The Program Committee of the 2014 ISA Process Measurement and Control/Safety and Security Joint Division Symposium has issued a Call for Papers, inviting authors, innovators, thought leaders and other automation professionals in the instrumentation, communications and control system fields to submit abstracts for presentation consideration at the event. The symposium, to be held 6-9 October 2014 in Houston, Texas, USA, is a collaboration between ISA’s Process Measurement and Control Division (PMCD) and ISA’s Safety and Security Division, with additional participation by ISA’s Chemical and Petroleum Industries Division (ChemPID).
“The Houston market has so many experienced process professionals across so many different industries, and we all have critical interests in common, such as instrumentation, communication networks and control systems,” says Edward Naranjo, Ph.D., FS Eng. (TÜV Rheinland), NPDP, Global Technical Product Manager at General Monitors who serves as the Director of ISA’s PMCD Division. “Our friends in the ISA Safety and Security Division are developing a top-notch program as well, featuring sessions on safety instrumented systems, cybersecurity, and more, and these are topics that our process automation community also regards as instrumental to their operational success.”
In the specific area of safety and security, attendees will “benefit greatly from the networking opportunities, and the answers they receive straight from the members of the ISA84 (Functional Safety: Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector) and ISA99 (Industrial Automation and Control Systems Security) committees,” Gruhn adds.
The ISA PMCD technical program for 2014
- Automation and control systems, including sensors, control hardware and software, and final elements
- Flow technology
- Pressure technology
- Temperature technology
- Level technology
- Field calibration technology
- Instrumentation
- Smart measurements
- Process variables
2014 ISA PMCD Call for Papers topics
Suggested topics for presentation in process measurement and control include:
Instrumentation
- Variability, instrument calibration
- Automation and control systems
- Flow measurement technology
- Field calibration technology
Communications
- Communications in SIL, ISA100
- Wireless technology on the plant floor
- Field instrumentations: wireless,
- Foundation Fieldbus, and other smart technologies
- Bridging prices between SCADA and DCS
Control Systems
- Process optimization
- Fieldbus control systems with focus on higher SIL
- Control system strategies, advanced control
- Instrumentation for floating LNG facilities
- Automation and control in petroleum and petrochemical terminals
- System integrations
- Advanced HMI and alarm management
- Data and document storage in EDMS and asset management
- Troubleshooting, optimization, and application in petroleum and chemical process industries
- Safety Instrumented Systems
- Control system cybersecurity
2014 ISA PMCD Call for Papers guidelines
- Prospective authors must submit original contributions by 21 January 2014. (The lead author will serve as ISA’s main contact.)
- Abstracts must be limited to 500 words, be written in English, and be submitted online or through email.
- Final presentations must be prepared on the official ISA PMCD Symposium template.
- Papers accepted for publication and presentation will require completion of ISA’s Rights and Responsibilities Form
- Authors and speakers in attendance must pay for registration. (Visit www.isa.org/PMCD2014.)
- Papers also will be considered for publication in ISA’s technical journal, ISA Transactions