I was torn about missing all the excellent presentations (and there were some very good ones scheduled) at WBF on Tuesday and Wednesday, but once I sat through the presentations in Ft. McMurray, I knew I'd made the right decision. I gave the same talk I gave in Atlanta on Tuesday...The View Ahead: World Wide Trends in Automation and Integration... The difference in Ft. McMurray … [Read more...] about 3rd Annual ISA Oil Sands Conference
Tuesday Morning at WBF…
David Broussard from Managing Automation, Agnes Shanley from Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and I did a panel discussion on the future of automation...I did it from the point of view of the general automation end-user, Agnes from the point of view of the pharma engineer, and David from the point of view of the business systems looking down. Agnes talked about using automation … [Read more...] about Tuesday Morning at WBF…
Breakout Sessions at WBF
Now we get to the part at many meetings that I hate. There is only one of me...honest, I'm just fat. When they divide the meeting into concurrent sessions, I have to pick which interesting topic I can't sit in on. This is true of WBF this year, as well. Topics of great interest that I will have to look at the proceedings for: Applying S88 to Software Migration Engineering S88 … [Read more...] about Breakout Sessions at WBF
An interview with Pat Gouhin, Executive Director of ISA
On February 23, at the ARC conference, Pat Gouhin and I sat down and discussed issues that are substantive to ISA and the automation community. Here's the interview: 1. What have you learned about ISA so far? ISA has a great history, a strong foundation to build on, and it operates in a world filled with opportunity. Our strengths include the committed and dedicated volunteer … [Read more...] about An interview with Pat Gouhin, Executive Director of ISA
WBF and ISA…what happens now?
Let's look at ISA. ISA has an excellent president, Ken Baker. I think, in fact, that Ken is the first ISA president with the sand to be able to save the thing. I would really have liked to see the combination of Ken Baker and Rob Renner. I would even have supported a bylaws amendment to allow Ken to succeed himself. Unfortunately, that wasn't to be. I've met Pat Gouhin, now, … [Read more...] about WBF and ISA…what happens now?
