Notes

Agenda for Technical Conference - Wednesday, March 24

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8:15 – 8:30 AM Welcome & Introductions
8:30 – 10:00 Maximizing Controller Performance _________________________________________
• Reducing Energy Consumption by Monitoring Controller
Performance _________________________________________
George Buckbee, Expertune
• Demystifying PID Controller Tuning for Desired _________________________________________
Performance and Robust Stability
Jeffrey Arbogast, American Air Liquide _________________________________________
• Is your control Loop better than my loop? Performance
monitoring at five similar TiO2 plants _________________________________________
Arshad Jamil, DuPont
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10:00 – 10:30 Break, Exhibits, and Networking
10:30 – 12:00 Process Optimization _________________________________________
• Simulation of Model Predictive Control for a Coal Fired
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Power Plant
Phillip Schnelle Jr; DuPont, and Paul Fruehauf ;
Fruehauf Engineering Services, Inc. _________________________________________
• Process Economic Optimization. The Ultimate Goal of
Process Control _________________________________________
Dave March, Rockwell Automation
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12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch in Cafeteria (included)
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1:00 – 1:30 PM Keynote Presentation
• Realizing the Benefits of Automation and How to Get _________________________________________
There with Qualified Control System Integrators Robert
Lowe, Executive Director, Control System Integrators _________________________________________
Association (CSIA)
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1:30 – 3:00 Control System Upgrades
• Transitioning the Corbalis Water Treatment Plant’s _________________________________________
Control System
Joshua Gelman and Eric Silverman; CDM
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• Economic Justification of Plant Modernization Using
Automation,
Alex Habib, Automation Consultant _________________________________________
• The Impact of PLC Program Architecture on Production
Line Efficiency: Case Study of a Control System Rewrite _________________________________________
George Walters; Walters Controls and Eric Bryla;
NexCtrl Inc. _________________________________________

3:00 – 3:30 Break, Exhibits, and Networking _________________________________________

3:30 – 5:00 Safety and Security _________________________________________
• Strategic Proof Testing
William Goble, exida LLC _________________________________________
• Incorporating performance and prescriptive based
standards for BMS _________________________________________
Charles Fialkowski, Siemens Industry Inc.
• Safety and Security What Went Wrong? A Study of _________________________________________
Actual Industrial Cyber Security Incidents
John Cusimano, Security Incidents Organization

5:30 – 7:30 Networking Event at Twin Lakes Brewery

Networking Event

Please join us for an evening networking event at the Twin Lakes Brewery (Greenville,
DE), a microbrewery committed to becoming energy independent and preserving
America’s rich brewing tradition. They will be conducting tours of the facility and
tastings. Cost is $20 at the door.

Twin Lakes Brewing Co.

4210 Kennett Pike
Greenville, DE 19807
(302)-658-1826
http://twinlakesbrewingcompany.com/brew/

Sponsored By

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Lehigh Valley Philadelphia Richmond-Hopewell South Jersey
Tarheel Capital Area Western Carolinas Wilmington