to highly technical representatives from the engineering and electrical contracting industry.

Dean Norman, Systems Solution Specialist
Dean has an extensive 30+ year background in the Fire Alarm Detection and Suppression Field. He presently sits as the CFAA Alberta Chapter President and holds a CET Diploma plus is an Alberta Master Electrician. He has Installed, Programmed, Verified/Commissioned and Tested Systems plus Instructed, Designed and assisted Engineering Firms with Complex Designs. Dean has been involved with all kinds of Fire Systems that includes everything from Commercial High Rises to Fertilizer Processes, Foam Systems at Bulk Fuel Tank Farms and Refineries like the Joffery Nova Site, Airplane Hanger Gas & Foam Systems at the Calgary Airport Authority to Gas Release Systems used in Skid Mounted GenSets for Power Generation. The past 4 years have been spent at Vipond Inc. as a System Solution Specialist which involves him in all aspects of the business. Dean has had experience interfacing Fire Systems with Process Management Systems and Building Management Systems via Form C Dry Contact, RS232 “Black Box / Field Server”, LAN/WAN Ethernet Gateway connections using Protocols like BackNet and LonWorks.

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Abstract:
Electricity is the lifeblood of modern society and the North American Power electric system is the largest in the world. In Alberta, the supply of energy and many ancillary services are managed through deregulated markets. The AESO’s System Control Centre is the brain that directs the Alberta System and the nervous system that feeds it is made up of thousands of SCADA points. It is from these SCADA points that advanced applications analyze the reliability and stability of the electric system and provide System Controllers with the Situation Awareness to run the system. This talk will describe the interplay of Markets and control systems and the role of SCADA in “keeping the lights on”.

• How the Alberta Electric System fits inside the North American System
• How the Markets interact with the AESO Control Centre
• SCADA and the data provided to the Control Centre
• The communication system that allows control of the Grid
• The control of generation and transmission
• Supply and demand balance
• Situational Awareness

Raymond (Ray) Wensley, P.Eng.:
Raymond (Ray) Wensley, P.Eng. graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1979 with a major in Power Systems and a minor in Electronics. After graduating he joined Calgary Power Ltd. (later becoming TransAlta Utilities). In 1982 he became part of the team to build the first Energy Management System (EMS) in the province. Over the next 17 years Ray was involved in the development of the EMS’s Automatic Generation Control, State Estimator, Dispatcher’s Load Flow, Contingency Analysis and Dispatcher’s Training Simulator. In 1998, he joined the PowerPool of Alberta (later becoming the Alberta Electric System Operator) and was part of the team that built the first provincial EMS. In 2007 Ray become Project Engineer on the AESO’s EMS replacement project that went operational in 2009. In 2012 he joined the Operations Business Solution group as an EMS Business Solution Analyst. Ray joined the Operations Coordination group in 2014. The group manages the scheduling and risk assessments to outages on the Alberta electric system.

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Abstract
Modern Process Automation plants across all industries share one common need: the need for information out of the field, out of the assets. The more information from the production floor can be retrieved to higher level systems, the better the process can be run. In these terms, “better” means a more accurate, more reliable and even safer process.

The presentation is focusing on ways how end-users can utilize the information provided by their assets, starting from the device level and going all the way up to higher level systems. Ensuring that this “information highway” is working is one of the responsibilities of today’s maintenance personnel. The presenter will show what kind of functionalities common digital communication networks are offering to the end-user to fulfill these tasks, gives an overview on best practices in digital communication networks and an outlook what additional benefits end-users can expect in the future.

Steffen Ochsenreither, M.Eng.
Steffen Ochsenreither holds a Master Degree in Engineering and majored in electronics and information technologies as well as business economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Constance, Germany. After his graduation, he was working with Endress+Hauser Process Solutions in Switzerland and was responsible for the development and integration of PROFIBUS into the products of Endress+Hauser.

Before moving to Canada for his current role, he has also been the chairman of the working group “Marketing PROFIBUS in Process Automation” of the PROFIBUS&PROFINET International Organization (PI). He also was the leader of the PI PROFIBUS Competence Center (PICC) at Endress+Hauser as well as the chairman of the PICC Working Group. At present, Steffen is working as a Business Development Manager Service and Solutions for Endress+Hauser Canada Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada. Closely working together with end-users, he develops specific solutions for all kind of industries, often using smart devices and state of the art fieldbus technologies.

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Abstract

Over the past decade, largely in response to catastrophic industrial accidents, and the resulting legislated requirements in a number of jurisdictions Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, and Chemical operating companies have become much more aware of the importance of control room operator situational awareness and the human factor engineering considerations which can impact an operator’s ability to detect and respond to abnormal process plant conditions. Research originating in the Military, Aerospace, and Aviation industry has formed the foundation of the work which has been subsequently carried out in the process industries to improve control room operator situational awareness. Control Room Operators make countless decision each shift which directly impact the safety and profitability of the facility. Good control room operator situational awareness means the operator is continually aware of ALL aspects of the current operational state of the plant, can anticipate changes in the operation state, and can make effective operational decisions. Lack of situational awareness at worst has the potential to result in a serious industrial incident, and is very commonly responsible for increased facility shutdowns, and reduced facility productivity. The focus of this presentation will be to provide an overview of the factors which affect operator situational awareness both from a facility design and operational perspective.

Greg Potter

Greg has worked in various Automation Systems engineering positions in the upstream conventional, midstream, and heavy oil sectors of the Oil & Gas industry for more than thirty years. Starting from very technical automation and communication systems engineering roles Greg progressed his career to include client representation on large capital projects, management of an engineering consulting firm, and management of automation engineering support teams within Oil & Gas producers. While working for producers in the heavy oil sector Greg worked on both green-field and brown-field initiatives to improve facility operability and reliability through the optimization of control room operator situational awareness, which has remained an area of particular professional interest since.

Control Room Management

Thursday, April 30th, 2015 from 5:15 to 9:00 PM

Speakers:
Ben Woodcock (B.Sc. Ergonomics, MIEHF), Business Manager, Atkins Oil & Gas
Lino Ramirez, Ph.D., P.Eng. Control Systems Engineer, Ready Engineering Corporation

Abstract, Atkins Oil & Gas

CEPA are currently piloting control room management guidelines. This presentation, “Control Room Management”, will outline best practices for alarm management systems. In anticipation of this guidance, this talk aims to discuss how control room arrangements impact system performance; especially for critical operations. It will provide a basis for discussion on how to best manage control room operations to achieve system goals.

The following will be covered:

• Why is it critical to address control room management?
• What are the key factors to address in control room management?
• How can these factors be addressed to achieve system goals?
• Where can you find additional resources?

Abstract, Ready Engineering

Generation Dispatch Tool is an analytics software application for enhanced decision-making. Control room operators make many decision each shift which directly impact the safety and profitability of the facility. By using analytics, we can improve the control room operators’ situational awareness so they can anticipate changes in the operation state and make effective operational decisions. We developed an analytics software application for facilitating offer creation and submission, dispatching of electrical energy, and managing external transmission constraints in the Alberta real time power market. In this talk, we’ll discuss:

• The business problem solved with the tool
• How analytics is used to improve decision making
• Design methodology used to create the application
• Potential of analytics for assets’ optimization and other areas in Oil & Gas

Ben Woodcock (B.Sc. Ergonomics, MIEHF), Business Manager, Atkins Oil & Gas

Ben is the Business Manager for Atkins Energy’s Calgary operation, which currently comprises technical consultants operating within the fields of Process Safety, Process Engineering and Structural Engineering. Ben is also a Principal Human Factors Consultant with over 15 years’ experience in applying Human Factors throughout the Oil & Gas, Rail, Nuclear and Defense industries. He holds a BSc. in Ergonomics and is a Registered Member of the Institute Ergonomics and Human Factors. Since 2005 Ben has supported major Oil & Gas projects by promoting and ensuring the integration of Human Factors and other Process Safety disciplines into the design, execution and operation processes. His experience includes execution of these services within the Albertan Oil Sands, Canadian East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Brazil and the North Sea.

Lino Ramirez, Ph.D., P.Eng. Control Systems Engineer, Ready Engineering Corp.

Dr. Lino Ramirez is a Control Systems Engineer at Ready Engineering. Lino is responsible for leading and growing the analytics and software development initiative at Ready. Before joining Ready Engineering, Dr. Ramirez worked in various engineering positions in Oil & Gas services, medical devices, food processing, research and development, and analytics consulting sectors. He has over 15 years’ experience applying advanced analytics, data visualization, and project management methods to business and research challenges. Lino holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees both in Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta.