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Emerson Global Users Exchange 2013

September 30 - October 4, 2013
Grapevine, Texas, USA



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Meet the Experts Sessions

Round out your conference Friday morning with practical working sessions focused on prevalent issues your operations face and the solutions you can apply. Meet, learn from and consult with the "Experts Behind the Technologies" in one of several sessions below:

Sessions are offered on Friday, October 12th between 8:00am - 11:30am.

Advances in HART® and WirelessHART® Technology

HART and the HART Communication Foundation is quickly approaching its 20th anniversary. With tens of millions of devices deployed in the field and continued aggressive adoption of WirelessHART devices, HART technology is the clear leader in intelligent instrumentation and asset management in the process industry. The recently introduced version 7.4 update to the HART specifications brings further innovation to HART capabilities and lays a foundation for further enhancements.

Presenters:

	Eric Rotvold Distinguished Technologist Emerson Process Management
	Ron Helson Director HART Communication Foundation

Human Centered Design Principles for Optimal Operator Performance

Traditionally, operator graphics have been designed using a straightforward copy of the plant's P&ID diagrams. Would operator graphics be designed differently when using Human Centered Design methods? Building displays from P&ID diagrams makes for easier implementation but does this traditional method take into account the needs of the operators who run the plants? Is information overload being considered? What does the research show? This panel with years of experience in research and practice will address these issues and answer questions from the audience.

Presenters:

	Duane Toavs Director Human Centered Design Institute Emerson Process Management
	Mark Nixon Director Research Emerson Process Management
	Dave Bishop MAYA Fellow; Designer and Researcher LUMA Institute
	Harvey Smallman Director, Visual Analytics Pacific Science & Engineering
	Dave Strobhar Chief Human Factors Engineer Beville Engineering, Inc. Center for Operator Performance
	Ian Nimmo President User Center Design Services, Inc.

Maximizing System Performance and Lifecycle

This session will be an open forum with subject matter experts - Customer and Emerson - discussing best practices for maximizing system performance and lifecycle of automation systems. Topics discussed include planned proactive maintnenance, issue and problem management, continuity and sustainability management, change management, major version upgrades, maintenance tools, process applications support, skill attainment and multi-vendor managed service approaches.

Presenters:

	William Robertson Services Director Emerson Process Management
	Chris Madeira Manager, Lifecycle Warranty and Support Emerson Process Management
	Mosta El Haw System Lifecycle Planning Program Manager Emerson Process Management
	Dave Cline Product Engineering Manager Emerson Process Management
	Luther Kemp Minnesota Power
	Kim Minvielle Shell Motiva
	Steve Saltas Kennecott Utah Cooper

DeltaV Deep Dive

In this question and answer session with experts from Emerson's DeltaV technology team the audience will be able to gain greater knowledge of the inner workings of the DeltaV and DeltaV SIS systems including the new CHARMs based offerings. Expertise is focused on the run-time aspects of the system with primary emphasis in the following areas: real-time control, communications, DeltaV SIS, redundancy/availability, security, I/O, and hardware.

Presenters:

	Gary Law DeltaV Architect, R&D/Engineering Emerson Process Management
	Dave Denison Software Engineering Manager, DeltaV Control Emerson Process Management
	Steve Dienstbier Software Engineering Manager, DeltaV Runtime Services Emerson Process Management
	Rusty Shepard Software Engineering Manager, DeltaV I/O Emerson Process Management

Process Simulation for Testing and Training

We will explore relevant topics concerning the use of dynamic process simulation for control system testing and operator training. This includes best practices for control system testing and validation using dynamic simulation as well as best practices for operator training systems. Dynamic modeling techniques and methods will be explored including tieback and IO modeling, first principle modeling, and empirical modeling. In addition solution architectures and the use of virtualization or cloud computing will be covered.

Presenters:

	Mark O'Rosky DeltaV OTS Engineering Manager Emerson Process Management
	Martin Berutti President and COO MYNAH Technologies, LLC
	Rick Kephart Director Research and Technology Emerson Power and Water Solutions
	Majid Mirshah Director Programs GSE Systems

Managing the Lifecycle of Safety Instrumented Systems

This interactive panel discussion will focus on safety lifecycle management technologies and issues facing your business and projects today. The need to better manage your safety instrumented system through the entire IEC 61511 safety lifecycle, including the analysis, implementation, and operation phases, will be addressed. You will have an opportunity to pose questions and participate in the discussion on the real issues that affect your ongoing and future safety system projects.

Presenters:

	Keith Bellville DeltaV SIS Product Marketing Manager Emerson Process Management
	Donald Rozette Asset Safety Product Manager Meridium
	Bill Goble Principle Exida
	Russell Cockman SIS Consultant Emerson Process Management

A Deep Dive with ValveLink & FIELDVUE Digital Valve Controllers

Come participate in an open panel discussion where we do a deep dive into FIELDVUE Digital Valve Controller and ValveLink Diagnostic software technology. Bring your questions and share your experiences with the community of panelists and other likeminded participants.

Presenters:

	Rick Osborn Senior Marketing & Support Engineer Emerson Process Management
	Steve Hagen FIELDVUE Marketing Manager Emerson Process Management
	Jeff VonAhnen Senior FIELDVUE Marketing & Support Engineer Emerson Process Management
	Saurabh Pathak Manager, FIELDVUE Software Emerson Process Management

Modernizing Mature Control Systems - When? Why? How?

What sways decisions to modernize now, rather than later? What benefits might be missed if you wait? Which risks increase over time? How do you get started? Explore your questions and concerns about modernization and learn about modernization best practices from your peers and other experts in this interactive session.

Presenters:

	Laurie Ben Director, Modernization Business Development Emerson Process Management
	John Dolenc Principal Consulting Engineer Emerson Process Management
	Fred Voll Director, Modernization Solutions and Consultants Emerson Process Management

Cyber Security

In this session you will get a primer on the security best practices and recommendations that your IT and Process Engineers should adopt in order to protect the plant and process networks, PCs, and applications to harden them against the well-known cyber threats. We will discuss what you should do in the event of a security breach.

Presenters:

	Neil Peterson Sr. Manager - Wireless Marketing Emerson Process Management
	Marty Edwards Director, Control Systems Security ICS-CERT Emerson Process Management
	Bob Huba Product Manager - DeltaV Emerson Process Management
	Lee Neitzel Sr. Technologist - Systems/Project Engineering Emerson Process Management
	Jeff Potter Director - Security Architecture Emerson Process Management

Valve Maintenance Planning for Turnarounds and Outages

Improving shutdown efficiency and effectiveness requires planning and coordination of scope, definition, budget, schedule and execution. Emerson's Instrument & Valve Services share best practices, tools and technologies to plan and execute a successful outage. This discussion will cover strategies to make turnarounds smoother and more successful while delivering improved reliability and performance of your plant.

Presenters:

	Scott Grunwald IVS Turnaround Business Manager Emerson Process Management
	Zach White IVS Region Manager Emerson Process Management
	Marc Higley IVS Outage Security Manager Emerson Process Management

Advanced Control Foundation - Tools, Techniques, and Applications

A new book on advanced control fundamental will be published by ISA in September, 2012. This book addresses all the advanced control products that are included in the DeltaV control system or are planned for a future DeltaV release. In this session two of the authors will present and discuss key areas addressed in the book and demonstrate the web site that accompanies the book.

Presenters:

	Terry Blevins Principal Technologist Emerson Process Management
	Willy Wojsznis Senior Technologist Emerson Process Management

Improving Regulatory Control Performance

A solid control foundation is essential for good process performance and provides a good basis for applicaition of advanced process control. Control projects aimed at improving the regulatory control performance commonly have the highest return on investment of all types of control projects. This session will focus on techniques to improve regulatory control peformance. Plant examples will be used to illustrate these techniques.

Presenters:

	James Beall Principal Process Control Consultant Emerson Process Management
	Greg McMillan Principal Consultant CDI Process and Industrial in Austin MYNAH Technologies in St. Louis

Virtualization for DeltaV

Discuss options and best practices for deploying virtualization for your DeltaV platform. Get tips and tricks for your existing virtualized offline training and development systems as well as insight into the upcoming V12 virtualization projects.

Presenters:

	Bruce Greenwald DeltaV Platform Business Development Manager Emerson Process Management
	John Caldwell DeltaV Product Marketing Manager Emerson Process Management
	Brian Crandall DeltaV Virtualization Lead Engineer Emerson Process Management
	Dirk Thiele DeltaV Virtualization Technology Manager Emerson Process Management

Syncade Batch Workflow: Best Practices and Industry Approaches

The panel focuses on creating a Best Practices Model for creating Syncade batch workflows. We discuss how to structure workflows, leverage naming and libararies, and design for compliance and data visbility. In addition, this panel focuses on how Batch Workflow works with other Syncade modules to create a complete batch solution at Level 3 (Operations Management).

Presenters:

	Bob Dvorak Director Syncade/Data Management Emerson Process Management
	Vito Canuso Director of Software Development Emerson Process Management
	Joshua Kidd Senior Software Technologist Emerson Process Management
	Shoyeb Hasanali Product Manager Syncade Logistics Emerson Process Management