Power Generation: Automation, Control, and Sensing Solutions for Flexible Operations Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH Preliminary Program
MONDAY, JUNE 26 TH, 2017 1:00 pm ISA Registration TBD ISA77 Committee Meeting - ISA Training Course - TBD ISA Training Course - TBD POWID 2016 Symposium Committee Lunch TBD 1:00 pm - Exhibitor Setup 4:00 pm TBD 6:00 pm Informal Social Activity TBD (Offsite) 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
8:30 am 8:30 am 10:00 am TUESDAY, JUNE 27 TH, 2017 Conference Check-in Session 1 - WELCOME Conference Opening: Seth Olson, General Chairman 2017 ISA POWID Symposium, Chevron Welcome: Kenneth A. Loparo, Nord Professor of Engineering and Chair Welcoming Remarks: Steven W. Pflantz, PE, ISA President, Clark, Richardson & Biskup POWID State of the Union and Keynote Introductions: Aaron Hussey, Expert MicroSystems, Inc and Director of ISA Power Division Director Keynote Addresses Robert Yeager, President, Power and Water, Emerson Automation Solutions The global power industry is undergoing unprecedented transformations. With major shifts in fuel mix, an aging workforce, and a greater emphasis on reliability and cybersecurity, the importance of power plant controls is greater than ever. In his keynote address, Bob Yeager will discuss these industry trends and lay out his vision for the power plant of the future from a controls standpoint. Dwight A. Clayton, Research Operations Manager, Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Labs has many programs that benefit the power industry. In his keynote address, Dwight Clayton will give an update on sensors in extreme environments, cybersecurity, machine learning, and additive manufacturing. 10:00 am 10:15 am Break 10:15 am 11:00 am Jeffrey S. Katz, Chief Technology Officer, Energy and Utilities Industry, IBM Corporation Machine Learning is an evolution of software capabilities. Programming has evolved to the point where computers have limited understanding of a problem, rather than just faithfully executing programs intended to solve a problem. In his keynote address, Jeff Katz will give an overview of Machine Learning, recent developments, and how it could be applied in the power industry. 11:00 am Roundtable 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Honors and Awards Luncheon NASA Topic Session 2A Session 2B Fleet Sensing and Diagnostics Renewables Social / Vendor Exhibit Student Career Development Forum Developing Networking Skills Session 2C Emerging Tech 1
7:00 am - - 1:30 pm 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 TH, 2017 Conference Registration Session 3A Session 3B Fleet Controls & Management Fossil 1 Luncheon Vendor Exhibits and Networking Social Vendor Exhibit Session 4A Nuclear Session 4B Fossil 2 Student Career Development Forum How to Ace an Interview think[box] tours Meet in the Vendor Exhibit Tour 1 5:00 PM Tour 2 5:30 PM Tour 3 6:00 PM Tour 4 6:30 PM Session 3C Emerging Tech 2 Session 4C Emerging Tech 3 1:30 PM 3:00 PM Session 4C Cyber Security 1 3:30 PM 5:00 PM - The 30 minute tours are free and first come first served. registration table. The signup list will be at the Case Western Reserve University's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship provides a space for anyone - students, faculty, and alumni and members of the community - to tinker and creatively invent. Located in a 7-story, 50,000 square foot facility, with 4 floors occupied and more under renovation, this project is the largest open-access innovation center at any university in the world. By numbers, think[box] receives over 5000 visits each month, making it the third most popular facility on campus, seconded only by the athletics center and the library. Popularity grows within on-campus researchers as well - currently think[box] is the second most cited core facility on campus. http://thinkbox.case.edu/
Noon Noon 1:30 pm 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 2:00 pm THURSDAY, JUNE 29 th, 2017 Conference Registration ISA67 Committee Meeting Session 5A Session 5B - Fossil 3 Lunch POWID 2017 Critique Meeting POWID EXCOM Meeting DOE / EPRI / NASA Instruments and Controls Interest Group Meeting Session 5C Cyber Security 2 Join the discussion of current programs and new ideas for research and development in Instrumentation and Controls for the power industry. Representatives of EPRI, DOE-NETL, and NASA GRC will provide a brief overview of current programs in I&C, followed by a moderated discussion of future industry technology development interests. Travel Day / No activities planned FRIDAY, JUNE 30 th, 2017