no-room
Building Displays with PI Vision
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Discover why PI Vision is truly the next generation of PI System visualization. Create, format and organize your displays with graphics, multi-state values, and trends. Group symbols and create pinned event for comparison purposes. Explore the interaction of AF and PI VIsion for events. (Beginners)
Lab
Day 3: Integration Lab
CCIB
CCIB: Entrance A, P0 Level
Entrance A, P0 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Registration
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
8:00 AM
7:00 PM
Registration
Registration
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: P0 Level
P0 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Networking Lounge
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
8:00 AM
7:00 PM
Networking Lounge
Miscellaneous
Hilton
Hilton: Ballroom BC
Ballroom BC
Monday, September 24, 2018
Hackathon (ends Tuesday)
9:00 AM - 11:59 PM
9:00 AM
11:59 PM
Join us at the Innovation Hackathon happening at PI World EMEA 2018 to learn, network, and compete for prizes! Whether you are a PI System Developer, Architect, Integrator, Administrator, Business Analyst, or Data Scientist, you can enjoy this high-energy and vibrant event. OSIsoft will provide all of the tools, subject matter experts, and a ready-to-start environment. Just show up with your ideas and energy to develop a killer app in 23 hours!
You will be presented with an environment comprised of real assets and data. Using PI System components, our developer technologies, and any other tools you may want to bring to your solution, think outside the box and see how you can bring the Power of Data to consumers and businesses. Working together as part of a group to develop and implement your ideas, use your PI System, Data, and Innovative skills while learning from others. At the end of the event, your application will be judged by a group of experts. The top solutions will be awarded prizes, and you and your team will be publicly recognized for your achievement. Stay tuned and follow us on PI DevClub Forums and @PIDevClub. If you have any questions about this event, please contact pidevclub@osisoft.com.
If you have already registered for the conference, you may still modify your registration by sending an email to piworldemea@osisoft.com.
Hackathon (ends Tuesday)
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Marcos Loeff
Sr. Technology Enablement Engineer
OSIsoft, LLC
Marcos Vainer Loeff is a currently member of the OSIsoft Technology Enablement team working from the Brazil office. He has written many articles and white papers not only about developing with PI Web API but also about integrating the PI System with R. He has also lead many hackathons during our Users Conferences. His areas of interest are: web and mobile development, system identification, process control, machine learning and data science.
Michael Sloves
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft
Michael Sloves has worked at OSIsoft for 18 years. During that time, he has developed and led software teams responsible for PI ICE, PI WebParts, SAP/ERP Integration and for OSIsofts SAP/MDUS Integration products. Presently, he is the Director of Technology Enablement. In his role, he is responsible for driving excellence in our External and Internal Developer Community by educating, informing, and enabling Developers. He is also responsible for the development of OSIsoft's PI Developer Technologies suite of tools.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Diversity & Inclusion Forum
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
Diversity & Inclusion Forum
OPTIONAL GROUP LUNCH: 12:00 - 13:00
In 2018, OSIsoft is expanding our Women’s Networking event into a half-day focused on the importance of Diversity & Inclusion in healthy workplaces and successful digital transformations.
10:00 - 12:00 – Diversity & Inclusion Keynote & Panel Discussion
All are welcome – register your interest as part of registration to the conference for updates.
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Tuuli Ahava
Director, Applications, Digital Automation
Nokia
Tuuli Ahava is a digital automation leader at Nokia, currently concentrating on industrial applications. She believes in collaboration, ecosystems, and the power of sharing. Whether it’s the opportunities IoT, cloud and AI can provide, or the importance of using technologies to build a better world, she’s all in. Appreciating geeks, admiring doing instead of talking about digital transformation, always ready to ask even the stupid question. Learning something new every day is her mantra.
Florence Hanemann
Global Operations Team Lead
SAP
Florence Hanemann has been working at SAP for over 15 years, focusing on finance, controlling and operations. She is currently the team lead for Global Operations for SAP Industries, responsible for business operations, pipeline management and revenue reporting. Before joining SAP, Florence worked in Hong Kong for 10 years in different companies, including venture capital firm (Pacific Century) and investment banks such as Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. She completed her MBA from the University of Mannheim in Germany in 2003 just before she joined SAP.
Jesus Hernandez
Operation Sales EMEA
Aveva
Jesus leads OSIsoft's Business Development strategy and team. Partner & Reseller, Industry and Market Development, Cloud & Edge practice teams under Jesus' guidance are responsible for the development and acceleration of new and existing industry and technology markets. <br />
Jesus joined OSIsoft in 1997 as an Account Manager for Spain and Portugal. Jesus worked as Regional Sales Manager for Europe and later lead EMEA as Vice President. Before joining OSIsoft, Jesus worked for Schneider Electric in the Industrial Management Department.<br />
Jesus attended the University of Salamanca, Spain, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Physics, specializing in Electronics and possess an Industrial M.B.A from E.O.I Madrid, Spain.
Mary McDonald
VP Global Channel & Strategic Partners
OSIsoft
Joining OSIsoft in June 2018, Mary brings extensive career experiences spanning over 25 years in the Industrial Manufacturing Automation market with leadership roles in General Management, Global Sales, Channel & Strategic Partners, and Global Strategic Accounts. As the VP Global Channel and Strategic Partners, Mary leads this commercial team in executing a structured strategy and program for the success of our VARs, ISVs, OEMs, SIs and overall global sales ecosystem. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Mary has been part of the leadership teams at Schneider Electric, Emerson Process, Panduit, and Rockwell Automation as well as providing consultation to executive boards and teams for optimizing IIoT business strategies and models.
Signe Bramming Andersen
Similix
Signe Bramming Andersen is MSc in Economics and has 20 years of experience within the Utility industry. Signe is working with business development at Similix, an OSIsoft partner with global footprint.
Patricia Rebelo
Head of Efficiency
EDP Produção
Experienced Head of Organizational Development with a demonstrated history of working in the utilities industry. Strong skills in Lean Management, Knowledge Management, IT and Leadership.
Omsri Bharat
Project Manager 1
OSIsoft
I have been with OSIsoft since March 2017 and am currently on the IT Project Management team. I have managed projects ranging from product launches, to process improvements, to database upgrades. I also project managed our first Diversity and Inclusion Forum at PI World 2018 in San Francisco. As a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee, I am really passionate about making our workplace more inclusive to a wide range of people, so I'm very excited to bring this event to Barcelona and refine it further.
CCIB
CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
12:00 PM
2:00 PM
Lunch
Meal/Reception
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Academic Symposium
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:00 PM
5:00 PM
Join us and fellow educators, researchers, and industry collaborators for this half-day event to:
Jumpstart your academic projects by attending this dynamic, collaborative event.
Learn from colleagues as they share their pathways toward success with the PI System.
Network with industry and attend our Academia-Industry Collaboration Workshop
Learn how the PI System connects academia with campus facilities & operations.
Discover OSIsoft Learning resources and how several universities have used the PI System in the classroom. Hear from leaders who have used the PI System to motivate and support both institutes and large-scale research projects.
13:00-13:15 Welcome and Overview of the Day
13:15-14:00 SIRIUS: Collaboration across the digital divides in the oil and gas supply chain
14:00-14:30 A successful study case of collaboration through PI system: University of Granada and Abbott Lab
14:30-15:00 BREAK
15:00-15:30 OSIsoft Cloud Offering : Transforming Student Education with the Academic Hub Service
15:30-16:00 Intelligent Buildings Remote Monitoring Using PI System at the VSB - TU of Ostrava Campus
16:00-16:30 Using the PI System in Chemical Engineering Education and Research
16:30-17:00 Smart Industrial Concept! - Design and Operational Optimization
We encourage industry collaborators, professors, post docs, and students to attend, as there is value for all to share and experience in our collaborative setting. If you have never attended an OSIsoft EMEA Users Conference, attend this year! If you have attended in the past, we look forward to welcoming you back with our expanded program.
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Ivan Mudron
Sr. Product Support Engineer I
OSIsoft
He studied Geoinformatics at VSB Technical University in Ostrava and finished the study with thesis focusing on data analysis and their subsequent use for optimization purposes.<br />
In his studies, he worked on statistical calculations, the error errors, modeling of natural hazards and their impact on the land use of the landscape.<br />
After his studies he joined OSIsoft in 2013 in Frydek-Mistek.<br />
In addition to working on technical support, it also deals with the installation of the PI system and the demonstration of its application. Nowadays, he continues working for OSIsoft as Academic Program Manager for EMEA.
Rene Hofmann
TU Wien
Since 2015 Prof. René Hofmann holds a professorship and is head of the research area Industrial Energy Systems at the Institute for Energy Systems and Thermodynamics, TU Wien. In parallel he is thematic coordinator at the AIT Center for Energy. He has many years of experience and publications in the field of thermal and industrial engineering and was active as senior process engineer in R&D at Josef Bertsch GmbH & Co. KG, Austria. <br />
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His current main research focuses on design and operational optimization of energy systems for complex industrial and energy production systems. Prof. Hofmann teaches methods for modelling, simulation and optimization of thermal processes and components. <br />
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Prof. Hofmann is Scientific Coordinator of the Cooperative Doctoral School SIC! [Smart Industrial Concept] and active as alternate delegate in the executive committee of the technology collaboration programme Industrial Energy-Related Technologies and Systems(IETS) of the International Energy Agency(IEA).
José Miguel Gutiérrez Guerrero
Senior Application Specialist
Abbott Laboratories
José Miguel currently works at Abbott Laboratories in the Granada, Spain factory. He started as an IT and Automation Engineer in industrial vehicles and concrete plants. After that, he worked with business intelligence systems to analyze incoming process data for industrial environments. Currently, he is working on optimizing the PI System platform's potential from a data modeling and analysis point of view. Thus improving the industrial process performance at the Abbott Granada Plant. He has also implemented PI System installations at the University of Granada to develop a project regarding the OPC UA standard and Analysis Framework, and to introduce the PI System in the University community in Granada. José Miguel holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Granada, and a postgraduate degree in Real Time Software Development. He is currently finishing his PhD in Metamodels for the Industrial Environment based on OPC-UA.
Juan A. Holgado-Terriza
Professor
University of Granada
uan A. Holgado-Terriza (M’2006) received a B.S. degree in physics from the University of Granada, Spain, in 1991 and a PhD. degree in physics from the University of Granada, Spain, in 2001. From 1991 to 2000, he was combined research in Instrumentation on Applied Physics with a position in a Spanish Baccalaureate School. From 2000 to 2012, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Software Engineering Department at the University of Granada (Spain). Since 2012, he reached a Tenured Professor position in the same Department. He is the author of more than 100 articles. His current research interests include middleware for networks, services and systems integration, software platforms for embedded and mobile devices, ubiquitous home automation and ambience.
željka Ujević Andrijić
Postdoctoral researcher
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Research
Ms. Željka Ujevic Andrijic, PhD, is a senior assistant at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology. Areas of her scientific research include: first-principle and data-driven modelling, process optimization, and statistical analysis. In 2012 she defended her PhD on soft sensor models for refinery application using system identification and global optimization methods. She participates in teaching courses in Computer programming and Process modelling and helps during student work and doctoral thesis. She is an author of a larger number of scientific and professional papers and case studies.
Nenad Bolf
Prof.
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Prof. Nenad Bolf, PhD, is The Head of The Department of Measurement and Process Control at The Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb. He is the holder of the Measurement and Process Control, Process modelling and control, Plant automation and Advanced process control courses. His areas of interest include modelling, diagnostics, process control, and optimization, with special interest in advanced process control and artificial intelligence methods. He is an advisor for process control and control loop optimization in numerous projects with the process industry. For the last four year he is editor-in-chief of Chemistry in Industry magazine.
Jan Vanus
academic staff
VSB TU Ostrava
Jan Vanus is currently Academic Staff Member, Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of the FEI, VSB–Technical University of Ostrava. The research title is “Design, application, and optimization Intelligent Buildings Control Systems.” His research interests include Building automatization within platforms Smart Home and Smart Home Care (remote comfort control, visualization, Data Mining, Big Data processing, energy management, optimization, recognition, classification, prediction), speech signal processing, adaptive filters (LMS), voice communication with the control system.
David Cameron
University of Oslo
David Cameron is the Centre Coordinator for the SIRIUS Centre for Scalable Data Access at the University of Oslo. He is a Chemical Engineer with 30 years of industrial experience in the metals, chemicals and petroleum industries. His technical specialization is the application of simulation to the optimization of operations. He has worked in applied research, strategy and development management roles in BHP Billiton, Norsk Hydro, Kongsberg Group and then in consulting and senior business development roles related to the internet of things in IBM and Sopra Steria. He earned his doctorate in simulator-based process analytics from the University of Cambridge.
Nicolas Peels
Customer Success Manager
OSIsoft
Nicolas Peels is OSIsoft’s Academic Program Manager, EMEA. He is the contact point for <br />
universities and research institutes using the PI System for research and educational purposes. He joined OSIsoft in 2011 as a Customer Support Engineer, and took on product specialization and leadership roles before accepting his current role. He holds a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Salford, UK.
John Matranga
Director
AEVEA
JJohn Matranga is the Director of Customer Innovation and Academia at OSIsoft. Responsible for the global STEM education program at OSIsoft, John enables academic institutions to leverage the PI System software and OSIsoft resources for education and research use. <br />
John started with OSIsoft in 1990 and has extensive expertise in technology vision, adoption, and global service delivery. Focused on sensor-based data for the past 30 years, his work has spanned the areas of software architecture, design, development, and delivery for commercial software offerings in Cyber-Physical Systems. John lives in the San Francisco bay area with his wife and three children. Previous to OSIsoft, John was part of the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University.
Erica Trump
Technical Product Manager
AVEVA
Erica Trump is the Program Manager of Academic Learning at OSIsoft. In this role, she works with professors to leverage the PI System and OSIsoft Cloud Services to improve educational outcomes and develop the workforce of tomorrow. Erica joined OSIsoft in 2014 after completing her PhD in Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from WVU.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118 & 119, P1 Level
Room 118 & 119, P1 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Enterprise Summit
1:15 PM - 5:00 PM
1:15 PM
5:00 PM
Enterprise Summit
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Partner Meeting
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
1:30 PM
5:00 PM
The 2018 OSIsoft Partner meeting will include presentations tailored for OSIsoft Partners and potential Partners. It will include presentations and discussions around the following topics:
• PI World/Users Conference Preview
• OSIsoft Product Roadmap
• 2018 Sales Messaging and Objectives
• OSIsoft Partner EcoSphere Program Updates
This is a targeted event open to OSIsoft Partners and Potential Partners. Registration for the Partner Meeting is handled through your conference registration. When registering for PI World EMEA, it will ask you “Do you plan on attending the Monday Partner Meeting?” To attend, please select “yes.”
If you have any questions please email partners@osisoft.com. Make sure to take this opportunity to liaise with your peers, the Partner Management team and other OSIsoft key personnel!
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
First Time Attendee - Introduction to OSIsoft, the PI System & the UC
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
PI World Orientation For First Time attendees
New to PI World? Want to get better insights into what will be happening when? Want to better understand some key concepts, terms and PI System basics? With over 100 presentations and activities getting the most from PI World can be challenging. In this session we’ll cover tips, tricks and best practices to make sure you get what you want from the event. Learn about the agenda, where to meet people, extra activities going on, PI System 101 basics and what terms like “Data Infrastructure” means that you’ll hear throughout event.
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Dominic John
VP, Marketing
OSIsoft
Dominic John is the VP of Global Marketing and Technical Communication at OSIsoft. Dominic has been focused on enterprise decision support, analytics and reporting software for over 20 years. From product ideation to market research Dominic�s background brings a diversity of industry background that includes Life science, Power Generation, Oil and Gas, Transmission and Distribution, Utilities, Metals and Mining, and Facilities. At OSIsoft Dominic leads the analyst, product marketing, marketing, learning and technical writing groups representing the PI System software which is today deployed in over 19,000 sites, in 127 countries, to monitor 1.5 billion data streams of industrial sensor-based data.
CCIB
CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
First Time Attendee - Reception - Exec Meet and Greet
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
First Time Attendee - Reception - Exec Meet and Greet
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Dominic John
VP, Marketing
OSIsoft
Dominic John is the VP of Global Marketing and Technical Communication at OSIsoft. Dominic has been focused on enterprise decision support, analytics and reporting software for over 20 years. From product ideation to market research Dominic�s background brings a diversity of industry background that includes Life science, Power Generation, Oil and Gas, Transmission and Distribution, Utilities, Metals and Mining, and Facilities. At OSIsoft Dominic leads the analyst, product marketing, marketing, learning and technical writing groups representing the PI System software which is today deployed in over 19,000 sites, in 127 countries, to monitor 1.5 billion data streams of industrial sensor-based data.
CCIB
CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Welcome Reception
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
Meet & Greet Reception
Pre-Conference-Event
Miscellaneous
no-room
Monday, September 24, 2018
Offsite Sales Team Dinners
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
7:00 PM
10:00 PM
Offsite Sales Team Dinners
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Hilton
Hilton: Ballroom BC
Ballroom BC
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Hackathon (ends Tuesday)
12:01 AM - 8:00 AM
12:01 AM
8:00 AM
Hackathon (ends Tuesday)
Innovate, compete, network, learn, and win big!
Join a group of high energy and talented PI System developers, architects, admins, idea people, and industry experts for the hackathon. Build a killer and innovative application using a data-rich programming environment that we provide as part of a team. Network and learn about new technologies while competing with other teams. Winners will be awarded prizes and acknowledged publicly. Register now and add the Hackathon to your agenda!
If you have already registered for the conference, you may still modify your registration by sending an email to piworldemea@osisoft.com.
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Marcos Loeff
Sr. Technology Enablement Engineer
OSIsoft, LLC
Marcos Vainer Loeff is a currently member of the OSIsoft Technology Enablement team working from the Brazil office. He has written many articles and white papers not only about developing with PI Web API but also about integrating the PI System with R. He has also lead many hackathons during our Users Conferences. His areas of interest are: web and mobile development, system identification, process control, machine learning and data science.
Michael Sloves
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft
Michael Sloves has worked at OSIsoft for 18 years. During that time, he has developed and led software teams responsible for PI ICE, PI WebParts, SAP/ERP Integration and for OSIsofts SAP/MDUS Integration products. Presently, he is the Director of Technology Enablement. In his role, he is responsible for driving excellence in our External and Internal Developer Community by educating, informing, and enabling Developers. He is also responsible for the development of OSIsoft's PI Developer Technologies suite of tools.
CCIB
CCIB: Entrance A, P0 Level
Entrance A, P0 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Registration
7:30 AM - 7:00 PM
7:30 AM
7:00 PM
Registration
Registration
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Opening Comments
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Opening Comments
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Dominic John
VP, Marketing
OSIsoft
Dominic John is the VP of Global Marketing and Technical Communication at OSIsoft. Dominic has been focused on enterprise decision support, analytics and reporting software for over 20 years. From product ideation to market research Dominic�s background brings a diversity of industry background that includes Life science, Power Generation, Oil and Gas, Transmission and Distribution, Utilities, Metals and Mining, and Facilities. At OSIsoft Dominic leads the analyst, product marketing, marketing, learning and technical writing groups representing the PI System software which is today deployed in over 19,000 sites, in 127 countries, to monitor 1.5 billion data streams of industrial sensor-based data.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Welcome - OSIsoft - Pat Kennedy
9:15 AM - 9:20 AM
9:15 AM
9:20 AM
Welcome
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
J. Patrick Kennedy
Founder of OSIsoft and Chairman Emeritus
AVEVA
Under Dr. Kennedy's visionary leadership, OSIsoft grew from a small startup in 1980 to a highly profitable global software corporation. In the early days, Dr. Kennedy's role included everything from sales to consulting. As the company matured, the role evolved into one of finding the right people to manage and direct the ever-growing company.<br />
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Prior to founding the company, Dr. Kennedy worked as a research engineer for Shell Development Company and as an applications consultant for Taylor Instrument Company.<br />
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Dr. Kennedy holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kansas. A registered professional engineer in control systems engineering, he holds a patent on a catalytic reformer control system. He co-authored a chapter of the book "Planning, Scheduling and Control Integration in the Process Industries," C. Edward Bodington, ed. (McGraw-Hill Co., 1995), and is the author of numerous papers. Dr. Kennedy has many awards including the prestigious Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Industrial Digital Transformation Initiatives at the Edge, Enterprise and Cloud
9:20 AM - 10:05 AM
9:20 AM
10:05 AM
Industrial Digital Transformation Initiatives at the Edge, Enterprise and Cloud --
Where will you find your Dark Data - and how will you light it up? OSIsoft's customers have big plans that rely on using data from disparate sources. We will talk about ways OSIsoft will help customers create an infrastructure that spans more topologies and addresses more user needs. We'll talk about using the data, in context, and enabling new outcomes that will help you fuel your digital transformation.
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Chris Nelson
SVP R&D - Operations Information Management
OSIsoft, LLC.
Chris leads the OSIsoft engineering teams on their relentless pursuit to connect sensor-based data, operations and people to enable real-time intelligence. Chris is responsible for the design and development of software systems at OSIsoft including all aspects of the PI System. Chris joined OSIsoft in 2002 as a software developer focused on extending OSIsoft's position within the Life Sciences Industry by enhancing existing batch products and developing new products and capabilities. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Chris worked for Merck & Co., Inc., as a Technical Manager in both Clinical Trial Systems and Manufacturing Process Information Systems. Chris holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Rutgers University.
Gregg Le Blanc
Vice President Product
AVEVA
Gregg and his group are curators of the strategic product vision and roadmap for AVEVA’s PI System (OSIsoft) products and cloud services. His team works with customers, users, partners, and internal resources to gather requirements and feedback. These scenarios and use cases shape and align product futures with technology and market forces. The AVEVA PI System Product group helps capture and represent the voice of the user both inside and outside the company.<br />
Gregg joined OSIsoft in 1998 and has held many positions throughout his career at AVEVA.<br />
Gregg graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara in Chemical Engineering for both his Bachelor's and Master's of Science degrees. He is also a professional photographer and works with a number of non-profit theatre companies around California.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Gestamp Industry 4.0 Strategy
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM
10:05 AM
10:30 AM
The presentation will cover Gestamp’s understanding of what Industry 4.0 is, how Industry 4.0 initiatives are handled in the organization and what are the keys to succeed to build the path towards a smart factory.
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Isabel Caviedes
Associate to COO
Gestamp
Isabel Caviedes started her career in Gestamp in 2011 as part of the Corporate Development Department. In 2014 she joined the Commercial Department as Sales Controlling and Strategic projects Manager. In 2018, she joined the Advanced Manufacturing & Equipment Standardization Team as Advanced Manufacturing Manager.
no-room
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
Break
Break
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Global Channel and Strategic Partners Keynote
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
Over the past decade, we've seen massive disruption channel philosophies and partner strategies. In Tech, the technologies including Cloud, IoT/IIoT and big data with analytics have transformed how we approach the OT-IT landscape. Businesses look to strategic advisers to help them drive broad digital transformation. At OSIsoft, we have aligned and look to further expand our Channel & Partner strategy to build the best Ecosytem to serve our current and future PI-customer base. In this keynote, Mary McDonald, Vice President Global Channel and Strategic Partners, will discuss how partners can and have become agile technology advisers and solution providers teams with OSIsoft to adapt to meet the wider digital transformation business needs. She will also highlight successes and introduce one of our new key members of our Global Channel and Partner Ecosystem.
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Mary McDonald
VP Global Channel & Strategic Partners
OSIsoft
Joining OSIsoft in June 2018, Mary brings extensive career experiences spanning over 25 years in the Industrial Manufacturing Automation market with leadership roles in General Management, Global Sales, Channel & Strategic Partners, and Global Strategic Accounts. As the VP Global Channel and Strategic Partners, Mary leads this commercial team in executing a structured strategy and program for the success of our VARs, ISVs, OEMs, SIs and overall global sales ecosystem. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Mary has been part of the leadership teams at Schneider Electric, Emerson Process, Panduit, and Rockwell Automation as well as providing consultation to executive boards and teams for optimizing IIoT business strategies and models.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Iberdrola Presentation
11:15 AM - 11:40 AM
11:15 AM
11:40 AM
Customer Presentation
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Javier Valdes
Head of Thermal Technical Services
Iberdrola
Industrial Engineering Master and IESE PDD. Javier joined Iberdrola en 1994. He has played different managing roles in coal and gas power plants, in Spain and UK. Currently he leads the Thermal Technical Services department which supplies technical and logistical support to the Iberdrola thermal assets all over the world.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Keynote Presentation: The Art of Business Influence, Mark Jefferies
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM
11:40 AM
12:20 PM
A compelling keynote about the link between Communication Excellence and Business Success.
Author and Communication Expert, Mark Jeffries, presents an instantly useable toolbox of innovative communication, networking and influence tools designed to accelerate your business success.
From the 3 Cs of Communication Excellence, to the L-WAR ... from selling without selling to the BRAINS of Influence - Mark Jeffries presents a practical and highly entertaining session filled with valuable takeaways, memorable stories and innovative tools and techniques.
Former Stockbroker, Mark Jeffries, has become a leading expert in the fields of “Strategic Communication” and “Communication Skills”. He advises blue-chip companies around the world on message, influence and delivery and has spoken at events and conventions, with rave reviews, in front of more than 170,000 attendees.
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Mark Jeffries
Author and Communications Expert
Author, Keynote Speaker and former Merrill Lynch stockbroker, Mark Jeffries, has become a trusted adviser and communications consultant to some of the world's largest and most successful corporations, agencies and partnerships. Dividing his time mostly between The United States, Canada and Europe, Mark is invited to deliver his highly effective keynotes on ‘Business Communication, Influence & Presentation’ to audiences across many industries. His speeches are relevant, entertaining, and filled with instantly useable takeaway ideas. Mark has also mastered a fascinating niche – moderating major corporate events. He has rapidly become the go-to person for facilitating, moderating and ‘MC-ing’ multinational events for large and small organizations around the world. As well as running countless industry panels and chatting with more than 150 C-Suite execs, on stage, Mark has also interviewed many celebrities including Will Smith, Richard Branson, Bob Mueller, Serena Williams, Michael Phelps and Michael J. Fox. Mark has published two books: “What’s up with your Handshake?” and “The Art of Business Seduction” and has just launched 2 highly innovative and very engaging e-learning courses dedicated to elevating users into Trusted Advisors, Persuasive Communicators and Key Influencers. Discussing the power of ‘Business Influence’ and ‘Networking 2.0’, Mark regularly appears as an expert guest on NBC’s Today Show, Fox Business, and BBC News and writes for The Huffington Post.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Preview Highlights for Day 2 and Day 3
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:20 PM
12:30 PM
Preview Highlights - Day 2 - Industry & Day 3 - Techcon, CLOSING
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Dominic John
VP, Marketing
OSIsoft
Dominic John is the VP of Global Marketing and Technical Communication at OSIsoft. Dominic has been focused on enterprise decision support, analytics and reporting software for over 20 years. From product ideation to market research Dominic�s background brings a diversity of industry background that includes Life science, Power Generation, Oil and Gas, Transmission and Distribution, Utilities, Metals and Mining, and Facilities. At OSIsoft Dominic leads the analyst, product marketing, marketing, learning and technical writing groups representing the PI System software which is today deployed in over 19,000 sites, in 127 countries, to monitor 1.5 billion data streams of industrial sensor-based data.
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CCIB: Room 134, P1 Level
Room 134, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Hackathon Judging Session 1
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
12:30 PM
2:00 PM
Innovation Hackathon project applications will be judged by a group of experts. The top solutions will be awarded prizes, and you and your team will be publicly recognized for your achievement. Stay tuned and follow us on PI DevClub Forums and @PIDevClub. If you have any questions about this event, please contact pidevclub@osisoft.com.
Pre-Conference-Event
Miscellaneous
Marcos Loeff
Sr. Technology Enablement Engineer
OSIsoft, LLC
Marcos Vainer Loeff is a currently member of the OSIsoft Technology Enablement team working from the Brazil office. He has written many articles and white papers not only about developing with PI Web API but also about integrating the PI System with R. He has also lead many hackathons during our Users Conferences. His areas of interest are: web and mobile development, system identification, process control, machine learning and data science.
Michael Sloves
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft
Michael Sloves has worked at OSIsoft for 18 years. During that time, he has developed and led software teams responsible for PI ICE, PI WebParts, SAP/ERP Integration and for OSIsofts SAP/MDUS Integration products. Presently, he is the Director of Technology Enablement. In his role, he is responsible for driving excellence in our External and Internal Developer Community by educating, informing, and enabling Developers. He is also responsible for the development of OSIsoft's PI Developer Technologies suite of tools.
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CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
12:30 PM
2:00 PM
Lunch
Meal/Reception
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: P0 Level
P0 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Networking Lounge
12:30 PM - 7:00 PM
12:30 PM
7:00 PM
Networking Lounge
Miscellaneous
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CCIB: Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Partner & Product Expo
12:30 PM - 7:00 PM
12:30 PM
7:00 PM
Partner & Product Expo
Miscellaneous
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CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Remote Monitoring & Optimization for Air Liquide Plants using AF/EF
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Air Liquide is the world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, are present in 80 countries with approximately 65,000 employees. In 2017, the Group’s revenues were 20.3 billion Euros. The World Business Line 'Large Industries' (LI) provides Air Liquide's customers with industrial gas solutions essential to their own production, as well as technologies that deliver performance and energy efficiency.
Thanks to OSIsoft PI technologies, the remote operation control center, near Lyon, has a nationwide vision of customer needs for oxygen, nitrogen, argon and hydrogen. Like a control tower, the workflows of each unit are monitored & adapted in real time to the needs of each customer. The production & delivery of gases to customers are optimized throughout the country.
Algorithms devised by Air Liquide engineers are used to fine-tune equipment adjustments in 22 plants to optimize energy consumption, leveraging 15 years of data gathered from all industrial site
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Industrial Analytics
Luis Santana
Sales Director
Alizent
Luis joined Alizent in 2017 as Sales and MarkComm Director. Holding <br />
both an MBA and an Executive MBA, he has over 30 years of solid experience in <br />
Marketing, Business Strategy & Development and Change Management at a global level and across several fields. Working from Alizent's office in Madrid, Luis's main mission is to extend Alizent's reach EMEA wide, promoting Alizent's expertise and experience for delivering Innovative Technological solutions to the Industrial sector.
Irene Lotero
Air Liquide
Irene graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2014 with a Masters in Chemical Engineering. She joined Air Liquide in 2015 as a researcher at the Delaware Research and Technology Center and worked on topics related to mathematical optimization. Since January 2018, Irene is part of the LI Fab in the digital transformation team based in Paris, France. Her main mission is to accelerate the deployment of decision-support tools within the SIO (Smart and Innovative Operations) program.
Moussa Diakhité
Operations & data analyst
Air Liquide
Moussa joined Air Liquide France in 2016 as a Production Optimization Engineer for Air Liquide’s newly created ROCC (Remote Operation Control Center) in Lyon (France) after having started his career at Exxon.<br />
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In his current role he works on the definition and creation of new tools for the ROCC. <br />
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Moussa is an active member of the community of practice around the PI System within Air Liquide and an early adopter of PI AF within the Group. He is part of the working group in charge of the definition of Data Structure & Calculation standards in preparation for the global deployment.
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
PI System and the Greater Technology Landscape
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
New to the PI System? Wondering what the hype is around big data, unstructured data, and what it has to do with you? Attend this session to find out how it all fits together. Topics: Data concepts: Time-series, relational, unstructured The rub: What makes operational data difficult? Basic PI System Overview PI 101 courses are for attendees who are new to the PI System or new to the UC. These sessions will cover key concepts, PI System products, and common use cases. By the end, you will have a foundation to get the most out of the UC and conversations with fellow attendees.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > PI System Introduction
Andrew Nguyen
Product Marketing Manager
OSIsoft
Andrew Nguyen is a Product Marketing Manager for visualization products at OSIsoft. He joined OSIsoft in 2012 and has worked in Field Service, Inside Sales, and Project Management. Andrew has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.
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CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: Data Science Enablement in the Cloud for R and Python
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Tuesday (Day 1) 25 September --
2 pm: Data Science Enablement in the Cloud for R and Python
3 pm: Remote Operations Monitoring in the Cloud
4 pm: Edge to Cloud Technology Enablement
Miscellaneous
Elizabeth McErlean
Strategic Product Manager
OSIsoft
Elizabeth McErlean (Ammarell) is a Strategic Product Manager at OSIsoft focusing on Integrations and Advanced Analytics. After joining OSIsoft in 2012 as a Customer Support Engineer, she supported customers as an escalation engineer for PI Integrators and the product manager for PI Integrator for Esri ArcGIS. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.
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CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
PI System Roadmap
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Update on the PI System Development Roadmap. 2018 release and future plans.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Enterprise Infrastructure
Laurent Garrigues
Dept. Lead, Portfolio
AVEVA
Landry Khounlavong
Product Manager
AVEVA
Landry Khounlavong is one of the Strategic Product Managers at AVEVA™ for OSIsoft Cloud Services (OCS) and has also had experience supporting customers as a Technical Support Engineer and creating awareness in the market for our product portfolio as a Product Marketing Manager. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Florida and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
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CCIB: Room 124, P1 Level
Room 124, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
DataOps toolchain for Continuous Control Monitoring
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
All firms aim to transform their data in PI System to actionable information.
But many use cases take time to be implemented. Functional teams complain that their solutions can take months or even years to deploy or, worse, are never adopted.
Sometimes the reason is the complexity of the process or the algorithm but very often, the reason is a lack of methodology and technical capabilities to challenge the development of new features, test non regressions of existing ones, manage evolutions, fix bugs, monitor the data.
It is time to move the management of our Data within PI System From Artisanal Craft To Industrial Production.
From the delivery process perspective, the major issue is that the functional team is not fully qualified to test the data delivery by its own. They need help to challenge the data quality. They need some Continuous Control Monitoring.
Inspired from Agile, Lean, and DevOps, the DataOps methodology and its toolchains will enable to eliminate daily barrier.
Day 1: PI Geek Track
Mahyar Sepehr
Founder - DevOps - Architect - PO
apoIO
Mahyar Sepehr is a DevOps with an IT architecture and software development background. He is the founder of apoIO company.<br />
He is expert in Cloud architecture including Kubernetes and Docker (CaaS), AWS (IaaS, Functions), Openstack (IaaS). He has experiences on Scrum and agile methodologies as Scrum Master or Product Owner. He has worked in DevOps teams in Version Control-Based Deployment, Scale IT Automation and Deliver Value Continuously including Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery. <br />
Mahyar Sepehr has several successful experiences in designing solutions with PI System in different industrial sectors from proof of concept, to performance testing and production monitoring.
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CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Extending TransCanada’s PI System infrastructure with the AWS Cloud
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
With the rise of IIoT and Industry 4.0, there is a need to find new ways to capture and analyze industrial data. The major cloud platform providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) are leading the charge that enables virtually limitless compute resources and a full set of managed services, making the cloud the new Operating System. This enables new opportunities for adding value to PI Systems by offering a platform for advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. AWS also makes it possible to extend your PI System by enabling new ways for collecting and processing sensor data at the edge through integrated edge/cloud services. This presentation takes a journey with TransCanada and describes how they are realizing new business value by using the PI System together with AWS.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Innovation & IoT
Joshua Linville
Director of Network & SCADA IT
TransCanada
Joshua Linville is the Manager of Real Time Systems & SCADA Engineering East for TransCanada. Joshua has 15+ years of experience in the IT/OT space and has been with TransCanada since 2011. Joshua is accountable for several mission critical systems for TransCanada including the central SCADA and PI systems. Joshua has a Masters degree in Software Engineering and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science.
John Baier
Director, Solution Strategy
Aveva
John Baier is the Director of IoT Solution Strategy at OSIsoft. He is part of the cloud, edge, and analytics practice, which works with OSIsoft partners to create joint solutions that help customers get the most out of IoT ecosystems, to increase operational efficiency, and improve business profitability. John has been with OSIsoft since 2009 and has directed organizations in Product Management and Engineering, helping establish OSIsoft as a leader in control system connectivity, as well as a pioneer in advancing operational data for use with big data, machine learning, and AI systems. John came to OSIsoft after 20+ years at Rockwell Automation, where he held a variety of roles in software engineering, engineering management, business management, and software architecture. He is the inventor on over a dozen US Patents in the area of plant floor information management and factory controls.
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CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Digital Transformation: How to approach it? (pre-registration required)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
2:00 PM
3:15 PM
Digital Transformation means different things for different companies. What does it mean for your business? In this forum we will facilitate discussion among participants on the following topics: What are the most typical areas of Digital Transformation for OSIsoft customers? How mature is your organization in this process? How to approach Digital Transformation, build a vision, establish a strategy, and avoid most typical pitfalls?
Forum
Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Max Mckay
Business Value Consultant
AVEVA
Max Mckay works with OSIsoft's Advisory Services group, focusing on helping organizations looking to transform the way they use data on how best to use a time series data infrastructure to achieve their business objectives. He also act as Transportation Industry Champion, supporting business development in connected rail, ships, ports, trucks, and automobile. Max has worked for the past 10 years with OSIsoft across various technical roles. He holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Vadim Fedorov
Account Manager
OSIsoft
Vadim Fedorov is Senior Systems Engineer at OSIsoft responsible for development of solution architecture, Proof-of-Concept design and implementation, as well as PI System competence development within key accounts and partners in Russia and CIS countries. Vadim has more than 13 years of experience in “applied” IT in areas of Power T&D, Oil & Gas and others. Prior to joining OSIsoft in 2013, Vadim spent 5 years in engineering and pre-sale with GE Energy. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Moscow Engineering Physics University.
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CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Sharing Your Experience Enabling Industry 4.0 with the PI System (pre-registration required)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
2:00 PM
3:15 PM
Industry 4.0—an organizing concept for bringing digitization to manufacturing—has expanded from its roots in Central Europe to become a global phenomenon. The market for Industry 4.0 technologies is expected to grow 23% to $21.7 billion by 2023. But where do you start? Are smart manufacturers focusing on cost recovery or can you achieve a more rapid pay back by concentrating on new revenue and increasing capacity through software? What impact will cloud services and “smart” devices have on data sharing and security? Participants will discuss these issues and share their war stories.
Forum
Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Bryan Owen
Head of Product Security
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Bryan Owen is Head of Product Security and Product Security Officer at AVEVA. Bryan is an advocate for critical infrastructure protection initiatives through advancing state of the art practices for industrial software security. He engages in public/private partnerships through collaboration with DHS CISA, DOE National Laboratories, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and work groups focused on industrial control system supply chain security. Bryan serves on industry advisory boards and is a voting member for ISA99 standards. Bryan is a registered State of Washington Professional Engineer and 2020 Michael J Assante ICS Security Lifetime Achievement award recipient.
Michael Kanellos
Senior Manager of Corporate Communications & Technology Analyst
OSIsoft
Michael Kanellos is an Industry Champion at OSIsoft and the Senior Manager of Corporate Communications. He has been a reporter, analyst and marketing exec in Silicon Valley for over 20 years with a focus on energy, semiconductors and the startup economy. He has contributed to New York Times, CNET, Forbes, 60 Minutes, CNBC, Newsweek, Newsday, the Chicago Tribune and National Geographic, among other outlets. A graduate of Cornell University and the University of California, he has also worked as an attorney, a travel writer and a busboy in a pancake house.
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CCIB: Room 122, P1 Level
Room 122, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Integrating Edge Devices with the PI System and OSIsoft Cloud Services (pre-registration required)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
2:00 PM
3:15 PM
Advances in technology have enabled intelligent sensors and devices to be deployed in areas that were previously out of reach due to cost or location. How will these new interconnected devices bring increased value to your operations or to your business? What are your biggest concerns or hurdles to using these new devices? Has your organization found success in adopting these new sensor technologies? If not, how do these technologies need to evolve to better serve your needs?
Forum
Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Chris Felts
Senior Strategic Product Manager
OSIsoft, LLC
Chris Felts is a Senior Strategic Product Manager at OSIsoft focused on the product strategy for data collection. Chris joined OSIsoft in 2014 in the role of Solution Architect with over 25 years of process automation, data management, and project execution experience having worked in various engineering and marketing roles in the power, process, and semiconductor industries. Chris spent the 15 years prior to joining OSIsoft at a large process automation supplier where he worked closely with OSIsoft to develop applications and solutions to integrate with the PI System. Chris has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, is a co-inventor on numerous patents in the areas of process automation and data integration, and is a registered Professional Engineer.
Jeremy Korman
Product Marketing Manager
OSIsoft
Jeremy Korman is a Product Marketing Manager for OSIsoft and has been working with the PI System since 2010. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Jeremy worked for a leading specialty chemicals manufacturer in Houston, Texas. While working as a Process Engineer, Jeremy became a super fan and power user of the PI System. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
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CCIB: Room 131 & 132, P1 Level
Room 131 & 132, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Executive Forum - (invite Only)
2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
2:00 PM
7:00 PM
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Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Prediction of In-Process Quality
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
Gaining experience in connecting automation layer to cloud and using cloud services. In the use case, the product quality has been predicted by using “Machine Learning” methods. Based on the online prediction, the production process could be controlled in a smarter way.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Industrial Analytics
Otmar Janke
Global Technologies and Invest
Henkel
Otmar is working in the Adhesive Technologies business unit of Henkel.<br />
His responsibilities include the development and implementation of global, digital key themes in the production environment, as well as managing projects for production automation and digitization.
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CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Better Data Quality for Better Data Science with the PI System
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
Data Quality is much more than good or bad. It’s the how and what of the data collection process. All data has many “qualities” that affect our analysis of the data. Sensors have inaccuracies, data streams lack context, and processes have distinct states that may explain why the data is how it is. These qualities affect us all, whether we are the type that works in spreadsheets or in Jupyter. This talk will explore the aspects of data quality, why data quality is important, and what each of us can do to improve data quality in the PI System. Every stakeholder from Process Engineers to Data Scientists has a role in this process.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Innovation & IoT
Keary Rogers
Manager, Core Reliability
TransCanada
Keary Rogers joined TransCanada in 2005 and has held several roles with increasing responsibilities. Keary has over 20 years of oil and gas transmission, production, and exploration experience. Keary is the Manager of Core Reliability, accountable for the strategic development and execution of Real-time Predictive Analytics, Performance, and Optimization of the compression fleet for TransCanada U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines. His responsibilities cover over 800+ compression units in 37 states.
Ionut Buse
Programmer
TransCanada
Ionut has been with TransCanada since 2011. His work is focused around development and implementation of algorithms within Enterprise Analytics (EA), a Real-Time Monitoring Solution for the compression assets. He holds a double Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from West Virginia Institute of Technology and a Master’s degree in Information Systems from Marshall University.
Brandon Perry
Staff Software Developer
OSIsoft
Brandon is a Staff Software Developer at OSIsoft. He is the technical lead for the Data Views feature of OSIsoft Cloud Services. Brandon joined OSIsoft in 2009, spending his first several years working with customers as a data access and asset modeling specialist before moving into product development and applied research. His work in applied research focused on data semantics, contextualization, and quality - topics which are highly relevant to how Data Views connects people with their data at massive scale. Brandon holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
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CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Operator Display Fault Simulations at Hydropolis Water Institute
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
MPWiK which is Wroclaw city's water and sewage authority, uses PI for their water distribution management as well as water production management. Recently MPWiK decided to share their operator displays in Hydropolis, a world renowned water institute. Visitors from all over the world can see what a live operator display looks like in a water production facility. They can click on a simulation button and see how water production changes due to a football match or a flood.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Enterprise Infrastructure
Krzysztof Czupryński
PI infrastructure specialist
Apostrophe IoT Sp z.o.o.
Just after finishing studies I’ve started my job in the biggest polish refinery. During my 8 years carrier I’ve been promoted three times. I’ve started as the junior PI support specialist and developed my position to enterprise PI infrastructure architect for companies of the group located in Poland, Cech Republic and Lithuania. I’ve been also a project manager for projects closely connected to process automation and optimization like Advanced Process Control, Alarm Management System, Control Loops Performance Monitoring, Operator Training Simulators.<br />
I’ve started my cooperation with Apostrophe IOT during project for global F&B company on the beginning of 2018. My job is to build PI oriented department of Apostrophe IOT.
Piotr Słomianny
MPWiK
CIO and CFO of the Municipal Water Supply and Wastewater Company (MPWiK) in Wroclaw. Expert in and enthusiast of modern technologies. Boasts many years’ experience in the field of advanced IT project management. Participated in the establishment of the Long-Term Company Strategy and takes an active part in the creation and update of the strategy for the successive years. Currently taking the organisation through the digital transformation process. His performance was recognised in major Polish nationwide competitions in the area of IT (IT Leader 2017, Digital Excellence Awards 2017). Achieves successes thanks to his ability to coordinate team cooperation as well as his goal and process optimisation orientation. Graduated from Wroclaw University of Economics and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.
Michał Ślósarz
MPWiK
Michal Slósarz - Graduate of University of Economics in Wroclaw, Faculty of Informatics and Econometrics. Postgraduate studies in SGH University in Warsaw, specialization in Business Analysis. Since 2012 associated with MPWiK S.A. (Municipal Water and Sewage company in Wroclaw) in area of customer expierience and new technology deployment. Leader and big fan of EFQM (the European Foundation for Quality Management). Interests: telecommunication system, customer relationship managment, big date and active lifestyle.
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
PI System Crash Course
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
New to the PI System? Wondering how you’ll navigate which PI World sessions to attend? Have no fear; you are not alone. This talk is uniquely designed for those who have never used the PI System and are first-time OSIsoft conference attendees.
This talk offers a PI System crash course that you can share with your colleagues back at the office. By the end of the session, you will be able to identify the main PI System tools to collect, analyze, and visualize your operational data in several use cases. With this knowledge, you will be ready to smartly navigate the various product talks and booths at PI World to get the most of your experience!
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > PI System Introduction
Nathaniel Adebayo
Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Nathaniel is a Systems Engineer based out of our London office and is also the Oil & Gas Industry Champion for EMEA. He provides technical leadership to our sales organization by sharing his technical experiences with the PI System, managing technical projects and providing product demos. Previously to his current role, Nathaniel worked as a Senior Product Support Engineer at OSIsoft. During this time he spent 6 months working onsite at BP on a global PI System project as an Embedded Engineer where he provided best practices on adopting PI AF and Asset Analytics. Nathaniel holds a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham.
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CCIB: Room 124, P1 Level
Room 124, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Migrating Performance Equations to AF Analytics Programmatically
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
OSIsoft has recently released PE2AF, a utility for migrating performance equations to AF analytics. The release in on PI Square's GitHub and includes all source code. Mr. Soll is the author of the utility and will take the audience through both the both the operation and the code.
Day 1: PI Geek Track
David Soll
CTO
Omicron
David Soll is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Omicron Development, LLC. He is responsible for the overall technical direction and technology solution set provided by Omicron. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and has been working in Information Technology for over 35 years, more than 25 of them with Omicron. He is the past Chair for the Princeton / Central Jersey section of the IEEE and is a past Chair of the Central New Jersey chapter of the IEEE Computer Society and is a senior member of the IEEE. David is also the past Chair and current board member of the New Jersey chapter of the ACM and a senior member of the ACM.<br />
David has a long history of innovation working with OSIsoft and Microsoft technologies. David began working with OSIsoft’s Plant Information (PI) system in its early days, when PC-networking and graphics were emerging technologies. He has followed the development of PI ever since and has helped many major clients adopt and extend PI’s capabilities using .NET technologies.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: Remote Operations Monitoring in the Cloud
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Tuesday (Day 1) 25 September --
2 pm: Data Science Enablement in the Cloud for R and Python
3 pm: Remote Operations Monitoring in the Cloud
4 pm: Edge to Cloud Technology Enablement
Miscellaneous
Todd Brown
Staff Strategic Product Manager
AVEVA
Todd Brown is a Staff Strategic Product Manager at AVEVA, currently focused on OSIsoft Cloud Services (OCS) scenarios for Remote Operations Monitoring & Connected Community (cross-enterprise data sharing). Previously, Todd was a Product Manager for PI Vision and Event Frames. Before moving into Product Management, he had a lead role in the OSIsoft Center of Excellence focusing on pharmaceutical and batch industries. Before joining OSIsoft, Todd worked for Merck & Co., Inc. in a global position in the Process Information Systems and Manufacturing Automation group. Todd has over twenty years of experience, having worked with PI System related applications, batch reporting applications, manufacturing data analysis applications, and Manufacturing Execution Systems. He holds a M.S. in Information Systems Management from Stevens Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in Integrated Science and Technology from James Madison University.
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CCIB: Room 125, P1 Level
Room 125, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Day 1: ArcGIS Users Group Meeting
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
PI System + ArcGIS User Group Meeting
- Welcome & Introductions
- Esri: The Science of Where | Age Location Platform
- PI Integrator for Esri ArcGIS
o PII4EA Overview
o Presentation
- Open Forum Discussion
Miscellaneous
Danilo Ribeiro
Strategic Alliances Program Manager
OSIsoft
Danilo joined OSIsoft as a customer support engineer in 2008, where his responsibilities spanned a large set of roles, including, but not limited to: PI System installation and configuration, customer training & coaching, and a PI Champion for the utilities vertical. Since 2014, Danilo moved to the Partners & Resellers team at OSIsoft, where he supported customer engagements that involved the integration of PI System Data with ArcGIS. Earlier this year, Danilo took responsibility for the Global Esri Alliance. Danilo holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of São Paulo (Brazil), Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and an MBA from California State Fullerton.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Break - Expo
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
3:15 PM
3:45 PM
Break - Expo
Break
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Exploring the Future of Digital Twins with OSIsoft and SIRIUS
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
3:45 PM
4:15 PM
The ongoing population explosion of users and data is making all of us re-think how people, applications, and data come together. One approach is Digital Twins: virtual representations of physical assets, sophisticated enough to drive complex analytics and simulations without expensive custom integration. The promise of Digital Twins drives us at OSIsoft to address some vast prerequisite challenges: contextualizing the data, personalizing the system, enabling collaboration, and integrating seamlessly with deep learning and artificial intelligence.
OSIsoft Research is working in collaboration with SIRIUS, a research consortium for scalable data access in the Oil & Gas domain. This session is a call for collaboration: come explore these topics with us! In this talk, we will look at the vision for Digital Twins and our ongoing work towards that goal. We are excited to engage with all of you, so the session will conclude with an extended question-and-answer period.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Innovation & IoT
Evgeny Kharlamov
University of Oxford
Evgeny is an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford; he was previously a visiting researcher at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh and a researcher at the University of Bolzano and INRIA Saclay. <br />
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Evgeny's work has led to more than 70 publications including top tier conferences and journals. His work on semantic equipment diagnostics, industrial model management, and on semantic access to Siemens turbine data have won recognition at the International Semantic Web Conference.<br />
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Evgeny played a leading role in Oxford's participation in a large-scale EU funded Optique project on end-user oriented access to industrial Big Data. He was one of the co-authors and a research co-investigator of the EPSRC grant on data analytics (£866,527). He is the PI on several projects including an industry-funded with Siemens (£200,000) on semantic diagnostics of complex industrial production systems and on analytics and model management
Brandon Perry
Staff Software Developer
OSIsoft
Brandon is a Staff Software Developer at OSIsoft. He is the technical lead for the Data Views feature of OSIsoft Cloud Services. Brandon joined OSIsoft in 2009, spending his first several years working with customers as a data access and asset modeling specialist before moving into product development and applied research. His work in applied research focused on data semantics, contextualization, and quality - topics which are highly relevant to how Data Views connects people with their data at massive scale. Brandon holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
David Cameron
University of Oslo
David Cameron is the Centre Coordinator for the SIRIUS Centre for Scalable Data Access at the University of Oslo. He is a Chemical Engineer with 30 years of industrial experience in the metals, chemicals and petroleum industries. His technical specialization is the application of simulation to the optimization of operations. He has worked in applied research, strategy and development management roles in BHP Billiton, Norsk Hydro, Kongsberg Group and then in consulting and senior business development roles related to the internet of things in IBM and Sopra Steria. He earned his doctorate in simulator-based process analytics from the University of Cambridge.
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CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Advanced Data Analysis Environment with PI System on MHPS-TOMONI
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
3:45 PM
4:15 PM
MHPS has been developing power plant data monitoring and analysis platform utilizing the PI System on the Microsoft Azure Platform as MHPS-TOMONI. Our primary tools are PI AF Analytics, PI Vison , Processbook and web applications.
We intend accomplishing "Issue owner involvement by providing interactive analytics application." So we have integrated the PI System with Shiny and Jupyter that enable us to perform modern data analysis using Python and R and utilize interactive UI parts with minimum effort. Combining data base with them to store pre-processed data from PI system, those applications are also able to provide long/middle term analytic results which is relatively difficult only with PI system.
One example of our applications is gas turbine partial load performance analyzer on which users can change various parameters to see GT performance on specific time period with various aspects. We want show capability of PI system and supporting tools for advanced data analysis.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Industrial Analytics
Leandro Hideo Iha
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, LTD.
To be informed
Hiroyasu Ishigaki
Director
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, LTD.
Hiroyasu Ishigaki is the General Manager of ICT Operations Department at Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems based on Yokohama, Japan. Ishigaki joined MHPS in 1994 and started working on thermal power plant control systems development especially on HMI applications and communication layer. During his career Ishigaki spent three years at MHPS America to support their control system after sales services and cyber security initiatives. In his current role as General Manager of ICT Operations Department, Ishigaki is responsible for leading development of MHPS digital solution, "MHPS-TOMONI" to support MHPS customers to achieve their thermal power plant successful digitalization.
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Introduction to Condition-based Maintenance with PI System
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
3:45 PM
4:15 PM
We are being asked to run equipment longer, faster, and harder with less resources while minimizing failures. Condition based maintenance (CBM) takes a data driven approach to maximizing the performance of your assets and maintenance schedules. Discover how the PI System can be used for CBM through simple drag and drop configuration. Configure digital representations of your assets, calculate key performance indicators (KPIs), and even send notifications or kick off maintenance work flows based on the real condition of your assets. Jump-starting your CBM project has never been easier with the modern PI System.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > PI System Introduction
Jeremy Korman
Product Marketing Manager
OSIsoft
Jeremy Korman is a Product Marketing Manager for OSIsoft and has been working with the PI System since 2010. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Jeremy worked for a leading specialty chemicals manufacturer in Houston, Texas. While working as a Process Engineer, Jeremy became a super fan and power user of the PI System. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
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CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Artificial Intelligence is Enabling MHPSA to Change the Utilities Business Model
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
3:45 PM
4:15 PM
In this session, we will discuss how Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems is working with SparkCognition to implement AI for predictive maintenance into its MHPS-TOMONI platform, and in doing so is changing the business model. Even in today’s highly efficient power plants, asset monitoring and maintenance continue to be suboptimal, directly impacting the bottom line. Assets have expanded in complexity and now provide more sensor data than ever. However, plants still rely on SMEs and sensor analysts to accurately categorize all anomalous machine behavior and assess risks. AI-based machine learning automatically predicts and analyzes known and unknown signatures. This technology amplifies the effectiveness of SMEs, and unlocks the potential for the autonomous power plants of the future. By implementing AI-powered predictive maintenance into its asset monitoring platform TOMONI, MHPSA is disrupting the power generation industry by offering its customers increased plant availability.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Enterprise Infrastructure
Beatriz Blanco
Operations Development Engineering Manager
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems America
Beatriz Blanco is the Operations Development Engineering Manager with MHPSA, and has previously worked for Siemens Energy. She has worked in the power and aerospace industries for over ten years. She currently leads the team in development of operational troubleshooting tools, all software evaluation, and the advancement of digital solutions. She obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering along with her Master’s in Business Administration, from the University of Florida. She holds certifications in Rotating Machinery Diagnostics and Process Instrumentation and Control.
Joe Des Rosier
Director
SparkCognition
Joe Des Rosier is currently the Director of Sales at SparkCognition, where he is responsible for driving business engagements, growing key accounts, and consulting on various use cases of SparkCognition's AI technologies. Areas of specialty include industrial data analytics, instrumentation, business ROI, and IoT go to market strategy. Joe has keen business and technical acumen around how advanced data analytics can be applied to Asset Performance Management to optimize efficiency, maintenance and safety on critical infrastructure. He previously worked for Averna Technologies and National Instruments with a focus on manufacturing test and industrial automation across various industries including medical and aerospace. Joe was responsible for managing Averna's business in the Western US and was responsible for triple-digit growth. Fueled by entrepreneurship, Joe also has experience founding and launching various startup companies in the mobile application and social media arena.
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CCIB: Room 124, P1 Level
Room 124, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Accelerate PI Asset Framework with Cognitive Computing
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
3:45 PM
4:15 PM
With its rich set of features and functions, PI Asset Framework (PI AF) is the preferred way for users to interact with their PI System data. However, the task of accurately identifying, classifying and naming massive amounts of individual PI Tags can be overwhelming. Subject matter experts, PI System administrators and other stakeholders can spend months researching and identifying unique assets, their various attributes and relationships to achieve the foundational naming convention and structure recommended for PI AF.
This session will review how one customer is using the Cascadence Asset Modeler (AM) to more rapidly and efficiently setup and maintain PI AF. Cascadence AM is a cognitive computing solution designed to dramatically accelerate a PI System customer’s transition from a flat PI Tag structure to the more robust and dynamic PI AF, giving industrial organizations a much more detailed description of equipment, their hierarchical relationships and associated metadata.
Day 1: PI Geek Track
Steve Henshaw
VP Product Delivery
Toumetis
John has 20+ years of experience developing monitoring systems, gathering data, and using machine learning and predictive analytics to solve real-world problems—from improving efficiency to preventing system failures. His experience includes the oil and gas, energy, marine and aviation sectors in areas as diverse as advanced signal processing, artificial intelligence and machine learning through to big data architecture and analytics. Most recently John was Analytics Director for GE Oil & Gas. He has also held senior technology and product roles at Airbus and Rolls Royce. He holds a bachelor of engineering in Avionics from the University of Glasgow.
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CCIB: Room 122, P1 Level
Room 122, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Supporting IT's Big Data and Data Lake Initiatives
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
3:45 PM
5:00 PM
Big Data and Data Lake are common terms used to describe many things. Big Data and Data lake strategies vary widely based on the goals of the organization, industry-specific best practices, the nature of operations and more. Does your organization have Big Data and Data Lake initiatives? What are your end goals? Where does your PI data fit in the picture? Have you attained successful results? What tools do you use now and anticipate needing to support the success of these initiatives? Share your stories and exchange ideas with others on a similar journey at this forum, facilitated by OSIsoft product managers, Stephen Kwan and Joy Wang.
Forum
Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Joy Wang
Technical Product Manager
OSIsoft
I am the Technical Product Manager for the PI Integrators product line. Prior to product management, my experience spans Technical Support, Field Service, and leading the support team in North America to deliver world-class support. My areas of interest include user empathy, market research, and empowering users with access to good, trustworthy data. I hold a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and am currently pursuing an MBA at UC Davis (go Sun Devils and Aggies!).
Stephen Kwan
Senior Product Manager
OSIsoft
Steve Kwan is the Technical Product Manager for server products at OSIsoft, including the Data Archive, AF, Asset Analytics and Notifications. Prior to joining OSIsoft in 2010, Kwan spent 15 years in various roles in engineering, project management and product management with GE Energy. He holds a BS in Engineering Chemistry and a PhD in Materials.
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CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Solving One of the Greatest Challenges of Digital Transformation: Changing Culture (pre-registration required)
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
3:45 PM
5:00 PM
According to a McKinsey Report published in June 2017 cultural and behavioral challenges are the most significant show-stoppers to meet digital priorities for any organization. BCG has assessed 40 companies and their success with Digital Transformation and realized that the number of companies reporting strong financial boosts were five-times higher than those that ignored to focus on the cultural transformation first. Developing a company culture and mindset that embraces constant change and innovation is the prerequisite for any form of Digital Transformation - our experiences show that even the term “organization” needs to be redefined: in a Digital world, an organization no longer just includes hierarchies and departmental structures but also must include work procedures, attitude and the involvement of the organizations eco-system including customers, vendors/suppliers and partners & alliances to truly drive digital innovation. Waiting for an organization to change organically takes too long – we would like to discuss with you what your experiences have been, how you have overcome these challenges and how the PI System as an Enterprise Data Infrastructure has helped your teams to foster and enable change.
Forum
Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Jessica Bethune
Director Global Sales Development
OSIsoft
As the Regional Manager for the Netherlands, Northern and Eastern Europe at OSIsoft Jessica is responsible for all sales, channel and customer success activities within the region. Her responsibilites include managing the Account Management team, developing strategic local partnerships in alignment with the Alliances & Partners Team and expanding market penetration within OSIsoft´s core and adjacent customer industries.<br />
In addition, Jessica has been given the opportunity to launch and develop a Global Sales Development team for OSIsoft, focused on inbound demand management and outbound new business development activities to secure the mid-and long-term new software pipeline contribution for the global sales teams at OSIsoft.<br />
Before joining OSIsoft, Jessica has worked in the technology sector for companies such as Peregrine Systems, Kofax and Hitachi Data Systems (now Hitachi Vantara).
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CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Applying the Cloud in Analytics and Remote Monitoring Initiatives (pre-registration required)
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
3:45 PM
5:00 PM
The cloud provides low-maintenance offerings and elastic compute resources, capabilities useful for remote operations monitoring and advanced analytics. What are your plans for leveraging the cloud in these initiatives? Does the cloud change your approach to operations? Where are you on your cloud adoption journey, and where do you want to be?
Forum
Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Alicia Coppock
Product Manager
OSIsoft
Alicia Coppock is a Product Manager for visualization products at OSIsoft. She has been with OSIsoft for 5 years where she has also served as an Escalation Engineer specializing in AF and Analytics products as well as a Tech Support Engineer. Prior to joining OSIsoft, she worked at Hemlock Semiconductor as a Process Engineer. Alicia has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Elizabeth McErlean
Strategic Product Manager
OSIsoft
Elizabeth McErlean (Ammarell) is a Strategic Product Manager at OSIsoft focusing on Integrations and Advanced Analytics. After joining OSIsoft in 2012 as a Customer Support Engineer, she supported customers as an escalation engineer for PI Integrators and the product manager for PI Integrator for Esri ArcGIS. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.
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CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: Edge to Cloud Technology Enablement
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Tuesday (Day 1) 25 September --
2 pm: Data Science Enablement in the Cloud for R and Python
3 pm: Remote Operations Monitoring in the Cloud
4 pm: Edge to Cloud Technology Enablement
Miscellaneous
Chris Felts
Senior Strategic Product Manager
OSIsoft, LLC
Chris Felts is a Senior Strategic Product Manager at OSIsoft focused on the product strategy for data collection. Chris joined OSIsoft in 2014 in the role of Solution Architect with over 25 years of process automation, data management, and project execution experience having worked in various engineering and marketing roles in the power, process, and semiconductor industries. Chris spent the 15 years prior to joining OSIsoft at a large process automation supplier where he worked closely with OSIsoft to develop applications and solutions to integrate with the PI System. Chris has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, is a co-inventor on numerous patents in the areas of process automation and data integration, and is a registered Professional Engineer.
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CCIB: Room 124, P1 Level
Room 124, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Monitoring Data Quality with Asset Analytics
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Data Quality is rapidly becoming one of the top areas of interest for organizations looking to extract the most benefit from their data infrastructure. As the number of connected devices continue to grow, having visibility into data quality becomes an increasing challenge.
This presentation will demonstrate how to utilize the functionality and scalability of AF to identify conditions where assets' data flow has stopped. It will highlight different logic that can be used to account for a variety of data flow regimes, and non-ideal network conditions. These strategies are also designed to minimize load on PI Analysis Service and conserve computational resources.
The presentation will also cover reporting on data quality issues and creating parameters that track long term performance. This allows users to quickly resolve new issues and prevent future ones.
Day 1: PI Geek Track
David Rodriguez
Sr. Analytics & Intelligence Engineer
EDF Renewables
David works for EDF Renewables as a Sr. Analytics and Intelligence Engineer. He loves the challenge of building systems that turn raw data into actionable information, and figuring out ways to improve Operational Intelligence. As a remote worker, David enjoys traveling and working from many locations around the world.
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CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Using OSIsoft Cloud Service to Fuel Cognitive Computing and Machine Learning Services
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
OSIsoft PI Systems offer an abundance of data that can be used to fuel successful machine learning projects. However, several bottlenecks exist that make it difficult to acquire, label and analyze this valuable information. Working with OSIsoft Cloud Service, Toumetis has built an end-to-end cognitive computing solution that incorporates SME guidance to enable the deployment of machine learning algorithms that provide predictive insight for industrial operators. This session will provide an example of how a leading hi-tech manufacturer is using advanced machine learning to identify anomalies in complex production processes related to both assets and resources.
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Utilizing OCS to share data with cognitive computing solution to identify operational issues and predict asset performance
Attendees will learn about the benefits of cloud-based machine learning for predictive maintenance to enhance business operations and enable new revenue generation
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Industrial Analytics
Steve Henshaw
VP Product Delivery
Toumetis
John has 20+ years of experience developing monitoring systems, gathering data, and using machine learning and predictive analytics to solve real-world problems—from improving efficiency to preventing system failures. His experience includes the oil and gas, energy, marine and aviation sectors in areas as diverse as advanced signal processing, artificial intelligence and machine learning through to big data architecture and analytics. Most recently John was Analytics Director for GE Oil & Gas. He has also held senior technology and product roles at Airbus and Rolls Royce. He holds a bachelor of engineering in Avionics from the University of Glasgow.
Laurent Garrigues
Dept. Lead, Portfolio
AVEVA
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Introduction to Analytics with PI System
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Sensor data in its raw form is not enough to monitor and make decisions on complex processes or systems. Equations from physics, thermodynamics, and other disciplines are used to make sensor data actionable. If you want to go further and make comparisons between equipment or site performance, normalization and event identification are a must. In this talk, you will get an introductory level understanding of
• How you can elevate raw sensor data to be more actionable with PI System as well as
• How PI System integrates this data with business intelligence tools and popular advanced analytics platforms, enabling you to find correlations and apply machine learning algorithms.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > PI System Introduction
Landry Khounlavong
Product Manager
AVEVA
Landry Khounlavong is one of the Strategic Product Managers at AVEVA™ for OSIsoft Cloud Services (OCS) and has also had experience supporting customers as a Technical Support Engineer and creating awareness in the market for our product portfolio as a Product Marketing Manager. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Florida and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
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CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Monitoring of Cable Transit Sealing Systems
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Running cables and pipes through partitions safely and secure, especially where protection against fire, water, gas or other threats are needed, means that maintenance of whatever system you use for doing so is needed. This has for a long time been left either undone or at least without system support. The Roxtec Guard system gives the operator of a facility real time data about the status of each such transit.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Innovation & IoT
Bill Hunt
CTO & Co-Founder
Dianomic
Bill Hunt is the CTO of Dianomic, the maker of FogLAMP, an Industrial IoT platform with Machine Learning and advanced signal processing for improving yield, quality, safety and environmental impact. Previously, he was Group Vice President at Oracle, where he led an 1,100-person software development team and managed a $126 million budget. He has founded and/or been a senior exec at multiple venture-backed software companies, each an innovator and the leader in their space. Six of his companies were acquired for $700m by Oracle, Avaya, Alcatel and others. He has also acquired multiple companies.<br />
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Bill enjoys mentoring young entrepreneurs in Peter Thiel's 20 Under 20 Fellowship and is an occasional speaker on technology and entrepreneurial topics. He is a board member or advisor of many software companies and has 12 patents to his credit.
Mikael Helmerson
Roxtec International AB
2003 – 2007 Finance and Logistics Manager, Scania Commercial Vehicles (Falun, Sweden)<br />
Restructured the production setup for axles going in the European market, including carve-out divestment of component production.<br />
2007 – 2013 Investment AB Latour (Gothenburg, Sweden)<br />
Started out as Director of Business Development and moved on to managing one of the holdings in the industrial automation industry. Thereafter (2010-2013) CEO of Nord-Lock Group, a multi-national holding of Latour with subsidiaries in 16 countries. Completed add-on acquisitions in the US, Switzerland and Italy and grew the company from 35 to 70 MUSD sales.<br />
2013 – Roxtec International AB (Karlskrona, Sweden)<br />
CEO of world leading supplier of cable and pipe sealing solutions with 750 employees in 25 countries and annual sales of 220 MUSD.
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CCIB: Room 134, P1 Level
Room 134, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Hackathon Judging Session 2 (if needed)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
Innovation Hackathon project applications will be judged by a group of experts. The top solutions will be awarded prizes, and you and your team will be publicly recognized for your achievement. Stay tuned and follow us on PI DevClub Forums and @PIDevClub. If you have any questions about this event, please contact pidevclub@osisoft.com.
Pre-Conference-Event
Miscellaneous
Marcos Loeff
Sr. Technology Enablement Engineer
OSIsoft, LLC
Marcos Vainer Loeff is a currently member of the OSIsoft Technology Enablement team working from the Brazil office. He has written many articles and white papers not only about developing with PI Web API but also about integrating the PI System with R. He has also lead many hackathons during our Users Conferences. His areas of interest are: web and mobile development, system identification, process control, machine learning and data science.
Michael Sloves
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft
Michael Sloves has worked at OSIsoft for 18 years. During that time, he has developed and led software teams responsible for PI ICE, PI WebParts, SAP/ERP Integration and for OSIsofts SAP/MDUS Integration products. Presently, he is the Director of Technology Enablement. In his role, he is responsible for driving excellence in our External and Internal Developer Community by educating, informing, and enabling Developers. He is also responsible for the development of OSIsoft's PI Developer Technologies suite of tools.
CCIB
CCIB: P1 Level
P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Evening Reception in Partner & Product Expo
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
Partner & Product Expo
Miscellaneous
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CCIB: P0 Level
P0 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Networking Lounge
7:30 AM - 6:30 PM
7:30 AM
6:30 PM
Networking Lounge
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Entrance A, P0 Level
Entrance A, P0 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Registration
7:30 AM - 6:30 PM
7:30 AM
6:30 PM
Registration
Registration
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Industrial IT Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal/Champion
Day 2: Industrial IT
Maria Sanchez Tellez
Executive Engagements Team Lead
OSIsoft
Maria Sanchez Tellez joined OSIsoft in 2015. She supports business operations, and currently works to enable executive conversations, in order to enhance the partnership between OSIsoft and strategic customers. Maria holds a MS in Chemical Engineering from Arizona State University.
Norton Green
Director, Executive Engagements
OSIsoft, LLC
The relationship and ensuing trust our clients have in our products and services are our most critical assets at OSIsoft. Norton and his team's primary goal is to develop and deepen executive relationships with our clients so OSIsoft may become their trusted partner to realize transformational opportunities across their enterprise. Today, the Executive Engagements team executes this mission by way of the following programs: Customer Advisory Board, Executive Briefing Program, Executive Council and Executive Forum.<br />
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After joining the company in 2000, Norton spent his first fifteen years in the IT Department. The last six years were spent as the Global IT Director where he focused on scaling the IT Infrastructure as the company experienced tremendous growth.<br />
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Norton holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Saint Mary's College and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Miami (FL).
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Power Generation Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome to EMEA's PI World 2018 Power Generation Session!
In this introduction to the day, we will briefly discuss the agenda, afternoon's Users Group meeting and updated AF resources on PI Square.
Day 2: Power Generation
David Thomason
Industry Principal Global Power Generation
AVEVA / OSIsoft
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CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals Industry Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal/Champion
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Petter Moree
Industry Principal
OSIsoft
Petter Moree, Global Industry Principal, Life Sciences and Food & Beverages OSIsoft, LLC<br />
Petter has a M.Sc. in technical chemistry with a specialization towards chemometrics and data science. After his M.Sc. from Umeå University, Sweden, Petter joined Umetrics in 1999, where he worked for 17 years with customers in various markets for example Pharmaceutical, Pulp & Paper, Automotive, Semicon and chemical and with applications such as PAT, QbD, early fault detection, predictive analytics, MPC and CPV. Petter was Global Product Manager for Umetrics’ software portfolio, including SIMCA, SIMCA-online and MODDE, and later became their global sales director leading sales and services teams in EMEA, US and Asia.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Process Industries Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
A quick intro to the day's event where you'll hear compelling stories on how the Internet of Things, advanced analytics, and digital transformation are changing the way industries including water, metals & mining, pulp & paper and others are managing their business.
Day 2: Process Industries
Martin PROVENCHER
Industry Principal, Mining, Metals and Materials
OSISoft
Gary Wong
Global Industry Principal, Infrastructure & Water
AVEVA
Gary Wong is the Global Industry Principal of Infrastructure and Water at AVEVA, a leader in real-time, industrial, performance intelligence. He leads their global data centers, facilities, smart cities and water businesses and has 25 years of extensive international experience providing sustainable, strategic and cost-effective digital solutions. Prior to joining AVEVA, he has held positions with OSIsoft, Metro Vancouver and as a consultant directing both public and private sectors on operations, digital transformation, planning, sustainability, and engineering. Mr. Wong is also the Chairman of the Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN) Americas Alliance and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, is registered as a Professional Engineer in Computer Engineering, holds an M.B.A. from the Queen’s School of Business and is also a Chartered Professional Accountant.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Oil & Gas and PetroChem Industry Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Russell Herbert
Industry Principal - Oil & Gas
AVEVA
Russell, Global Oil & Gas Industry Principal for AVEVA, brings extensive experience following his time working in a range of development and operations roles within the Oil & Gas industry including time at BG Group, Schlumberger and Tullow Oil. <br />
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Much of Russell’s work within AVEVA involves providing industry insight and strategic guidance regarding how the latest developments in Operational Data Management can significantly improve operations whilst also enabling important emerging technology trends such as Digital Twin, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, IIoT and Integrated Operations. Recent engagements have included projects with Shell, BP, ENI, Total, Petronas, Saudi Aramco, ADNOC, SBM Offshore and Repsol.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Food & Beverage Industry Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal/Champion
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Jeffrey Van Pelt
Industry Principal - Food & Beverage
OSIsoft
Jeff Van Pelt is Principal, Global Food & Beverage Industry at OSIsoft. In this role, Mr. Van Pelt is responsible industry strategy, segment development, thought leadership and ensuring customers drive value from their technology investments. Van Pelt is a 30 veteran in the consumer products industry in a variety of roles. Prior to joining OSIsoft, he held industry executive positions at IBM and SAP.
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CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation Industries Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal/Champion
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Matt Miller
Industry Principal, Transportation
AVEVA
AVEVA’s Transportation Industry Principal has a broad background in developing industrial electronics, automated control and information system software for OEM’s and enterprises. Before working at AVEVA, Matt spent 35 years in numerous sales, marketing and management roles at OSIsoft, Viewtronics and Xycom. As a degreed electronics engineer with specialty in computer-based controls and decades of market experience, Matt has been working with leading technology firms to bring real-time performance intelligence to the supply chain and smart city initiatives.
Enrique Herrera
Industry Principal
OSIsoft, LLC
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CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Transmission & Distribution Industry Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal/Champion
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
William McEvoy
Industry Principal
Aveva
Bill McEvoy is a Global Industry Principal with OSISOFT covering Transmission, Distribution, Smart Grid and Distributed Energy Resources. Bill spent thirty four years’ working in the utility and information technology profession at Eversource Energy formerly Northeast Utilities. With his last role as the Director of Information Technology - Business Solutions - Real Time Systems for Eversource Energy. He is still active participant on several industry committees associated with Smart Grid, Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Cyber Security. Bill has a strong understanding of the principles of Information Technology as related to utility business systems processing along with a strong understanding of the Transmission, Distribution, Gas and Generation business processes. He also was the Program Director for over 8 Transmission, Distribution and Gas Control Centers for Eversource during his career.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Shell - A business perspective of Real-Time Operations
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
In this presentation Mr Ali Hamza (Global Wells, Reservoir and Facilities Management Performance Lead) and Mr Peter Van Den Heuvel (Manager of Shell’s PI CoE) will give an overview of how they see the past, present and future of the use of PI at Shell. Shell have been a long-time customer of OSIsoft PI and this presentation will provide an overview of how Shell has been using data to improve its operations over the last 20 years, initially as part of their Digital Oilfield ‘Smart Fields’ programme and now increasingly as part of a more complex ‘Smart Foundation’ digital platform which supports streaming analytics, advanced real-time workflows, collecting data from smart IoT devices, integrating Shells real-time data to other operational systems and sending data to the Cloud for advanced BI and Analytics. Ali and Peter will explain why Shells real-time platform has had to evolve and how the Shell business and CoE work together on projects to maximise the value Shell get from their PI Systems.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Ali Hamza
Global WRFM Performance Lead
Shell
I am the Global WRFM (Wells, Reservoir and Facilities Management) Performance Lead working in Shell Global Production Support & Excellence. I am a Subject Matter Expert in Production Support Engineering and the PI Business Application Owner in Upstream and Integrated Gas. I joined Shell following the BG integration, my last role at BG was the Global Production Engineering Manager. My team worked in true partnership with Assets to embed the Production Management standard and Recommended Practices, the systems (including PI and Energy Components and Integrated Asset Models), developing IT solutions and people in the production optimisation space.<br />
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I am an electro-mechanical Engineer by background and hold a Master degree in Engineering management. I am also a Chartered Manager, an Associate fellow of IChemE, I successfully completed a Leadership Programme with Cranfield University in 2015, and currently pursuing a Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering at Heriot Watt University.
Peter van den Heuvel
Product Manager Realtime Data
Shell
Peter van den Heuvel is Product Manager Realtime Data at Shell. He is working together with 22 specialists in this domain located in India, Europe and the US/Canada. The team is delivering High Quality Real Time services to all Shell domains where RealTime Data is used.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Optimizing Predictive Maintenance at Barrick Gold by Integrating Asset Data and Process Data
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Historically, process data and asset data have remained in separate worlds. Technological advancements in wireless connectivity, sensors, cloud computing and AI are paving the way for integration of process control data and asset condition data. For industries, this translates to operational performance excellence. Barrick Gold Corporation has recently embarked on its digital transformation journey and in partnership with OSIsoft and Petasense, they recently integrated Petasense asset condition monitoring system with the OSIsoft PI system, at their Cortez plant in Elko, NV, USA. The primary goal is to optimize predictive maintenance outcomes. The integration of the two systems has equipped Reliability Engineers with a single interface to view process parameters alongside vibration data. It enables better planning, improved insights, powerful analytics and the ability to create predictive models. Initial results are promising - improved asset reliability, and reduced maintenance costs.
Day 2: Process Industries
Abhinav Khushraj
Cofounder
Petasense
Abhinav Khushraj loves technology and his passion is to build new "things". He is excited about disrupting traditional industries using modern technologies such as wireless and cloud computing. Currently, he is working on an Internet of Things startup that is going to disrupt the industrial world. The goal is to change the way industries monitor their machines and run their processes.
Tara Rana
Barrick Gold
Tara Rana is an Advanced Process Control Engineer, currently employed with Barrick Gold in Toronto, ON, Canada. He works with the PI system very closely and manages digital transformation projects applicable to processing plants. He enjoys implementing smart sensors in the plant that will enable end-users to achieve operational performance excellence through powerful analytics.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Using PI Cloud and Transformation to Drive Operational Performance
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Coriance, a French District Heating company delivering sustainable energy (with 80% from renewable biomass and geothermal power sources), is driving optimized operations and improved asset performance across its diverse portfolio of power facilities. It recognized that its legacy monthly management reporting was both time consuming to collect and prepare but also would not drive the necessary day-to-day improvements in performance that it shareholders and customers demanded.
Coriance turned to Accenture to provide a cloud-based analytics platform combined with business transformation to provide operational insights and actions to help drive the day-to-day performance outcomes. Core to the Accenture platform is the OSIsoft PI System and AF deployed within an Azure environment with an innovative commercial and technical model that provides flexibility and agility of cloud with the scalability, storage and performance of the OSIsoft solutions.
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
Patrick MICHEL
Directeur Performance & Transformation
Coriance
Patrick Michel is the Regional Director of Coriance Group and is responsible for infrastructure development and energy management across this growing district heating and power company based in France.<br />
His current role builds on over 10 years of experience working with independent energy suppliers and, prior to that, 20 years leading management roles within research and investment firms, banking and consulting.
Simon Coombs
Managing Director
Accenture
Simon Coombs, Managing Director, Industry X Digital Manufacturing & Operations at Accenture<br />
• Over 35 years working with Asset- and Energy-intensive industries<br />
• Leading digital transformation programmes to drive performance and regulatory change<br />
• Executive Sponsor for Accenture’s relationships with OSIsoft and Aveva<br />
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Over 35 years working with Asset- and Energy-intensive Industry clients. IT/OT digital expert.<br />
Water, Gas, Electricity Utilities, Upstream Oil&Gas, Refineries, Chemicals, Metal industries. Now branching out into Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and Infrastructure markets.<br />
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Utilities: Generation/Production, Distribution, Retail, Metering.<br />
Low Carbon Energy - nuclear, biomass, EfW, wind, smart grid<br />
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Strategy, Change Management, Transformational programmes, Outsourced Services, Digital solutions architecture and delivery<br />
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Started as a control & power engineer for nuclear; then management consulting roles; business development of an automation and real-time IT system integrator; now within the leadership team at Accenture for Industry X.0.<br />
Previously owner/executive management team successfully growing a VC-backed, UK system integration company focused on Energy and Utilities, with successful sale to a Strategic Buyer.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Use cases of OSIsoft PI System in the Consumer Goods Industry
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
By means of different successful use cases, we are going to explain how we use OSIsoft PI System on the transformative power of data in manufacturing. By integrating information and automation technologies, achieving major gains in productivity and operations efficiency in our daily basis.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Jaume Valls
Kellogg Manufacturing S.L.
Technical Manager Kellogg Spain<br />
20 years experience in multinational environment.<br />
Advanced knowledge in Operations,Production, Quality Food Safety and Safety. Lean Manufacturing, Business Starting Up, expansions and cutbacks.<br />
Product waste reduction by using lean tools and visualization tools. Target deployment and savings projects.<br />
Worked in different countries as Turkey, Belgium or EEUU.
Emilio Angles
Power, Controls and Information Systems Manager
Kellogg's Manufacturing Valls
Power, Controls and Information Systems Manager at Kellogg Manufacturing Valls<br />
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Information Technology Engineer, Digital Transformer and IT-OT Systems Integrator and Industry 4.0 International Speaker.<br />
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I really love my job, to integrate Information Technologies (IT) and Operation Technologies (OT), I am passionate about people, youth empowering and help other people to pursuit their dreams, making their lives easier, that's one of the most rewarding thing.<br />
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Currently, I am responsible for ensuring that Kellogg Manufacturing Valls, (Spain), adopts the right Industry 4.0 technologies to achieve the business goals in safety, food safety, delivery, cost and continuous improvement, keeping our Operations Technologies reliable and cost effective. Acting as digital transformer and leading change to align with the strategic objectives of the company, identifying opportunities that generate competitive advantages through processes automation in Manufacturing and Supply Chain.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Using PI within Discrete Manufacturing to improve Asset Utilization and OEE
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Sandvik is a High-Tech Engineering company that develops machine milling, drilling, and toning tools for metal cutting, metal and rock technology, and advanced materials.
An initiative to standardize asset data collection is being rolled out in part of it´s discrete operations
using PI Asset Framework and PI Connector technology. PI Connectors interface with CNC machines to automatically create an asset hierarchy and maintain PI Point lists. PI Asset Analytics create Event Frames to standardize OEE calculations that specifically categorizes downtime of the CNC machines giving workers a local improvement system that allows them to improve asset utilization. A real-time visualization is done and shown in PI Vision which experiences a high demand in the Operations. Furthermore, the use of PI Integrator for Business Analytics enables a BI integration. A POC using this technology to give further insight in operational data is being well received.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Björn Molin
Manager Digital Platform
Sandvik Coromant
Tobe added
Conny Söderlund
ITPM
Sandvik Coromant
More info will be added
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Monitoring of the ITAIPU Dam using PI System
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Itaipu Binacional is the result of the cooperation between Brazil and Paraguay, a world leader in clean and renewable energy.
There are 24 units of remote acquisition that monitor the ITAIPU's civil structure, where each unit centralizes data acquisition of several auscultation instruments. A custom and dedicated system is responsible for acquiring this information. As the solution is customized according to the need of users, including acquisition, analysis and alarms, it has problems in scalability, maintainability and extensibility. As EA customer, it was proposed to use PI System infrastructure to develop a solution that would cover all requisites and functionalities of previous system solving those problems.
Several PI System modules have been used to develop the solution, including Vision, AF, Notifications, Event Frames, Analysis, Interface for RDMS, without programming lines, only configurations and done dynamically using AF templates, avoiding rework and facilitating changes.
Day 2: Power Generation
Marcos Vinicius Alves Balsamo
Systems Analys
Parque Tecnológico Itaipu
Graduated in Information Systems Development at the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Specialist in computer networks from the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Working as an Systems Analyst at Parque Tecnológico Itaipu since January 2016 with enphasys in infrastructure for embedded systems.
Luís Eugênio Espinosa Aranha
Systems Analyst
Itaipu Technological Park
Gradueted in computer science at the Centro de Ensino Superior de Foz do Iguaçu, experienced of 6 years with the development of ERP for public management.<br />
Nowadays working as Systems Analyst at Parque Tecnológico Itaipu since January 2017.
Luiz Fernando Lima
Itaipu Binacional
Electronic engineer graduated in 2011 from the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Specialist in embedded systems for the automotive industry from the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Worked with product development for residential and industrial automation for two years. Works with automation projects at ITAIPU Binacional since 2013.
Victor Rodrigo Ruiz Garay
Engineer Computer
Itaipu Binacional
Computer engineer graduated in 2010 from the Universidad Privadad del Este. Specialist in web development and database administration. worked with IT infratructure and system development in plataform java, c# and Visual Basic for three years.<br />
Works en automation projects at ITAIPU BINACIONAL since 2017.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Digitalization in Energy: Integration and Decarbonization
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Digitalization can help to address the most pressing challenges in energy: reducing emissions, balancing the grid, and bringing generators back to profitability. However, the system is complex, and a good digital solution requires groups from completely different sectors to collaborate and coordinate. Julia Attwood, BNEF's lead Digital Industry analyst in Europe, discusses how suppliers, governments, and the energy sector itself is preparing for the next wave of innovation.
Day 2: Industrial IT
Julia Atwood
Associate
Digital Industry
Julia Attwood is an Associate in the Digital Industry team at Bloomberg NEF. She writes about breakthrough technologies and advanced materials that have the potential to disrupt power markets and the energy industry. Prior to this, she was BNEF's expert in lithium-ion battery technologies, costs and supply chain. Before joining BNEF, Julia developed educational materials on energy generation systems and researched advanced polymer composites. Julia holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Cambridge.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Creating a global PI Solutions Store to Ease Site Deployment and Increase Compliance
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
This presentation will depict the global data management strategy for GSK Vaccines Manufacturing. Two key elements of this strategy will be highlighted. First, the global qualification approach and the benefits it can bring for sites deployment. Then, the concept of Global PI solutions store and how to consume process data using pre-qualified modules.
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Julien Cloots
Senior Manager - CoE Automation and Innovation
GSK
Julien is the Global Head of Automation Technologies team for GSK Vaccines. His main focus is to define the automation and data management strategy for manufacturing and implement these through strategic and capital projects. One of the key priorities for GSK Vaccines and the Global Automation team is to implement a strong Data Management system using OSIsoft PI products.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Partner & Product Expo
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:00 AM
5:00 PM
Partner & Product Expo
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Real-time Microgrid and DERMS Power Control using the PI System and PXiSE Advanced Control Solution
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
The PXiSE Advanced Control solution for microgrids and DERMS control not only manages supply and demand balances like other energy management systems but also mitigates load and voltage disturbances using fast, time synchronized feedback control, thus providing full operating control of all energy resources.
The system is configured using PI AF database which significantly reduces configuration and maintenance time by many orders of magnitude, compared to traditional logic-based management system. Also provides easily configurable HMI, taking advantage of the PI Vision application, with enhanced alarm and control capabilities, and use of event frames. The PXiSE advanced control solution is designed to scale using a hierarchical structure to support large electric system with many DERs. For example, it can support microgrids and DERs nested within microgrids, virtual power plants (VPP), aggregated DERs.
The system includes many built in functions, including: real-time information of data such as pricing, weather data, load and generation forecasting, demand optimizer, user selectable configurations, and advanced SCADA functions, including a built-in alarm management system and user notifications.
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
Charles (Chuck) Wells
Chief Technology Architect
PXiSE Energy Solutions, LLC
Chuck Wells is a military veteran and professional chemical and electrical engineer with over 40 years of real-time control experience. Wells has over 17 U.S. patents and has published +60 technical papers. He is an expert in synchro-phasor measurements and application in the power industry.At the start of his career, US Army Captain Wells worked on advanced phased array radar and anti-missile intercept controls. Later in his career worked on early versions of Energy Management Systems for Utility companies including State Estimators and advanced SCADA systems. He spent 20 years developing advanced real time control systems for paper, steel, waste water, and metals and mining applications including development of advanced sensors. He co-authored two books and has published over 50 technical papers. Wells holds a BS in chemical engineering - Vanderbilt University, a master’s degree in chemical engineering and his doctorate degree in electrical engineering - Washington University.
Patrick Lee
President and CEO
PXiSE Energy Solutions
Patrick Lee founded and leads PXiSE Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy with an investment by Mitsui & Co., Ltd., as Chief Executive Officer. <br />
Lee is a proven executive with a successful track record. He completed a $1.8B, infrastructure project with 19 awards and has led numerous business operations with significant financial outcomes. He has over 30 years of energy industry experience in electric system planning, design, construction, operations, energy markets, renewables, and technology RD&D.<br />
Lee graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from San Diego State University and holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from California State University, Sacramento. He is also a registered professional electrical engineer in California. Lee is an emeritus council of advisors for the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, a volunteer and ex officio steering committee for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a distinguished expert for the California Council for Science and Technology, as well as an advisory trustee for the California State Parks Foundation.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Improving Situational Awareness for Utilities Operators and Energy Managers
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
The University of Maryland partnered with NIST National Cybersecurity Center for Excellence and OsiSoft PI as a beta test site by providing the Campus Co-generation, Substation and 6,300 ton chiller plant as the real data source for the Situational Awareness Project and Energy Sector Asset Management Project. The project was a demonstration on how to secure utility network infrastructure. The University will be happy to present this build and how it has successfully helped us to connect to our networked utility infrastructure and enhance operations.
Day 2: Industrial IT
Mary-ann Ibeziako
Director, Engineering & Energy
University of Maryland
Mary-Ann Ibeziako has been the Director of Engineering and Energy at the University of Maryland College Park. She oversees the utility budget of over $60 million and the overall energy program for the University. She holds both a B.S and M.s in mechanical engineering as well as an MBA. She is currently completing her Phd in mechanical engineering with a focus on Human Machine collaboration Systems in the Built Environment.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
OSIsoft PI System as a Key Component of the Michelin Data Infrastructure
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Michelin is an OSIsoft EA Customer currently deploying PI System Infrastructure as one foundation of the “Digital Manufacturing” journey, since 2017.
Michelin’ Digital Manufacturing is a global initiative that federates business, operations, OT and IT experts, from the plants and the central support organization, to build Michelin future Manufacturing and Supply-Chain, through real-life and focused demonstrators based on a standardized business value creation and roll-out methodology.
In this talk Michelin will deliver a perspective why and how PI System Infrastructure is supporting selected facilities to accelerate the change in the manufacturing operations towards data-driven improvements, evolve the OT-IT systems landscape, positively impact culture and business.
With the introduction and development of new digital and data-driven approaches, Michelin expects to reap additional efficiencies on process, quality, maintenance, energies, employees engagement, and impact substantially the financial bottom line.
Key points :
- Michelin Overall and Manufacturing Context
- Standardizing PI Asset Framework to enable easy and fast access and calculations of consistent industrial performance Key Performance Indicators, that yield important and actionable information
- Leveraging PI Vision to quickly deliver insights and focus on facility’ specific improvements issues
- Using PI System Infrastructure to contextualize and enrich product data with real-time process information
- Perspectives on use-cases and business impacts values achieved
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Ludovic Lonjon
Enterprise Architect for Industrial Domain
Michelin
With a background both in OT and IT, Ludovic evolved from Project Director and Technical Manager for OT Solutions covering cybersecurity, network, hardware, software. Prior working for Michelin he worked in the aero-defense industry, as technical leader for a Product Life Management and project leader for aeronautics projects. Ludovic graduated from Engineering School ENSEEIHT with a major in Automation Engineering and Industrial Software.
Frederic Chaffraix
Digital Tech Manager
Michelin
Frédéric joined Michelin in 2000 as Software Engineer for process control at Corporate Engineering at Global HQ in Clermont-Ferrand, evolved to Team Manager. In 2013, he joined Michelin North America in Greenville as Engineering Manager of Information Systems for Process Control. Frédéric graduated from Engineering School ISIMA a Master’s degree Computer Science.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
How PI AF helps you to facilitate your data management process
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
This use case is an example of PI Asset Framework facilitating a business process. More specific the process to create KPIs for the follow up of the performance of a power plant fleet based on raw data.
Asset Framework enabled the full automation of this process, from collecting and modelling the raw data to the calculations and quality control of the KPIs.
The presentation consists of a short introduction about the process with its pros and cons, although most of time will be spent on live demos about:
- How the raw data is modelled and calculated
- How event framing is used to guarantee accurate data
- How non-time series data from external sources is integrated in the models
If you want to avoid the monthly hunt for the correct data and you need more free time to do things that matter…
Day 2: Power Generation
Frederik Foulon
Engie
After his studies in mechanical engineering Frederik (46) joined the Engie group back in 1994, starting his career as a technical designer. As from 1997 he took up different roles in operations and maintenance of thermal power plants. In 2008 he came in touch with technical data management for the follow up of the performance of the power plant fleet. In 2015 he became head of business information management for Engie’s European fleet of powerplants.
Roy Nolf
Business Information Manager
ENGIE
Roy (35) graduated as a bachelor in Informatics back in 2003. He started working for Bekaert as a junior data analyst and was also responsible for production and quality reporting. In 2009, Roy joined Engie Electrabel as a data manager for the coal and biomass fired power plant in Ruien (Belgium). Since his first working day at Engie Electrabel, Roy started working with OSIsoft PI as an end user and extended his skills step by step by tackling ‘in field demands/needs’. In 2014, Roy joined BU Generation Europe as a business data analyst. Since one year, he is fully focused on PI Asset Framework (AF) to create added value for the business.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
PI System Deployment and Validation end to end in a GxP Environment
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Abstract: Novo Nordisk PI upgrade
This presentation will give an overview and dives into details on a complete PI System upgrade in a pharmaceutical company.
Based on an upgrade/qualification executed at Novo Nordisk production site, the used methodology is explained.
• PI setup in general
• Benefits Validation Concept/Production Implementation/Business
• The V-Model explained
• Qualification in general
o Flow for qualification
• Qualification in general –adherence
o Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
o Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP)
• Qualification concept
o Why
o How
o Important
o Roles and responsibilities
• Preparing the Qualification
• Qualification – Implementation and Execution
o Installation Qualification (IQ)
o Functional Qualification (OQ)
o Performance Qualification (PQ)
• Release for production…
o Pre-conditions
o Maintain the validation state…
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Jonas Toftemark
IT/Automation specialist
Novo Nordisk
.Jonas Toftemark has for the past 16 years been working as IT and automation specialist branching over both system specialization and project management, and has been the main driver of cross organisational IT projects. <br />
Holding a deep understanding and knowledge in qualification of IT and automation systems and a high level of experience in working with all production IT systems in the pharma business area and he is chairing the site Historian Process Group.<br />
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As a specialist/ Subject Matter Expert he coaches and support System Managers on complex IT/OT problem solving, complex discussions and validation and maintenance matters, and is an experienced presenter at audits and inspections. <br />
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Taking great pride in delivering Class solutions whether reports or high profile projects and find innovative solutions to technical issues with high business impact
Flemming Rask Christensen
PI Specialist
NNE
Flemming has more than 20 years of experience with biotech and pharmaceutical projects and the last 17 years at NNE. He has taken roles as project coordinator and project engineer in various automation and IT projects. Specially with focus on databases (PI Historian and MS SQL) incl. data handling and batch reporting. Along with interfaces between various external PCS systems and databases all focused on qualification and validation.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
BP - Using Analytics in PI AF to Improve Operating Performance
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
BP is on a journey to use digital capability to improve operating performance. One part of their approach is the development of analytics in PI AF, and deployment of this capability to end users supporting BP’s operating assets.
This presentation will provide an overview of how the PI AF analytics project fits within BP’s digital framework, and how the project team’s agile approach is currently delivering analytics in a systematic manner. The presentation will outline the BP’s project design approach using PI AF, and how this enables opportunities for deployment at pace, and supports a culture of centrally controlled continuous improvement measures, fully supported by end users.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Samantha Ross
Eastern Hemisphere PI & Real Time Data SPA
Bp
East Region PI & Real Time Data SPA
Rob Sutton
Global Collaboration Center - Eastern Lead
BP
Human Factors Specialist<br />
Digital Center of Expertise (DCoE)<br />
Upstream Technology, BP
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Southern Water Driving Changes in Performance Building from Legacy PI System to Whole Power of OSIsoft Solutions
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Southern Water is one of the largest water and waste utilities in the UK and has been a long time user of the PI System. However, whilst the PI System has been helpful as a legacy datastore of time series data it has had limited use across the business.
This has changed dramatically following proof of concepts that build on what they already have to bring the additional power of AF, Event Frames, Notifications, Vision, etc.
During this presentation we will show examples such as how Regulatory-critical Pollution Spill reporting has been improved in accuracy, consistency and timeliness through exploiting the full power of OSIsoft solution with the potential to move from reactive reporting of issues to proactive improvements in operational performance.
Many companies simply use the PI System as a Historian - this is a real-life story of how there is so much more value to be gained from deploying the full power of OSIsoft solutions.
Day 2: Process Industries
Simon Coombs
Managing Director
Accenture
Simon Coombs, Managing Director, Industry X Digital Manufacturing & Operations at Accenture<br />
• Over 35 years working with Asset- and Energy-intensive industries<br />
• Leading digital transformation programmes to drive performance and regulatory change<br />
• Executive Sponsor for Accenture’s relationships with OSIsoft and Aveva<br />
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Over 35 years working with Asset- and Energy-intensive Industry clients. IT/OT digital expert.<br />
Water, Gas, Electricity Utilities, Upstream Oil&Gas, Refineries, Chemicals, Metal industries. Now branching out into Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and Infrastructure markets.<br />
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Utilities: Generation/Production, Distribution, Retail, Metering.<br />
Low Carbon Energy - nuclear, biomass, EfW, wind, smart grid<br />
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Strategy, Change Management, Transformational programmes, Outsourced Services, Digital solutions architecture and delivery<br />
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Started as a control & power engineer for nuclear; then management consulting roles; business development of an automation and real-time IT system integrator; now within the leadership team at Accenture for Industry X.0.<br />
Previously owner/executive management team successfully growing a VC-backed, UK system integration company focused on Energy and Utilities, with successful sale to a Strategic Buyer.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Avebe: Transformation to a Datadriven Organization
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
The presentation will be about the digital tranformation of Avebe, the Operations strategy, the Manufacturing IT strategy and the role of OsiSoft and partner TrendMiner in this tranformation. Also the importancy of partnership (Enterprise agreement) will be in the presentation and also some use cases will be presented.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Tom Wassink
IT engineer
Coöperatie AVEBE UA
Engineer Manufacturing IT @Avebe and responsible for outroll of the OSIsoft PI System and TrendMiner
Jan Spijkerman
Manager Manufacturing IT
Royal Avebe
Proven trackrecord in Food Industry.<br />
Responsible for Factory4.0 strategy and related PI outroll.<br />
Additional information will follow
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Growing on Smart Data
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, one of the world top manufacturers of Wind Turbines and Wind Energy Solutions and one of the top contenders for its Operation & Maintenance has been making extensive use of the PI System for years. The system is perfectly integrated with all the company systems and provides different services to the company, going from the storage of the information received from the wind farms (near 3.5 million tags), to advanced data analytics and machine learning projects, passing by predefined reports and interaction with other enterprise systems, acting either as provider of data and generator of elaborated information.
We’ll be showing how the system is integrated within the company and different use cases focusing on the different stakeholders for each one and how they benefit from the PI System. Remote operation centers, site supervisors, O&M personnel and engineering teams are only some of the beneficiaries, and of course, indirectly, our clients.
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
Edurne Suescun
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
WO & PI Applications Manager<br />
Edurne Suescun has been working for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy since 2008, initially as project manager and since 2011 as IT Project manager for enterprise systems, including PI. Recently she moved to Service BU where she is responsible for that applications.
Juan Miguel Cortaire
SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY
Chief Information Systems Engineer<br />
Juan Miguel Cortaire has been working within Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy since 2011 holding different positions as project manager and lately responsible for the PI Advanced developments. He has been involved in PI System evolution in the company since it was adopted. Before that, he worked in the aerospace industry (in Airbus group) and the automotive industry (Bosch GmbH).
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
PI System As A Core Of Outotec’s Remote Services
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
Outotec provides leading technologies and services for the sustainable use of Earth’s natural resources. Outotec has developed many breakthrough technologies over the decades for their customers in metals and mining industry.
PI System is the core of Outotec's Remote Services. Production sites all over the world are sending data to the global data archive where it is stored, structured and analyzed and from where it can be provided for other systems when necessary. Data is presented for different stakeholders via web based Remote Service Portal that is developed in Outotec.
With Remote Services Outotec is aiming for much faster problem solving process compared to the traditional service offering. It is possible to utilize Outotec experts in their home offices to improve and optimize the customers’ production processes. The presentation is focusing on Outotec’s Remote Service and PI System’s role in it.
Day 2: Process Industries
Mikko Paakkolanvaara
MIS Specialist
Outotec
For 14 years Mikko has worked in instrumentation and automation delivery projects - 8 years as an instrumentation engineer for Pöyry in pulp and paper industry and after that 6 years as an instrumentation chief engineer for Outotec in metals and mining industry. During this time, he has also spent about 3 years altogether on sites around the world doing commissioning and start up services. For the last 1.5 years he has worked as a Manufacturing Information Systems Specialist in a team developing Outotec's Remote Service concept. His responsibility in Outotec is the owner of Outotec's global PI System and the Remote Service Portal.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
DCP Midstream - Enabling Business Transformation with the PI System: The DCP 2.0 Journey
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
A foundation of DCP’s digital transformation is having rapid, near real time, accurate, meaningful and complete data with context. An important part of this capability is provided by a company-wide PI System that was deployed in 2017. Change has been rapid, with DCP moving from no centralized means of collecting and using operational data to having 28 gas plant, 500 compressor stations (and their associated gathering systems), and the company’s major interstate pipelines connected to the PI System in 10 months. In parallel with deployment, DCP has put PI to use, building products that support the improved business processes and organizational changes. Two examples of these efforts are our Plant Views (optimizing cryo plant operation) and Compression Health Monitoring (focused on condition-based maintenance). Since deploying PI in 2017 DCP Midstream are reporting more than $20million of cost savings and operational benefits attributable to OSIsoft PI.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Tauna Rignall
Director of ICC Operations
DCP Midstream, LP
Tauna Rignall is the director of operations for the newly established Integrated Collaboration Center (ICC) at DCP Midstream. Within the ICC, Rignall leads the team accountable for asset system optimization, field management, and integrated business decisions. Since joining DCP Midstream in 2012, Tauna has been responsible for project development, execution, start-up, and day-to-day operations. Prior to leading the ICC, Rignall was an engineer in the project execution group, and served as an operations supervisor for multiple gas processing plants in the Denver-Julesburg Basin. With over 15 years of diverse experience in both the oil and gas and renewable energy industries, Rignall’s skills include first principles research, process design, and large project coordination and execution. Tauna has a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. She has published technical papers in peer reviewed journals and has received DCP’s 2018 Chairman’s Award.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
BASF Reliability Center for Remote Condition Monitoring to Improve Plant Availability
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
In 2016 BASF introduced a Reliability Center for remote condition monitoring. The overall goal is to optimize plant availability and predict failures of chemical production plants around the globe. The Reliability Center offers a proactive condition monitoring service to all BASF plants which is provided by subject matter experts. The monitored equipment spreads from heavy duty rotating equipment like gas or steam turbines to smaller process equipment like circulation pumps or blowers. A central platform utilizing the PI system was established which provides data access to all different experts among the company. By using Asset Framework and its Templates a standardized database could be established which allows fast and easy onboarding of new assets into the Reliability Center services. Event Frames are a powerful feature to set the focus on critical assets whereby PI Vision Displays assist in visualizing the different datasets to the experts in the right way.
Day 2: Industrial IT
Jürgen Schmidt
Senior Automation Engineer
BASF SE
Juergen Schmidt is part of the Centers of technical Expertise - MES within BASF.
Maximilian Goss
BASF SE
Maximilian Goss started his career within BASF's MES Group inside the department of Automation. Two years ago, he started to build up the BASF Reliability Center and is part of the core team.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Success Story in Performance Evaluation using AF Analytics & PII4BA with High Number of Calculations
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
For the performance evaluation and capacity studies, latest version available of PI AF, Analytics and PI Integrator for Business Analytics (2017 R2) was used, which allowed EDP to use the new features of Analytics such as Automatic Recalculation among others. Analyzed the Industry requirements and obtained performance results and capacity reports that will be shared during the presentation with very good conclusions (under different conditions that other customers can used as standard)
Used PI Integrator for Business Analytics to make information available on a Data WhareHouse environment
Business success by having more information available for all users thanks to the calculation features of Analytics, using hundred thousands of calculations and the great performance of the Integrator, Architecture can be shared during the presentation
All this under the umbrella of the Enterprise Agreement (EA) which allowed EDP to have services to speed up the process and optimize the implementation
Day 2: Power Generation
Sergio Valencia
ROPI Technical Services Manager
EDPR
Sergio Valencia Galán, Technical Service ROPI Manager in EDPR holds degee in Computer Engineering. He works in EDPR Remote Operations and Performance Infrastructure (ROPI) group. Sergio brings 20 years in Renewables Sector to combine with Over 12 years Experience with PI. He also has major Skills as Scada expert with 20 years of experience in real time system in wind power generation. Member of the team who design EDPR's dispatch center. Now responsible of the PI infrastructure as well as Data and Applications Projects in EDPR
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Operational Challenges & Strategy in the F&B Industry
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
In this presentation we will present an introduction to the challenges we face with our clients in the F & B sector: - Increase in demands for regulatory compliance, Need for visibility in processes, cost reduction, demands for continuous improvement... We will discuss the solutions we have developed with PI System for those needs and how our agile and versatile strategy in the development and deployment of AF allows us to work with large groups that require standardization but also the ability to adapt to the different processes they have.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Alex Destruel
Sales Director
Quariq
Business Development Manager in AG Solution. Alex Destruel has a degree in Microelectronics.
Marc Torralba
Technical Leader
AG Solution
Marc Torralba is MES/MOM technical leader at the AG Solution Group. He began his career as an automation engineer and worked across several industries. His exposure to the PI System began in the Food & Life Sciences Industry 7 years ago. He has worked on integrating the PI System at many Plants and has helped many different sites get business value from it. Marc holds a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a postgraduate diploma in Industrial Automation from the Polytechnical University of Catalonia.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Exploring Blockchain Technology with OSIsoft Research, Streamr and Blocxs
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
OSIsoft Research is actively exploring blockchain technology together with a number of partners. We are working together with Blocxs, a blockchain startup company based in Amsterdam. Blocxs has performed a case study on how the PI System could be used in conjunction with blockchain technology to track and manage the lifecycles of assets using Hyperledger Fabric. Streamr is another partner that focuses on enabling the data economy by building a decentralized infrastructure for real-time data streams. They have recently launched their Data Marketplace, where real-time data can be shared and monetized.
In this session we will introduce blockchain as a technology, and discuss a number of the possibilities. Our goal for this session is to start a dialog among OSIsoft, our customers and our partners on how this revolutionary technology could solve some of the challenges that we are facing. All of us want to be ready for the potential disruption that blockchain brings.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Henri Pihkala
CEO
Streamr
Henri Pihkala is an entrepreneur and software engineer with a passion for data. Before founding the prizewinning Streamr project he was a CEO/CTO at two financial trading companies and led the development of a series of high-frequency algorithmic trading platforms. He set up Streamr to make data more usable for all and is a strong believer in the decentralisation of applications and digital infrastructure. He has an MSc from Helsinki University of Technology.
Johan Mulder
Co-founder
Blocxs
At 18, Johan founded his first company delivering web applications for companies. Johan worked for several System Integrators, Partners and ISV's building business applications and frameworks within the Microsoft technology stack. Being passionate and enthused of the evolving world of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, Johan studied the principles of blockchain while thinking of its practicalities in the real world. Together with two other blockchain-enthusiasts Marco Wieling and Peter Kranenburg the idea for the Blocxs foundation and the Blocxs company where born. The foundation aims to inform and educate about blockchain for consumers and corporations while the company will offer commercial services and products based on blockchain or distributed ledger technologies by using a use-case first approach. Our motto is to keep things simple so everyone can benefit from blockchain-driven solutions.
Michael van der Veeken
Sr. Developer
AVEVA
Michael joined OSIsoft in 2011. Before that he worked for one of our partners for 5 years, developing applications on top of the PI System. Michael joined first as a vCampus Team member (now PI DevClub) to later join OSIsoft’s engineering department as part of the team that developed PI Integrator for Esri ArcGIS. Recently, Michael has moved to OSIsoft Research to explore his newfound passion: blockchain technology.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Deep Dive into Real Business Use Cases and Tangible Benefits with the PI System in Shire
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
Shire will be sharing some PI use cases where a successful PI System Implementation was key for overcoming several Business Challenges with a positive outcome. It also will show how today's daily activities for different personas based on the plants in Austria is much easier since they started using PI.
A key example recently implemented by Their Technical Control Center is the use of PI for Condition and Predictive based Maintenance Predictive Maintenance.
In addition to that, Shire will provide an overview of their architecture, and other strategic facts of their system implementation, data streams, data storage that were key for the success of their business cases.
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Thomas Filz
Shire
Supervisor Control Systems & PI Austria. In this Role i am responsible for ~ 20 employees and i am the Subject Matter Expert for the PI System in Shire Austria.
Christian Bugl
Director of Site Engineering
Shire
Mr. Christian Bugl is currently the Director of Site Engineering for all Shire production plants in Vienna. <br />
In this role he is responsible for all of Shire´s Vienna production plants, their facilities, production and infrastructure assets within the whole lifecycle (Investment and Re-Investment, Asset Performance, Maintenance, Reliability Engineering, Site Services, …). <br />
Prior to Baxalta, he has also worked at Nycomed, Roche and Unipack.
CCIB
CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
12:00 PM
1:45 PM
Lunch
Meal/Reception
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
BTT: Online Process Monitoring using Historical Process Data
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
As part of ongoing efforts to reduce process variability in semi-automatic and manual reactors, a long term project was designed to move from the traditional process monitoring to a multivariate approach. As part of this, an intermediate solution was developed to improve the process monitoring strategy and at the same time provide a smooth transition for the operators. After discarding the golden-batch approach, the concept involves using historical batch data stored in PI, together with some simple data analytics, to provide the operators with additional guidance and basic alert and alarming capabilities. The solution can also be used as a training tool to improve process understanding, and also helps the process engineers with process upset investigations. The approach has proved useful and has resulted in significant improvements in reduction of process variability and cycle time, delay of need to invest, increased skilled operators availability, and faster scale-up process.
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Manuel Martin
Senior Data Scientist
Lubrizol
Chemical engineer (IQS) and MBA with 25 yrs experience in Operations in the chemical polymers industry. Past roles in Engineering, Energy Efficiency, IT, Production, HS&E and Quality. Present role in Lubrizol Corp. in EU Corporate Operations Support, focused on improvement projects support, data analytics and tools development. Lean manufacturing practitioner, Energy Efficicieny specialist and 6Sigma Black Belt.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Aperio Systems - A Last Line of Defense against Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
By analysing real-time operational data, Aperio uniquely provides industrial OT environments with resilience against destructive cyber attacks, detecting if a “hacker” was able to “fake” sensor data . Leveraging its access to operational data and its algorithmic capabilities, Aperio found out that it can also enhance the operator's state awareness and monitoring capability by detecting broken/faulty sensor - a daily problem in many plants that disrupts production and has already caused devastating damage and human casualties. By doing so, Aperio not only provides resilience against severe cyber attacks, but also improves the day-to-day safety and productivity of the plant.
Aperio works with customers across multiple verticals such as Oil & Gas, Utilities, and Transmission grids.
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
Gilles Barnier
VP Product
Aperio Systems
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
The Usage of PI Analysis and SQC to Reduce Deviations in Fill Finish Lines.
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
In the past, several recent events in Abbott Nutrition have revealed the lack of knowledge of critical process parameters, lack of data collection and review, Abbott Nutrition vision is to be a company where Process Control is used to characterize product and processes and to improve capacity in all sites. This presentation will outline Abbott Nutrition approach to implement PI SQC Analysis helping the operators and engineers to
reduce number of exceptions that results in lower cost of quality, faster batch release, increase yields and finally rework/destructs reduction improving customer protection.
We will navigate through the different phases during the packaging flexible project execution and the complete data flow integration from OPC servers to external SPC applications with PI System as core.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
José Miguel Gutiérrez Guerrero
Senior Application Specialist
Abbott Laboratories
José Miguel currently works at Abbott Laboratories in the Granada, Spain factory. He started as an IT and Automation Engineer in industrial vehicles and concrete plants. After that, he worked with business intelligence systems to analyze incoming process data for industrial environments. Currently, he is working on optimizing the PI System platform's potential from a data modeling and analysis point of view. Thus improving the industrial process performance at the Abbott Granada Plant. He has also implemented PI System installations at the University of Granada to develop a project regarding the OPC UA standard and Analysis Framework, and to introduce the PI System in the University community in Granada. José Miguel holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Granada, and a postgraduate degree in Real Time Software Development. He is currently finishing his PhD in Metamodels for the Industrial Environment based on OPC-UA.
Julio Lopez Ortega
Sr Engineer
Abbott
Julio López combines a 17-years career at Abbott with the last year as subject matter expert of Process Monitoring and Control initiative in Abbott Nutrition. Starting as IT and Automation Engineer, supporting all kinds of IT-OT initiatives and plant shutdowns since 2006, where modern automation systems were implemented, he discovered his passion for PI system taking advantage of a global initiative to expansion this product worldwide. As a lead solution Engineer he worked on the proof of concept project to implement SPC using the PI System as platform, integrating Analytic and Visualization PI features in the PM&C Workstream started during 2016, stablishing depth collaboration with our Center of Excellence and Field Service teams. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from University of Granada, a postgraduate study in Automation and Green Belt Six Sigma certification.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Why an end-to-end IIoT Platform Matters to Solar Now
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
Cypress Creek Renewables (CCR), one of the fastest growing solar IPPs, has over 5 GW deployed or in development. Joe Brotherton, Executive VP of O&M, was charged supporting CCR’s aggressive growth while preserving the ability to offer renewable energy at or below market costs. With over 290 plants, over 2600 maintenance workorders and rising labor costs, Brotherton saw no alternative to implementing IIoT automation technology. The Power Factors platform offered these three things: 1) Scalability. CCR wanted one system to deliver a holistic view of the portfolio. 2) Data quality and analytics A trusted data foundation and industry-tuned analytics to move away from reactive maintenance practices 3) An end-to-end solution PI System data works with Microsoft Azure for advanced analytics and triggers workflows in an embedded Salesforce CMMS system. Power Factors helped CCR reduce errors, improve efficiency and standardize solar O&M workflows to drive efficiency and reduce costs.
Day 2: Industrial IT
Dave Roberts
Chief Sales Officer
Power Factors
Mr. Roberts is senior executive in the renewable energy industry with over 20 years of senior leadership experience spanning development, operations and services. He is currently the Senior Vice President of PowerFactors LLC, an OSIsoft Connected Services Partner. PowerFactors is the leading renewable energy operational and analytic SaaS utilized by many top-tier owners and operators of large renewable energy fleets. Prior to his role at PowerFactors, Mr. Roberts is the Founder-CEO of a startup: SenseOps, Inc. SenseOps was founded to develop edge-based software IIoT solutions connecting distributed renewable energy assets leveraging IoT hardware and pervasive connectivity. <br />
Prior to PowerFactors and SenseOps, he spent 12 years at OSIsoft in various Executive roles. As Global VP for Business Development, Mr. Roberts managed OSIsoft’s vertical industries, including Power, T&D, Oil & Gas, Metals&Mining, Chemicals, Pharmaceutical and other process industries. He was also the Industry Principle for Renewable Power Generation Prior to OSIsoft, he worked for wind power developer, owner and operator, SeaWest WindPower. As the VP Project Development for SeaWest, he was responsible for the development of hundreds of MWs of wind farms in the western US. During this period, SeaWest started-up and owned Prasentia, LLC. Mr. Roberts served as President of Prasentia, defining product and service strategies, launching the business, and conducting commercial transactions with end-use customers. Prasentia’s main business was the development and implementation of Real-Time Wind Farm Management Systems, including Wind Farm SCADA systems and Management/Enterprise Level systems.
Joe Brotherton
Executive VP of O&M
Cypress Creek Renewables
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Spirit Energy - How Making Data Visible and Actionable in Real Time is changing our Organization
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
This presentation details the PI System journey for Spirit Energy over the last 18 months. The company transformed its PI System landscape from one based on spreadsheets and replicated HMI screens to one that visualises critical data in real time to audiences across the business. PI AF underpins this dramatic change from a previously fragmented and static landscape, to a dynamic and evolving one that provides insight at multiple levels.
The presentation outlines what Spirit Energy had, what they have now, what their lightbulb moment was… and what they are aiming for in the future.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Glen Milne
Production Systems Manager
Spirit Energy
An energetic and agile Production Optimisation Lead with a strong focus on delivery. A background that started in the British Army before moving onto roles in the oil & gas industry. This second career began with roles in front line production operations before gaining experience in the production engineering and commissioning areas. Worked in a variety of locations including UK, Europe, Russia and the Middle East. Played a key role in the successful delivery of multi-billion dollar fixed platform projects as well as late field life FPSO’s
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Fast-Track Lighting up your dark data with OSIsoft and Nokia
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
The City of Greater Sudbury (CGS) aims to implement a District Metering Solution to reduce water losses and predict water flow rates. While CGS has fiber to over 100 water locations in the area, they are still missing 40 sites.
OSIsoft, Nokia and Agilis Networks offer a streamlined joint solution to tap into data streams generated by sensors and other devices in CGS’s wastewater treatment facility and distribution substations at a record speed, in just a couple of weeks. OSIsoft provided PI System, a data infrastructure designed to transform the vast data streams generated by sensors and other devices into rich, real-time insights so companies can improve productivity, make critical decisions or create connected products. Nokia provided Digital Automation Cloud solution – a plug & play platform allowing instant creation of high capacity private networks everywhere. OSIsoft’s PI and Pi Vision were installed on Agilis Networks hosted platform to enable real time health monitoring.
Day 2: Process Industries
David Letterman
Nokia
David Letterman is Business Development Manager, for Nokia Digital Automation. He has worked for Nokia since 1999 holding management positions with multiple Business Units including Global Services, Mobile Phones, Multimedia Architecture, and Technology Ecosystem Development. Complementing his Nokia tenure, David also worked with a multidisciplinary Industrial Design Consultancy. David has a BS in Industrial Engineering and a MSc in Telecommunication Systems from Johns Hopkins University.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
How Dredging Benefits From Self-Service Advanced Data Analytics
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME is an international market leader and global solution provider for complex marine engineering works, the development and construction of renewable energy projects, services for the oil, gas and energy sector, and environmental remediation, building on more than 140 years of experience and know-how. With all operational data being captured in the central OSIsoft PI System combined with TrendMiner’s self-service advanced analytics, DEME is able to support her vision of “creating land for a sustainable future”.
In this presentation, Manu de Block will discuss the industrial analytics journey of DEME, which started with selecting the OSIsoft PI system for its robustness and being an industry proven solution. With the advanced analytics capabilities of TrendMiner, the users were able to assess many dredging related hypothesis. Insights gained with use of the historical data greatly increased the understanding of local dredging situations and adapt the project approach. Mr. De Block will also explain their future analytics expansion plans with use of OSIsoft PI Asset Framework for cross asset performance analysis.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Kristof De Mey
Data Architect
DEME GROUP
Background in ICT and database systems.
Manu De Block
Automation Engineer
DEME
Manu de Block is a Mechanical Engineer with a growth mindset and a general interest in technology and innovation who is exploring the fascinating world of data from sensors to analytics. At DEME (Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering) Manu's role is in the automation department where he works on maintaining and improving the PI system, and supports its usage and the adoption of TrendMiner and PI Vision.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
PI System Journey in EP Produzione
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
EP Produzione is the Italian electricity generation company of the Czech energy group EPH. PI System has been deployed across the different sites (4 gas and 1 coal-fired plants), and AF allowed to standardize all the assets and KPIs within the organization. PI Vision is widely used for the data visualization from any device, from plant operators, engineering and top management.
Main topics that will be presented are:
- Introduction of the company
- Architecture
- Data management and Data Visualization: process book use in Power Plants by operation and maintenance staff - production efficiency, imbalance analyses, transformers monitoring, reports and dashboards, mobile displays.
Day 2: Power Generation
Annunziata Giorgio
Senior Technical Performances
EP Produzione S.p.A.
Former Shift Leader in CCGT Power Plant, currently Reports Specialist in Energy Production company.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: Secrets to Successful Data Science Experiments
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Wednesday (Day 2) 26 September --
2 pm: Secrets to Successful Data Science Experiments
3 pm: OSIsoft Cloud Services for Application Developers and Partners
4 pm: IIoT and the PI System
Miscellaneous
Landry Khounlavong
Product Manager
AVEVA
Landry Khounlavong is one of the Strategic Product Managers at AVEVA™ for OSIsoft Cloud Services (OCS) and has also had experience supporting customers as a Technical Support Engineer and creating awareness in the market for our product portfolio as a Product Marketing Manager. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Florida and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Event Frames – A Novel Approach At Anglo American Platinum to Enable Life Cycle Management
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) is the world’s leading Producer of refined Platinum. The Amplats Converting process had a unique challenge of managing ingots and associated equipment during a slow cooling process.
A web-application was created for manual data entry, business and process logic. This web application leveraged native: Event Frame, Element, Event Frame Templates and Asset Framework search capabilities, to simplify the implementation.
The web-application could focus on usability and business logic, leaving the rest of the complex interactions to the Asset Framework.
The successful implementation resulted in integrated data (no new data stores) and up-to-date process information with a simple web-application.
Day 2: Process Industries
Warren Armstrong
Control Technology Specialist
Anglo American Platinum
Warren Armstrong is a Control Technology Specialist working at Anglo American Platinum, a South African based mining company.<br />
Warren obtained a Bsc in Chemical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He has held varies positions in a production environment before moving the control and instrumentation department of Anglo American Platinum.<br />
He has held his current role for 11 years which is primary OSIsoft PI focuses.<br />
Data collection, calculation and automated reporting.<br />
Warren currently resides in Johannesburg, with his family and is interested in Home Renovation, Science and Technology, and recently Painting.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Rézonance - District Heating System Optimisation
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Dalkia uses PI suite to manage the energetic efficiency of district heating networks. Thousands of data comes from every sensor of power plants and substations of district heating systems, Rezonance, Dalkia’s new tool, built with PI Datalink, Pi AF and PI Vision, helps operators to improve the efficiency using all of them in the same time. All the displays are available for the operators on site and for the analysts in the DESC (Dalkia Energy Saving Center) and allow us to have a global view of all indicators of the installations. Power, Pressures, flows and temperatures are now managed in the same time and we can also read thermal losses, water speed in the pipes and efficiency, in live. Rezonance also helps us to use renewable energy at their maximum possibilities against fossil fuels.
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
Nicolas LE RU
Chief at DHS Expertise center
Dalkia
Energy engineer in DALKIA since sept 2000. Specialist of District heating system.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Petronas - Integrated Asset Modeling and Optimization
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
By 2018, Petronas had installed PI Servers at most of the fields in Malaysia. Sumandak Field was identified as one of the signature fields, where the PI System collects data from various systems around the facility, creating a common, easily accessible, database for on-site operators to monitor real-time conditions using visualization and notification tools.
In this presentation Petronas will demonstrate a fantastic tool they have built, all using OSIsoft technology, for Field, Platform, Well and Facility surveillance and optimization. The tool displays data in real-time and provides automated analytics and workflows to help Petronas operations carry out all their tasks as quickly and efficiently as possible. The tool seamlessly integrates operational data with Petronas’s Integrated Asset Modelling tools from Petroleum Experts (Petex) so that at any point real-time optimization recommendations can be requested and analysed from within PI, allowing engineers to quickly review options and decide upon the best corrective action for any changes in field/well operating conditions.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Timur Tashkenbaev
Petroleum Engineer
PETRONAS
Timur Tashkenbaev is an Executive (Production Technologist) and Project Leader for Digital Initiatives in PETRONAS located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Timur graduated of University Technology PETRONAS, where he received Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Petroleum, First Class.<br />
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After graduation, Timur joined to PETRONAS and seconded to PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (Upstream venture), where he began his carrier as a Petroleum Engineer with specialization of Production Technologist. Throughout his work carrier in PETRONAS he worked in an operation for 2 years at the region and as well as at the FDP study team in Sabah. Timur currently handling as Project Leadership role in PETRONAS Carigali to deliver the digital transformation for both FDP study team and Operation team.
Abdelmadjid Aissani
Petroleum Engineer
PETRONAS
ABDELMADJID AISSANI has over 15 years’ experience in oil and gas industry and for last 4 years with PETRONAS PED, COE as production technologist. He has experience dealing with digital field, production surveillance, integrated asset modeling. He is currently assigned as a technical advisor with a digital field delivery team, focusing on digital field assessement, automated workflows and integrated solution.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Use of PI and SIMCA-Online to Build a Real-Time MSPC System
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Janssen Pharmaceuticals collects and stores large amounts of process data in multiple PI systems. It can be challenging to observe trends when there are 10+ variables impacting process performance. In this presentation Janssen outlines an application of multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) using PI data and SIMCA-online in their biologics manufacturing environment. Multiple variables across batches are monitored in real-time to detect any developing trends that may affect the batch performance. Key objectives, system benefits, challenges and plans for future work will be included, as well as examples of system performance such as detected process deviations. In this joint Janssen/Sartorius presentation, Sartorius will contribute with their perspective on advanced analytics now and in the future.
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Anna Persson
Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics
Anna is a Principal Data Scientist with Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics. She has over 15 years of experience providing solutions of advanced data analytics to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry. Anna has a Master’s degree in Engineering Chemistry with a focus on chemometrics from Umea University, she specializes in process chemometrics and is based in New York City.
Phuong Vo
Scientist
Janssen
Phuong Vo is a scientist from Technical Operations department of Janssen Biologics, the Netherlands. Specilized in Process Validation, Continued Process Verification and Life Cycle Management, she is also the project lead for the Real-time multivariate data analysis (RT-MVA) of manufacturing upstream process at Janssen Leiden. Phuong holds a PDEng degree in Bioproduct Design from the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, and a Master degree from Sungkyunwan University, South Korean in Chemical Engineering.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
State of the Art OEE Application on top of the OSIsoft PI System
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Beginning of 2018, after a short market analysis, it became clear that the market was lacking a state of the art OEE application fully leveraging on the capabilities of the OSIsoft PI System. End of March 2018, Actemium, together with a major Food & Beverage client, started working on an own developed OEE front-end tightly integrated with OSIsoft PI as the back-end. Leveraging on our years of DevOps and OSIsoft PI System experience, Actemium was able to deliver a state of the art OEE application fully leveraging on OSIsoft PI for the data, the asset model and the analytics. Today this application is being implemented as a pilot for a major Food & Beverage client.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Laurens Marijns
Branch Manager
Actemium
Laurens Marijns is a Branch Manager for MES/MOM solutions at Actemium Belgium with a focus on Food & Beverage industries. He graduated as a Master of Science in Electromechanical Engineering specialized in control systems engineering. After graduation he started working at Actemium as an Automation Engineer to continue his career as an IT Application Engineer, MES/MOM consultant and finally Branch Manager for MES/MOM solutions.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Ørsted Wind Farm Site Operation with OSIsoft AF
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Ørsted has developed a Site Monitoring Center, SMC, for Wind Power.
SMC is a critical web application supporting each Windfarm Site Manager in the decision making process with the exact insight needed for optimal planning and asset optimization at this specific Site.
The users can configure their own threshold, like the max value of specific alarms before raising an event.
The real-time infrastructure is provided by OSIsoft including the API for Asset Framework (AF) and PI Event Framework.
OSIsoft provides performance and scalability for high frequent, near real time data, and PI AF specifically translates the sensor information into an asset structure, providing all relevant - but also only the relevant information to Site Managers.
By integrating to Esri GIS, the information is visualized spatially in an intuitive way, thereby often adding even more information.
Integration to SAP PM is translating a Notification into a Work Order, thereby translating insight into action.
Day 2: Power Generation
Rikke Mayer Pedersen
Team Lead, Production, Finance & IT
Oersted (Dong)
Rikke Meyer Pedersen is MSc in Mathematical Economics and has 20+ years of experience within IT and Utilities.<br />
Rikke is Head of the team Production in Ørsted and has the responsibility for delivering IT solutions for Wind Power Control Center and Sites to optimize Asset Operation and Reporting.
Signe Bramming Andersen
Similix
Signe Bramming Andersen is MSc in Economics and has 20 years of experience within the Utility industry. Signe is working with business development at Similix, an OSIsoft partner with global footprint.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Fleet-Wide Remote Dredging Vessel Monitoring
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
As OEM of innovative dredging and pipe-lay equipment IHC has two major challenges: (1) enabling customers to optimize production; (2) minimizing their downtime. 1 requires in-depth knowledge on effectiveness of equipment; 2 requires continuous condition monitoring and instant root cause analysis. To tackle these challenges, IHC creates a fleet-wide vessel monitoring platform to service its clients and support IHC’s service department. Connecting vessels like cutter dredgers is complicated by instable offshore connectivity, limited IT knowledge onboard and customization between vessels. Within 2 months IHC developed a state-of-art monitoring platform for multiple vessel types. High resolution data of marine and mission equipment is being monitored. Well-designed dashboards provide intuitive insights. Users can build own dashboards to increase engagement. The PI architecture allows for enhancement with machine learning and advanced business analytics. IHC provides offshore innovation.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Daniel Stoyle
Senior Asset Manager
Royal IHC
A highly motivated self-starting entrepreneur with the ability to engage and define culture within businesses in the delivery of strategic planning.<br />
Experienced with Management at both cooperate and operational levels in the Maritime Asset, Operations, EPCI project & Service sectors covering general management, business development, company start-ups, safety, operations, maintenance/repair, commissioning, mobilization, dry docking & EPCI projects across the international markets and regions.<br />
Deep knowledge and experience across assets from technically advanced new build DP 3/2 vessels involved in Rigid and Flexible Pipe lay, Well intervention, Subsea Construction, Saturation Diving, Dredging, Heavy lift accommodation Units, AHT & PSV Vessels & other Large Floating Structures involved in the EP and General Maritime industry.
Bhavik Thakker
Digital Transformation Project Manager
Royal IHC
Bhavik Thakker is Digital Portfolio Manager at Royal IHC. In his current role he is responsible for the governance of multiple digital initiatives and maintaining a balanced portfolio of commercial digital initiatives. The key objective is to help the organization to establish its foothold in digital space and accelerate the digital transformation within the company to help in developing initiatives starting from incubation to growth. In his previous roles he has collaborated and led various projects critical to success of the organization ranging from operational improvement such as enterprise wide information searching, integration of PLM and ERP application and developing structures for company-wide business process management to commercial initiative such as developing asset intelligence. His constant mission is to improve the operations in maritime industry by making them Smart.
Martijn Handels
Rolloos
Martijn Handels is a data enthusiast and director at Rolloos, a system integrator that provides innovative CCTV and data analytics solutions for hazardous environments. Handels obtained his master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering at TU Delft. During his career with Schlumberger and Xodus, he was responsible for the technical introduction of advanced and innovative offshore drilling technologies. Within Rolloos his core focus is on implementation and development of dedicated data analytics solutions for performance optimization and predictive maintenance in the oil & gas industry. Using machine learning and semantic analytics to make centralization of knowledge and experience possible.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Implementing the PI System with Internal Resources
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
DRT (Dérivés Résiniques et Terpeniques) has made the decision to implement the PI System to get better values from its assets since February 2016.
Starting from scratch and using only internal ressources the project team has deployed a range of tools used on a daily basis which helps the producers, the process department and the managers to improve their global efficiency.
This presentation will illustrate how an international company based in south of France has managed in 2 and a half years to successfully implement:
- More than 150 process displays
- Dynamic DashBoards
- Quality Control Tools
- OEE measurement tool
Day 2: Industrial IT
Béranger Orleach
Performance Engineer
DRT
I graduated from multidisciplinary school ‘Ecole des Mines’ in 2004 and mostly worked abroad (NZ and Spain) before I joined DRT, a french leader in Green Chemistry as part of a decision to get back to school in the frame of a Continuous Improvement Master.<br />
I had very little IT skills when I was chosen to be part of the testing phase for the PI implementation project within DRT in February 2016 but thanks to a one week coaching from OSISoft, I was able to create displays and Excel DashBoard. The testing phase quickly turned into an implementation Project from May 2016 and since then I have become the coordinator of the project.<br />
The help of the TechSupport together with the on-line videos allowed me to become more and more efficient and creative in order to meet the needs of the production department.<br />
Today, the PI System has been implemented on three different sites in the Landes (South West of France) and in one site in the States.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: OSIsoft Cloud Services for Application Developers and Partners
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Wednesday (Day 2) 26 September --
2 pm: Secrets to Successful Data Science Experiments
3 pm: OSIsoft Cloud Services for Application Developers and Partners
4 pm: IIoT and the PI System
Miscellaneous
Laurent Garrigues
Dept. Lead, Portfolio
AVEVA
Chad Chisholm
Program Manager
OSIsoft, LLC
Chad Chisholm has worked for OSIsoft since 2001. During that time he has worked on AlarmView, Notifications, and Web Parts. Most recently Chad is leading a team developing a power search service for the next generation of client applications. Chad holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Real Time Optimization of Gasoil Consumption for Railway Transportation
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Real time optimization of gasoil consumption for railway transportation with genetics algorithms. The main goal of the project is to reach the best time/gasoil consumption rate maintaining the scheduled time stops.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Ernesto Bedrina
CEO
CETECK TECNOLÓGICA S.L.
CEO of Grupo Ceteck, specialized on products and services over PI with more than 20 years of experience about Industry 4.0 and digitalization with projects in more than 13 countries and 13 different industrial sectors.
Pablo Martinez Fernandez
Researcher
Politechnic University of Valencia
Civil Engineer Phd with more than 13 relevant cientific papers: <br />
• Modeling the energy consumption of trains by applying neural networks, <br />
• Measuring & modelling energy consumption in metro trains by means of neural networks<br />
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• Analytical model for predicting the buckling load of continuous welded rail tracks, etc
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Sugar Packing Station Optimization Using OEE
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Market and the macroeconomic environment changes often dictate changes to business strategy which inevitably affect the manufacturing process. An agile and open process information and reporting infrastructure with well understood and simple configuration tools is often required in order to align the manufacturing process to meet these demands. This presentation focuses on an in-house developed software solution used to enable asset optimization in a Sugar Factory Packing Station using OEE proving that asset optimization is possible at minimal cost and with basic technical skill using the PI System infrastructure.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Lloyd Melrose
Group C&I Manager
Illovo
Current Job Title: <br />
Group C&I Engineer – Illovo Sugar Africa (Pty) Ltd<br />
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Previous jobs - Company:<br />
C&I Specialist – Illovo Sugar Ltd<br />
C&I Engineer – Illovo Sugar Ltd<br />
Instrument Technician – Durban Fibres (Hosaf)<br />
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Education - College:<br />
BTech Electronic Engineering – Durban University of Technology<br />
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Areas of experience:<br />
Instrumentation<br />
Process Control<br />
Distributed Control Systems<br />
Process Automation<br />
Project Management<br />
Management Information Systems (MIS)<br />
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PI System Exposure:<br />
PI Server<br />
PI interfaces: OPC, RDBMS, UFL<br />
PI ACE<br />
PI AF, Notifications, Analytics, Event Frames<br />
PI Datalink, PI ProcessBook<br />
PI Coresight
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Slovnaft - Control Loop Monitoring and Performance Management
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Each production unit in Slovnaft has had issues with control loops. If there are control loops in field which are not working correctly then there can be operational problems (for example the requested level of vessels will not be reached). This is the reason why engineers are designing Control Loops to have good performance in good time. If Control Loops are correctly parametrized then processes can reach defined results and everything works fine. The problem is if controllers are being used in MANUAL mode (unjustifiably) or production has problems with instrumentation.
These reasons are why Slovnaft started the activity of Control Loop Monitoring where they are comparing actual mode with desired mode (in the first step) and then they are using real-time data to try to find some corrective actions for optimisation. To fulfill this activity Slovnaft needed to have a really good online monitoring system. They decided to use the PI System to create this tool. This presentation will be about motivation to start the activity of control loop monitoring and the development of Slovnaft’s visualization tool.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Peter Gablas
Senior Control Engineer
SLOVNAFT, a.s.
Peter studied at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in field of Automation and Cybernetics. He got master degree in 2008. After school he started career as designer of I&C (Instrumentation and Control). After short period he moved to Invensys company, where he had a first contact with DCS and ESD controllers. He continued career in this company for 6 years as application engineer. After this period of time he continued in field of process automation and information in other companies. He started job in SLOVNAFT,a.s. situated in Bratislava in June 2017. His position is Senior Control Engineer and he is focusing on implementation of Process Automation data solutions in PI, developping supportive tools, design of ESD and DCS strategies etc.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
The Changing Dynamics of the Power & Utilities Industry
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
The Changing Dynamics of the Power & Utilities Industry
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
William McEvoy
Industry Principal
Aveva
Bill McEvoy is a Global Industry Principal with OSISOFT covering Transmission, Distribution, Smart Grid and Distributed Energy Resources. Bill spent thirty four years’ working in the utility and information technology profession at Eversource Energy formerly Northeast Utilities. With his last role as the Director of Information Technology - Business Solutions - Real Time Systems for Eversource Energy. He is still active participant on several industry committees associated with Smart Grid, Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Cyber Security. Bill has a strong understanding of the principles of Information Technology as related to utility business systems processing along with a strong understanding of the Transmission, Distribution, Gas and Generation business processes. He also was the Program Director for over 8 Transmission, Distribution and Gas Control Centers for Eversource during his career.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Boosting Process Analytics at RHI Magnesita - PI System and Visual Computing
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
The presentation summarizes positive experiences of RHI Magnesita with OSIsoft tools (e.g. Notification, PI Integrator and PI Data Link) for optimization of products and production processes. With the help of examples the presentation offers an insight into the numerous ways how the PI System is successfully used as standard tool for process analytics at RHIM.
We show how we reveal the treasures hidden in process data. How to deal with complex structured and huge data quantities? How to make the data accessible and ready for interpretation - not only for data scientists?
How to save time by challenging the data interactively and to go directly to the analysis phase? Our successful path will be demonstrated together with our partner VRVis, who creates analytical applications enabling to discover and understand findings in process data with unique visualizations. As additional use cases, the presentation covers new approaches to batch analysis, impact factor identification and anomaly detection.
Day 2: Process Industries
Harald Piringer
Head of Visual Analytics Group
VRVis Research Center
Dr. Harald Piringer studied Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology. After finishing the master degree in 2003, he has been working at the VRVis research center in Vienna, where he became the head of the research area Visual Analytics in 2010. His work focuses on designing and building interactive systems for data science and decision making. Collaborations include company partners from the automotive sector, manufacturing, energy, finance, aviation, infrastructure, pharmaceutical, and facility management. Dr. Piringer got his PhD with highest distinction from the Vienna University of Technology in 2012, and has (co-)authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, and received multiple best paper awards.
Thomas Reiterer
RHI MAGNESITA
After School I went to the Mining University of Leoben and studied Applied Geoscience. I finished my studies in 2004 and started to work at a Consultant Company for Processing and Geology. In 2008 I started at RHI in the Department of Process Technology which is located at R&D. My tasks as a project manager is to analyze and improve the processing steps mixing and pressing. Additional I´m responsible for our Process Information Management System where we use our PI-tools since 2007. Together with one colleague I cover all parts of our usage of PI. This includes interface to IT, tag administration, internal support & expert analysis and improvement of our applications. Since 2012 I´m also the Head of the Department
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
The Biggest Question in Digital Transformation: Who Owns the Data?
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Data is the new oil. That means that (1) it takes quite a bit of effort to process it into something useful (2) it’s not worth anything unless you can sell it or at least share it with someone else and (3) there are going to be loud and long legal disputes over who owns it and controls it.
In this interactive session, attendees, PI customers and analysts will debate how data ownership will impact our business. Some of the questions include:
• Who really owns the data? Equipment makers? Customers? Both?
• Will blockchain or private industry clouds become the standard for exchanging and data
• What new business models will emerge and how will this impact capital financing and the cloud business.
• What role will insurance companies and banks play in this transition?
Panelists:
Michael Kanellos, OSIsoft. Ian Hughes, Senior Analyst 451 Research, Trevor Curwin, Executive Editor and Analyst, RTInsights, and Customer to be named.
Day 2: Industrial IT
Norton Green
Director, Executive Engagements
OSIsoft, LLC
The relationship and ensuing trust our clients have in our products and services are our most critical assets at OSIsoft. Norton and his team's primary goal is to develop and deepen executive relationships with our clients so OSIsoft may become their trusted partner to realize transformational opportunities across their enterprise. Today, the Executive Engagements team executes this mission by way of the following programs: Customer Advisory Board, Executive Briefing Program, Executive Council and Executive Forum.<br />
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After joining the company in 2000, Norton spent his first fifteen years in the IT Department. The last six years were spent as the Global IT Director where he focused on scaling the IT Infrastructure as the company experienced tremendous growth.<br />
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Norton holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Saint Mary's College and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Miami (FL).
Michael Kanellos
Senior Manager of Corporate Communications & Technology Analyst
OSIsoft
Michael Kanellos is an Industry Champion at OSIsoft and the Senior Manager of Corporate Communications. He has been a reporter, analyst and marketing exec in Silicon Valley for over 20 years with a focus on energy, semiconductors and the startup economy. He has contributed to New York Times, CNET, Forbes, 60 Minutes, CNBC, Newsweek, Newsday, the Chicago Tribune and National Geographic, among other outlets. A graduate of Cornell University and the University of California, he has also worked as an attorney, a travel writer and a busboy in a pancake house.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
RCIP, Data Analytics and Manufacturing Process Optimization
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
RCIP, Data Analytics and Manufacturing Process Optimization
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Thomas Hsu
Senior Director Operations Transformation
Lonza AH
Supply chain specialist with 25+ years in different management positions across several industries. Currently, head of the Digital Transformation initiatives for manufacturing operations next to Supply Planning, Production Scheduling, Productivity Improvement and Operations Technology teams within Lonza’s Specialty Ingredients Segment.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Global Remote Monitoring System for Ansaldo Energia Generation Fleet
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Ansaldo Energia is Italy’s largest supplier, installer and service provider for power generation plants and components.
By leveraging OSIsoft PI connectivity, standardization and integration capabilities, Ansaldo implemented a highly available, performing and fully integrated platform, merging the existing technology with Ansaldo expertise in CBM and predictive maintenance, and finally provide displays, trends and KPIs to the Ansaldo engineering users via PI Vision, as well as a range of value-added services to its own final users. The core of the customer support services is named IPS Center (Integrated Plant Support) for the Remote Monitoring and diagnostic activities (RM&D).
The IPS Center is completely based with a large and distributed OSISoft infrastructure around the world to collect and centralize real-time data (PI Data Archive), model all the real-time in specific context (PI-AF), providing a common and easy portal to visualize and share data.
Day 2: Power Generation
Michela Carmeli
Product Specialist
e-matica
Michela Carmeli has been an OSIsoft product specialist in Oil&Gas and Power Industry since September 2015 for Italian and International customers. Michela has a degree in Chemical Engineering (Università degli studi di Genova).
Sandro Gollini
Diagnostic Systems Technical Leader
Ansaldo Energia
Ansaldo Energia Diagnostic Systems Technical Leader. (2009 - nowadays)<br />
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Management, maintenance and development of whole diagnostic system adopt by Ansaldo Energia Service (ADA System) for remote monitoring all Gas and Steam Turbine under Long Term Service Agreement.<br />
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LACROIX Sofrel Italy. Technical Leader (2006-2009)<br />
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Coordination and management of the technical department specialized in remote monitoring of water networks.<br />
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GEA S.r.l Senior Consultant (2004-2006)<br />
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Consulting company for industrial informatics system, in general oriented to project, develop and manage I.T. infrastructure operating in automation sectors, moreover<br />
specialized in MES).
CCIB
CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: IIoT and the PI System
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Wednesday (Day 2) 26 September --
2 pm: Secrets to Successful Data Science Experiments
3 pm: OSIsoft Cloud Services for Application Developers and Partners
4 pm: IIoT and the PI System
Miscellaneous
Jeremy Korman
Product Marketing Manager
OSIsoft
Jeremy Korman is a Product Marketing Manager for OSIsoft and has been working with the PI System since 2010. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Jeremy worked for a leading specialty chemicals manufacturer in Houston, Texas. While working as a Process Engineer, Jeremy became a super fan and power user of the PI System. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Industry User Group Meeting - Presentations by Eidsiva Vannkraft; Uniper; Beran
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
Joint gathering of Power Generation and Transmission & Distribution Industry Groups
16:15 – 16:30 PGUG Updates Chris Crosby - OSIsoft
• Steering Team Updates
• Review Past Year’s Activities
• Meeting Schedule
• PI Square
16:30 – 17:00 Customer Presentation – Eidsiva Vannkraft: Utilizing the Flexibility in PI System to Incorporate ML and AI in CBM
Abstract: With no room for expensive, highly specialized solutions, Eidsiva Vannkraft decided to take advantage of investments already made in infrastructure for data collection and remote operation of the power plants by using the PI System to develop a solution for online condition monitoring on top.
The solution transforms the collected data, together with the inhouse expertise and knowledge, into valuable information and better insight of the plants operation and condition. This again is changing maintenance from calendar based to condition based and predictive maintenance.
Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) models are central in the CBM development process. This presentation focuses on how the flexibility provided by the PI System enables us to incorporate inhouse ML and AI models in our CBM solution and leverage the deployment process.
Speakers: Joakim Gundersen, Jørgen Taule Foss and Ole Kristian Lindahl Grindbakken of Eidsiva Vannkraft
17:00 – 17:30 Customer Presentation – Uniper / Beran: Combining PI and Specialist Vibration Data to Manage Asset Risk
Abstract: This paper describes how the PI System at Uniper Technologies was used with specialist vibration monitoring equipment from Beran Instruments to manage a critical fault with a Steam Turbine at a UK CCGT Power Station. A unit at the station started to display adverse temperature readings during start-up followed by the 1/rev levels increasing rapidly with speed during the run-up. Further indications during the run-down and at barring showed cylinder distortion causing rub with a permanent shaft bend. The OEM advice was the vibration levels were severe enough to remove the unit from service, however the lead time for repair was circa 6 months. By utilizing advanced real-time monitoring and carefully targeted alarms the Station and Technology Centre devised a risk based strategy using the PI System and the Beran system to run with vibration levels usually considered unacceptably high. This kept the unit generating revenue for the whole 6 months and allowed the outage to be better planned.
Speakers: Omoruyi Onobhamiukor, Uniper and Tim Salter, Beran Instruments Ltd
17:30-18:00 OSIsoft PI AF Kits and Demo Environment: An overview of what is available, how to deploy and demonstration of use.
Speakers: Rafael Maldonado, OSIsoft
Day 2: Power Generation
Omoruyi Onobhamiukor
Technical Head - Asset Performance Management
Uniper
Omoruyi Onobhamiukor is a Mechanical Engineer with a Master’s degree from The University of Nottingham and a Chartered member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. For the past eleven years, he has been involved in developing condition monitoring techniques and strategies at Uniper and is currently technical lead of Uniper’s Condition Monitoring Service which provides remote on-line and in the field support to international power and industrial clients by incorporating data from monitoring systems like the Beran and historian data from PI in diagnosing and assessing the condition of plant machinery. Data driven techniques are at the centre of his team’s operations, but maintaining a strong focus on delivering actionable insights remains a clear and core strategy.
Ole Grindbakken
Digitalization Engineer
Eidsiva Vannkraft AS
Ole Grindbakken is MSc in Environmental Physics and Renewable Energy and has experience in statistical analysis and computer vision. Grindbakken contributes to solutions on condition monitoring on Eidsiva’s wide range of equipment.
Tim Salter
Product Management
Beran Instruments Ltd
Tim Salter is an electronics engineer with extensive experience of Condition Monitoring across a number of industries including power generation, petrochemical and rail. He first worked at Beran Instruments in the pioneering days of remote on-line condition monitoring in the 1990s and was involved in the early trials and installations of equipment in the newly privatised power generation industry. Currently Tim is primarily responsible for overseeing the Product Management of the next generation of vibration monitoring systems from Beran Instruments Ltd.
Jørgen Foss
Engineer
Eidsiva Vannkraft
Graduated engineer and an experienced PI-Developer
Joakim Gundersen
Head of System Operations and Digitalization
Eidsiva Vannkraft AS
Head of Department for System Operations and Digitalization in Eidsiva Vannkraft.<br />
Educated as electrical engineer with a PhD in Computing Science and a MBA in strategy and management.
Rafael Maldonado
Sr Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Rafael Maldonado is Industry Champion for Power Generation in Renewables and Nuclear for EMEA and Technical Advisor. He has been recently graduated in the Master in Renewable Energy by the UEM. Prior joining OSIsoft, Rafael worked as Business Development Consultant in a start-up from the Universidad de Alcala (Spain). Previously, he hold a MBA in the University of Glasgow about Business Development in the Renewable Energy sector. He also hold a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science by the Universidad de Alcala.
David Thomason
Industry Principal Global Power Generation
AVEVA / OSIsoft
Christopher Crosby
Principal Business Value Consultant
OSIsoft, LLC
Chris Crosby is an Energy and Utilities industry executive and consultant with over 38 years of experience, with a significant amount of that experience in the role of an energy scientist with Duke Energy. His main objectives have been to enable energy and utility asset owners and stakeholders to improve their safety, to improve their operational and reliability excellence and to improve their business performance. For most of his career, he has focused on developing and delivering technology-based solutions to enable the achievement of those objectives. In his current role at OSIsoft, his main objective is to consult with global nuclear and renewable energy clients on how the PI System real-time infrastructure can improve energy surety and energy management; reduce carbon footprint; increase asset availability, reliability and performance; increase operational transparency and efficiency; improve nuclear and grid safety; support emergency preparedness, planning and response; and save time--insuring all along that the PI System meets current and future market needs. He holds a BS in Physical Sciences (Pre-medicine) from Davidson College and an MBA from the McColl School of Business, Queens University. He also achieved his certifications as an Energy Manager and as a Change Management Professional through Prosci.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Industry User Group Meeting - with: Round Table Panel; Workshop Session
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
Pharma User Group Meeting Agenda
16.00 - 16.15 – PUG Introduction
16.15 -17.15 – Round Table Panel Discussion
Vote your favorite TOPICS For the round table (https://pisquare.osisoft.com/polls/1379)
• Power to the Users: Client tools to help end users get the most out of their PI data
• Process Analytical Technology (PAT) and Multi-variate tools: connecting analytical platforms to OSI PI
• Real-time analysis and powerful AF tricks
• Capturing context with Event Frames: are event frames being effectively used?
• Deploying and managing PI in a global, multi-site environment: approaches and challenges in dealing with standards and site differences
• GMP and non-GMP Data: to segregate or integrate?
• Migration to the Cloud: leveraging AWS and Azure for deployment of OSI PI
• Creating Compliant Reports with RT Reports.
• Continuous Process Verification
• Data connectivity and plug, store and produce from equipment and systems
• others
17.15 -17.45 – Workshop Breakout Session
Decide between 2 of these topics:
a) “How to sell your ideas to management” with John de Koning, Business Transformation Group
b) “Discover RtReports 4.1” with Liana Peysakhovich, Software Developer RtReports Lead
c) “MATLAB Integration with the PI System” With Stpehen Kwan, Product Manager, PI Server
d) “Ask any questions about Event Frames” with Ellery Murdok, Event Frames Initiative Lead
e) “A walk through PI Vision” with OSIsoft Systems Engineer
17.45-18.00 - Closing
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Timothy Alosi
Director - IT
Biogen
Tim has over 20 years of process automation, operations management, and data analytics experience in the Biologics industry with such leading companies as Biogen, Sanofi, Genzyme, and Emerson Process Management. Currently, Tim is the head of the Global Data Analytics team for Biogen’s Pharmaceutical Operations & Technology IT within the Execution Systems department. The Execution System department develops standards and solutions for shop floor data, process control and manufacturing execution systems. These solutions are utilized across Biogen’s global manufacturing network. Prior to his work at Biogen, Tim has held leadership positions at Sanofi, Genzyme, and New England Controls, the local Emerson Process Management representative. Tim has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Gustav Green
Manager, Automation Systems Team
Biogen
Gus is the manager of the Automation Systems Team delivering data solutions to the Biogen RTP, NC site. Systems range from data collection and storage to visualization and reporting. As part of Engineering and Technology he has a focus on bringing data solutions to both manufacturing as well as othe Technical Development labs. Over the last 8 years at Biogen he has held the role of senior automation engineer and site PI administrator but has moved to globally lead data acquisition at Biogen, setting roadmap for the company and creating strategy around data management and flow. Gus started his career as an Automation Engineer in consulting, performing I&C design, SCADA and DCS deployments and batch reporting.
Thorsten Ulbricht
Product Manager
Roche
Starting his IT Career with a background in Telecommunications Engineering, Thorsten Ulbricht began to plan, engineer and operate complex IT infrastructures in the late 90s.<br />
In 2010, Thorsten got involved in a growing amount of projects within the pharmaceutical industry.<br />
Since 2015, he has been the TPM on a project that monitors environments in a highly flexible architectural setup. In addition to the pure monitoring, also the approximation of the dynamic environmental setup and the dynamic visualization of data is in scope of this project.<br />
In his actual role as a product manager for infrastructures Thorsten is developing new ways of integrating and analyzing data from various sources.
Ernesto Bove
COo
e-matica
Ernesto has over 25 years of process automation, DCS/SCADA system integration (Emerson DV, F&P DCI-S6, ABB 800xA, etc...), Model Based Multivariable Predictive Control (DOT Star Controller, Aspentech DMC+) and vertical PI System integration experience in several markets, with specialization in Batch Process and Regulated industry (API & Pharma).<br />
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He is leading a team of 20 engineers to provide PI system Integration, Project management, AF-EF Modelling & Design, Configuration, Batch Tracking Visualization & Reporting, field services and CSV support in Italy and Europe to address customer satisfaction according to OSIsoft standards.<br />
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Currently, Ernesto is responsible for e-matica’s Digital Transformation portfolio, based on PI System infrastructure (PI Vision widget factory), to provide context-driven digital support at shop floor for Operations and Maintenance (i.e. Augmented Reality, "Right-First-Time" through Immersive Virtual 3D training, 2D code, QR code and OCR for context recognition and content-to-context live link, master data cross-check, GMP manual data entry, Real Time KPI, etc... ) <br />
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Ernesto has a degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Rome with specialization in Process Automation and Robotics (1991).<br />
Recently he has been accredited for Industry 4.0 consulting by Italian Industry National agency (2017).
Cassandra Murillo
Assoc Mgr PMPD Data Management
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Cassie Murillo is the Associate Manager of PMPD Data Management for Regeneron’s Preclinical Manufacturing and Process Development (PMPD) group at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. An engineer by training, Cassie spent her first 6 years at Regeneron in the laboratory supporting the Bioreactor Scale Up and Development group and over the past 4 years has turned her passion for PI and data management into a full time role. Cassie holds a B.S in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Cornell University
Julio Lopez Ortega
Sr Engineer
Abbott
Julio López combines a 17-years career at Abbott with the last year as subject matter expert of Process Monitoring and Control initiative in Abbott Nutrition. Starting as IT and Automation Engineer, supporting all kinds of IT-OT initiatives and plant shutdowns since 2006, where modern automation systems were implemented, he discovered his passion for PI system taking advantage of a global initiative to expansion this product worldwide. As a lead solution Engineer he worked on the proof of concept project to implement SPC using the PI System as platform, integrating Analytic and Visualization PI features in the PM&C Workstream started during 2016, stablishing depth collaboration with our Center of Excellence and Field Service teams. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from University of Granada, a postgraduate study in Automation and Green Belt Six Sigma certification.
Petter Moree
Industry Principal
OSIsoft
Petter Moree, Global Industry Principal, Life Sciences and Food & Beverages OSIsoft, LLC<br />
Petter has a M.Sc. in technical chemistry with a specialization towards chemometrics and data science. After his M.Sc. from Umeå University, Sweden, Petter joined Umetrics in 1999, where he worked for 17 years with customers in various markets for example Pharmaceutical, Pulp & Paper, Automotive, Semicon and chemical and with applications such as PAT, QbD, early fault detection, predictive analytics, MPC and CPV. Petter was Global Product Manager for Umetrics’ software portfolio, including SIMCA, SIMCA-online and MODDE, and later became their global sales director leading sales and services teams in EMEA, US and Asia.
Paula Baquer
Customer Success Manager
OSIsoft
Paula Baquer is a Customer Success Manager at OSIsoft, focusing on the Life Science Industries in EMEA. Paula joined OSIsoft in 2012, as a Customer Support team member out of the London office. After several on-site assignments, she discovered her passion to help customers solve their problems and she became a Sr. Field Service Engineer in 2015. During her trips she felt enlightened with the Pharmaceutical and Life Science Industry as she actively collaborated in several projects with IT-OT Integration. In 2017 she joined the Advisory Services team at OSIsoft which focused on providing advice on architecture design, best practices on PI System Implementation and integration with other systems. Today, she is managing several Enterprise Agreement Accounts, whose main focus is to design strategy for OT-IT implementation, PI deployments across the enterprise and to ensure customer success. She holds a B.Sc. In Chemical Engineering from IQS School of Engineering, Barcelona and a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London and she is a prospective student for the Executive Master in Business Analytics at ESADE Business School, Barcelona.
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CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Transportation Industry User Group - Meeting, Updates, Discussion
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
Industry Meet-Up: (Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation)
OSIsoft is hosting a meeting for the Transportation Users Group. Agenda:
* Introductions
* Users Group update
* Showcase: New and interesting applications in the transportation space
* Group discussion: Our attendees select the most important topics for group discussion. E.g. How can we ensure successful projects from brainstorming to implementation? What are the most important applications on the horizon?
The Transportation User's Group consists of customers and partners using the PI System in transportation and supply chain applications.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Matt Miller
Industry Principal, Transportation
AVEVA
AVEVA’s Transportation Industry Principal has a broad background in developing industrial electronics, automated control and information system software for OEM’s and enterprises. Before working at AVEVA, Matt spent 35 years in numerous sales, marketing and management roles at OSIsoft, Viewtronics and Xycom. As a degreed electronics engineer with specialty in computer-based controls and decades of market experience, Matt has been working with leading technology firms to bring real-time performance intelligence to the supply chain and smart city initiatives.
Chris Lonsberry
PSE
OSIsoft
Chris is the Transportation Industry Champion for the EMEA region, based out of the Paris office. He has been with OSIsoft since 2007, during which time he has worked in Customer Support, Field Service, and System Engineering. He has been working with Transportation customers since 2011. He holds a Master of Science in Applied Economics from The Ohio State University.
Enrique Herrera
Industry Principal
OSIsoft, LLC
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CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Oil & Gas Industry Meeting - Presentations by IPCOS; Servelec Controls; Seeq
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
IPCOS - Getting the most from your Digital Oilfield by leveraging the full PI suite
Denis Gauder
IPCOS are an OSIsoft Partner and expert on all things Digital Oilfield. They are based in Belgium.
In this presentation IPCOS will present best practices gathered over a decade about exploiting maximally the PI suite for a state-of-the-art Digital Oilfield. They will discuss how to build performant and scalable PI AF models, how PI Analytics and PI Event Frames can augment both physical models and data-driven analytics and how PI Vision can expose the results of the Digital Oilfield to a wide audience.
IPCOS will also discuss how the developer technologies of the PI suite, such as PI Web API and AF SDK, can be leveraged to complement the Digital Oilfield off-the-shelf solutions with minimal effort. These topics will be illustrated through various use cases and demos.
Servelec Controls - Enhancing your overview of production with PI AF and PI Vision
Alexander Dixon & Mike Horrocks (OSIsoft)
Servelec Controls are an OSIsoft Partner and expert PI System Integrator based in Aberdeen, UK.
This presentation will give a hands on overview on solving a problem using the PI System. Lack of visibility of production information will be overcome by using the PI System in a live solution build. The presentation will include identification of production data, providing real time visibility and reporting using the PI System.
The solution will be built using PI AF Templates (inc Rollups for Asset Overviews and Analytics in the AF Templates), PI Vision, Event Frames & PI Integrators for Business Analytics
Seeq - Improving Data Quality using Seeq & PI AF
Brian Parsonnet, Nathaniel Adebayo (OSIsoft)
Seeq are an OSIsoft Partner with a fabulous visual analytics tool that seamlessly integrates with PI AF. Seeq are based in the US.
This presentation will introduce some of the concepts and challenges of addressing data quality in time-series data. Example workflows will be shown explaining how Seeq’s visual analytics can be combined with PI AF’s streaming analytics capabilities to help improve certain types of data quality problems.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Brian Parsonnet
CTO
Seeq
Mr. Parsonnet is CTO and co-founder of Seeq Corporation, with responsibility for Applications, Intellectual Property, and Research. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, and a M.S. from Columbia University. Mr. Parsonnet has founded start-ups in a diverse set of industries, ultimately joining Honeywell Industrial by acquisition where led product strategy for decision support, equipment health management, and software architecture. Mr. Parsonnet has been a keynote speaker for OSIsoft PIWorld, and holds patents in software, thermal storage, robotics, and SmartGrid technologies.
Alexander Dixon
Principal Systems Engineer
Servelec Controls
With over 14 years’ experience with the OSIsoft PI System, Alexander is the technical authority for Real Time Systems within Servelec Controls based in Aberdeen, Scotland. As a System Integrator Servelec Controls works across multiple industries, Alexander is predominately focused on Oil & Gas but also has experience with other service industries and renewables.
Denis Gauder
IPCOS
Denis Gauder, graduated with a MSc. in chemical engineering, has worked for over 10 years in the area of Industrial Digitalization. His experience covers production systems modelling, data analytics, data integration technologies and engineering workflows design. Over his career, he has had numerous roles working for companies such as Total, Solvay, Yara, BP, ExxonMobil, Arkema and others. Denis is currently leading the Digital Assets team of IPCOS where he is responsible for solution design, implementation strategy and project delivery.
Mike Horrocks
Senior Systems Engineer
OSIsoft (UK) Ltd
Mike joined OSIsoft UK at the beginning of 2016 having previously worked for a Systems Integrator delivering PI solutions to an oil and gas major for 12 years.
Nathaniel Adebayo
Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Nathaniel is a Systems Engineer based out of our London office and is also the Oil & Gas Industry Champion for EMEA. He provides technical leadership to our sales organization by sharing his technical experiences with the PI System, managing technical projects and providing product demos. Previously to his current role, Nathaniel worked as a Senior Product Support Engineer at OSIsoft. During this time he spent 6 months working onsite at BP on a global PI System project as an Embedded Engineer where he provided best practices on adopting PI AF and Asset Analytics. Nathaniel holds a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham.
Russell Herbert
Industry Principal - Oil & Gas
AVEVA
Russell, Global Oil & Gas Industry Principal for AVEVA, brings extensive experience following his time working in a range of development and operations roles within the Oil & Gas industry including time at BG Group, Schlumberger and Tullow Oil. <br />
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Much of Russell’s work within AVEVA involves providing industry insight and strategic guidance regarding how the latest developments in Operational Data Management can significantly improve operations whilst also enabling important emerging technology trends such as Digital Twin, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, IIoT and Integrated Operations. Recent engagements have included projects with Shell, BP, ENI, Total, Petronas, Saudi Aramco, ADNOC, SBM Offshore and Repsol.
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CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Process Industries Meeting - Presentation by Caterpillar
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
Process Industries Meeting -
4:00 – 4:10 – Snacks and opening of the session
4:10 – 4:30 – Caterpillar Use Case (Speaker:Glenn Kerkhoff - Caterpillar)
4:30 – 5:00 – Universal Digital Plant Value Proposition and Demo (10 mins for Q&A/ Discussion) [speaker: Silverio Cavazos]
5:00 – 5:20ish – The How To of the Universal Digital Plant (Presenting the AF Kit) [Speaker: Silverio Cavazos]
5:25 – 5:45ish – Genealogy in the Process Industries [Tadeas Marciniak]
5:45 pm - End of meeting and open discussion
Day 2: Process Industries
Glenn Kerkhoff
Mining Productivity Solutions
Caterpillar
Silverio Cavazos
Lead Pre-Sales, LATAM
OSIsoft/AVEVA
Silverio Cavazos has an Electric Engineer degree form Instituto Tecnolgico de Monterrey (Mexico) and was previously an OSIsoft customer beginning in 1995 working in the cement industry. He joined OSI in 2005 as Field Service Engineer, since then has been helping the company in multiple positons, including Enterprise Project Manager for several Spanish speaking clients. Over his 12 years at OSI including his most recent role as System Architect, Silverio has focused his expertise to help our costumer to understand and rapidly adopt OSIsoft's technology. Silverio lives in Monterrey, Mexico, likes to play domino and to travel with his wife and daughter.
Tadeas Marciniak
Pre-sales engineer
OSIsoft
Tadeas Marciniak is Senior Field Service Engineer working from OSIsoft Czech office. He has been OSisoft employee since 2009 but his experience with PI dates back to the mid-nineties of last century, when he worked for various OSIsoft partners on many PI projects in different industries. He graduated at the Technical University (V�B), Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Martin PROVENCHER
Industry Principal, Mining, Metals and Materials
OSISoft
Gary Wong
Global Industry Principal, Infrastructure & Water
AVEVA
Gary Wong is the Global Industry Principal of Infrastructure and Water at AVEVA, a leader in real-time, industrial, performance intelligence. He leads their global data centers, facilities, smart cities and water businesses and has 25 years of extensive international experience providing sustainable, strategic and cost-effective digital solutions. Prior to joining AVEVA, he has held positions with OSIsoft, Metro Vancouver and as a consultant directing both public and private sectors on operations, digital transformation, planning, sustainability, and engineering. Mr. Wong is also the Chairman of the Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN) Americas Alliance and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, is registered as a Professional Engineer in Computer Engineering, holds an M.B.A. from the Queen’s School of Business and is also a Chartered Professional Accountant.
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Industry User Meeting
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
Industry Meet Up: (Food & Beverage Industry):
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Isabelle Lacaille
Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Isabelle Lacaille is a Field Service Engineer at OSIsoft. She helps customers get value out of their data, helping them make better decisions. Isabelle specializes in the Pharmaceutical and Food & Beverage industries, and has a passion for Data Science. She holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from McGill University.
Jeffrey Van Pelt
Industry Principal - Food & Beverage
OSIsoft
Jeff Van Pelt is Principal, Global Food & Beverage Industry at OSIsoft. In this role, Mr. Van Pelt is responsible industry strategy, segment development, thought leadership and ensuring customers drive value from their technology investments. Van Pelt is a 30 veteran in the consumer products industry in a variety of roles. Prior to joining OSIsoft, he held industry executive positions at IBM and SAP.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Offsite - Casa Llotja de Mar
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM
6:30 PM
11:00 PM
LA FIESTA DE OSISOFT
LOCATION: Casa Llotja de Mar: 18:30 — 24:00
This is our premier offsite dinner party at the conference. While taking advantage of the culture, attendees from all over the world gather together for this unique networking dinner filled with delicious food, drinks and light music!
Buses depart 18:00 – 18:30 from Placa de Willy Brandt by the Hilton Hotel. See you there!
Day 2: Closing Event
CCIB
CCIB: P0 Level
P0 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Networking Lounge
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
7:30 AM
5:30 PM
Networking Lounge
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Entrance A, P0 Level
Entrance A, P0 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Registration
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
7:30 AM
5:30 PM
Registration
Registration
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
General Session, Day 3 Opening
9:00 AM - 10:25 AM
9:00 AM
10:25 AM
In our opening session, OSIsoft Product Managers and Engineering leaders will provide an end to end tour of OSIsoft’s Data Infrastructure highlighting new enhancements within OSIsoft’s leading data infrastructure the PI System from Connectivity, Data Management, Data Processing, Visualization, and glimpse of emerging technologies. This session will provide an overview that will help you plan your time for the rest of the day's activities.
Keynote
Day 3: Opening Session
Chris Nelson
SVP R&D - Operations Information Management
OSIsoft, LLC.
Chris leads the OSIsoft engineering teams on their relentless pursuit to connect sensor-based data, operations and people to enable real-time intelligence. Chris is responsible for the design and development of software systems at OSIsoft including all aspects of the PI System. Chris joined OSIsoft in 2002 as a software developer focused on extending OSIsoft's position within the Life Sciences Industry by enhancing existing batch products and developing new products and capabilities. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Chris worked for Merck & Co., Inc., as a Technical Manager in both Clinical Trial Systems and Manufacturing Process Information Systems. Chris holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Rutgers University.
Michael Sloves
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft
Michael Sloves has worked at OSIsoft for 18 years. During that time, he has developed and led software teams responsible for PI ICE, PI WebParts, SAP/ERP Integration and for OSIsofts SAP/MDUS Integration products. Presently, he is the Director of Technology Enablement. In his role, he is responsible for driving excellence in our External and Internal Developer Community by educating, informing, and enabling Developers. He is also responsible for the development of OSIsoft's PI Developer Technologies suite of tools.
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CCIB: Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Partner & Product Expo
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
10:00 AM
3:00 PM
Partner & Product Expo
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 134, P1 Level
Room 134, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
PI Developers Club Community - Developer Technologies Roadmap
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:20 AM
This talk will give up an update on what's going on in the development of our Developer Technologies products: the tools you use to build applications that leverage PI System data. Get the details from the Development Team Leaders of the AF SDK, PI Web API, PI SQL family and PI OPC Servers.
Day 3: Developer Track
Frank Garriel
Engineering Process Manager
OSIsoft
Frank Garriel joined OSIsoft in 2004. He has worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer, Software Developer, and currently serves as the Technical Product Manager for PI Web API.
Bodo Bachmann
Engineering Manager
OSIsoft Europe GmbH
Bodo Bachmann, a trained physicist, worked in the semi-conductor industry and then joined OSIsoft in 1991. He started as an interface developer, especially to work on European systems. He has been responsible for the development and product support group in Europe for several years and now leads the SQL Data Access Team.
David Hearn
Principal Software Developer
AVEVA
David Hearn is Group Leader in Software Engineering for the AF product team. David has worked primarily on the development of the AF SDK and server out of the Johnson City, Tennessee office. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer and Electrical Engineering degree from Purdue University, and his Master of Science in Computer Science degree from California State University, Chico. David joined OSIsoft in 2001 after working for other companies in the industry.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 133, P1 Level
Room 133, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Hardcore PI System Hardening
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:20 AM
High value systems warrant hardcore hardening measures. The PI System resides at a critical junction, communicating across strict network boundaries. Under this paradigm, the PI System acts as a 'safe harbor' for data, defending critical systems by reducing the number of users inside the security perimeter while enabling growth in the number of users getting value from OT data.
An application can only be as secure as its operating platform. This session will discuss securing a system from the ground up with advanced hardening measures for the Windows operating system that OSIsoft has collected over many years, including security baselines, PowerShell’s Desired State Configuration, and arcane corners of the Windows Advanced Firewall. With the platform locked down, we will explore application hardening measures built within and tailored to the PI System.
Emphasis will be on using the latest technology and tools available to embrace agility and configuration as code. The session will feature examples from practical case studies.
Day 3: PI Admin Track
Lubos Mlcoch
Program Manager, Security
OSIsoft
Lubos Mlcoch represents the Customer Success department on the OSIsoft Cyber Security Advisory Team. He works closely with the organizations within Custom Success to advance the security of OSIsoft’s operations, products and services. Prior to his time with the Cyber Security Advisory Team, he worked in Technical Support as a Senior Technical Support Escalation Engineer working primarily with OSIsoft's web and batch applications. Lubos holds a B.S. in Computer Science from University of Technology (Brno, Czech Republic) and an M.S. in Business and Finance from Nottingham Trent University (UK).
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Introduction to Time-Series Analysis with PI System Data
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:20 AM
Attend this session to take your first steps toward applying data science tools and techniques to solve your business problems. You will gain a fundamental understanding of time-based data and how to extract insights from it (e.g., what is a time series and how we can work with one). With some real-world examples we will demonstrate some simple analytics using time-based data in R. A focus will be on underlying assumptions behind time series, and how to sample and generate statistics and predictive models on such data. This talk is for those getting started with analytics and PI. No prior R or PI experience is required.
Day 3: Analytics Track
Brian Davison
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Lehigh University
Dr. Brian D. Davison is an associate professor of computer science and engineering and director of the undergraduate minor in data science. He teaches courses on data science, data mining, web search engines, networking, system administration, and C and UNIX programming. He heads Lehigh's Web Understanding, Modeling, and Evaluation (WUME) laboratory and serves as editor-in-chief of the ACM journal, Transactions on the Web. While on sabbatical during the 2013-2014 academic year, he worked in the Core Data Science group at Facebook. Dr. Davison earned his B.S. from Bucknell University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rutgers University. His research includes search, mining, recommendation and classification problems in text, on the Web and in social networks. He is an NSF Faculty Early Career award winner. Dr. Davison's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems.
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
OSIsoft Cloud Services
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:20 AM
OSIsoft Cloud Services is a new operational data ecosystem that will connect customers with best-in-class analytics and their community of vendors and partners. Come learn about our Cloud Vision as well as connecting your PI System's operational data to OSIsoft Cloud Services and enabling scenarios such as Remote Operations Monitoring, Data Science Enablement, Connected Community, and Partner applications.
Day 3: Product Track
Todd Brown
Staff Strategic Product Manager
AVEVA
Todd Brown is a Staff Strategic Product Manager at AVEVA, currently focused on OSIsoft Cloud Services (OCS) scenarios for Remote Operations Monitoring & Connected Community (cross-enterprise data sharing). Previously, Todd was a Product Manager for PI Vision and Event Frames. Before moving into Product Management, he had a lead role in the OSIsoft Center of Excellence focusing on pharmaceutical and batch industries. Before joining OSIsoft, Todd worked for Merck & Co., Inc. in a global position in the Process Information Systems and Manufacturing Automation group. Todd has over twenty years of experience, having worked with PI System related applications, batch reporting applications, manufacturing data analysis applications, and Manufacturing Execution Systems. He holds a M.S. in Information Systems Management from Stevens Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in Integrated Science and Technology from James Madison University.
Christian Leroux
CSM
OSIsoft
After completing a BS in Industrial Engineering and MS in automation processes and embedded systems in 2002, Christian moved to Spain to start his professional career as a programmer in the 3D special effects industry. In 2004 he joined OSIsoft Canada providing customers with technical support, training and field service. In 2009 he then moved to Spain to help establish the new OSIsoft office in Madrid. Christian currently serves as an Enterprise Program Manager supporting multiple European EA customers as well as providing System Engineering services for France and the Iberian Peninsula. Christian is multilingual and speaks fluent French, English and Spanish.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Extending the Power of your PI System with Seeq Analytics
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:20 AM
Seeq is an advanced analytical application fully integrated with the PI Data Archive and PI Asset Framework. Seeq delivers a hybrid approach to analytics, easily combining first principals, statistics, and machine learning. Seeq’s approach brings self-service analytics for engineers and scientists, collaboration and knowledge capture for teams, and publishing and real time views for managers and operators. In this presentation Seeq will explain and demonstrate the value-adding analytical capabilities through 2 use cases: • Predictive maintenance of heat exchangers. This use leverages ML techniques to create heat exchanger fouling model. The model is used to optimize maintenance schedules. The asset-swapping capabilities of PI Asset Framework are leveraged to scale one model to many heat exchangers. • Reliability in Upstream O&G Equipment. Upstream oil collection systems have emergency shutdown systems to protect against damage. When the trip activates, rapid valve closure causes water hammering, which in turn cases mechanical damage to the system, vessels and/or cause relief valves or rupture disks to blow, with safety, reliability, and environmental impacts. The goal is to detect when it occurs, and eliminate the problem longer term. Both use cases will be presented via a live demonstration showing the creation of the analyses as well as the key visual elements such as histograms and unique trending.
Day 3: Marketplace Partner Showcase
Brian Crandall
Analytics Engineer
Seeq
Brian Crandall is an Analytics Engineer at Seeq based in Austin, TX. Brian provides Seeq’s customers with training and use case support to improve their production and business outcomes. Prior to joining Seeq 3 years ago, he spent 14 years at Emerson Automation Solutions with roles in automation projects, software engineering, and product marketing. Brian has degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Texas at Austin.
Michael Purcell
Seeq
Managing Director - Seeq Corporation <br />
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Responsible for expanding Seeq presence in EMEA through new customer adoption, customer expansion, engagement and development of partner channels. Manage the growth structure and team expansion for EMEA in areas of account management and customer and partner support. Prior to Seeq spent 10 years with OSIsoft, most recently as VP EMEA.
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
Develop an IoT Java application: Use the PI JDBC Driver on a Rasperry Pi to connect Sensors and Actuators with the PI System
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
Work with our latest platform independent PI JDBC Driver installed on a Raspberry Pi and develop an IoT Java application. In this lab you will learn how to interact with sensors and actuators from Java and use PI JDBC Driver to exchange real-time data with the PI System. This lab also covers creating a website to visualize your real-time data using Apache Tomcat and PI JDBC Driver.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
Building Displays with PI Vision
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
Discover why PI Vision is truly the next generation of PI System visualization. Create, format and organize your displays with graphics, multi-state values, and trends. Group symbols and create pinned event for comparison purposes. Explore the interaction of AF and PI VIsion for events. (Beginners)
Lab
Day 3: Integration Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Time-saving Tips while Deploying AF
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
"You have already attended several sessions and heard about the power of Asset Framework (AF). You are eager to implement AF or even to expand the existing AF structure in your organization, but… not sure where to start from. Are you wondering if there are any timesaving tips for deploying scalable and consistent AF structures?
In this session, you will build a simple AF structure from ground-up using the recommendations and guidelines:
· How to use templates to start creating AF elements and attributes across assets
· How to achieve a well-designed structure, plan for the usefulness of the AF model
· How to use AF categories to organize large numbers of elements and attributes
· How to set explicit Unit of Measures (UOMs)
· How to use inherited templates to allow flexibility while maintaining standardization
· How to build different views for your users using element references
· How to fine-tune the asset model using attributes hierarchies, enumeration sets and data references"
Lab
Day 3: PI System Admin Lab 2
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
Advanced Analytics for PI data for Data Scientists
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
PI System is the standard time series data infrastructure across several industries. Decades of operational data collection has turned each PI System into a treasure trove for data scientists to extract knowledge. Come to this lab and learn, as a data scientist, how you can access, shape, and use PI data to generate insight and knowledge. A basic understanding of data science basics is required for this lab. No knowledge of PI System is necessary.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab 2
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
Getting Started with PI WebAPI with Postman
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
How do you programmatically access PI data? Traditionally, this has meant installing an OSIsoft library or driver and then introducing your own solution. In order to improve deployment and development experience for newer and mobile environments OSIsoft offers a RESTful API called PI Web API. Come learn how to make your first requests against PI Web API, see how it can free up your development and give you new ways to bridge the PI System with the rest of your enterprise. This lab is intended for those with a programmatic mind who have a basic PI System knowledge. No knowledge of any particular programing language is expected.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab 3
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Utilizing Event Frames for Plant Operations and OEE Analysis
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
This lab teaches how to utilize Event Frames to monitor plant operations effectively, as well as for Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) analysis. The exercises in this lab focus on using Event Frames to monitor plant-wide health of equipment through the PI System: PI Vision, PI DataLink, Asset Analytics, PI Builder, and PI System Management Tools. Topics of discussion in this lab include: what real-time events should be captured using Event Frames, how to delineate important events from average events, how best to visualize Event Frames, and how to use Event Frames to increase the efficiency of plant-wide equipment.
Lab
Day 3: PI System Admin Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Anti-Hackathon - Securing a PI System
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
In this lab you will be served a big, soggy mess of a PI System – it’s your job to whip it into shape, by applying modern security techniques and best practices. You will have some help - handy scripts to identify the security holes are, references, resources, tips and coaching to help you accomplish your task. Participants will earn points based on the amount and the severity of security issues addressed. At the end of the lab, prizes will be awarded to top scorers. Moderately experienced administrators may have an advantage, but participants at all experience levels will learn concepts applicable to their systems back home.
Lab
Day 3: User Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Fit for Purpose - Layers of Analytics using the PI System - AF, Matlab, Machine Learning
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
This hands-on lab covers scenarios to illustrate the different levels of analytics that are fit-for-purpose when using the PI System. For example, what calculations and analyses do you do in AF? When do you use MATLAB and similar libraries for advanced calculations that hook into AF? When do you call on “data science and machine learning ?” Use cases will include those focused on an equipment, such as a pump, motor or compressor, and those focused on a process. We will also cover examples of advanced analytics that are part of the data collection from the edge devices and contrast these with predictive analytics – both the model development and model deployment (scoring new incoming real-time data) and include cloud vs. fog vs. edge scenarios.
Lab
Day 3: Integration Lab 2
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Apply Predictive Machine Learning Models to Operations
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
The latest release of the PI Integrator for Business Analytics (BA) includes new functionality for streaming PI data into predictive analytics tools like Spark or TensorFlow. In this lab, we will leverage the capabilities of the PI Integrator for BA to develop and train a predictive model from archived PI data. We will then operationalize it by streaming PI data to the model providing real time predictions which can be posted in the PI System for operational relevance. A familiarity of PI AF structure and knowledge of Python are prerequisites for this session.
Lab
Day 3: User Lab 2
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Data Diode Cybersecurity for PI System
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
11:30 AM
12:10 PM
One of the primary challenges raised by the convergence of OT and IT is the need for operational data, such as PI System data, outside of the operational technology environment. This presentation and demonstration will illustrate the use of data diode cybersecurity technology to transfer PI System data one-way, from an OT environment to IT or the cloud, while securing the OT systems from all external threats. Attendees can expect to learn IT/OT convergence cybersecurity best practices, use cases, and how to enable external to access OT data without compromising the security of the operational network.
Day 3: Marketplace Partner Showcase
Dennis Lanahan
Director Worldwide Channel Partnerships & International Sales
Owl Computing
Dennis joined Owl in the Fall of 2007, during his time at Owl he has directly influenced market growth within Intelligence, DOD and critical infrastructure markets including power generation, oil & gas and growth outside the US marketplace. He joined Owl after four years as Director of Sales Operations at iRobot. During the time of rapid growth at iRobot, from 2003-2007, he was responsible for overseeing Sales Operations and Customer Service for the Home Robots Division. His responsibilities included global supply-chain operations, customer fulfillment and North American consumer help-desk service and support. He started his career at Seagate Technology in Scotts Valley, CA and has held Sales and Sales Management positions in various technology companies selling computers, computer peripherals and internet services. He holds a Bachelors Degree of Individual Concentration (B.D.I.C.) from the University of Massachusetts from 1986, with a concentration in Business Management and Computer Information Science.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
PI System 2018
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
11:30 AM
12:10 PM
2018 is going to be an exciting year for the PI System. Come see what we are introducing in PI System in 2018 to help you manage your data more efficiently and to do more with your data. We will also give you a sneak peek into some of the things we’re working on for future releases.
Day 3: Product Track
Rene Thomassen
Sr. Solution Advisor
Aveva
René Thomassen joined OSIsoft in 2012 as a Center of Excellence Engineer. Prior to joining OSIsoft, he has built experience in both business and IT operations, working on business processes, IT architecture, functional and technical solutions – mostly based on the PI System. René has also worked as a project manager for both commercial and industrial applications, focusing on energy and Power Generation.
Stephen Kwan
Senior Product Manager
OSIsoft
Steve Kwan is the Technical Product Manager for server products at OSIsoft, including the Data Archive, AF, Asset Analytics and Notifications. Prior to joining OSIsoft in 2010, Kwan spent 15 years in various roles in engineering, project management and product management with GE Energy. He holds a BS in Engineering Chemistry and a PhD in Materials.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Introduction to Data Science for PI Data for PI Professionals
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
11:30 AM
12:10 PM
Come to this talk and see how to get more insight and knowledge from the familiar datasets in your PI System. As a PI System professional you have worked with the PI System and know how it works. This talk discusses the process of a successful data science project and demonstrates how to create knowledge from data through good visualization and analytics. Some understanding of the basics of PI System tools will be helpful to follow this talk. No knowledge of data science and advanced analytical tools is required.
Day 3: Analytics Track
Kleanthis Mazarakis
Data Scientist
OSIsoft
Kleanthis graduated from National Technical University of Athens (department of Chemical Engineering) in 2009, and then moved to London for his Master�s Degree in Environmental Engineering at Imperial College. He joined OSIsoft in 2012 as a Customer Support Engineer and since then he had been working in Technical Support and Field service, providing workshops, trainings and installations to our customers. For the past year he has been part of OSIsoft's Data Science Enablement team, focusing on enabling a community of Data Science customers, partners and employees.
Ahmad Fattahi
Data Science Enablement
OSIsoft
Ahmad Fattahi leads Data Science Enablement at OSIsoft. His goal is to enable innovation with data and data infrastructure for digital transformation of industrial organizations. His technical focus is performing advanced analytics and data science. He received his PhD in electrical engineering in 2008 from University of California, Los Angeles. He has been with OSIsoft since 2008.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 133, P1 Level
Room 133, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
LiveCoding: Getting the Most Out of the New AFSearch
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
This Live-Coding demonstration & presentation delves into the various search scenarios that empower the learner to fine-tune their searches for maximum benefit rather than settle for a one-size-fits-all solution. We will dive into the mechanics of how paging is implemented. This course is ideal for any developer who has ever used or will use AFSearch and wants to de-mystify the choice of parameters.
Day 3: PI Admin Track
Rick Davin
Engineer
OSIsoft
Rick Davin is a member of OSIsoft�s Technology Enablement team, which focuses on engaging with the developer community with PI Developer Technologies. Both as a former customer and now as OSIsoft engineer, Rick has written many popular PI related articles and blogs. His areas of interests are encouraging developers away from dying technologies, and the unglamorous task of promoting best practices, code maintainability, and performance.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 134, P1 Level
Room 134, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
LiveCoding: Writing Highly Performant PI Web API Applications
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
In this session, we'll begin with a poorly-performing web application: although it works, it's just too slow to use. As the session progresses, we will improve our web application by introducing applicable PI Web API features and functionality. Starting with small changes to more efficiently request time series data, we will then move on to improved metadata access patterns and making more efficient use of network traffic. Finally, we will cover advanced topics such as architectural design changes and PI Web API configuration settings that will let you squeeze every drop of performance out of the PI Web API and your client applications.
Day 3: Developer Track
Max Drexel
Software Developer
OSIsoft
Max Drexel has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Drexel University. Since June 2016, he has worked at OSIsoft as a software developer on the PI Web API, part of the Developer Technologies product family. At Drexel University, he participated in development of automated position-tracking and vision systems. He has also previously worked at ifm efector as a software developer, creating quality-assurance software for temperature transmitters.
Jim Bazis
Engineering Program Manager
OSIsoft
Jim Bazis is a Team Leader of the PI Web API development group at OSIsoft. He most recently joined OSIsoft in 2016, having previously been a developer on ProcessBook in the early 2000's. In the time between, Jim worked in RFID payment systems, digital advertising, and software consultancy. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Temple University.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Advances in PI System Streaming Analytics with MATLAB and Other External Calculation Engines
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
12:20 PM
1:00 PM
The PI System is your data infrastructure spanning the edge to the cloud. Come to this talk to learn about the recent advances in native integration between the PI System Asset Analytics with MathWorks’ MATLAB Production Server and other external calculation engines enabling advanced streaming analytics with your PI data.
Day 3: Analytics Track
Tim Choo
Product Manager
MathWorks
Tim Choo is the product manager for MATLAB Production Server and MATLAB Compiler SDK which let organizations deploy MATLAB analytics to production IT systems. Prior to MathWorks Tim spent 20 years in IBM in a variety of roles across consulting, marketing, software development, and product management.
Stephen Kwan
Senior Product Manager
OSIsoft
Steve Kwan is the Technical Product Manager for server products at OSIsoft, including the Data Archive, AF, Asset Analytics and Notifications. Prior to joining OSIsoft in 2010, Kwan spent 15 years in various roles in engineering, project management and product management with GE Energy. He holds a BS in Engineering Chemistry and a PhD in Materials.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Plantweb IIoT Solutions on PI System as an Infrastructure
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
12:20 PM
1:00 PM
Emerson will introduce its Plantweb Digital Ecosystem and explain how the PI System is strategically positioned to deliver value via Emerson’s Industry 4.0 Solutions. This presentation will take you on an accelerated journey of value-discovery, from wireless sensors to new smart applications. A series of real Customer Success Stories will be shared, on their quest to reach Top Quartile Performance.
During the presentation, Emerson will demonstrate how Plantweb Advisor is implemented and configured atop the PI System’s Asset Framework, to rapidly transform “raw” time-series data into useful information for smart decision making.
Day 3: Marketplace Partner Showcase
Martijn van der Meer
Plantweb Digital Solutions Architect
Emerson
After completing his studies in Maintenance Management, Automation and Power Technology, Martijn has developed into a knowledgeable and passionate Digital Solution Architect. He influences digital transformation journeys and applies proven and disruptive technologies, to reduce waste in supply chains, to design innovative factories and increased overall operational performance.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
PI Vision: Enabling Real-Time Monitoring and Analysis for the Enterprise
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
12:20 PM
1:00 PM
Visualizing data is one of the critical steps to gaining insights and optimizing your operations. PI Vision, OSIsoft's unified visualization infrastructure, is your window into operational intelligence from building and sharing dashboards across the enterprise to trending and analyzing data and important events. In this talk, we'll showcase PI Vision and give you a sneak peek at some of the exciting new capabilities coming in PI Vision 4, the next generation of PI Vision.
Day 3: Product Track
Alicia Coppock
Product Manager
OSIsoft
Alicia Coppock is a Product Manager for visualization products at OSIsoft. She has been with OSIsoft for 5 years where she has also served as an Escalation Engineer specializing in AF and Analytics products as well as a Tech Support Engineer. Prior to joining OSIsoft, she worked at Hemlock Semiconductor as a Process Engineer. Alicia has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Thibaud de Rouzé
Presales Engineer
OSIsoft
Thibaud loves data. He has joined OSIsoft in Paris as a System Engineer. As an expert in PI System Technology, he provides sales support and manages Proof of Concept projects. He is responsible for the full engineering, deployment of demonstration systems and conducts business and technical value workshops. Previously, he was working as a Sales Engineer in the �Big Data� business unit of Hewlett Packard / HPE. Thibaud graduated with a Master�s Degree in Global Engineering from les Arts & M�tier ParisTech and a Master of Science�s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Imperial College of London.
CCIB
CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
Lunch
Meal/Reception
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Pervasive Data Collection - Connectivity from A to Z
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
2018 is going to be an exciting year for collecting your data. We call it Pervasive Data Collection. Come see what we have in plan for data collection in 2018 and what the future holds as we expand functionality down to the Edge and up to the Cloud.
Day 3: Product Track
Chris Felts
Senior Strategic Product Manager
OSIsoft, LLC
Chris Felts is a Senior Strategic Product Manager at OSIsoft focused on the product strategy for data collection. Chris joined OSIsoft in 2014 in the role of Solution Architect with over 25 years of process automation, data management, and project execution experience having worked in various engineering and marketing roles in the power, process, and semiconductor industries. Chris spent the 15 years prior to joining OSIsoft at a large process automation supplier where he worked closely with OSIsoft to develop applications and solutions to integrate with the PI System. Chris has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, is a co-inventor on numerous patents in the areas of process automation and data integration, and is a registered Professional Engineer.
Chris Coen
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft, LLC
Chris is the Product Manager for PI Connectors and PI Interfaces. He has worked for OSIsoft since 1998 and has served in various roles such as Product Manager for Event Frames and Batch as well as the software development lead on PI BatchView. He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
Marco Guidobaldi
Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Marco Guidobaldi is a Systems Engineer at OSIsoft where is primary role is to support sales from a technical standpoint and to advise customers in the design and implementation of their technical solutions. Marco joined OSIsoft in 2015 as a Customer Support Engineer. He holds a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and a M.Eng. in Civil Engineering from University of Perugia.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Data Science with R and the PI System
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
R has everything Machine Learning has to offer these days. The PI System can do a lot analytics-wise, but sometimes you want state-of-the-art Machine Learning, or connect your PI System data to existing applications or code. In this presentation it will be shown:
- how to get your data out of the PI System and into R using the PI Web API
- how to analyse, model and plot in R using this PI-data
- how to load and explore PI Asset Framework-structures in R
- how to write data back into the PI System
It includes examples from practice with actual data from drinking water company Vitens in the Netherlands.
Day 3: Analytics Track
Sjoerd Boersma
Data Scientist
Vitens N.V.
Mathematician turned Software Developer turned Data Scientist. Languages in order of fluency: Dutch, English, Python and R.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
FactoryTalk Analytics Platform and MES integration with the PI System Infrastructure
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
Learn more about how to leverage your PI System to address business outcomes driving your bottom line. Make sense of your data by applying analytic solutions to improve your decision making. We will also talk about the value of integrating your MES execution data with process data already collected in your PI System infrastructure to create a single data record for regulatory and Electronic Batch Record requirements.
Day 3: Marketplace Partner Showcase
Steven Zink
Software Transformation Lead
Rockwell Automation
Mr. Zink has been in the controls & automation industry for over 35 years holding positions in product development, product management, sales support and currently global marketing. In his current role as Global Marketing Lead for Rockwell Automation’s Information Solutions business, he works with the global regions to determine effective commercial programs and works with strategic software partners on joint sales opportunities.<br />
Steve brings a wealth of knowledge to his current role based on the diverse background and various positions he has held over the years. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
Lars Eychmann
Regional Manager for Information Solutions
Rockwell Automation
Lars Eyckmann is a Regional Manager for Information Solutions at Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company focused on Industrial Automation, Control and Information Solutions for the manufacturing industry. Lars is part of Rockwell’s Information Solution Organization focused on supporting manufacturing companies on their Digital Transformation Journey.<br />
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With more than 10 years of experience in Manufacturing and Information Software it is my goal to enable Manufacturers to release unhidden potential within their manufacturing processes, reduce costs and increase their performance. Digital-manufacturing technologies, among designers, managers, workers, consumers, and physical industrial assets will unlock enormous value and will change the industrial operations landscape.
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Introduction to PI System Developer Technologies
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
This lab is designed for software developers new to the PI System who desire programmatic access to it. You will be introduced to the various Developer Technologies that you can leverage in your custom application to interact with the PI System. You will have some hands on experience with each of them. At the end of the lab, you will walk away with knowledge of their basic capabilities and also know where to go if you want to dive deeper into them.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab 3
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
CBM and Condition Monitoring – Process vis-a-vis Equipment
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
Process vis-a-vis Equipment - This lab includes use cases to review process condition monitoring vs. machine condition monitoring and the related process reliability vs. equipment reliability. This lab also includes topics related to Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), failure modes etc. as they relate to the PI System and AF data models. Additionally, we will cover IIoT’s role in Condition Based Monitoring (CBM). (Beginners to Intermediate)
Lab
Day 3: Integration Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Tips and Tricks with PI System Explorer and PI Builder
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
PI System Explorer and PI Builder are tools for creating and building out your asset hierarchy and models including asset analytics and notifications. Whether you are a seasoned expert or if you are just starting out with the PI System, come to this hands-on lab and learn some tips and tricks with these tools that can help you speed up your work.
Lab
Day 3: User Lab 2
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Essential Data Analysis Skills for the PI User
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
This lab is intended for PI users desiring to learn a new tool for agile, ad hoc, process data analysis. We will be using Microsoft Power BI to analyze PI Views published by the PI Integrator for Business Analytics. The hands-on examples help students appreciate of how multidimensional data analysis can help gain command of large datasets through filtering and grouping of process measurements. The lab will cover other relevant features like how to expand the scope of your analysis be including data from other sources, applying statistical evaluations of your data and by defining measures for benchmarking and advanced analysis. If you’ve become frustrated trying to manage today’s mega-spreadsheet, this lab might have the answer for you.
Lab
Day 3: PI System Admin Lab 2
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Building Symbols With PI Vision Extensibility
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
During this lab you will learn how to add a custom symbol, created with JavaScript and HTML to a PI Vision 2017 display. You will register a custom symbol to add it to the available symbol library and learn how to access data for the symbol when it is placed on a display. You will also learn how the symbol and application can interact with each other in ways such as responding to time range changes. Finally, you will see how the symbol is persisted with the display and hooked into the undo/redo system.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab 2
CCIB
CCIB: Room 134, P1 Level
Room 134, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
HowTo: Writing applications at the Edge with OSIsoft Edge Data Store
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
In the world of Industrial IoT, collecting and storing data close to the source is needed in order to increase end user value through the use of real time applications at the Edge. The OSIsoft Edge Data Store (DS) is a new storage technology that is used to provide real-time data storage at the Edge of networks. The Edge DS provides the necessary infrastructure to serve real time data to Edge applications and to end users while providing seamless data transfer into OSIsoft’s larger real-time systems such as the PI Server or OSIsoft Cloud Services. In this presentation, we’ll cover what the Edge DS is and how we envision customers will use it at the Edge of networks. We’ll show you how to use OSIsoft Open Message Format to create applications to send data into Edge DS, and then show you how you can create local user applications directly from data stored in Edge DS. Finally, we’ll show you how to use Edge DS to extend applications from the Edge to the Enterprise or the Cloud.
Day 3: Developer Track
Sean Driscoll
Software Developer
OSIsoft
Coffee lover, outdoor enthusiast, avid learner...OSIsoft software developer. Sean received degrees in Engineering Physics and Mechanical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines before joining OSIsoft. His career began in technical support helping customers solve problems and continued into software development helping design solutions.
Greg Holt
Staff Software Developer
OSIsoft
A 25-year software veteran, Greg’s worked for a number of software companies, including Siemens Energy and Automation, Wonderware and OSIsoft. Now in his 17th year at OSIsoft, Greg’s passion has always been focused on event storage technologies. His experience with event storage spans from IOT devices on the edge, the PI Data Archive and OSIsoft’s Cloud Services. He’s based out of OSIsoft’s Johnson City, Tn office.<br />
When not heads down in code, Greg tends to keep himself busy with family, home improvement projects and finding ways to make use of the latest smart home technologies. He also enjoys working with various non-profit organizations dedicated to serving individuals with Special Needs in the community.
Frank Gasparro
Program Manager
Aveva
Frank started out his career over 16 years ago as a Networking Consultant. He has designed and managed computing infrastructures for large and small organizations. After joining OSIsoft in 2008, he worked as part of our Center of Excellence team, helping customers to design Enterprise PI System Infrastructures. In 2011, Frank joined the Managed PI Engineering team and leads the team to develop the Managed PI software as well as to maintain and operate the infrastructure that delivers the Managed PI Service. Frank has a passion for ensuring that customers are successful in keeping their PI System infrastructure healthy so that they can get the maximum value out of their system 24x7x365
CCIB
CCIB: Room 133, P1 Level
Room 133, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
HowTo: Streaming Calculations with the PI System and MATLAB and other Computation Engines
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
In this live How-To, we will demonstrate the native integration between asset analytics and MATLAB Production Server introduced with AF 2018 enabling you to execute your custom functions in a streaming fashion leveraging the PI System data infrastructure. In addition, integration with other computation engines will also be demonstrated.
Day 3: PI Admin Track
Heather Gorr
Product Manager, MATLAB Data Analytics
MathWorks
Heather Gorr holds a PhD in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters and Bachelors of Science in Physics from Penn State University. Since 2013, she has supported MATLAB users in the areas of mathematics, data analytics, deep learning, and application deployment. Prior to joining MathWorks, she was a Research Fellow, focused on machine learning for prediction of fluid concentrations.
Sachin Nikumbh
Engineering Manager
MathWorks
Sachin Nikumbh is an engineering manager at MathWorks. He has been with MathWorks for over 17 years. His team is responsible for the development of MATLAB Production Server™ which is an enterprise application server for MATLAB™ based applications and is part of the Application Deployment product family at MathWorks. His team’s focus is on establishing MATLAB Production Server™ as a deployment data analytics platform for MATLAB based applications by creatively integrating it with various open source and proprietary cloud technologies. He has a B.E in Mechanical Engineering from the Govt. College of Engineering, Pune in India and M.S. in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from University of California, Davis.
David Pugal
Staff Software Engineer
OSIsoft, LLC
David Pugal is a Software Development Lead at OSIsoft, responsible for AF Asset Analytics. Prior to joining OSIsoft in 2012, David spent 7 years working on EU integrated e-Customs solutions based on Enterprise Java technologies with Cybernetica AS. David holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from University of Tartu and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Nevada, Reno.
Mike Horrocks
Senior Systems Engineer
OSIsoft (UK) Ltd
Mike joined OSIsoft UK at the beginning of 2016 having previously worked for a Systems Integrator delivering PI solutions to an oil and gas major for 12 years.
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Fog Computing Lab: Develop Data Ingress Applications from Edge to Cloud
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
Participants need to bring their laptop and their favourite tool to connect via SSH.
Description: In this instructor-led, hands-on lab you will learn how to build a Fog Computing infrastructure using FogLAMP. A Fog Computing architecture defines a multilayer infrastructure for IoT, including an Edge layer for sensors and devices, a Fog layer for gateways, routers and data aggregators and a Cloud layer for data collection, analysis and visualization. We will teach you the basics of Fog Computing and how to use FogLAMP and the OSIsoft Message Format (OMF). You will be provided with multiple sensors, a Raspberry PI for data aggregation, a local PI system and a connection to a Cloud PI data system. The experiments will include:
a) Connect Edge sensors to FogLAMP, and FogLAMP to a local PI system
b) Program Edge sensors to host part of FogLAMP, connect them to FogLAMP, and FogLAMP to a local PI system.
c) Program Edge sensors to host FogLAMP and connect them directly to a local PI system
d) Connect Edge sensors to FogLAMP, visualise instant data locally, and connect FogLAMP to a local PI system and to a PI system in the Cloud.
This lab requires basic knowledge of Linux and PI systems. A general understanding of Python and C is a plus but is not required.
Equipment:
- Shared WiFi to connect the laptop to the local network and to the Cloud
- 2-3 sensors of various types (temperature, gyrometer, accelerometer etc) for each participant.
- 1 Raspberry PI for each participant
- 1 Local VM with PI system installed for each participant
- 1 PI cloud account for each participant
- 1 Lab book for each participant
Lab
Day 3: Integration Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Jumpstarting PI Vision at Your Plant
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
This session is best suited for customers who want to maximize their investment in PI Vision by introducing it to employees at their own plants in a targeted and impactful way. You will be given resources, references and instruction on how to run a half-day workshop for your colleagues. During the session, you will be asked to work in groups to practice parts of the workshop framework and think of ways it could be applied to your industry and specific workplace. You should already have a working knowledge of PI Vision before attending this session. After attending, you will be confident and ready to run your own workshop when you get back to your office or site.
Lab
Day 3: User Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Build High Performance Queries Using our New Real-Time Query Processing Engine
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
Get introduced to a new PI SQL Family member product, named Real-Time Query Processing Engine (RTQP Engine).
Learn how to query the PI System using the RTQP Engine and how to migrate existing PI OLEDB Enterprise applications.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Actionable Insights with PI Integrators
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
3:30 PM
4:15 PM
What do streaming analytics, data lakes, and geospatial historical playback have in common? These are all new capabilities enabled by the latest wave of the PI Integrators product line. Join us for a technology overview of the latest releases in PI Integrator for Business Analytics, PI Integrator for Microsoft Azure, PI Integrator for SAP HANA, and PI Integrator for ESRI ArcGIS.
Day 3: Product Track
Hans Otto Weinhold
Principal Solution Engineer
OSIsoft Europe GmbH
Hans Otto Weinhold joined OSIsoft in September in 2004 from the University of Applied Sciences in Wismar as Product Support Engineer. He holds a diploma in "Multimeda Technoligy" (a mixture of Informatics and Electrical Engineering named after the "hype" topic around the Year 2000). After starting as a Product Support Engineer, he covered different positions inside OSIsoft Europe GmbH in Altenstadt and the Frankfurt office such as Field Service, After Sales, Operations, Systems Engineering (Pre-Sales) and now as a Partner Solutions architect. He is working a lot of his time with major partners in EMEA (i.e. ABB, Emerson, SAP, Werum, Steag) to define proper architectures of applications around the PI System Infrastructure. He is also taking care about Cloud and Edge topics within the EMEA region.
Joy Wang
Technical Product Manager
OSIsoft
I am the Technical Product Manager for the PI Integrators product line. Prior to product management, my experience spans Technical Support, Field Service, and leading the support team in North America to deliver world-class support. My areas of interest include user empathy, market research, and empowering users with access to good, trustworthy data. I hold a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and am currently pursuing an MBA at UC Davis (go Sun Devils and Aggies!).
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
PI System Analytics, Fit for Purpose
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
3:30 PM
4:15 PM
Attend this talk as we cover scenarios to illustrate the different levels of analytics that are fit-for-purpose when using the PI System - for example, what calculations and analysis do you do in AF, when do you use Matlab for advanced calculations that hook into AF and when do you call on “data science and machine learning ”. Use cases will focus on equipment i.e. pump or motor or compressor etc. as well as on a process. We will also underscore the values and limitations of the different analytic approaches.
Day 3: Analytics Track
Daniele Farris
Customer Success Manager
OSIsoft España
Daniele Farris is a Project Manager at OSIsoft and he’s the main point of contact for assigned Enterprise Customers. He holds a M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and one in Computer Science at University of Houston. Daniele has been working with PI and OSIsoft for almost 6 years, helping OSIsoft's customers get the best and most out of the PI System in order to achieve their business goals.
GOPAL GopalKrishnan
Senior Director, Global Digital Manufacturing CoE
Capgemini Engineering
To Do
Hilton
Hilton: Purobeach
Purobeach
Thursday, September 27, 2018
CLOSING FIESTA DEL SOL
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
4:30 PM
7:30 PM
Hilton — Purobeach: 16:30 — 19:30
This is our closing party at the conference. With a beach view, attendees can join us for this casual event filled with delicious food, drinks and music before making their way home.
Day 3: Closing Event
no-room
Building Displays with PI Vision
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Discover why PI Vision is truly the next generation of PI System visualization. Create, format and organize your displays with graphics, multi-state values, and trends. Group symbols and create pinned event for comparison purposes. Explore the interaction of AF and PI VIsion for events. (Beginners)
Lab
Day 3: Integration Lab
CCIB
CCIB: Entrance A, P0 Level
Entrance A, P0 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Registration
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
8:00 AM
7:00 PM
Registration
Registration
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: P0 Level
P0 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Networking Lounge
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
8:00 AM
7:00 PM
Networking Lounge
Miscellaneous
Hilton
Hilton: Ballroom BC
Ballroom BC
Monday, September 24, 2018
Hackathon (ends Tuesday)
9:00 AM - 11:59 PM
9:00 AM
11:59 PM
Join us at the Innovation Hackathon happening at PI World EMEA 2018 to learn, network, and compete for prizes! Whether you are a PI System Developer, Architect, Integrator, Administrator, Business Analyst, or Data Scientist, you can enjoy this high-energy and vibrant event. OSIsoft will provide all of the tools, subject matter experts, and a ready-to-start environment. Just show up with your ideas and energy to develop a killer app in 23 hours!
You will be presented with an environment comprised of real assets and data. Using PI System components, our developer technologies, and any other tools you may want to bring to your solution, think outside the box and see how you can bring the Power of Data to consumers and businesses. Working together as part of a group to develop and implement your ideas, use your PI System, Data, and Innovative skills while learning from others. At the end of the event, your application will be judged by a group of experts. The top solutions will be awarded prizes, and you and your team will be publicly recognized for your achievement. Stay tuned and follow us on PI DevClub Forums and @PIDevClub. If you have any questions about this event, please contact pidevclub@osisoft.com.
If you have already registered for the conference, you may still modify your registration by sending an email to piworldemea@osisoft.com.
Hackathon (ends Tuesday)
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Marcos Loeff
Sr. Technology Enablement Engineer
OSIsoft, LLC
Marcos Vainer Loeff is a currently member of the OSIsoft Technology Enablement team working from the Brazil office. He has written many articles and white papers not only about developing with PI Web API but also about integrating the PI System with R. He has also lead many hackathons during our Users Conferences. His areas of interest are: web and mobile development, system identification, process control, machine learning and data science.
Michael Sloves
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft
Michael Sloves has worked at OSIsoft for 18 years. During that time, he has developed and led software teams responsible for PI ICE, PI WebParts, SAP/ERP Integration and for OSIsofts SAP/MDUS Integration products. Presently, he is the Director of Technology Enablement. In his role, he is responsible for driving excellence in our External and Internal Developer Community by educating, informing, and enabling Developers. He is also responsible for the development of OSIsoft's PI Developer Technologies suite of tools.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Diversity & Inclusion Forum
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
Diversity & Inclusion Forum
OPTIONAL GROUP LUNCH: 12:00 - 13:00
In 2018, OSIsoft is expanding our Women’s Networking event into a half-day focused on the importance of Diversity & Inclusion in healthy workplaces and successful digital transformations.
10:00 - 12:00 – Diversity & Inclusion Keynote & Panel Discussion
All are welcome – register your interest as part of registration to the conference for updates.
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Tuuli Ahava
Director, Applications, Digital Automation
Nokia
Tuuli Ahava is a digital automation leader at Nokia, currently concentrating on industrial applications. She believes in collaboration, ecosystems, and the power of sharing. Whether it’s the opportunities IoT, cloud and AI can provide, or the importance of using technologies to build a better world, she’s all in. Appreciating geeks, admiring doing instead of talking about digital transformation, always ready to ask even the stupid question. Learning something new every day is her mantra.
Florence Hanemann
Global Operations Team Lead
SAP
Florence Hanemann has been working at SAP for over 15 years, focusing on finance, controlling and operations. She is currently the team lead for Global Operations for SAP Industries, responsible for business operations, pipeline management and revenue reporting. Before joining SAP, Florence worked in Hong Kong for 10 years in different companies, including venture capital firm (Pacific Century) and investment banks such as Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. She completed her MBA from the University of Mannheim in Germany in 2003 just before she joined SAP.
Jesus Hernandez
Operation Sales EMEA
Aveva
Jesus leads OSIsoft's Business Development strategy and team. Partner & Reseller, Industry and Market Development, Cloud & Edge practice teams under Jesus' guidance are responsible for the development and acceleration of new and existing industry and technology markets. <br />
Jesus joined OSIsoft in 1997 as an Account Manager for Spain and Portugal. Jesus worked as Regional Sales Manager for Europe and later lead EMEA as Vice President. Before joining OSIsoft, Jesus worked for Schneider Electric in the Industrial Management Department.<br />
Jesus attended the University of Salamanca, Spain, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Physics, specializing in Electronics and possess an Industrial M.B.A from E.O.I Madrid, Spain.
Mary McDonald
VP Global Channel & Strategic Partners
OSIsoft
Joining OSIsoft in June 2018, Mary brings extensive career experiences spanning over 25 years in the Industrial Manufacturing Automation market with leadership roles in General Management, Global Sales, Channel & Strategic Partners, and Global Strategic Accounts. As the VP Global Channel and Strategic Partners, Mary leads this commercial team in executing a structured strategy and program for the success of our VARs, ISVs, OEMs, SIs and overall global sales ecosystem. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Mary has been part of the leadership teams at Schneider Electric, Emerson Process, Panduit, and Rockwell Automation as well as providing consultation to executive boards and teams for optimizing IIoT business strategies and models.
Signe Bramming Andersen
Similix
Signe Bramming Andersen is MSc in Economics and has 20 years of experience within the Utility industry. Signe is working with business development at Similix, an OSIsoft partner with global footprint.
Patricia Rebelo
Head of Efficiency
EDP Produção
Experienced Head of Organizational Development with a demonstrated history of working in the utilities industry. Strong skills in Lean Management, Knowledge Management, IT and Leadership.
Omsri Bharat
Project Manager 1
OSIsoft
I have been with OSIsoft since March 2017 and am currently on the IT Project Management team. I have managed projects ranging from product launches, to process improvements, to database upgrades. I also project managed our first Diversity and Inclusion Forum at PI World 2018 in San Francisco. As a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee, I am really passionate about making our workplace more inclusive to a wide range of people, so I'm very excited to bring this event to Barcelona and refine it further.
CCIB
CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
12:00 PM
2:00 PM
Lunch
Meal/Reception
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Academic Symposium
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:00 PM
5:00 PM
Join us and fellow educators, researchers, and industry collaborators for this half-day event to:
Jumpstart your academic projects by attending this dynamic, collaborative event.
Learn from colleagues as they share their pathways toward success with the PI System.
Network with industry and attend our Academia-Industry Collaboration Workshop
Learn how the PI System connects academia with campus facilities & operations.
Discover OSIsoft Learning resources and how several universities have used the PI System in the classroom. Hear from leaders who have used the PI System to motivate and support both institutes and large-scale research projects.
13:00-13:15 Welcome and Overview of the Day
13:15-14:00 SIRIUS: Collaboration across the digital divides in the oil and gas supply chain
14:00-14:30 A successful study case of collaboration through PI system: University of Granada and Abbott Lab
14:30-15:00 BREAK
15:00-15:30 OSIsoft Cloud Offering : Transforming Student Education with the Academic Hub Service
15:30-16:00 Intelligent Buildings Remote Monitoring Using PI System at the VSB - TU of Ostrava Campus
16:00-16:30 Using the PI System in Chemical Engineering Education and Research
16:30-17:00 Smart Industrial Concept! - Design and Operational Optimization
We encourage industry collaborators, professors, post docs, and students to attend, as there is value for all to share and experience in our collaborative setting. If you have never attended an OSIsoft EMEA Users Conference, attend this year! If you have attended in the past, we look forward to welcoming you back with our expanded program.
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Ivan Mudron
Sr. Product Support Engineer I
OSIsoft
He studied Geoinformatics at VSB Technical University in Ostrava and finished the study with thesis focusing on data analysis and their subsequent use for optimization purposes.<br />
In his studies, he worked on statistical calculations, the error errors, modeling of natural hazards and their impact on the land use of the landscape.<br />
After his studies he joined OSIsoft in 2013 in Frydek-Mistek.<br />
In addition to working on technical support, it also deals with the installation of the PI system and the demonstration of its application. Nowadays, he continues working for OSIsoft as Academic Program Manager for EMEA.
Rene Hofmann
TU Wien
Since 2015 Prof. René Hofmann holds a professorship and is head of the research area Industrial Energy Systems at the Institute for Energy Systems and Thermodynamics, TU Wien. In parallel he is thematic coordinator at the AIT Center for Energy. He has many years of experience and publications in the field of thermal and industrial engineering and was active as senior process engineer in R&D at Josef Bertsch GmbH & Co. KG, Austria. <br />
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His current main research focuses on design and operational optimization of energy systems for complex industrial and energy production systems. Prof. Hofmann teaches methods for modelling, simulation and optimization of thermal processes and components. <br />
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Prof. Hofmann is Scientific Coordinator of the Cooperative Doctoral School SIC! [Smart Industrial Concept] and active as alternate delegate in the executive committee of the technology collaboration programme Industrial Energy-Related Technologies and Systems(IETS) of the International Energy Agency(IEA).
José Miguel Gutiérrez Guerrero
Senior Application Specialist
Abbott Laboratories
José Miguel currently works at Abbott Laboratories in the Granada, Spain factory. He started as an IT and Automation Engineer in industrial vehicles and concrete plants. After that, he worked with business intelligence systems to analyze incoming process data for industrial environments. Currently, he is working on optimizing the PI System platform's potential from a data modeling and analysis point of view. Thus improving the industrial process performance at the Abbott Granada Plant. He has also implemented PI System installations at the University of Granada to develop a project regarding the OPC UA standard and Analysis Framework, and to introduce the PI System in the University community in Granada. José Miguel holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Granada, and a postgraduate degree in Real Time Software Development. He is currently finishing his PhD in Metamodels for the Industrial Environment based on OPC-UA.
Juan A. Holgado-Terriza
Professor
University of Granada
uan A. Holgado-Terriza (M’2006) received a B.S. degree in physics from the University of Granada, Spain, in 1991 and a PhD. degree in physics from the University of Granada, Spain, in 2001. From 1991 to 2000, he was combined research in Instrumentation on Applied Physics with a position in a Spanish Baccalaureate School. From 2000 to 2012, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Software Engineering Department at the University of Granada (Spain). Since 2012, he reached a Tenured Professor position in the same Department. He is the author of more than 100 articles. His current research interests include middleware for networks, services and systems integration, software platforms for embedded and mobile devices, ubiquitous home automation and ambience.
željka Ujević Andrijić
Postdoctoral researcher
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Research
Ms. Željka Ujevic Andrijic, PhD, is a senior assistant at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology. Areas of her scientific research include: first-principle and data-driven modelling, process optimization, and statistical analysis. In 2012 she defended her PhD on soft sensor models for refinery application using system identification and global optimization methods. She participates in teaching courses in Computer programming and Process modelling and helps during student work and doctoral thesis. She is an author of a larger number of scientific and professional papers and case studies.
Nenad Bolf
Prof.
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Prof. Nenad Bolf, PhD, is The Head of The Department of Measurement and Process Control at The Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb. He is the holder of the Measurement and Process Control, Process modelling and control, Plant automation and Advanced process control courses. His areas of interest include modelling, diagnostics, process control, and optimization, with special interest in advanced process control and artificial intelligence methods. He is an advisor for process control and control loop optimization in numerous projects with the process industry. For the last four year he is editor-in-chief of Chemistry in Industry magazine.
Jan Vanus
academic staff
VSB TU Ostrava
Jan Vanus is currently Academic Staff Member, Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of the FEI, VSB–Technical University of Ostrava. The research title is “Design, application, and optimization Intelligent Buildings Control Systems.” His research interests include Building automatization within platforms Smart Home and Smart Home Care (remote comfort control, visualization, Data Mining, Big Data processing, energy management, optimization, recognition, classification, prediction), speech signal processing, adaptive filters (LMS), voice communication with the control system.
David Cameron
University of Oslo
David Cameron is the Centre Coordinator for the SIRIUS Centre for Scalable Data Access at the University of Oslo. He is a Chemical Engineer with 30 years of industrial experience in the metals, chemicals and petroleum industries. His technical specialization is the application of simulation to the optimization of operations. He has worked in applied research, strategy and development management roles in BHP Billiton, Norsk Hydro, Kongsberg Group and then in consulting and senior business development roles related to the internet of things in IBM and Sopra Steria. He earned his doctorate in simulator-based process analytics from the University of Cambridge.
Nicolas Peels
Customer Success Manager
OSIsoft
Nicolas Peels is OSIsoft’s Academic Program Manager, EMEA. He is the contact point for <br />
universities and research institutes using the PI System for research and educational purposes. He joined OSIsoft in 2011 as a Customer Support Engineer, and took on product specialization and leadership roles before accepting his current role. He holds a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Salford, UK.
John Matranga
Director
AEVEA
JJohn Matranga is the Director of Customer Innovation and Academia at OSIsoft. Responsible for the global STEM education program at OSIsoft, John enables academic institutions to leverage the PI System software and OSIsoft resources for education and research use. <br />
John started with OSIsoft in 1990 and has extensive expertise in technology vision, adoption, and global service delivery. Focused on sensor-based data for the past 30 years, his work has spanned the areas of software architecture, design, development, and delivery for commercial software offerings in Cyber-Physical Systems. John lives in the San Francisco bay area with his wife and three children. Previous to OSIsoft, John was part of the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University.
Erica Trump
Technical Product Manager
AVEVA
Erica Trump is the Program Manager of Academic Learning at OSIsoft. In this role, she works with professors to leverage the PI System and OSIsoft Cloud Services to improve educational outcomes and develop the workforce of tomorrow. Erica joined OSIsoft in 2014 after completing her PhD in Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from WVU.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118 & 119, P1 Level
Room 118 & 119, P1 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Enterprise Summit
1:15 PM - 5:00 PM
1:15 PM
5:00 PM
Enterprise Summit
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Partner Meeting
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
1:30 PM
5:00 PM
The 2018 OSIsoft Partner meeting will include presentations tailored for OSIsoft Partners and potential Partners. It will include presentations and discussions around the following topics:
• PI World/Users Conference Preview
• OSIsoft Product Roadmap
• 2018 Sales Messaging and Objectives
• OSIsoft Partner EcoSphere Program Updates
This is a targeted event open to OSIsoft Partners and Potential Partners. Registration for the Partner Meeting is handled through your conference registration. When registering for PI World EMEA, it will ask you “Do you plan on attending the Monday Partner Meeting?” To attend, please select “yes.”
If you have any questions please email partners@osisoft.com. Make sure to take this opportunity to liaise with your peers, the Partner Management team and other OSIsoft key personnel!
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
First Time Attendee - Introduction to OSIsoft, the PI System & the UC
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
PI World Orientation For First Time attendees
New to PI World? Want to get better insights into what will be happening when? Want to better understand some key concepts, terms and PI System basics? With over 100 presentations and activities getting the most from PI World can be challenging. In this session we’ll cover tips, tricks and best practices to make sure you get what you want from the event. Learn about the agenda, where to meet people, extra activities going on, PI System 101 basics and what terms like “Data Infrastructure” means that you’ll hear throughout event.
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Dominic John
VP, Marketing
OSIsoft
Dominic John is the VP of Global Marketing and Technical Communication at OSIsoft. Dominic has been focused on enterprise decision support, analytics and reporting software for over 20 years. From product ideation to market research Dominic�s background brings a diversity of industry background that includes Life science, Power Generation, Oil and Gas, Transmission and Distribution, Utilities, Metals and Mining, and Facilities. At OSIsoft Dominic leads the analyst, product marketing, marketing, learning and technical writing groups representing the PI System software which is today deployed in over 19,000 sites, in 127 countries, to monitor 1.5 billion data streams of industrial sensor-based data.
CCIB
CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
First Time Attendee - Reception - Exec Meet and Greet
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
First Time Attendee - Reception - Exec Meet and Greet
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Dominic John
VP, Marketing
OSIsoft
Dominic John is the VP of Global Marketing and Technical Communication at OSIsoft. Dominic has been focused on enterprise decision support, analytics and reporting software for over 20 years. From product ideation to market research Dominic�s background brings a diversity of industry background that includes Life science, Power Generation, Oil and Gas, Transmission and Distribution, Utilities, Metals and Mining, and Facilities. At OSIsoft Dominic leads the analyst, product marketing, marketing, learning and technical writing groups representing the PI System software which is today deployed in over 19,000 sites, in 127 countries, to monitor 1.5 billion data streams of industrial sensor-based data.
CCIB
CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Monday, September 24, 2018
Welcome Reception
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
Meet & Greet Reception
Pre-Conference-Event
Miscellaneous
no-room
Monday, September 24, 2018
Offsite Sales Team Dinners
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
7:00 PM
10:00 PM
Offsite Sales Team Dinners
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Hilton
Hilton: Ballroom BC
Ballroom BC
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Hackathon (ends Tuesday)
12:01 AM - 8:00 AM
12:01 AM
8:00 AM
Hackathon (ends Tuesday)
Innovate, compete, network, learn, and win big!
Join a group of high energy and talented PI System developers, architects, admins, idea people, and industry experts for the hackathon. Build a killer and innovative application using a data-rich programming environment that we provide as part of a team. Network and learn about new technologies while competing with other teams. Winners will be awarded prizes and acknowledged publicly. Register now and add the Hackathon to your agenda!
If you have already registered for the conference, you may still modify your registration by sending an email to piworldemea@osisoft.com.
Pre-Conference-Event
Pre-Conference Events
Marcos Loeff
Sr. Technology Enablement Engineer
OSIsoft, LLC
Marcos Vainer Loeff is a currently member of the OSIsoft Technology Enablement team working from the Brazil office. He has written many articles and white papers not only about developing with PI Web API but also about integrating the PI System with R. He has also lead many hackathons during our Users Conferences. His areas of interest are: web and mobile development, system identification, process control, machine learning and data science.
Michael Sloves
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft
Michael Sloves has worked at OSIsoft for 18 years. During that time, he has developed and led software teams responsible for PI ICE, PI WebParts, SAP/ERP Integration and for OSIsofts SAP/MDUS Integration products. Presently, he is the Director of Technology Enablement. In his role, he is responsible for driving excellence in our External and Internal Developer Community by educating, informing, and enabling Developers. He is also responsible for the development of OSIsoft's PI Developer Technologies suite of tools.
CCIB
CCIB: Entrance A, P0 Level
Entrance A, P0 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Registration
7:30 AM - 7:00 PM
7:30 AM
7:00 PM
Registration
Registration
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Opening Comments
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Opening Comments
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Dominic John
VP, Marketing
OSIsoft
Dominic John is the VP of Global Marketing and Technical Communication at OSIsoft. Dominic has been focused on enterprise decision support, analytics and reporting software for over 20 years. From product ideation to market research Dominic�s background brings a diversity of industry background that includes Life science, Power Generation, Oil and Gas, Transmission and Distribution, Utilities, Metals and Mining, and Facilities. At OSIsoft Dominic leads the analyst, product marketing, marketing, learning and technical writing groups representing the PI System software which is today deployed in over 19,000 sites, in 127 countries, to monitor 1.5 billion data streams of industrial sensor-based data.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Welcome - OSIsoft - Pat Kennedy
9:15 AM - 9:20 AM
9:15 AM
9:20 AM
Welcome
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
J. Patrick Kennedy
Founder of OSIsoft and Chairman Emeritus
AVEVA
Under Dr. Kennedy's visionary leadership, OSIsoft grew from a small startup in 1980 to a highly profitable global software corporation. In the early days, Dr. Kennedy's role included everything from sales to consulting. As the company matured, the role evolved into one of finding the right people to manage and direct the ever-growing company.<br />
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Prior to founding the company, Dr. Kennedy worked as a research engineer for Shell Development Company and as an applications consultant for Taylor Instrument Company.<br />
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Dr. Kennedy holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kansas. A registered professional engineer in control systems engineering, he holds a patent on a catalytic reformer control system. He co-authored a chapter of the book "Planning, Scheduling and Control Integration in the Process Industries," C. Edward Bodington, ed. (McGraw-Hill Co., 1995), and is the author of numerous papers. Dr. Kennedy has many awards including the prestigious Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Industrial Digital Transformation Initiatives at the Edge, Enterprise and Cloud
9:20 AM - 10:05 AM
9:20 AM
10:05 AM
Industrial Digital Transformation Initiatives at the Edge, Enterprise and Cloud --
Where will you find your Dark Data - and how will you light it up? OSIsoft's customers have big plans that rely on using data from disparate sources. We will talk about ways OSIsoft will help customers create an infrastructure that spans more topologies and addresses more user needs. We'll talk about using the data, in context, and enabling new outcomes that will help you fuel your digital transformation.
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Chris Nelson
SVP R&D - Operations Information Management
OSIsoft, LLC.
Chris leads the OSIsoft engineering teams on their relentless pursuit to connect sensor-based data, operations and people to enable real-time intelligence. Chris is responsible for the design and development of software systems at OSIsoft including all aspects of the PI System. Chris joined OSIsoft in 2002 as a software developer focused on extending OSIsoft's position within the Life Sciences Industry by enhancing existing batch products and developing new products and capabilities. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Chris worked for Merck & Co., Inc., as a Technical Manager in both Clinical Trial Systems and Manufacturing Process Information Systems. Chris holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Rutgers University.
Gregg Le Blanc
Vice President Product
AVEVA
Gregg and his group are curators of the strategic product vision and roadmap for AVEVA’s PI System (OSIsoft) products and cloud services. His team works with customers, users, partners, and internal resources to gather requirements and feedback. These scenarios and use cases shape and align product futures with technology and market forces. The AVEVA PI System Product group helps capture and represent the voice of the user both inside and outside the company.<br />
Gregg joined OSIsoft in 1998 and has held many positions throughout his career at AVEVA.<br />
Gregg graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara in Chemical Engineering for both his Bachelor's and Master's of Science degrees. He is also a professional photographer and works with a number of non-profit theatre companies around California.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Gestamp Industry 4.0 Strategy
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM
10:05 AM
10:30 AM
The presentation will cover Gestamp’s understanding of what Industry 4.0 is, how Industry 4.0 initiatives are handled in the organization and what are the keys to succeed to build the path towards a smart factory.
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Isabel Caviedes
Associate to COO
Gestamp
Isabel Caviedes started her career in Gestamp in 2011 as part of the Corporate Development Department. In 2014 she joined the Commercial Department as Sales Controlling and Strategic projects Manager. In 2018, she joined the Advanced Manufacturing & Equipment Standardization Team as Advanced Manufacturing Manager.
no-room
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
Break
Break
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Global Channel and Strategic Partners Keynote
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
Over the past decade, we've seen massive disruption channel philosophies and partner strategies. In Tech, the technologies including Cloud, IoT/IIoT and big data with analytics have transformed how we approach the OT-IT landscape. Businesses look to strategic advisers to help them drive broad digital transformation. At OSIsoft, we have aligned and look to further expand our Channel & Partner strategy to build the best Ecosytem to serve our current and future PI-customer base. In this keynote, Mary McDonald, Vice President Global Channel and Strategic Partners, will discuss how partners can and have become agile technology advisers and solution providers teams with OSIsoft to adapt to meet the wider digital transformation business needs. She will also highlight successes and introduce one of our new key members of our Global Channel and Partner Ecosystem.
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Mary McDonald
VP Global Channel & Strategic Partners
OSIsoft
Joining OSIsoft in June 2018, Mary brings extensive career experiences spanning over 25 years in the Industrial Manufacturing Automation market with leadership roles in General Management, Global Sales, Channel & Strategic Partners, and Global Strategic Accounts. As the VP Global Channel and Strategic Partners, Mary leads this commercial team in executing a structured strategy and program for the success of our VARs, ISVs, OEMs, SIs and overall global sales ecosystem. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Mary has been part of the leadership teams at Schneider Electric, Emerson Process, Panduit, and Rockwell Automation as well as providing consultation to executive boards and teams for optimizing IIoT business strategies and models.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Iberdrola Presentation
11:15 AM - 11:40 AM
11:15 AM
11:40 AM
Customer Presentation
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Javier Valdes
Head of Thermal Technical Services
Iberdrola
Industrial Engineering Master and IESE PDD. Javier joined Iberdrola en 1994. He has played different managing roles in coal and gas power plants, in Spain and UK. Currently he leads the Thermal Technical Services department which supplies technical and logistical support to the Iberdrola thermal assets all over the world.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Keynote Presentation: The Art of Business Influence, Mark Jefferies
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM
11:40 AM
12:20 PM
A compelling keynote about the link between Communication Excellence and Business Success.
Author and Communication Expert, Mark Jeffries, presents an instantly useable toolbox of innovative communication, networking and influence tools designed to accelerate your business success.
From the 3 Cs of Communication Excellence, to the L-WAR ... from selling without selling to the BRAINS of Influence - Mark Jeffries presents a practical and highly entertaining session filled with valuable takeaways, memorable stories and innovative tools and techniques.
Former Stockbroker, Mark Jeffries, has become a leading expert in the fields of “Strategic Communication” and “Communication Skills”. He advises blue-chip companies around the world on message, influence and delivery and has spoken at events and conventions, with rave reviews, in front of more than 170,000 attendees.
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Mark Jeffries
Author and Communications Expert
Author, Keynote Speaker and former Merrill Lynch stockbroker, Mark Jeffries, has become a trusted adviser and communications consultant to some of the world's largest and most successful corporations, agencies and partnerships. Dividing his time mostly between The United States, Canada and Europe, Mark is invited to deliver his highly effective keynotes on ‘Business Communication, Influence & Presentation’ to audiences across many industries. His speeches are relevant, entertaining, and filled with instantly useable takeaway ideas. Mark has also mastered a fascinating niche – moderating major corporate events. He has rapidly become the go-to person for facilitating, moderating and ‘MC-ing’ multinational events for large and small organizations around the world. As well as running countless industry panels and chatting with more than 150 C-Suite execs, on stage, Mark has also interviewed many celebrities including Will Smith, Richard Branson, Bob Mueller, Serena Williams, Michael Phelps and Michael J. Fox. Mark has published two books: “What’s up with your Handshake?” and “The Art of Business Seduction” and has just launched 2 highly innovative and very engaging e-learning courses dedicated to elevating users into Trusted Advisors, Persuasive Communicators and Key Influencers. Discussing the power of ‘Business Influence’ and ‘Networking 2.0’, Mark regularly appears as an expert guest on NBC’s Today Show, Fox Business, and BBC News and writes for The Huffington Post.
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CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Preview Highlights for Day 2 and Day 3
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:20 PM
12:30 PM
Preview Highlights - Day 2 - Industry & Day 3 - Techcon, CLOSING
Keynote
Day 1: Morning Keynotes
Dominic John
VP, Marketing
OSIsoft
Dominic John is the VP of Global Marketing and Technical Communication at OSIsoft. Dominic has been focused on enterprise decision support, analytics and reporting software for over 20 years. From product ideation to market research Dominic�s background brings a diversity of industry background that includes Life science, Power Generation, Oil and Gas, Transmission and Distribution, Utilities, Metals and Mining, and Facilities. At OSIsoft Dominic leads the analyst, product marketing, marketing, learning and technical writing groups representing the PI System software which is today deployed in over 19,000 sites, in 127 countries, to monitor 1.5 billion data streams of industrial sensor-based data.
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CCIB: Room 134, P1 Level
Room 134, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Hackathon Judging Session 1
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
12:30 PM
2:00 PM
Innovation Hackathon project applications will be judged by a group of experts. The top solutions will be awarded prizes, and you and your team will be publicly recognized for your achievement. Stay tuned and follow us on PI DevClub Forums and @PIDevClub. If you have any questions about this event, please contact pidevclub@osisoft.com.
Pre-Conference-Event
Miscellaneous
Marcos Loeff
Sr. Technology Enablement Engineer
OSIsoft, LLC
Marcos Vainer Loeff is a currently member of the OSIsoft Technology Enablement team working from the Brazil office. He has written many articles and white papers not only about developing with PI Web API but also about integrating the PI System with R. He has also lead many hackathons during our Users Conferences. His areas of interest are: web and mobile development, system identification, process control, machine learning and data science.
Michael Sloves
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft
Michael Sloves has worked at OSIsoft for 18 years. During that time, he has developed and led software teams responsible for PI ICE, PI WebParts, SAP/ERP Integration and for OSIsofts SAP/MDUS Integration products. Presently, he is the Director of Technology Enablement. In his role, he is responsible for driving excellence in our External and Internal Developer Community by educating, informing, and enabling Developers. He is also responsible for the development of OSIsoft's PI Developer Technologies suite of tools.
CCIB
CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
12:30 PM
2:00 PM
Lunch
Meal/Reception
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: P0 Level
P0 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Networking Lounge
12:30 PM - 7:00 PM
12:30 PM
7:00 PM
Networking Lounge
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Partner & Product Expo
12:30 PM - 7:00 PM
12:30 PM
7:00 PM
Partner & Product Expo
Miscellaneous
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CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Remote Monitoring & Optimization for Air Liquide Plants using AF/EF
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Air Liquide is the world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, are present in 80 countries with approximately 65,000 employees. In 2017, the Group’s revenues were 20.3 billion Euros. The World Business Line 'Large Industries' (LI) provides Air Liquide's customers with industrial gas solutions essential to their own production, as well as technologies that deliver performance and energy efficiency.
Thanks to OSIsoft PI technologies, the remote operation control center, near Lyon, has a nationwide vision of customer needs for oxygen, nitrogen, argon and hydrogen. Like a control tower, the workflows of each unit are monitored & adapted in real time to the needs of each customer. The production & delivery of gases to customers are optimized throughout the country.
Algorithms devised by Air Liquide engineers are used to fine-tune equipment adjustments in 22 plants to optimize energy consumption, leveraging 15 years of data gathered from all industrial site
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Industrial Analytics
Luis Santana
Sales Director
Alizent
Luis joined Alizent in 2017 as Sales and MarkComm Director. Holding <br />
both an MBA and an Executive MBA, he has over 30 years of solid experience in <br />
Marketing, Business Strategy & Development and Change Management at a global level and across several fields. Working from Alizent's office in Madrid, Luis's main mission is to extend Alizent's reach EMEA wide, promoting Alizent's expertise and experience for delivering Innovative Technological solutions to the Industrial sector.
Irene Lotero
Air Liquide
Irene graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2014 with a Masters in Chemical Engineering. She joined Air Liquide in 2015 as a researcher at the Delaware Research and Technology Center and worked on topics related to mathematical optimization. Since January 2018, Irene is part of the LI Fab in the digital transformation team based in Paris, France. Her main mission is to accelerate the deployment of decision-support tools within the SIO (Smart and Innovative Operations) program.
Moussa Diakhité
Operations & data analyst
Air Liquide
Moussa joined Air Liquide France in 2016 as a Production Optimization Engineer for Air Liquide’s newly created ROCC (Remote Operation Control Center) in Lyon (France) after having started his career at Exxon.<br />
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In his current role he works on the definition and creation of new tools for the ROCC. <br />
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Moussa is an active member of the community of practice around the PI System within Air Liquide and an early adopter of PI AF within the Group. He is part of the working group in charge of the definition of Data Structure & Calculation standards in preparation for the global deployment.
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
PI System and the Greater Technology Landscape
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
New to the PI System? Wondering what the hype is around big data, unstructured data, and what it has to do with you? Attend this session to find out how it all fits together. Topics: Data concepts: Time-series, relational, unstructured The rub: What makes operational data difficult? Basic PI System Overview PI 101 courses are for attendees who are new to the PI System or new to the UC. These sessions will cover key concepts, PI System products, and common use cases. By the end, you will have a foundation to get the most out of the UC and conversations with fellow attendees.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > PI System Introduction
Andrew Nguyen
Product Marketing Manager
OSIsoft
Andrew Nguyen is a Product Marketing Manager for visualization products at OSIsoft. He joined OSIsoft in 2012 and has worked in Field Service, Inside Sales, and Project Management. Andrew has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.
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CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: Data Science Enablement in the Cloud for R and Python
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Tuesday (Day 1) 25 September --
2 pm: Data Science Enablement in the Cloud for R and Python
3 pm: Remote Operations Monitoring in the Cloud
4 pm: Edge to Cloud Technology Enablement
Miscellaneous
Elizabeth McErlean
Strategic Product Manager
OSIsoft
Elizabeth McErlean (Ammarell) is a Strategic Product Manager at OSIsoft focusing on Integrations and Advanced Analytics. After joining OSIsoft in 2012 as a Customer Support Engineer, she supported customers as an escalation engineer for PI Integrators and the product manager for PI Integrator for Esri ArcGIS. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.
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CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
PI System Roadmap
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Update on the PI System Development Roadmap. 2018 release and future plans.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Enterprise Infrastructure
Laurent Garrigues
Dept. Lead, Portfolio
AVEVA
Landry Khounlavong
Product Manager
AVEVA
Landry Khounlavong is one of the Strategic Product Managers at AVEVA™ for OSIsoft Cloud Services (OCS) and has also had experience supporting customers as a Technical Support Engineer and creating awareness in the market for our product portfolio as a Product Marketing Manager. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Florida and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
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CCIB: Room 124, P1 Level
Room 124, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
DataOps toolchain for Continuous Control Monitoring
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
All firms aim to transform their data in PI System to actionable information.
But many use cases take time to be implemented. Functional teams complain that their solutions can take months or even years to deploy or, worse, are never adopted.
Sometimes the reason is the complexity of the process or the algorithm but very often, the reason is a lack of methodology and technical capabilities to challenge the development of new features, test non regressions of existing ones, manage evolutions, fix bugs, monitor the data.
It is time to move the management of our Data within PI System From Artisanal Craft To Industrial Production.
From the delivery process perspective, the major issue is that the functional team is not fully qualified to test the data delivery by its own. They need help to challenge the data quality. They need some Continuous Control Monitoring.
Inspired from Agile, Lean, and DevOps, the DataOps methodology and its toolchains will enable to eliminate daily barrier.
Day 1: PI Geek Track
Mahyar Sepehr
Founder - DevOps - Architect - PO
apoIO
Mahyar Sepehr is a DevOps with an IT architecture and software development background. He is the founder of apoIO company.<br />
He is expert in Cloud architecture including Kubernetes and Docker (CaaS), AWS (IaaS, Functions), Openstack (IaaS). He has experiences on Scrum and agile methodologies as Scrum Master or Product Owner. He has worked in DevOps teams in Version Control-Based Deployment, Scale IT Automation and Deliver Value Continuously including Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery. <br />
Mahyar Sepehr has several successful experiences in designing solutions with PI System in different industrial sectors from proof of concept, to performance testing and production monitoring.
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CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Extending TransCanada’s PI System infrastructure with the AWS Cloud
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
With the rise of IIoT and Industry 4.0, there is a need to find new ways to capture and analyze industrial data. The major cloud platform providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) are leading the charge that enables virtually limitless compute resources and a full set of managed services, making the cloud the new Operating System. This enables new opportunities for adding value to PI Systems by offering a platform for advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. AWS also makes it possible to extend your PI System by enabling new ways for collecting and processing sensor data at the edge through integrated edge/cloud services. This presentation takes a journey with TransCanada and describes how they are realizing new business value by using the PI System together with AWS.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Innovation & IoT
Joshua Linville
Director of Network & SCADA IT
TransCanada
Joshua Linville is the Manager of Real Time Systems & SCADA Engineering East for TransCanada. Joshua has 15+ years of experience in the IT/OT space and has been with TransCanada since 2011. Joshua is accountable for several mission critical systems for TransCanada including the central SCADA and PI systems. Joshua has a Masters degree in Software Engineering and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science.
John Baier
Director, Solution Strategy
Aveva
John Baier is the Director of IoT Solution Strategy at OSIsoft. He is part of the cloud, edge, and analytics practice, which works with OSIsoft partners to create joint solutions that help customers get the most out of IoT ecosystems, to increase operational efficiency, and improve business profitability. John has been with OSIsoft since 2009 and has directed organizations in Product Management and Engineering, helping establish OSIsoft as a leader in control system connectivity, as well as a pioneer in advancing operational data for use with big data, machine learning, and AI systems. John came to OSIsoft after 20+ years at Rockwell Automation, where he held a variety of roles in software engineering, engineering management, business management, and software architecture. He is the inventor on over a dozen US Patents in the area of plant floor information management and factory controls.
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CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Digital Transformation: How to approach it? (pre-registration required)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
2:00 PM
3:15 PM
Digital Transformation means different things for different companies. What does it mean for your business? In this forum we will facilitate discussion among participants on the following topics: What are the most typical areas of Digital Transformation for OSIsoft customers? How mature is your organization in this process? How to approach Digital Transformation, build a vision, establish a strategy, and avoid most typical pitfalls?
Forum
Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Max Mckay
Business Value Consultant
AVEVA
Max Mckay works with OSIsoft's Advisory Services group, focusing on helping organizations looking to transform the way they use data on how best to use a time series data infrastructure to achieve their business objectives. He also act as Transportation Industry Champion, supporting business development in connected rail, ships, ports, trucks, and automobile. Max has worked for the past 10 years with OSIsoft across various technical roles. He holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Vadim Fedorov
Account Manager
OSIsoft
Vadim Fedorov is Senior Systems Engineer at OSIsoft responsible for development of solution architecture, Proof-of-Concept design and implementation, as well as PI System competence development within key accounts and partners in Russia and CIS countries. Vadim has more than 13 years of experience in “applied” IT in areas of Power T&D, Oil & Gas and others. Prior to joining OSIsoft in 2013, Vadim spent 5 years in engineering and pre-sale with GE Energy. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Moscow Engineering Physics University.
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CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Sharing Your Experience Enabling Industry 4.0 with the PI System (pre-registration required)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
2:00 PM
3:15 PM
Industry 4.0—an organizing concept for bringing digitization to manufacturing—has expanded from its roots in Central Europe to become a global phenomenon. The market for Industry 4.0 technologies is expected to grow 23% to $21.7 billion by 2023. But where do you start? Are smart manufacturers focusing on cost recovery or can you achieve a more rapid pay back by concentrating on new revenue and increasing capacity through software? What impact will cloud services and “smart” devices have on data sharing and security? Participants will discuss these issues and share their war stories.
Forum
Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Bryan Owen
Head of Product Security
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Bryan Owen is Head of Product Security and Product Security Officer at AVEVA. Bryan is an advocate for critical infrastructure protection initiatives through advancing state of the art practices for industrial software security. He engages in public/private partnerships through collaboration with DHS CISA, DOE National Laboratories, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and work groups focused on industrial control system supply chain security. Bryan serves on industry advisory boards and is a voting member for ISA99 standards. Bryan is a registered State of Washington Professional Engineer and 2020 Michael J Assante ICS Security Lifetime Achievement award recipient.
Michael Kanellos
Senior Manager of Corporate Communications & Technology Analyst
OSIsoft
Michael Kanellos is an Industry Champion at OSIsoft and the Senior Manager of Corporate Communications. He has been a reporter, analyst and marketing exec in Silicon Valley for over 20 years with a focus on energy, semiconductors and the startup economy. He has contributed to New York Times, CNET, Forbes, 60 Minutes, CNBC, Newsweek, Newsday, the Chicago Tribune and National Geographic, among other outlets. A graduate of Cornell University and the University of California, he has also worked as an attorney, a travel writer and a busboy in a pancake house.
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CCIB: Room 122, P1 Level
Room 122, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Integrating Edge Devices with the PI System and OSIsoft Cloud Services (pre-registration required)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
2:00 PM
3:15 PM
Advances in technology have enabled intelligent sensors and devices to be deployed in areas that were previously out of reach due to cost or location. How will these new interconnected devices bring increased value to your operations or to your business? What are your biggest concerns or hurdles to using these new devices? Has your organization found success in adopting these new sensor technologies? If not, how do these technologies need to evolve to better serve your needs?
Forum
Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Chris Felts
Senior Strategic Product Manager
OSIsoft, LLC
Chris Felts is a Senior Strategic Product Manager at OSIsoft focused on the product strategy for data collection. Chris joined OSIsoft in 2014 in the role of Solution Architect with over 25 years of process automation, data management, and project execution experience having worked in various engineering and marketing roles in the power, process, and semiconductor industries. Chris spent the 15 years prior to joining OSIsoft at a large process automation supplier where he worked closely with OSIsoft to develop applications and solutions to integrate with the PI System. Chris has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, is a co-inventor on numerous patents in the areas of process automation and data integration, and is a registered Professional Engineer.
Jeremy Korman
Product Marketing Manager
OSIsoft
Jeremy Korman is a Product Marketing Manager for OSIsoft and has been working with the PI System since 2010. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Jeremy worked for a leading specialty chemicals manufacturer in Houston, Texas. While working as a Process Engineer, Jeremy became a super fan and power user of the PI System. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
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CCIB: Room 131 & 132, P1 Level
Room 131 & 132, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Executive Forum - (invite Only)
2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
2:00 PM
7:00 PM
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Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Prediction of In-Process Quality
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
Gaining experience in connecting automation layer to cloud and using cloud services. In the use case, the product quality has been predicted by using “Machine Learning” methods. Based on the online prediction, the production process could be controlled in a smarter way.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Industrial Analytics
Otmar Janke
Global Technologies and Invest
Henkel
Otmar is working in the Adhesive Technologies business unit of Henkel.<br />
His responsibilities include the development and implementation of global, digital key themes in the production environment, as well as managing projects for production automation and digitization.
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CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Better Data Quality for Better Data Science with the PI System
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
Data Quality is much more than good or bad. It’s the how and what of the data collection process. All data has many “qualities” that affect our analysis of the data. Sensors have inaccuracies, data streams lack context, and processes have distinct states that may explain why the data is how it is. These qualities affect us all, whether we are the type that works in spreadsheets or in Jupyter. This talk will explore the aspects of data quality, why data quality is important, and what each of us can do to improve data quality in the PI System. Every stakeholder from Process Engineers to Data Scientists has a role in this process.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Innovation & IoT
Keary Rogers
Manager, Core Reliability
TransCanada
Keary Rogers joined TransCanada in 2005 and has held several roles with increasing responsibilities. Keary has over 20 years of oil and gas transmission, production, and exploration experience. Keary is the Manager of Core Reliability, accountable for the strategic development and execution of Real-time Predictive Analytics, Performance, and Optimization of the compression fleet for TransCanada U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines. His responsibilities cover over 800+ compression units in 37 states.
Ionut Buse
Programmer
TransCanada
Ionut has been with TransCanada since 2011. His work is focused around development and implementation of algorithms within Enterprise Analytics (EA), a Real-Time Monitoring Solution for the compression assets. He holds a double Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from West Virginia Institute of Technology and a Master’s degree in Information Systems from Marshall University.
Brandon Perry
Staff Software Developer
OSIsoft
Brandon is a Staff Software Developer at OSIsoft. He is the technical lead for the Data Views feature of OSIsoft Cloud Services. Brandon joined OSIsoft in 2009, spending his first several years working with customers as a data access and asset modeling specialist before moving into product development and applied research. His work in applied research focused on data semantics, contextualization, and quality - topics which are highly relevant to how Data Views connects people with their data at massive scale. Brandon holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Operator Display Fault Simulations at Hydropolis Water Institute
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
MPWiK which is Wroclaw city's water and sewage authority, uses PI for their water distribution management as well as water production management. Recently MPWiK decided to share their operator displays in Hydropolis, a world renowned water institute. Visitors from all over the world can see what a live operator display looks like in a water production facility. They can click on a simulation button and see how water production changes due to a football match or a flood.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Enterprise Infrastructure
Krzysztof Czupryński
PI infrastructure specialist
Apostrophe IoT Sp z.o.o.
Just after finishing studies I’ve started my job in the biggest polish refinery. During my 8 years carrier I’ve been promoted three times. I’ve started as the junior PI support specialist and developed my position to enterprise PI infrastructure architect for companies of the group located in Poland, Cech Republic and Lithuania. I’ve been also a project manager for projects closely connected to process automation and optimization like Advanced Process Control, Alarm Management System, Control Loops Performance Monitoring, Operator Training Simulators.<br />
I’ve started my cooperation with Apostrophe IOT during project for global F&B company on the beginning of 2018. My job is to build PI oriented department of Apostrophe IOT.
Piotr Słomianny
MPWiK
CIO and CFO of the Municipal Water Supply and Wastewater Company (MPWiK) in Wroclaw. Expert in and enthusiast of modern technologies. Boasts many years’ experience in the field of advanced IT project management. Participated in the establishment of the Long-Term Company Strategy and takes an active part in the creation and update of the strategy for the successive years. Currently taking the organisation through the digital transformation process. His performance was recognised in major Polish nationwide competitions in the area of IT (IT Leader 2017, Digital Excellence Awards 2017). Achieves successes thanks to his ability to coordinate team cooperation as well as his goal and process optimisation orientation. Graduated from Wroclaw University of Economics and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.
Michał Ślósarz
MPWiK
Michal Slósarz - Graduate of University of Economics in Wroclaw, Faculty of Informatics and Econometrics. Postgraduate studies in SGH University in Warsaw, specialization in Business Analysis. Since 2012 associated with MPWiK S.A. (Municipal Water and Sewage company in Wroclaw) in area of customer expierience and new technology deployment. Leader and big fan of EFQM (the European Foundation for Quality Management). Interests: telecommunication system, customer relationship managment, big date and active lifestyle.
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
PI System Crash Course
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
New to the PI System? Wondering how you’ll navigate which PI World sessions to attend? Have no fear; you are not alone. This talk is uniquely designed for those who have never used the PI System and are first-time OSIsoft conference attendees.
This talk offers a PI System crash course that you can share with your colleagues back at the office. By the end of the session, you will be able to identify the main PI System tools to collect, analyze, and visualize your operational data in several use cases. With this knowledge, you will be ready to smartly navigate the various product talks and booths at PI World to get the most of your experience!
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > PI System Introduction
Nathaniel Adebayo
Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Nathaniel is a Systems Engineer based out of our London office and is also the Oil & Gas Industry Champion for EMEA. He provides technical leadership to our sales organization by sharing his technical experiences with the PI System, managing technical projects and providing product demos. Previously to his current role, Nathaniel worked as a Senior Product Support Engineer at OSIsoft. During this time he spent 6 months working onsite at BP on a global PI System project as an Embedded Engineer where he provided best practices on adopting PI AF and Asset Analytics. Nathaniel holds a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham.
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CCIB: Room 124, P1 Level
Room 124, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Migrating Performance Equations to AF Analytics Programmatically
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
OSIsoft has recently released PE2AF, a utility for migrating performance equations to AF analytics. The release in on PI Square's GitHub and includes all source code. Mr. Soll is the author of the utility and will take the audience through both the both the operation and the code.
Day 1: PI Geek Track
David Soll
CTO
Omicron
David Soll is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Omicron Development, LLC. He is responsible for the overall technical direction and technology solution set provided by Omicron. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and has been working in Information Technology for over 35 years, more than 25 of them with Omicron. He is the past Chair for the Princeton / Central Jersey section of the IEEE and is a past Chair of the Central New Jersey chapter of the IEEE Computer Society and is a senior member of the IEEE. David is also the past Chair and current board member of the New Jersey chapter of the ACM and a senior member of the ACM.<br />
David has a long history of innovation working with OSIsoft and Microsoft technologies. David began working with OSIsoft’s Plant Information (PI) system in its early days, when PC-networking and graphics were emerging technologies. He has followed the development of PI ever since and has helped many major clients adopt and extend PI’s capabilities using .NET technologies.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: Remote Operations Monitoring in the Cloud
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Tuesday (Day 1) 25 September --
2 pm: Data Science Enablement in the Cloud for R and Python
3 pm: Remote Operations Monitoring in the Cloud
4 pm: Edge to Cloud Technology Enablement
Miscellaneous
Todd Brown
Staff Strategic Product Manager
AVEVA
Todd Brown is a Staff Strategic Product Manager at AVEVA, currently focused on OSIsoft Cloud Services (OCS) scenarios for Remote Operations Monitoring & Connected Community (cross-enterprise data sharing). Previously, Todd was a Product Manager for PI Vision and Event Frames. Before moving into Product Management, he had a lead role in the OSIsoft Center of Excellence focusing on pharmaceutical and batch industries. Before joining OSIsoft, Todd worked for Merck & Co., Inc. in a global position in the Process Information Systems and Manufacturing Automation group. Todd has over twenty years of experience, having worked with PI System related applications, batch reporting applications, manufacturing data analysis applications, and Manufacturing Execution Systems. He holds a M.S. in Information Systems Management from Stevens Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in Integrated Science and Technology from James Madison University.
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CCIB: Room 125, P1 Level
Room 125, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Day 1: ArcGIS Users Group Meeting
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
PI System + ArcGIS User Group Meeting
- Welcome & Introductions
- Esri: The Science of Where | Age Location Platform
- PI Integrator for Esri ArcGIS
o PII4EA Overview
o Presentation
- Open Forum Discussion
Miscellaneous
Danilo Ribeiro
Strategic Alliances Program Manager
OSIsoft
Danilo joined OSIsoft as a customer support engineer in 2008, where his responsibilities spanned a large set of roles, including, but not limited to: PI System installation and configuration, customer training & coaching, and a PI Champion for the utilities vertical. Since 2014, Danilo moved to the Partners & Resellers team at OSIsoft, where he supported customer engagements that involved the integration of PI System Data with ArcGIS. Earlier this year, Danilo took responsibility for the Global Esri Alliance. Danilo holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of São Paulo (Brazil), Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and an MBA from California State Fullerton.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Break - Expo
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
3:15 PM
3:45 PM
Break - Expo
Break
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Exploring the Future of Digital Twins with OSIsoft and SIRIUS
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
3:45 PM
4:15 PM
The ongoing population explosion of users and data is making all of us re-think how people, applications, and data come together. One approach is Digital Twins: virtual representations of physical assets, sophisticated enough to drive complex analytics and simulations without expensive custom integration. The promise of Digital Twins drives us at OSIsoft to address some vast prerequisite challenges: contextualizing the data, personalizing the system, enabling collaboration, and integrating seamlessly with deep learning and artificial intelligence.
OSIsoft Research is working in collaboration with SIRIUS, a research consortium for scalable data access in the Oil & Gas domain. This session is a call for collaboration: come explore these topics with us! In this talk, we will look at the vision for Digital Twins and our ongoing work towards that goal. We are excited to engage with all of you, so the session will conclude with an extended question-and-answer period.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Innovation & IoT
Evgeny Kharlamov
University of Oxford
Evgeny is an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford; he was previously a visiting researcher at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh and a researcher at the University of Bolzano and INRIA Saclay. <br />
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Evgeny's work has led to more than 70 publications including top tier conferences and journals. His work on semantic equipment diagnostics, industrial model management, and on semantic access to Siemens turbine data have won recognition at the International Semantic Web Conference.<br />
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Evgeny played a leading role in Oxford's participation in a large-scale EU funded Optique project on end-user oriented access to industrial Big Data. He was one of the co-authors and a research co-investigator of the EPSRC grant on data analytics (£866,527). He is the PI on several projects including an industry-funded with Siemens (£200,000) on semantic diagnostics of complex industrial production systems and on analytics and model management
Brandon Perry
Staff Software Developer
OSIsoft
Brandon is a Staff Software Developer at OSIsoft. He is the technical lead for the Data Views feature of OSIsoft Cloud Services. Brandon joined OSIsoft in 2009, spending his first several years working with customers as a data access and asset modeling specialist before moving into product development and applied research. His work in applied research focused on data semantics, contextualization, and quality - topics which are highly relevant to how Data Views connects people with their data at massive scale. Brandon holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
David Cameron
University of Oslo
David Cameron is the Centre Coordinator for the SIRIUS Centre for Scalable Data Access at the University of Oslo. He is a Chemical Engineer with 30 years of industrial experience in the metals, chemicals and petroleum industries. His technical specialization is the application of simulation to the optimization of operations. He has worked in applied research, strategy and development management roles in BHP Billiton, Norsk Hydro, Kongsberg Group and then in consulting and senior business development roles related to the internet of things in IBM and Sopra Steria. He earned his doctorate in simulator-based process analytics from the University of Cambridge.
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CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Advanced Data Analysis Environment with PI System on MHPS-TOMONI
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
3:45 PM
4:15 PM
MHPS has been developing power plant data monitoring and analysis platform utilizing the PI System on the Microsoft Azure Platform as MHPS-TOMONI. Our primary tools are PI AF Analytics, PI Vison , Processbook and web applications.
We intend accomplishing "Issue owner involvement by providing interactive analytics application." So we have integrated the PI System with Shiny and Jupyter that enable us to perform modern data analysis using Python and R and utilize interactive UI parts with minimum effort. Combining data base with them to store pre-processed data from PI system, those applications are also able to provide long/middle term analytic results which is relatively difficult only with PI system.
One example of our applications is gas turbine partial load performance analyzer on which users can change various parameters to see GT performance on specific time period with various aspects. We want show capability of PI system and supporting tools for advanced data analysis.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Industrial Analytics
Leandro Hideo Iha
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, LTD.
To be informed
Hiroyasu Ishigaki
Director
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, LTD.
Hiroyasu Ishigaki is the General Manager of ICT Operations Department at Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems based on Yokohama, Japan. Ishigaki joined MHPS in 1994 and started working on thermal power plant control systems development especially on HMI applications and communication layer. During his career Ishigaki spent three years at MHPS America to support their control system after sales services and cyber security initiatives. In his current role as General Manager of ICT Operations Department, Ishigaki is responsible for leading development of MHPS digital solution, "MHPS-TOMONI" to support MHPS customers to achieve their thermal power plant successful digitalization.
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Introduction to Condition-based Maintenance with PI System
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
3:45 PM
4:15 PM
We are being asked to run equipment longer, faster, and harder with less resources while minimizing failures. Condition based maintenance (CBM) takes a data driven approach to maximizing the performance of your assets and maintenance schedules. Discover how the PI System can be used for CBM through simple drag and drop configuration. Configure digital representations of your assets, calculate key performance indicators (KPIs), and even send notifications or kick off maintenance work flows based on the real condition of your assets. Jump-starting your CBM project has never been easier with the modern PI System.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > PI System Introduction
Jeremy Korman
Product Marketing Manager
OSIsoft
Jeremy Korman is a Product Marketing Manager for OSIsoft and has been working with the PI System since 2010. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Jeremy worked for a leading specialty chemicals manufacturer in Houston, Texas. While working as a Process Engineer, Jeremy became a super fan and power user of the PI System. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
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CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Artificial Intelligence is Enabling MHPSA to Change the Utilities Business Model
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
3:45 PM
4:15 PM
In this session, we will discuss how Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems is working with SparkCognition to implement AI for predictive maintenance into its MHPS-TOMONI platform, and in doing so is changing the business model. Even in today’s highly efficient power plants, asset monitoring and maintenance continue to be suboptimal, directly impacting the bottom line. Assets have expanded in complexity and now provide more sensor data than ever. However, plants still rely on SMEs and sensor analysts to accurately categorize all anomalous machine behavior and assess risks. AI-based machine learning automatically predicts and analyzes known and unknown signatures. This technology amplifies the effectiveness of SMEs, and unlocks the potential for the autonomous power plants of the future. By implementing AI-powered predictive maintenance into its asset monitoring platform TOMONI, MHPSA is disrupting the power generation industry by offering its customers increased plant availability.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Enterprise Infrastructure
Beatriz Blanco
Operations Development Engineering Manager
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems America
Beatriz Blanco is the Operations Development Engineering Manager with MHPSA, and has previously worked for Siemens Energy. She has worked in the power and aerospace industries for over ten years. She currently leads the team in development of operational troubleshooting tools, all software evaluation, and the advancement of digital solutions. She obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering along with her Master’s in Business Administration, from the University of Florida. She holds certifications in Rotating Machinery Diagnostics and Process Instrumentation and Control.
Joe Des Rosier
Director
SparkCognition
Joe Des Rosier is currently the Director of Sales at SparkCognition, where he is responsible for driving business engagements, growing key accounts, and consulting on various use cases of SparkCognition's AI technologies. Areas of specialty include industrial data analytics, instrumentation, business ROI, and IoT go to market strategy. Joe has keen business and technical acumen around how advanced data analytics can be applied to Asset Performance Management to optimize efficiency, maintenance and safety on critical infrastructure. He previously worked for Averna Technologies and National Instruments with a focus on manufacturing test and industrial automation across various industries including medical and aerospace. Joe was responsible for managing Averna's business in the Western US and was responsible for triple-digit growth. Fueled by entrepreneurship, Joe also has experience founding and launching various startup companies in the mobile application and social media arena.
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CCIB: Room 124, P1 Level
Room 124, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Accelerate PI Asset Framework with Cognitive Computing
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
3:45 PM
4:15 PM
With its rich set of features and functions, PI Asset Framework (PI AF) is the preferred way for users to interact with their PI System data. However, the task of accurately identifying, classifying and naming massive amounts of individual PI Tags can be overwhelming. Subject matter experts, PI System administrators and other stakeholders can spend months researching and identifying unique assets, their various attributes and relationships to achieve the foundational naming convention and structure recommended for PI AF.
This session will review how one customer is using the Cascadence Asset Modeler (AM) to more rapidly and efficiently setup and maintain PI AF. Cascadence AM is a cognitive computing solution designed to dramatically accelerate a PI System customer’s transition from a flat PI Tag structure to the more robust and dynamic PI AF, giving industrial organizations a much more detailed description of equipment, their hierarchical relationships and associated metadata.
Day 1: PI Geek Track
Steve Henshaw
VP Product Delivery
Toumetis
John has 20+ years of experience developing monitoring systems, gathering data, and using machine learning and predictive analytics to solve real-world problems—from improving efficiency to preventing system failures. His experience includes the oil and gas, energy, marine and aviation sectors in areas as diverse as advanced signal processing, artificial intelligence and machine learning through to big data architecture and analytics. Most recently John was Analytics Director for GE Oil & Gas. He has also held senior technology and product roles at Airbus and Rolls Royce. He holds a bachelor of engineering in Avionics from the University of Glasgow.
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CCIB: Room 122, P1 Level
Room 122, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Supporting IT's Big Data and Data Lake Initiatives
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
3:45 PM
5:00 PM
Big Data and Data Lake are common terms used to describe many things. Big Data and Data lake strategies vary widely based on the goals of the organization, industry-specific best practices, the nature of operations and more. Does your organization have Big Data and Data Lake initiatives? What are your end goals? Where does your PI data fit in the picture? Have you attained successful results? What tools do you use now and anticipate needing to support the success of these initiatives? Share your stories and exchange ideas with others on a similar journey at this forum, facilitated by OSIsoft product managers, Stephen Kwan and Joy Wang.
Forum
Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Joy Wang
Technical Product Manager
OSIsoft
I am the Technical Product Manager for the PI Integrators product line. Prior to product management, my experience spans Technical Support, Field Service, and leading the support team in North America to deliver world-class support. My areas of interest include user empathy, market research, and empowering users with access to good, trustworthy data. I hold a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and am currently pursuing an MBA at UC Davis (go Sun Devils and Aggies!).
Stephen Kwan
Senior Product Manager
OSIsoft
Steve Kwan is the Technical Product Manager for server products at OSIsoft, including the Data Archive, AF, Asset Analytics and Notifications. Prior to joining OSIsoft in 2010, Kwan spent 15 years in various roles in engineering, project management and product management with GE Energy. He holds a BS in Engineering Chemistry and a PhD in Materials.
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CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Solving One of the Greatest Challenges of Digital Transformation: Changing Culture (pre-registration required)
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
3:45 PM
5:00 PM
According to a McKinsey Report published in June 2017 cultural and behavioral challenges are the most significant show-stoppers to meet digital priorities for any organization. BCG has assessed 40 companies and their success with Digital Transformation and realized that the number of companies reporting strong financial boosts were five-times higher than those that ignored to focus on the cultural transformation first. Developing a company culture and mindset that embraces constant change and innovation is the prerequisite for any form of Digital Transformation - our experiences show that even the term “organization” needs to be redefined: in a Digital world, an organization no longer just includes hierarchies and departmental structures but also must include work procedures, attitude and the involvement of the organizations eco-system including customers, vendors/suppliers and partners & alliances to truly drive digital innovation. Waiting for an organization to change organically takes too long – we would like to discuss with you what your experiences have been, how you have overcome these challenges and how the PI System as an Enterprise Data Infrastructure has helped your teams to foster and enable change.
Forum
Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Jessica Bethune
Director Global Sales Development
OSIsoft
As the Regional Manager for the Netherlands, Northern and Eastern Europe at OSIsoft Jessica is responsible for all sales, channel and customer success activities within the region. Her responsibilites include managing the Account Management team, developing strategic local partnerships in alignment with the Alliances & Partners Team and expanding market penetration within OSIsoft´s core and adjacent customer industries.<br />
In addition, Jessica has been given the opportunity to launch and develop a Global Sales Development team for OSIsoft, focused on inbound demand management and outbound new business development activities to secure the mid-and long-term new software pipeline contribution for the global sales teams at OSIsoft.<br />
Before joining OSIsoft, Jessica has worked in the technology sector for companies such as Peregrine Systems, Kofax and Hitachi Data Systems (now Hitachi Vantara).
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CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Discussion Forum: Applying the Cloud in Analytics and Remote Monitoring Initiatives (pre-registration required)
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
3:45 PM
5:00 PM
The cloud provides low-maintenance offerings and elastic compute resources, capabilities useful for remote operations monitoring and advanced analytics. What are your plans for leveraging the cloud in these initiatives? Does the cloud change your approach to operations? Where are you on your cloud adoption journey, and where do you want to be?
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Day 1: Afternoon Discussion Forums
Alicia Coppock
Product Manager
OSIsoft
Alicia Coppock is a Product Manager for visualization products at OSIsoft. She has been with OSIsoft for 5 years where she has also served as an Escalation Engineer specializing in AF and Analytics products as well as a Tech Support Engineer. Prior to joining OSIsoft, she worked at Hemlock Semiconductor as a Process Engineer. Alicia has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Elizabeth McErlean
Strategic Product Manager
OSIsoft
Elizabeth McErlean (Ammarell) is a Strategic Product Manager at OSIsoft focusing on Integrations and Advanced Analytics. After joining OSIsoft in 2012 as a Customer Support Engineer, she supported customers as an escalation engineer for PI Integrators and the product manager for PI Integrator for Esri ArcGIS. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.
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CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: Edge to Cloud Technology Enablement
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Tuesday (Day 1) 25 September --
2 pm: Data Science Enablement in the Cloud for R and Python
3 pm: Remote Operations Monitoring in the Cloud
4 pm: Edge to Cloud Technology Enablement
Miscellaneous
Chris Felts
Senior Strategic Product Manager
OSIsoft, LLC
Chris Felts is a Senior Strategic Product Manager at OSIsoft focused on the product strategy for data collection. Chris joined OSIsoft in 2014 in the role of Solution Architect with over 25 years of process automation, data management, and project execution experience having worked in various engineering and marketing roles in the power, process, and semiconductor industries. Chris spent the 15 years prior to joining OSIsoft at a large process automation supplier where he worked closely with OSIsoft to develop applications and solutions to integrate with the PI System. Chris has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, is a co-inventor on numerous patents in the areas of process automation and data integration, and is a registered Professional Engineer.
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CCIB: Room 124, P1 Level
Room 124, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Monitoring Data Quality with Asset Analytics
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Data Quality is rapidly becoming one of the top areas of interest for organizations looking to extract the most benefit from their data infrastructure. As the number of connected devices continue to grow, having visibility into data quality becomes an increasing challenge.
This presentation will demonstrate how to utilize the functionality and scalability of AF to identify conditions where assets' data flow has stopped. It will highlight different logic that can be used to account for a variety of data flow regimes, and non-ideal network conditions. These strategies are also designed to minimize load on PI Analysis Service and conserve computational resources.
The presentation will also cover reporting on data quality issues and creating parameters that track long term performance. This allows users to quickly resolve new issues and prevent future ones.
Day 1: PI Geek Track
David Rodriguez
Sr. Analytics & Intelligence Engineer
EDF Renewables
David works for EDF Renewables as a Sr. Analytics and Intelligence Engineer. He loves the challenge of building systems that turn raw data into actionable information, and figuring out ways to improve Operational Intelligence. As a remote worker, David enjoys traveling and working from many locations around the world.
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CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Using OSIsoft Cloud Service to Fuel Cognitive Computing and Machine Learning Services
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
OSIsoft PI Systems offer an abundance of data that can be used to fuel successful machine learning projects. However, several bottlenecks exist that make it difficult to acquire, label and analyze this valuable information. Working with OSIsoft Cloud Service, Toumetis has built an end-to-end cognitive computing solution that incorporates SME guidance to enable the deployment of machine learning algorithms that provide predictive insight for industrial operators. This session will provide an example of how a leading hi-tech manufacturer is using advanced machine learning to identify anomalies in complex production processes related to both assets and resources.
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Utilizing OCS to share data with cognitive computing solution to identify operational issues and predict asset performance
Attendees will learn about the benefits of cloud-based machine learning for predictive maintenance to enhance business operations and enable new revenue generation
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Industrial Analytics
Steve Henshaw
VP Product Delivery
Toumetis
John has 20+ years of experience developing monitoring systems, gathering data, and using machine learning and predictive analytics to solve real-world problems—from improving efficiency to preventing system failures. His experience includes the oil and gas, energy, marine and aviation sectors in areas as diverse as advanced signal processing, artificial intelligence and machine learning through to big data architecture and analytics. Most recently John was Analytics Director for GE Oil & Gas. He has also held senior technology and product roles at Airbus and Rolls Royce. He holds a bachelor of engineering in Avionics from the University of Glasgow.
Laurent Garrigues
Dept. Lead, Portfolio
AVEVA
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Introduction to Analytics with PI System
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Sensor data in its raw form is not enough to monitor and make decisions on complex processes or systems. Equations from physics, thermodynamics, and other disciplines are used to make sensor data actionable. If you want to go further and make comparisons between equipment or site performance, normalization and event identification are a must. In this talk, you will get an introductory level understanding of
• How you can elevate raw sensor data to be more actionable with PI System as well as
• How PI System integrates this data with business intelligence tools and popular advanced analytics platforms, enabling you to find correlations and apply machine learning algorithms.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > PI System Introduction
Landry Khounlavong
Product Manager
AVEVA
Landry Khounlavong is one of the Strategic Product Managers at AVEVA™ for OSIsoft Cloud Services (OCS) and has also had experience supporting customers as a Technical Support Engineer and creating awareness in the market for our product portfolio as a Product Marketing Manager. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Florida and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
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CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Monitoring of Cable Transit Sealing Systems
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Running cables and pipes through partitions safely and secure, especially where protection against fire, water, gas or other threats are needed, means that maintenance of whatever system you use for doing so is needed. This has for a long time been left either undone or at least without system support. The Roxtec Guard system gives the operator of a facility real time data about the status of each such transit.
Day 1: Afternoon Keynote Track > Innovation & IoT
Bill Hunt
CTO & Co-Founder
Dianomic
Bill Hunt is the CTO of Dianomic, the maker of FogLAMP, an Industrial IoT platform with Machine Learning and advanced signal processing for improving yield, quality, safety and environmental impact. Previously, he was Group Vice President at Oracle, where he led an 1,100-person software development team and managed a $126 million budget. He has founded and/or been a senior exec at multiple venture-backed software companies, each an innovator and the leader in their space. Six of his companies were acquired for $700m by Oracle, Avaya, Alcatel and others. He has also acquired multiple companies.<br />
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Bill enjoys mentoring young entrepreneurs in Peter Thiel's 20 Under 20 Fellowship and is an occasional speaker on technology and entrepreneurial topics. He is a board member or advisor of many software companies and has 12 patents to his credit.
Mikael Helmerson
Roxtec International AB
2003 – 2007 Finance and Logistics Manager, Scania Commercial Vehicles (Falun, Sweden)<br />
Restructured the production setup for axles going in the European market, including carve-out divestment of component production.<br />
2007 – 2013 Investment AB Latour (Gothenburg, Sweden)<br />
Started out as Director of Business Development and moved on to managing one of the holdings in the industrial automation industry. Thereafter (2010-2013) CEO of Nord-Lock Group, a multi-national holding of Latour with subsidiaries in 16 countries. Completed add-on acquisitions in the US, Switzerland and Italy and grew the company from 35 to 70 MUSD sales.<br />
2013 – Roxtec International AB (Karlskrona, Sweden)<br />
CEO of world leading supplier of cable and pipe sealing solutions with 750 employees in 25 countries and annual sales of 220 MUSD.
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CCIB: Room 134, P1 Level
Room 134, P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Hackathon Judging Session 2 (if needed)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
Innovation Hackathon project applications will be judged by a group of experts. The top solutions will be awarded prizes, and you and your team will be publicly recognized for your achievement. Stay tuned and follow us on PI DevClub Forums and @PIDevClub. If you have any questions about this event, please contact pidevclub@osisoft.com.
Pre-Conference-Event
Miscellaneous
Marcos Loeff
Sr. Technology Enablement Engineer
OSIsoft, LLC
Marcos Vainer Loeff is a currently member of the OSIsoft Technology Enablement team working from the Brazil office. He has written many articles and white papers not only about developing with PI Web API but also about integrating the PI System with R. He has also lead many hackathons during our Users Conferences. His areas of interest are: web and mobile development, system identification, process control, machine learning and data science.
Michael Sloves
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft
Michael Sloves has worked at OSIsoft for 18 years. During that time, he has developed and led software teams responsible for PI ICE, PI WebParts, SAP/ERP Integration and for OSIsofts SAP/MDUS Integration products. Presently, he is the Director of Technology Enablement. In his role, he is responsible for driving excellence in our External and Internal Developer Community by educating, informing, and enabling Developers. He is also responsible for the development of OSIsoft's PI Developer Technologies suite of tools.
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CCIB: P1 Level
P1 Level
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Evening Reception in Partner & Product Expo
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
Partner & Product Expo
Miscellaneous
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CCIB: P0 Level
P0 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Networking Lounge
7:30 AM - 6:30 PM
7:30 AM
6:30 PM
Networking Lounge
Miscellaneous
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CCIB: Entrance A, P0 Level
Entrance A, P0 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Registration
7:30 AM - 6:30 PM
7:30 AM
6:30 PM
Registration
Registration
Miscellaneous
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CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Industrial IT Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal/Champion
Day 2: Industrial IT
Maria Sanchez Tellez
Executive Engagements Team Lead
OSIsoft
Maria Sanchez Tellez joined OSIsoft in 2015. She supports business operations, and currently works to enable executive conversations, in order to enhance the partnership between OSIsoft and strategic customers. Maria holds a MS in Chemical Engineering from Arizona State University.
Norton Green
Director, Executive Engagements
OSIsoft, LLC
The relationship and ensuing trust our clients have in our products and services are our most critical assets at OSIsoft. Norton and his team's primary goal is to develop and deepen executive relationships with our clients so OSIsoft may become their trusted partner to realize transformational opportunities across their enterprise. Today, the Executive Engagements team executes this mission by way of the following programs: Customer Advisory Board, Executive Briefing Program, Executive Council and Executive Forum.<br />
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After joining the company in 2000, Norton spent his first fifteen years in the IT Department. The last six years were spent as the Global IT Director where he focused on scaling the IT Infrastructure as the company experienced tremendous growth.<br />
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Norton holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Saint Mary's College and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Miami (FL).
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CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Power Generation Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome to EMEA's PI World 2018 Power Generation Session!
In this introduction to the day, we will briefly discuss the agenda, afternoon's Users Group meeting and updated AF resources on PI Square.
Day 2: Power Generation
David Thomason
Industry Principal Global Power Generation
AVEVA / OSIsoft
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CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals Industry Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal/Champion
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Petter Moree
Industry Principal
OSIsoft
Petter Moree, Global Industry Principal, Life Sciences and Food & Beverages OSIsoft, LLC<br />
Petter has a M.Sc. in technical chemistry with a specialization towards chemometrics and data science. After his M.Sc. from Umeå University, Sweden, Petter joined Umetrics in 1999, where he worked for 17 years with customers in various markets for example Pharmaceutical, Pulp & Paper, Automotive, Semicon and chemical and with applications such as PAT, QbD, early fault detection, predictive analytics, MPC and CPV. Petter was Global Product Manager for Umetrics’ software portfolio, including SIMCA, SIMCA-online and MODDE, and later became their global sales director leading sales and services teams in EMEA, US and Asia.
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CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Process Industries Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
A quick intro to the day's event where you'll hear compelling stories on how the Internet of Things, advanced analytics, and digital transformation are changing the way industries including water, metals & mining, pulp & paper and others are managing their business.
Day 2: Process Industries
Martin PROVENCHER
Industry Principal, Mining, Metals and Materials
OSISoft
Gary Wong
Global Industry Principal, Infrastructure & Water
AVEVA
Gary Wong is the Global Industry Principal of Infrastructure and Water at AVEVA, a leader in real-time, industrial, performance intelligence. He leads their global data centers, facilities, smart cities and water businesses and has 25 years of extensive international experience providing sustainable, strategic and cost-effective digital solutions. Prior to joining AVEVA, he has held positions with OSIsoft, Metro Vancouver and as a consultant directing both public and private sectors on operations, digital transformation, planning, sustainability, and engineering. Mr. Wong is also the Chairman of the Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN) Americas Alliance and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, is registered as a Professional Engineer in Computer Engineering, holds an M.B.A. from the Queen’s School of Business and is also a Chartered Professional Accountant.
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CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Oil & Gas and PetroChem Industry Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Russell Herbert
Industry Principal - Oil & Gas
AVEVA
Russell, Global Oil & Gas Industry Principal for AVEVA, brings extensive experience following his time working in a range of development and operations roles within the Oil & Gas industry including time at BG Group, Schlumberger and Tullow Oil. <br />
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Much of Russell’s work within AVEVA involves providing industry insight and strategic guidance regarding how the latest developments in Operational Data Management can significantly improve operations whilst also enabling important emerging technology trends such as Digital Twin, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, IIoT and Integrated Operations. Recent engagements have included projects with Shell, BP, ENI, Total, Petronas, Saudi Aramco, ADNOC, SBM Offshore and Repsol.
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Food & Beverage Industry Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal/Champion
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Jeffrey Van Pelt
Industry Principal - Food & Beverage
OSIsoft
Jeff Van Pelt is Principal, Global Food & Beverage Industry at OSIsoft. In this role, Mr. Van Pelt is responsible industry strategy, segment development, thought leadership and ensuring customers drive value from their technology investments. Van Pelt is a 30 veteran in the consumer products industry in a variety of roles. Prior to joining OSIsoft, he held industry executive positions at IBM and SAP.
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CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation Industries Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal/Champion
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Matt Miller
Industry Principal, Transportation
AVEVA
AVEVA’s Transportation Industry Principal has a broad background in developing industrial electronics, automated control and information system software for OEM’s and enterprises. Before working at AVEVA, Matt spent 35 years in numerous sales, marketing and management roles at OSIsoft, Viewtronics and Xycom. As a degreed electronics engineer with specialty in computer-based controls and decades of market experience, Matt has been working with leading technology firms to bring real-time performance intelligence to the supply chain and smart city initiatives.
Enrique Herrera
Industry Principal
OSIsoft, LLC
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CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Welcome to the Transmission & Distribution Industry Track
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome/Intro by Industry Principal/Champion
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
William McEvoy
Industry Principal
Aveva
Bill McEvoy is a Global Industry Principal with OSISOFT covering Transmission, Distribution, Smart Grid and Distributed Energy Resources. Bill spent thirty four years’ working in the utility and information technology profession at Eversource Energy formerly Northeast Utilities. With his last role as the Director of Information Technology - Business Solutions - Real Time Systems for Eversource Energy. He is still active participant on several industry committees associated with Smart Grid, Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Cyber Security. Bill has a strong understanding of the principles of Information Technology as related to utility business systems processing along with a strong understanding of the Transmission, Distribution, Gas and Generation business processes. He also was the Program Director for over 8 Transmission, Distribution and Gas Control Centers for Eversource during his career.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Shell - A business perspective of Real-Time Operations
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
In this presentation Mr Ali Hamza (Global Wells, Reservoir and Facilities Management Performance Lead) and Mr Peter Van Den Heuvel (Manager of Shell’s PI CoE) will give an overview of how they see the past, present and future of the use of PI at Shell. Shell have been a long-time customer of OSIsoft PI and this presentation will provide an overview of how Shell has been using data to improve its operations over the last 20 years, initially as part of their Digital Oilfield ‘Smart Fields’ programme and now increasingly as part of a more complex ‘Smart Foundation’ digital platform which supports streaming analytics, advanced real-time workflows, collecting data from smart IoT devices, integrating Shells real-time data to other operational systems and sending data to the Cloud for advanced BI and Analytics. Ali and Peter will explain why Shells real-time platform has had to evolve and how the Shell business and CoE work together on projects to maximise the value Shell get from their PI Systems.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Ali Hamza
Global WRFM Performance Lead
Shell
I am the Global WRFM (Wells, Reservoir and Facilities Management) Performance Lead working in Shell Global Production Support & Excellence. I am a Subject Matter Expert in Production Support Engineering and the PI Business Application Owner in Upstream and Integrated Gas. I joined Shell following the BG integration, my last role at BG was the Global Production Engineering Manager. My team worked in true partnership with Assets to embed the Production Management standard and Recommended Practices, the systems (including PI and Energy Components and Integrated Asset Models), developing IT solutions and people in the production optimisation space.<br />
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I am an electro-mechanical Engineer by background and hold a Master degree in Engineering management. I am also a Chartered Manager, an Associate fellow of IChemE, I successfully completed a Leadership Programme with Cranfield University in 2015, and currently pursuing a Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering at Heriot Watt University.
Peter van den Heuvel
Product Manager Realtime Data
Shell
Peter van den Heuvel is Product Manager Realtime Data at Shell. He is working together with 22 specialists in this domain located in India, Europe and the US/Canada. The team is delivering High Quality Real Time services to all Shell domains where RealTime Data is used.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Optimizing Predictive Maintenance at Barrick Gold by Integrating Asset Data and Process Data
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Historically, process data and asset data have remained in separate worlds. Technological advancements in wireless connectivity, sensors, cloud computing and AI are paving the way for integration of process control data and asset condition data. For industries, this translates to operational performance excellence. Barrick Gold Corporation has recently embarked on its digital transformation journey and in partnership with OSIsoft and Petasense, they recently integrated Petasense asset condition monitoring system with the OSIsoft PI system, at their Cortez plant in Elko, NV, USA. The primary goal is to optimize predictive maintenance outcomes. The integration of the two systems has equipped Reliability Engineers with a single interface to view process parameters alongside vibration data. It enables better planning, improved insights, powerful analytics and the ability to create predictive models. Initial results are promising - improved asset reliability, and reduced maintenance costs.
Day 2: Process Industries
Abhinav Khushraj
Cofounder
Petasense
Abhinav Khushraj loves technology and his passion is to build new "things". He is excited about disrupting traditional industries using modern technologies such as wireless and cloud computing. Currently, he is working on an Internet of Things startup that is going to disrupt the industrial world. The goal is to change the way industries monitor their machines and run their processes.
Tara Rana
Barrick Gold
Tara Rana is an Advanced Process Control Engineer, currently employed with Barrick Gold in Toronto, ON, Canada. He works with the PI system very closely and manages digital transformation projects applicable to processing plants. He enjoys implementing smart sensors in the plant that will enable end-users to achieve operational performance excellence through powerful analytics.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Using PI Cloud and Transformation to Drive Operational Performance
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Coriance, a French District Heating company delivering sustainable energy (with 80% from renewable biomass and geothermal power sources), is driving optimized operations and improved asset performance across its diverse portfolio of power facilities. It recognized that its legacy monthly management reporting was both time consuming to collect and prepare but also would not drive the necessary day-to-day improvements in performance that it shareholders and customers demanded.
Coriance turned to Accenture to provide a cloud-based analytics platform combined with business transformation to provide operational insights and actions to help drive the day-to-day performance outcomes. Core to the Accenture platform is the OSIsoft PI System and AF deployed within an Azure environment with an innovative commercial and technical model that provides flexibility and agility of cloud with the scalability, storage and performance of the OSIsoft solutions.
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
Patrick MICHEL
Directeur Performance & Transformation
Coriance
Patrick Michel is the Regional Director of Coriance Group and is responsible for infrastructure development and energy management across this growing district heating and power company based in France.<br />
His current role builds on over 10 years of experience working with independent energy suppliers and, prior to that, 20 years leading management roles within research and investment firms, banking and consulting.
Simon Coombs
Managing Director
Accenture
Simon Coombs, Managing Director, Industry X Digital Manufacturing & Operations at Accenture<br />
• Over 35 years working with Asset- and Energy-intensive industries<br />
• Leading digital transformation programmes to drive performance and regulatory change<br />
• Executive Sponsor for Accenture’s relationships with OSIsoft and Aveva<br />
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Over 35 years working with Asset- and Energy-intensive Industry clients. IT/OT digital expert.<br />
Water, Gas, Electricity Utilities, Upstream Oil&Gas, Refineries, Chemicals, Metal industries. Now branching out into Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and Infrastructure markets.<br />
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Utilities: Generation/Production, Distribution, Retail, Metering.<br />
Low Carbon Energy - nuclear, biomass, EfW, wind, smart grid<br />
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Strategy, Change Management, Transformational programmes, Outsourced Services, Digital solutions architecture and delivery<br />
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Started as a control & power engineer for nuclear; then management consulting roles; business development of an automation and real-time IT system integrator; now within the leadership team at Accenture for Industry X.0.<br />
Previously owner/executive management team successfully growing a VC-backed, UK system integration company focused on Energy and Utilities, with successful sale to a Strategic Buyer.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Use cases of OSIsoft PI System in the Consumer Goods Industry
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
By means of different successful use cases, we are going to explain how we use OSIsoft PI System on the transformative power of data in manufacturing. By integrating information and automation technologies, achieving major gains in productivity and operations efficiency in our daily basis.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Jaume Valls
Kellogg Manufacturing S.L.
Technical Manager Kellogg Spain<br />
20 years experience in multinational environment.<br />
Advanced knowledge in Operations,Production, Quality Food Safety and Safety. Lean Manufacturing, Business Starting Up, expansions and cutbacks.<br />
Product waste reduction by using lean tools and visualization tools. Target deployment and savings projects.<br />
Worked in different countries as Turkey, Belgium or EEUU.
Emilio Angles
Power, Controls and Information Systems Manager
Kellogg's Manufacturing Valls
Power, Controls and Information Systems Manager at Kellogg Manufacturing Valls<br />
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Information Technology Engineer, Digital Transformer and IT-OT Systems Integrator and Industry 4.0 International Speaker.<br />
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I really love my job, to integrate Information Technologies (IT) and Operation Technologies (OT), I am passionate about people, youth empowering and help other people to pursuit their dreams, making their lives easier, that's one of the most rewarding thing.<br />
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Currently, I am responsible for ensuring that Kellogg Manufacturing Valls, (Spain), adopts the right Industry 4.0 technologies to achieve the business goals in safety, food safety, delivery, cost and continuous improvement, keeping our Operations Technologies reliable and cost effective. Acting as digital transformer and leading change to align with the strategic objectives of the company, identifying opportunities that generate competitive advantages through processes automation in Manufacturing and Supply Chain.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Using PI within Discrete Manufacturing to improve Asset Utilization and OEE
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Sandvik is a High-Tech Engineering company that develops machine milling, drilling, and toning tools for metal cutting, metal and rock technology, and advanced materials.
An initiative to standardize asset data collection is being rolled out in part of it´s discrete operations
using PI Asset Framework and PI Connector technology. PI Connectors interface with CNC machines to automatically create an asset hierarchy and maintain PI Point lists. PI Asset Analytics create Event Frames to standardize OEE calculations that specifically categorizes downtime of the CNC machines giving workers a local improvement system that allows them to improve asset utilization. A real-time visualization is done and shown in PI Vision which experiences a high demand in the Operations. Furthermore, the use of PI Integrator for Business Analytics enables a BI integration. A POC using this technology to give further insight in operational data is being well received.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Björn Molin
Manager Digital Platform
Sandvik Coromant
Tobe added
Conny Söderlund
ITPM
Sandvik Coromant
More info will be added
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Monitoring of the ITAIPU Dam using PI System
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Itaipu Binacional is the result of the cooperation between Brazil and Paraguay, a world leader in clean and renewable energy.
There are 24 units of remote acquisition that monitor the ITAIPU's civil structure, where each unit centralizes data acquisition of several auscultation instruments. A custom and dedicated system is responsible for acquiring this information. As the solution is customized according to the need of users, including acquisition, analysis and alarms, it has problems in scalability, maintainability and extensibility. As EA customer, it was proposed to use PI System infrastructure to develop a solution that would cover all requisites and functionalities of previous system solving those problems.
Several PI System modules have been used to develop the solution, including Vision, AF, Notifications, Event Frames, Analysis, Interface for RDMS, without programming lines, only configurations and done dynamically using AF templates, avoiding rework and facilitating changes.
Day 2: Power Generation
Marcos Vinicius Alves Balsamo
Systems Analys
Parque Tecnológico Itaipu
Graduated in Information Systems Development at the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Specialist in computer networks from the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Working as an Systems Analyst at Parque Tecnológico Itaipu since January 2016 with enphasys in infrastructure for embedded systems.
Luís Eugênio Espinosa Aranha
Systems Analyst
Itaipu Technological Park
Gradueted in computer science at the Centro de Ensino Superior de Foz do Iguaçu, experienced of 6 years with the development of ERP for public management.<br />
Nowadays working as Systems Analyst at Parque Tecnológico Itaipu since January 2017.
Luiz Fernando Lima
Itaipu Binacional
Electronic engineer graduated in 2011 from the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Specialist in embedded systems for the automotive industry from the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Worked with product development for residential and industrial automation for two years. Works with automation projects at ITAIPU Binacional since 2013.
Victor Rodrigo Ruiz Garay
Engineer Computer
Itaipu Binacional
Computer engineer graduated in 2010 from the Universidad Privadad del Este. Specialist in web development and database administration. worked with IT infratructure and system development in plataform java, c# and Visual Basic for three years.<br />
Works en automation projects at ITAIPU BINACIONAL since 2017.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Digitalization in Energy: Integration and Decarbonization
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Digitalization can help to address the most pressing challenges in energy: reducing emissions, balancing the grid, and bringing generators back to profitability. However, the system is complex, and a good digital solution requires groups from completely different sectors to collaborate and coordinate. Julia Attwood, BNEF's lead Digital Industry analyst in Europe, discusses how suppliers, governments, and the energy sector itself is preparing for the next wave of innovation.
Day 2: Industrial IT
Julia Atwood
Associate
Digital Industry
Julia Attwood is an Associate in the Digital Industry team at Bloomberg NEF. She writes about breakthrough technologies and advanced materials that have the potential to disrupt power markets and the energy industry. Prior to this, she was BNEF's expert in lithium-ion battery technologies, costs and supply chain. Before joining BNEF, Julia developed educational materials on energy generation systems and researched advanced polymer composites. Julia holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Cambridge.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Creating a global PI Solutions Store to Ease Site Deployment and Increase Compliance
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
This presentation will depict the global data management strategy for GSK Vaccines Manufacturing. Two key elements of this strategy will be highlighted. First, the global qualification approach and the benefits it can bring for sites deployment. Then, the concept of Global PI solutions store and how to consume process data using pre-qualified modules.
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Julien Cloots
Senior Manager - CoE Automation and Innovation
GSK
Julien is the Global Head of Automation Technologies team for GSK Vaccines. His main focus is to define the automation and data management strategy for manufacturing and implement these through strategic and capital projects. One of the key priorities for GSK Vaccines and the Global Automation team is to implement a strong Data Management system using OSIsoft PI products.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Partner & Product Expo
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10:00 AM
5:00 PM
Partner & Product Expo
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Real-time Microgrid and DERMS Power Control using the PI System and PXiSE Advanced Control Solution
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
The PXiSE Advanced Control solution for microgrids and DERMS control not only manages supply and demand balances like other energy management systems but also mitigates load and voltage disturbances using fast, time synchronized feedback control, thus providing full operating control of all energy resources.
The system is configured using PI AF database which significantly reduces configuration and maintenance time by many orders of magnitude, compared to traditional logic-based management system. Also provides easily configurable HMI, taking advantage of the PI Vision application, with enhanced alarm and control capabilities, and use of event frames. The PXiSE advanced control solution is designed to scale using a hierarchical structure to support large electric system with many DERs. For example, it can support microgrids and DERs nested within microgrids, virtual power plants (VPP), aggregated DERs.
The system includes many built in functions, including: real-time information of data such as pricing, weather data, load and generation forecasting, demand optimizer, user selectable configurations, and advanced SCADA functions, including a built-in alarm management system and user notifications.
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
Charles (Chuck) Wells
Chief Technology Architect
PXiSE Energy Solutions, LLC
Chuck Wells is a military veteran and professional chemical and electrical engineer with over 40 years of real-time control experience. Wells has over 17 U.S. patents and has published +60 technical papers. He is an expert in synchro-phasor measurements and application in the power industry.At the start of his career, US Army Captain Wells worked on advanced phased array radar and anti-missile intercept controls. Later in his career worked on early versions of Energy Management Systems for Utility companies including State Estimators and advanced SCADA systems. He spent 20 years developing advanced real time control systems for paper, steel, waste water, and metals and mining applications including development of advanced sensors. He co-authored two books and has published over 50 technical papers. Wells holds a BS in chemical engineering - Vanderbilt University, a master’s degree in chemical engineering and his doctorate degree in electrical engineering - Washington University.
Patrick Lee
President and CEO
PXiSE Energy Solutions
Patrick Lee founded and leads PXiSE Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy with an investment by Mitsui & Co., Ltd., as Chief Executive Officer. <br />
Lee is a proven executive with a successful track record. He completed a $1.8B, infrastructure project with 19 awards and has led numerous business operations with significant financial outcomes. He has over 30 years of energy industry experience in electric system planning, design, construction, operations, energy markets, renewables, and technology RD&D.<br />
Lee graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from San Diego State University and holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from California State University, Sacramento. He is also a registered professional electrical engineer in California. Lee is an emeritus council of advisors for the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, a volunteer and ex officio steering committee for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a distinguished expert for the California Council for Science and Technology, as well as an advisory trustee for the California State Parks Foundation.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Improving Situational Awareness for Utilities Operators and Energy Managers
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
The University of Maryland partnered with NIST National Cybersecurity Center for Excellence and OsiSoft PI as a beta test site by providing the Campus Co-generation, Substation and 6,300 ton chiller plant as the real data source for the Situational Awareness Project and Energy Sector Asset Management Project. The project was a demonstration on how to secure utility network infrastructure. The University will be happy to present this build and how it has successfully helped us to connect to our networked utility infrastructure and enhance operations.
Day 2: Industrial IT
Mary-ann Ibeziako
Director, Engineering & Energy
University of Maryland
Mary-Ann Ibeziako has been the Director of Engineering and Energy at the University of Maryland College Park. She oversees the utility budget of over $60 million and the overall energy program for the University. She holds both a B.S and M.s in mechanical engineering as well as an MBA. She is currently completing her Phd in mechanical engineering with a focus on Human Machine collaboration Systems in the Built Environment.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
OSIsoft PI System as a Key Component of the Michelin Data Infrastructure
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Michelin is an OSIsoft EA Customer currently deploying PI System Infrastructure as one foundation of the “Digital Manufacturing” journey, since 2017.
Michelin’ Digital Manufacturing is a global initiative that federates business, operations, OT and IT experts, from the plants and the central support organization, to build Michelin future Manufacturing and Supply-Chain, through real-life and focused demonstrators based on a standardized business value creation and roll-out methodology.
In this talk Michelin will deliver a perspective why and how PI System Infrastructure is supporting selected facilities to accelerate the change in the manufacturing operations towards data-driven improvements, evolve the OT-IT systems landscape, positively impact culture and business.
With the introduction and development of new digital and data-driven approaches, Michelin expects to reap additional efficiencies on process, quality, maintenance, energies, employees engagement, and impact substantially the financial bottom line.
Key points :
- Michelin Overall and Manufacturing Context
- Standardizing PI Asset Framework to enable easy and fast access and calculations of consistent industrial performance Key Performance Indicators, that yield important and actionable information
- Leveraging PI Vision to quickly deliver insights and focus on facility’ specific improvements issues
- Using PI System Infrastructure to contextualize and enrich product data with real-time process information
- Perspectives on use-cases and business impacts values achieved
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Ludovic Lonjon
Enterprise Architect for Industrial Domain
Michelin
With a background both in OT and IT, Ludovic evolved from Project Director and Technical Manager for OT Solutions covering cybersecurity, network, hardware, software. Prior working for Michelin he worked in the aero-defense industry, as technical leader for a Product Life Management and project leader for aeronautics projects. Ludovic graduated from Engineering School ENSEEIHT with a major in Automation Engineering and Industrial Software.
Frederic Chaffraix
Digital Tech Manager
Michelin
Frédéric joined Michelin in 2000 as Software Engineer for process control at Corporate Engineering at Global HQ in Clermont-Ferrand, evolved to Team Manager. In 2013, he joined Michelin North America in Greenville as Engineering Manager of Information Systems for Process Control. Frédéric graduated from Engineering School ISIMA a Master’s degree Computer Science.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
How PI AF helps you to facilitate your data management process
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
This use case is an example of PI Asset Framework facilitating a business process. More specific the process to create KPIs for the follow up of the performance of a power plant fleet based on raw data.
Asset Framework enabled the full automation of this process, from collecting and modelling the raw data to the calculations and quality control of the KPIs.
The presentation consists of a short introduction about the process with its pros and cons, although most of time will be spent on live demos about:
- How the raw data is modelled and calculated
- How event framing is used to guarantee accurate data
- How non-time series data from external sources is integrated in the models
If you want to avoid the monthly hunt for the correct data and you need more free time to do things that matter…
Day 2: Power Generation
Frederik Foulon
Engie
After his studies in mechanical engineering Frederik (46) joined the Engie group back in 1994, starting his career as a technical designer. As from 1997 he took up different roles in operations and maintenance of thermal power plants. In 2008 he came in touch with technical data management for the follow up of the performance of the power plant fleet. In 2015 he became head of business information management for Engie’s European fleet of powerplants.
Roy Nolf
Business Information Manager
ENGIE
Roy (35) graduated as a bachelor in Informatics back in 2003. He started working for Bekaert as a junior data analyst and was also responsible for production and quality reporting. In 2009, Roy joined Engie Electrabel as a data manager for the coal and biomass fired power plant in Ruien (Belgium). Since his first working day at Engie Electrabel, Roy started working with OSIsoft PI as an end user and extended his skills step by step by tackling ‘in field demands/needs’. In 2014, Roy joined BU Generation Europe as a business data analyst. Since one year, he is fully focused on PI Asset Framework (AF) to create added value for the business.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
PI System Deployment and Validation end to end in a GxP Environment
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Abstract: Novo Nordisk PI upgrade
This presentation will give an overview and dives into details on a complete PI System upgrade in a pharmaceutical company.
Based on an upgrade/qualification executed at Novo Nordisk production site, the used methodology is explained.
• PI setup in general
• Benefits Validation Concept/Production Implementation/Business
• The V-Model explained
• Qualification in general
o Flow for qualification
• Qualification in general –adherence
o Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
o Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP)
• Qualification concept
o Why
o How
o Important
o Roles and responsibilities
• Preparing the Qualification
• Qualification – Implementation and Execution
o Installation Qualification (IQ)
o Functional Qualification (OQ)
o Performance Qualification (PQ)
• Release for production…
o Pre-conditions
o Maintain the validation state…
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Jonas Toftemark
IT/Automation specialist
Novo Nordisk
.Jonas Toftemark has for the past 16 years been working as IT and automation specialist branching over both system specialization and project management, and has been the main driver of cross organisational IT projects. <br />
Holding a deep understanding and knowledge in qualification of IT and automation systems and a high level of experience in working with all production IT systems in the pharma business area and he is chairing the site Historian Process Group.<br />
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As a specialist/ Subject Matter Expert he coaches and support System Managers on complex IT/OT problem solving, complex discussions and validation and maintenance matters, and is an experienced presenter at audits and inspections. <br />
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Taking great pride in delivering Class solutions whether reports or high profile projects and find innovative solutions to technical issues with high business impact
Flemming Rask Christensen
PI Specialist
NNE
Flemming has more than 20 years of experience with biotech and pharmaceutical projects and the last 17 years at NNE. He has taken roles as project coordinator and project engineer in various automation and IT projects. Specially with focus on databases (PI Historian and MS SQL) incl. data handling and batch reporting. Along with interfaces between various external PCS systems and databases all focused on qualification and validation.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
BP - Using Analytics in PI AF to Improve Operating Performance
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
BP is on a journey to use digital capability to improve operating performance. One part of their approach is the development of analytics in PI AF, and deployment of this capability to end users supporting BP’s operating assets.
This presentation will provide an overview of how the PI AF analytics project fits within BP’s digital framework, and how the project team’s agile approach is currently delivering analytics in a systematic manner. The presentation will outline the BP’s project design approach using PI AF, and how this enables opportunities for deployment at pace, and supports a culture of centrally controlled continuous improvement measures, fully supported by end users.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Samantha Ross
Eastern Hemisphere PI & Real Time Data SPA
Bp
East Region PI & Real Time Data SPA
Rob Sutton
Global Collaboration Center - Eastern Lead
BP
Human Factors Specialist<br />
Digital Center of Expertise (DCoE)<br />
Upstream Technology, BP
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Southern Water Driving Changes in Performance Building from Legacy PI System to Whole Power of OSIsoft Solutions
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Southern Water is one of the largest water and waste utilities in the UK and has been a long time user of the PI System. However, whilst the PI System has been helpful as a legacy datastore of time series data it has had limited use across the business.
This has changed dramatically following proof of concepts that build on what they already have to bring the additional power of AF, Event Frames, Notifications, Vision, etc.
During this presentation we will show examples such as how Regulatory-critical Pollution Spill reporting has been improved in accuracy, consistency and timeliness through exploiting the full power of OSIsoft solution with the potential to move from reactive reporting of issues to proactive improvements in operational performance.
Many companies simply use the PI System as a Historian - this is a real-life story of how there is so much more value to be gained from deploying the full power of OSIsoft solutions.
Day 2: Process Industries
Simon Coombs
Managing Director
Accenture
Simon Coombs, Managing Director, Industry X Digital Manufacturing & Operations at Accenture<br />
• Over 35 years working with Asset- and Energy-intensive industries<br />
• Leading digital transformation programmes to drive performance and regulatory change<br />
• Executive Sponsor for Accenture’s relationships with OSIsoft and Aveva<br />
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Over 35 years working with Asset- and Energy-intensive Industry clients. IT/OT digital expert.<br />
Water, Gas, Electricity Utilities, Upstream Oil&Gas, Refineries, Chemicals, Metal industries. Now branching out into Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and Infrastructure markets.<br />
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Utilities: Generation/Production, Distribution, Retail, Metering.<br />
Low Carbon Energy - nuclear, biomass, EfW, wind, smart grid<br />
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Strategy, Change Management, Transformational programmes, Outsourced Services, Digital solutions architecture and delivery<br />
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Started as a control & power engineer for nuclear; then management consulting roles; business development of an automation and real-time IT system integrator; now within the leadership team at Accenture for Industry X.0.<br />
Previously owner/executive management team successfully growing a VC-backed, UK system integration company focused on Energy and Utilities, with successful sale to a Strategic Buyer.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Avebe: Transformation to a Datadriven Organization
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
The presentation will be about the digital tranformation of Avebe, the Operations strategy, the Manufacturing IT strategy and the role of OsiSoft and partner TrendMiner in this tranformation. Also the importancy of partnership (Enterprise agreement) will be in the presentation and also some use cases will be presented.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Tom Wassink
IT engineer
Coöperatie AVEBE UA
Engineer Manufacturing IT @Avebe and responsible for outroll of the OSIsoft PI System and TrendMiner
Jan Spijkerman
Manager Manufacturing IT
Royal Avebe
Proven trackrecord in Food Industry.<br />
Responsible for Factory4.0 strategy and related PI outroll.<br />
Additional information will follow
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Growing on Smart Data
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, one of the world top manufacturers of Wind Turbines and Wind Energy Solutions and one of the top contenders for its Operation & Maintenance has been making extensive use of the PI System for years. The system is perfectly integrated with all the company systems and provides different services to the company, going from the storage of the information received from the wind farms (near 3.5 million tags), to advanced data analytics and machine learning projects, passing by predefined reports and interaction with other enterprise systems, acting either as provider of data and generator of elaborated information.
We’ll be showing how the system is integrated within the company and different use cases focusing on the different stakeholders for each one and how they benefit from the PI System. Remote operation centers, site supervisors, O&M personnel and engineering teams are only some of the beneficiaries, and of course, indirectly, our clients.
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
Edurne Suescun
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
WO & PI Applications Manager<br />
Edurne Suescun has been working for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy since 2008, initially as project manager and since 2011 as IT Project manager for enterprise systems, including PI. Recently she moved to Service BU where she is responsible for that applications.
Juan Miguel Cortaire
SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY
Chief Information Systems Engineer<br />
Juan Miguel Cortaire has been working within Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy since 2011 holding different positions as project manager and lately responsible for the PI Advanced developments. He has been involved in PI System evolution in the company since it was adopted. Before that, he worked in the aerospace industry (in Airbus group) and the automotive industry (Bosch GmbH).
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
PI System As A Core Of Outotec’s Remote Services
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
Outotec provides leading technologies and services for the sustainable use of Earth’s natural resources. Outotec has developed many breakthrough technologies over the decades for their customers in metals and mining industry.
PI System is the core of Outotec's Remote Services. Production sites all over the world are sending data to the global data archive where it is stored, structured and analyzed and from where it can be provided for other systems when necessary. Data is presented for different stakeholders via web based Remote Service Portal that is developed in Outotec.
With Remote Services Outotec is aiming for much faster problem solving process compared to the traditional service offering. It is possible to utilize Outotec experts in their home offices to improve and optimize the customers’ production processes. The presentation is focusing on Outotec’s Remote Service and PI System’s role in it.
Day 2: Process Industries
Mikko Paakkolanvaara
MIS Specialist
Outotec
For 14 years Mikko has worked in instrumentation and automation delivery projects - 8 years as an instrumentation engineer for Pöyry in pulp and paper industry and after that 6 years as an instrumentation chief engineer for Outotec in metals and mining industry. During this time, he has also spent about 3 years altogether on sites around the world doing commissioning and start up services. For the last 1.5 years he has worked as a Manufacturing Information Systems Specialist in a team developing Outotec's Remote Service concept. His responsibility in Outotec is the owner of Outotec's global PI System and the Remote Service Portal.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
DCP Midstream - Enabling Business Transformation with the PI System: The DCP 2.0 Journey
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
A foundation of DCP’s digital transformation is having rapid, near real time, accurate, meaningful and complete data with context. An important part of this capability is provided by a company-wide PI System that was deployed in 2017. Change has been rapid, with DCP moving from no centralized means of collecting and using operational data to having 28 gas plant, 500 compressor stations (and their associated gathering systems), and the company’s major interstate pipelines connected to the PI System in 10 months. In parallel with deployment, DCP has put PI to use, building products that support the improved business processes and organizational changes. Two examples of these efforts are our Plant Views (optimizing cryo plant operation) and Compression Health Monitoring (focused on condition-based maintenance). Since deploying PI in 2017 DCP Midstream are reporting more than $20million of cost savings and operational benefits attributable to OSIsoft PI.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Tauna Rignall
Director of ICC Operations
DCP Midstream, LP
Tauna Rignall is the director of operations for the newly established Integrated Collaboration Center (ICC) at DCP Midstream. Within the ICC, Rignall leads the team accountable for asset system optimization, field management, and integrated business decisions. Since joining DCP Midstream in 2012, Tauna has been responsible for project development, execution, start-up, and day-to-day operations. Prior to leading the ICC, Rignall was an engineer in the project execution group, and served as an operations supervisor for multiple gas processing plants in the Denver-Julesburg Basin. With over 15 years of diverse experience in both the oil and gas and renewable energy industries, Rignall’s skills include first principles research, process design, and large project coordination and execution. Tauna has a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. She has published technical papers in peer reviewed journals and has received DCP’s 2018 Chairman’s Award.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
BASF Reliability Center for Remote Condition Monitoring to Improve Plant Availability
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
In 2016 BASF introduced a Reliability Center for remote condition monitoring. The overall goal is to optimize plant availability and predict failures of chemical production plants around the globe. The Reliability Center offers a proactive condition monitoring service to all BASF plants which is provided by subject matter experts. The monitored equipment spreads from heavy duty rotating equipment like gas or steam turbines to smaller process equipment like circulation pumps or blowers. A central platform utilizing the PI system was established which provides data access to all different experts among the company. By using Asset Framework and its Templates a standardized database could be established which allows fast and easy onboarding of new assets into the Reliability Center services. Event Frames are a powerful feature to set the focus on critical assets whereby PI Vision Displays assist in visualizing the different datasets to the experts in the right way.
Day 2: Industrial IT
Jürgen Schmidt
Senior Automation Engineer
BASF SE
Juergen Schmidt is part of the Centers of technical Expertise - MES within BASF.
Maximilian Goss
BASF SE
Maximilian Goss started his career within BASF's MES Group inside the department of Automation. Two years ago, he started to build up the BASF Reliability Center and is part of the core team.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Success Story in Performance Evaluation using AF Analytics & PII4BA with High Number of Calculations
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
For the performance evaluation and capacity studies, latest version available of PI AF, Analytics and PI Integrator for Business Analytics (2017 R2) was used, which allowed EDP to use the new features of Analytics such as Automatic Recalculation among others. Analyzed the Industry requirements and obtained performance results and capacity reports that will be shared during the presentation with very good conclusions (under different conditions that other customers can used as standard)
Used PI Integrator for Business Analytics to make information available on a Data WhareHouse environment
Business success by having more information available for all users thanks to the calculation features of Analytics, using hundred thousands of calculations and the great performance of the Integrator, Architecture can be shared during the presentation
All this under the umbrella of the Enterprise Agreement (EA) which allowed EDP to have services to speed up the process and optimize the implementation
Day 2: Power Generation
Sergio Valencia
ROPI Technical Services Manager
EDPR
Sergio Valencia Galán, Technical Service ROPI Manager in EDPR holds degee in Computer Engineering. He works in EDPR Remote Operations and Performance Infrastructure (ROPI) group. Sergio brings 20 years in Renewables Sector to combine with Over 12 years Experience with PI. He also has major Skills as Scada expert with 20 years of experience in real time system in wind power generation. Member of the team who design EDPR's dispatch center. Now responsible of the PI infrastructure as well as Data and Applications Projects in EDPR
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Operational Challenges & Strategy in the F&B Industry
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
In this presentation we will present an introduction to the challenges we face with our clients in the F & B sector: - Increase in demands for regulatory compliance, Need for visibility in processes, cost reduction, demands for continuous improvement... We will discuss the solutions we have developed with PI System for those needs and how our agile and versatile strategy in the development and deployment of AF allows us to work with large groups that require standardization but also the ability to adapt to the different processes they have.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Alex Destruel
Sales Director
Quariq
Business Development Manager in AG Solution. Alex Destruel has a degree in Microelectronics.
Marc Torralba
Technical Leader
AG Solution
Marc Torralba is MES/MOM technical leader at the AG Solution Group. He began his career as an automation engineer and worked across several industries. His exposure to the PI System began in the Food & Life Sciences Industry 7 years ago. He has worked on integrating the PI System at many Plants and has helped many different sites get business value from it. Marc holds a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a postgraduate diploma in Industrial Automation from the Polytechnical University of Catalonia.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Exploring Blockchain Technology with OSIsoft Research, Streamr and Blocxs
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
OSIsoft Research is actively exploring blockchain technology together with a number of partners. We are working together with Blocxs, a blockchain startup company based in Amsterdam. Blocxs has performed a case study on how the PI System could be used in conjunction with blockchain technology to track and manage the lifecycles of assets using Hyperledger Fabric. Streamr is another partner that focuses on enabling the data economy by building a decentralized infrastructure for real-time data streams. They have recently launched their Data Marketplace, where real-time data can be shared and monetized.
In this session we will introduce blockchain as a technology, and discuss a number of the possibilities. Our goal for this session is to start a dialog among OSIsoft, our customers and our partners on how this revolutionary technology could solve some of the challenges that we are facing. All of us want to be ready for the potential disruption that blockchain brings.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Henri Pihkala
CEO
Streamr
Henri Pihkala is an entrepreneur and software engineer with a passion for data. Before founding the prizewinning Streamr project he was a CEO/CTO at two financial trading companies and led the development of a series of high-frequency algorithmic trading platforms. He set up Streamr to make data more usable for all and is a strong believer in the decentralisation of applications and digital infrastructure. He has an MSc from Helsinki University of Technology.
Johan Mulder
Co-founder
Blocxs
At 18, Johan founded his first company delivering web applications for companies. Johan worked for several System Integrators, Partners and ISV's building business applications and frameworks within the Microsoft technology stack. Being passionate and enthused of the evolving world of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, Johan studied the principles of blockchain while thinking of its practicalities in the real world. Together with two other blockchain-enthusiasts Marco Wieling and Peter Kranenburg the idea for the Blocxs foundation and the Blocxs company where born. The foundation aims to inform and educate about blockchain for consumers and corporations while the company will offer commercial services and products based on blockchain or distributed ledger technologies by using a use-case first approach. Our motto is to keep things simple so everyone can benefit from blockchain-driven solutions.
Michael van der Veeken
Sr. Developer
AVEVA
Michael joined OSIsoft in 2011. Before that he worked for one of our partners for 5 years, developing applications on top of the PI System. Michael joined first as a vCampus Team member (now PI DevClub) to later join OSIsoft’s engineering department as part of the team that developed PI Integrator for Esri ArcGIS. Recently, Michael has moved to OSIsoft Research to explore his newfound passion: blockchain technology.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Deep Dive into Real Business Use Cases and Tangible Benefits with the PI System in Shire
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
Shire will be sharing some PI use cases where a successful PI System Implementation was key for overcoming several Business Challenges with a positive outcome. It also will show how today's daily activities for different personas based on the plants in Austria is much easier since they started using PI.
A key example recently implemented by Their Technical Control Center is the use of PI for Condition and Predictive based Maintenance Predictive Maintenance.
In addition to that, Shire will provide an overview of their architecture, and other strategic facts of their system implementation, data streams, data storage that were key for the success of their business cases.
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Thomas Filz
Shire
Supervisor Control Systems & PI Austria. In this Role i am responsible for ~ 20 employees and i am the Subject Matter Expert for the PI System in Shire Austria.
Christian Bugl
Director of Site Engineering
Shire
Mr. Christian Bugl is currently the Director of Site Engineering for all Shire production plants in Vienna. <br />
In this role he is responsible for all of Shire´s Vienna production plants, their facilities, production and infrastructure assets within the whole lifecycle (Investment and Re-Investment, Asset Performance, Maintenance, Reliability Engineering, Site Services, …). <br />
Prior to Baxalta, he has also worked at Nycomed, Roche and Unipack.
CCIB
CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
12:00 PM
1:45 PM
Lunch
Meal/Reception
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
BTT: Online Process Monitoring using Historical Process Data
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
As part of ongoing efforts to reduce process variability in semi-automatic and manual reactors, a long term project was designed to move from the traditional process monitoring to a multivariate approach. As part of this, an intermediate solution was developed to improve the process monitoring strategy and at the same time provide a smooth transition for the operators. After discarding the golden-batch approach, the concept involves using historical batch data stored in PI, together with some simple data analytics, to provide the operators with additional guidance and basic alert and alarming capabilities. The solution can also be used as a training tool to improve process understanding, and also helps the process engineers with process upset investigations. The approach has proved useful and has resulted in significant improvements in reduction of process variability and cycle time, delay of need to invest, increased skilled operators availability, and faster scale-up process.
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Manuel Martin
Senior Data Scientist
Lubrizol
Chemical engineer (IQS) and MBA with 25 yrs experience in Operations in the chemical polymers industry. Past roles in Engineering, Energy Efficiency, IT, Production, HS&E and Quality. Present role in Lubrizol Corp. in EU Corporate Operations Support, focused on improvement projects support, data analytics and tools development. Lean manufacturing practitioner, Energy Efficicieny specialist and 6Sigma Black Belt.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Aperio Systems - A Last Line of Defense against Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
By analysing real-time operational data, Aperio uniquely provides industrial OT environments with resilience against destructive cyber attacks, detecting if a “hacker” was able to “fake” sensor data . Leveraging its access to operational data and its algorithmic capabilities, Aperio found out that it can also enhance the operator's state awareness and monitoring capability by detecting broken/faulty sensor - a daily problem in many plants that disrupts production and has already caused devastating damage and human casualties. By doing so, Aperio not only provides resilience against severe cyber attacks, but also improves the day-to-day safety and productivity of the plant.
Aperio works with customers across multiple verticals such as Oil & Gas, Utilities, and Transmission grids.
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
Gilles Barnier
VP Product
Aperio Systems
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
The Usage of PI Analysis and SQC to Reduce Deviations in Fill Finish Lines.
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
In the past, several recent events in Abbott Nutrition have revealed the lack of knowledge of critical process parameters, lack of data collection and review, Abbott Nutrition vision is to be a company where Process Control is used to characterize product and processes and to improve capacity in all sites. This presentation will outline Abbott Nutrition approach to implement PI SQC Analysis helping the operators and engineers to
reduce number of exceptions that results in lower cost of quality, faster batch release, increase yields and finally rework/destructs reduction improving customer protection.
We will navigate through the different phases during the packaging flexible project execution and the complete data flow integration from OPC servers to external SPC applications with PI System as core.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
José Miguel Gutiérrez Guerrero
Senior Application Specialist
Abbott Laboratories
José Miguel currently works at Abbott Laboratories in the Granada, Spain factory. He started as an IT and Automation Engineer in industrial vehicles and concrete plants. After that, he worked with business intelligence systems to analyze incoming process data for industrial environments. Currently, he is working on optimizing the PI System platform's potential from a data modeling and analysis point of view. Thus improving the industrial process performance at the Abbott Granada Plant. He has also implemented PI System installations at the University of Granada to develop a project regarding the OPC UA standard and Analysis Framework, and to introduce the PI System in the University community in Granada. José Miguel holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Granada, and a postgraduate degree in Real Time Software Development. He is currently finishing his PhD in Metamodels for the Industrial Environment based on OPC-UA.
Julio Lopez Ortega
Sr Engineer
Abbott
Julio López combines a 17-years career at Abbott with the last year as subject matter expert of Process Monitoring and Control initiative in Abbott Nutrition. Starting as IT and Automation Engineer, supporting all kinds of IT-OT initiatives and plant shutdowns since 2006, where modern automation systems were implemented, he discovered his passion for PI system taking advantage of a global initiative to expansion this product worldwide. As a lead solution Engineer he worked on the proof of concept project to implement SPC using the PI System as platform, integrating Analytic and Visualization PI features in the PM&C Workstream started during 2016, stablishing depth collaboration with our Center of Excellence and Field Service teams. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from University of Granada, a postgraduate study in Automation and Green Belt Six Sigma certification.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Why an end-to-end IIoT Platform Matters to Solar Now
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
Cypress Creek Renewables (CCR), one of the fastest growing solar IPPs, has over 5 GW deployed or in development. Joe Brotherton, Executive VP of O&M, was charged supporting CCR’s aggressive growth while preserving the ability to offer renewable energy at or below market costs. With over 290 plants, over 2600 maintenance workorders and rising labor costs, Brotherton saw no alternative to implementing IIoT automation technology. The Power Factors platform offered these three things: 1) Scalability. CCR wanted one system to deliver a holistic view of the portfolio. 2) Data quality and analytics A trusted data foundation and industry-tuned analytics to move away from reactive maintenance practices 3) An end-to-end solution PI System data works with Microsoft Azure for advanced analytics and triggers workflows in an embedded Salesforce CMMS system. Power Factors helped CCR reduce errors, improve efficiency and standardize solar O&M workflows to drive efficiency and reduce costs.
Day 2: Industrial IT
Dave Roberts
Chief Sales Officer
Power Factors
Mr. Roberts is senior executive in the renewable energy industry with over 20 years of senior leadership experience spanning development, operations and services. He is currently the Senior Vice President of PowerFactors LLC, an OSIsoft Connected Services Partner. PowerFactors is the leading renewable energy operational and analytic SaaS utilized by many top-tier owners and operators of large renewable energy fleets. Prior to his role at PowerFactors, Mr. Roberts is the Founder-CEO of a startup: SenseOps, Inc. SenseOps was founded to develop edge-based software IIoT solutions connecting distributed renewable energy assets leveraging IoT hardware and pervasive connectivity. <br />
Prior to PowerFactors and SenseOps, he spent 12 years at OSIsoft in various Executive roles. As Global VP for Business Development, Mr. Roberts managed OSIsoft’s vertical industries, including Power, T&D, Oil & Gas, Metals&Mining, Chemicals, Pharmaceutical and other process industries. He was also the Industry Principle for Renewable Power Generation Prior to OSIsoft, he worked for wind power developer, owner and operator, SeaWest WindPower. As the VP Project Development for SeaWest, he was responsible for the development of hundreds of MWs of wind farms in the western US. During this period, SeaWest started-up and owned Prasentia, LLC. Mr. Roberts served as President of Prasentia, defining product and service strategies, launching the business, and conducting commercial transactions with end-use customers. Prasentia’s main business was the development and implementation of Real-Time Wind Farm Management Systems, including Wind Farm SCADA systems and Management/Enterprise Level systems.
Joe Brotherton
Executive VP of O&M
Cypress Creek Renewables
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CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Spirit Energy - How Making Data Visible and Actionable in Real Time is changing our Organization
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
This presentation details the PI System journey for Spirit Energy over the last 18 months. The company transformed its PI System landscape from one based on spreadsheets and replicated HMI screens to one that visualises critical data in real time to audiences across the business. PI AF underpins this dramatic change from a previously fragmented and static landscape, to a dynamic and evolving one that provides insight at multiple levels.
The presentation outlines what Spirit Energy had, what they have now, what their lightbulb moment was… and what they are aiming for in the future.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Glen Milne
Production Systems Manager
Spirit Energy
An energetic and agile Production Optimisation Lead with a strong focus on delivery. A background that started in the British Army before moving onto roles in the oil & gas industry. This second career began with roles in front line production operations before gaining experience in the production engineering and commissioning areas. Worked in a variety of locations including UK, Europe, Russia and the Middle East. Played a key role in the successful delivery of multi-billion dollar fixed platform projects as well as late field life FPSO’s
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Fast-Track Lighting up your dark data with OSIsoft and Nokia
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
The City of Greater Sudbury (CGS) aims to implement a District Metering Solution to reduce water losses and predict water flow rates. While CGS has fiber to over 100 water locations in the area, they are still missing 40 sites.
OSIsoft, Nokia and Agilis Networks offer a streamlined joint solution to tap into data streams generated by sensors and other devices in CGS’s wastewater treatment facility and distribution substations at a record speed, in just a couple of weeks. OSIsoft provided PI System, a data infrastructure designed to transform the vast data streams generated by sensors and other devices into rich, real-time insights so companies can improve productivity, make critical decisions or create connected products. Nokia provided Digital Automation Cloud solution – a plug & play platform allowing instant creation of high capacity private networks everywhere. OSIsoft’s PI and Pi Vision were installed on Agilis Networks hosted platform to enable real time health monitoring.
Day 2: Process Industries
David Letterman
Nokia
David Letterman is Business Development Manager, for Nokia Digital Automation. He has worked for Nokia since 1999 holding management positions with multiple Business Units including Global Services, Mobile Phones, Multimedia Architecture, and Technology Ecosystem Development. Complementing his Nokia tenure, David also worked with a multidisciplinary Industrial Design Consultancy. David has a BS in Industrial Engineering and a MSc in Telecommunication Systems from Johns Hopkins University.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
How Dredging Benefits From Self-Service Advanced Data Analytics
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME is an international market leader and global solution provider for complex marine engineering works, the development and construction of renewable energy projects, services for the oil, gas and energy sector, and environmental remediation, building on more than 140 years of experience and know-how. With all operational data being captured in the central OSIsoft PI System combined with TrendMiner’s self-service advanced analytics, DEME is able to support her vision of “creating land for a sustainable future”.
In this presentation, Manu de Block will discuss the industrial analytics journey of DEME, which started with selecting the OSIsoft PI system for its robustness and being an industry proven solution. With the advanced analytics capabilities of TrendMiner, the users were able to assess many dredging related hypothesis. Insights gained with use of the historical data greatly increased the understanding of local dredging situations and adapt the project approach. Mr. De Block will also explain their future analytics expansion plans with use of OSIsoft PI Asset Framework for cross asset performance analysis.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Kristof De Mey
Data Architect
DEME GROUP
Background in ICT and database systems.
Manu De Block
Automation Engineer
DEME
Manu de Block is a Mechanical Engineer with a growth mindset and a general interest in technology and innovation who is exploring the fascinating world of data from sensors to analytics. At DEME (Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering) Manu's role is in the automation department where he works on maintaining and improving the PI system, and supports its usage and the adoption of TrendMiner and PI Vision.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
PI System Journey in EP Produzione
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
EP Produzione is the Italian electricity generation company of the Czech energy group EPH. PI System has been deployed across the different sites (4 gas and 1 coal-fired plants), and AF allowed to standardize all the assets and KPIs within the organization. PI Vision is widely used for the data visualization from any device, from plant operators, engineering and top management.
Main topics that will be presented are:
- Introduction of the company
- Architecture
- Data management and Data Visualization: process book use in Power Plants by operation and maintenance staff - production efficiency, imbalance analyses, transformers monitoring, reports and dashboards, mobile displays.
Day 2: Power Generation
Annunziata Giorgio
Senior Technical Performances
EP Produzione S.p.A.
Former Shift Leader in CCGT Power Plant, currently Reports Specialist in Energy Production company.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: Secrets to Successful Data Science Experiments
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Wednesday (Day 2) 26 September --
2 pm: Secrets to Successful Data Science Experiments
3 pm: OSIsoft Cloud Services for Application Developers and Partners
4 pm: IIoT and the PI System
Miscellaneous
Landry Khounlavong
Product Manager
AVEVA
Landry Khounlavong is one of the Strategic Product Managers at AVEVA™ for OSIsoft Cloud Services (OCS) and has also had experience supporting customers as a Technical Support Engineer and creating awareness in the market for our product portfolio as a Product Marketing Manager. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Florida and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Event Frames – A Novel Approach At Anglo American Platinum to Enable Life Cycle Management
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) is the world’s leading Producer of refined Platinum. The Amplats Converting process had a unique challenge of managing ingots and associated equipment during a slow cooling process.
A web-application was created for manual data entry, business and process logic. This web application leveraged native: Event Frame, Element, Event Frame Templates and Asset Framework search capabilities, to simplify the implementation.
The web-application could focus on usability and business logic, leaving the rest of the complex interactions to the Asset Framework.
The successful implementation resulted in integrated data (no new data stores) and up-to-date process information with a simple web-application.
Day 2: Process Industries
Warren Armstrong
Control Technology Specialist
Anglo American Platinum
Warren Armstrong is a Control Technology Specialist working at Anglo American Platinum, a South African based mining company.<br />
Warren obtained a Bsc in Chemical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He has held varies positions in a production environment before moving the control and instrumentation department of Anglo American Platinum.<br />
He has held his current role for 11 years which is primary OSIsoft PI focuses.<br />
Data collection, calculation and automated reporting.<br />
Warren currently resides in Johannesburg, with his family and is interested in Home Renovation, Science and Technology, and recently Painting.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Rézonance - District Heating System Optimisation
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Dalkia uses PI suite to manage the energetic efficiency of district heating networks. Thousands of data comes from every sensor of power plants and substations of district heating systems, Rezonance, Dalkia’s new tool, built with PI Datalink, Pi AF and PI Vision, helps operators to improve the efficiency using all of them in the same time. All the displays are available for the operators on site and for the analysts in the DESC (Dalkia Energy Saving Center) and allow us to have a global view of all indicators of the installations. Power, Pressures, flows and temperatures are now managed in the same time and we can also read thermal losses, water speed in the pipes and efficiency, in live. Rezonance also helps us to use renewable energy at their maximum possibilities against fossil fuels.
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
Nicolas LE RU
Chief at DHS Expertise center
Dalkia
Energy engineer in DALKIA since sept 2000. Specialist of District heating system.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Petronas - Integrated Asset Modeling and Optimization
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
By 2018, Petronas had installed PI Servers at most of the fields in Malaysia. Sumandak Field was identified as one of the signature fields, where the PI System collects data from various systems around the facility, creating a common, easily accessible, database for on-site operators to monitor real-time conditions using visualization and notification tools.
In this presentation Petronas will demonstrate a fantastic tool they have built, all using OSIsoft technology, for Field, Platform, Well and Facility surveillance and optimization. The tool displays data in real-time and provides automated analytics and workflows to help Petronas operations carry out all their tasks as quickly and efficiently as possible. The tool seamlessly integrates operational data with Petronas’s Integrated Asset Modelling tools from Petroleum Experts (Petex) so that at any point real-time optimization recommendations can be requested and analysed from within PI, allowing engineers to quickly review options and decide upon the best corrective action for any changes in field/well operating conditions.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Timur Tashkenbaev
Petroleum Engineer
PETRONAS
Timur Tashkenbaev is an Executive (Production Technologist) and Project Leader for Digital Initiatives in PETRONAS located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Timur graduated of University Technology PETRONAS, where he received Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Petroleum, First Class.<br />
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After graduation, Timur joined to PETRONAS and seconded to PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (Upstream venture), where he began his carrier as a Petroleum Engineer with specialization of Production Technologist. Throughout his work carrier in PETRONAS he worked in an operation for 2 years at the region and as well as at the FDP study team in Sabah. Timur currently handling as Project Leadership role in PETRONAS Carigali to deliver the digital transformation for both FDP study team and Operation team.
Abdelmadjid Aissani
Petroleum Engineer
PETRONAS
ABDELMADJID AISSANI has over 15 years’ experience in oil and gas industry and for last 4 years with PETRONAS PED, COE as production technologist. He has experience dealing with digital field, production surveillance, integrated asset modeling. He is currently assigned as a technical advisor with a digital field delivery team, focusing on digital field assessement, automated workflows and integrated solution.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Use of PI and SIMCA-Online to Build a Real-Time MSPC System
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Janssen Pharmaceuticals collects and stores large amounts of process data in multiple PI systems. It can be challenging to observe trends when there are 10+ variables impacting process performance. In this presentation Janssen outlines an application of multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) using PI data and SIMCA-online in their biologics manufacturing environment. Multiple variables across batches are monitored in real-time to detect any developing trends that may affect the batch performance. Key objectives, system benefits, challenges and plans for future work will be included, as well as examples of system performance such as detected process deviations. In this joint Janssen/Sartorius presentation, Sartorius will contribute with their perspective on advanced analytics now and in the future.
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Anna Persson
Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics
Anna is a Principal Data Scientist with Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics. She has over 15 years of experience providing solutions of advanced data analytics to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry. Anna has a Master’s degree in Engineering Chemistry with a focus on chemometrics from Umea University, she specializes in process chemometrics and is based in New York City.
Phuong Vo
Scientist
Janssen
Phuong Vo is a scientist from Technical Operations department of Janssen Biologics, the Netherlands. Specilized in Process Validation, Continued Process Verification and Life Cycle Management, she is also the project lead for the Real-time multivariate data analysis (RT-MVA) of manufacturing upstream process at Janssen Leiden. Phuong holds a PDEng degree in Bioproduct Design from the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, and a Master degree from Sungkyunwan University, South Korean in Chemical Engineering.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
State of the Art OEE Application on top of the OSIsoft PI System
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Beginning of 2018, after a short market analysis, it became clear that the market was lacking a state of the art OEE application fully leveraging on the capabilities of the OSIsoft PI System. End of March 2018, Actemium, together with a major Food & Beverage client, started working on an own developed OEE front-end tightly integrated with OSIsoft PI as the back-end. Leveraging on our years of DevOps and OSIsoft PI System experience, Actemium was able to deliver a state of the art OEE application fully leveraging on OSIsoft PI for the data, the asset model and the analytics. Today this application is being implemented as a pilot for a major Food & Beverage client.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Laurens Marijns
Branch Manager
Actemium
Laurens Marijns is a Branch Manager for MES/MOM solutions at Actemium Belgium with a focus on Food & Beverage industries. He graduated as a Master of Science in Electromechanical Engineering specialized in control systems engineering. After graduation he started working at Actemium as an Automation Engineer to continue his career as an IT Application Engineer, MES/MOM consultant and finally Branch Manager for MES/MOM solutions.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Ørsted Wind Farm Site Operation with OSIsoft AF
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Ørsted has developed a Site Monitoring Center, SMC, for Wind Power.
SMC is a critical web application supporting each Windfarm Site Manager in the decision making process with the exact insight needed for optimal planning and asset optimization at this specific Site.
The users can configure their own threshold, like the max value of specific alarms before raising an event.
The real-time infrastructure is provided by OSIsoft including the API for Asset Framework (AF) and PI Event Framework.
OSIsoft provides performance and scalability for high frequent, near real time data, and PI AF specifically translates the sensor information into an asset structure, providing all relevant - but also only the relevant information to Site Managers.
By integrating to Esri GIS, the information is visualized spatially in an intuitive way, thereby often adding even more information.
Integration to SAP PM is translating a Notification into a Work Order, thereby translating insight into action.
Day 2: Power Generation
Rikke Mayer Pedersen
Team Lead, Production, Finance & IT
Oersted (Dong)
Rikke Meyer Pedersen is MSc in Mathematical Economics and has 20+ years of experience within IT and Utilities.<br />
Rikke is Head of the team Production in Ørsted and has the responsibility for delivering IT solutions for Wind Power Control Center and Sites to optimize Asset Operation and Reporting.
Signe Bramming Andersen
Similix
Signe Bramming Andersen is MSc in Economics and has 20 years of experience within the Utility industry. Signe is working with business development at Similix, an OSIsoft partner with global footprint.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Fleet-Wide Remote Dredging Vessel Monitoring
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
As OEM of innovative dredging and pipe-lay equipment IHC has two major challenges: (1) enabling customers to optimize production; (2) minimizing their downtime. 1 requires in-depth knowledge on effectiveness of equipment; 2 requires continuous condition monitoring and instant root cause analysis. To tackle these challenges, IHC creates a fleet-wide vessel monitoring platform to service its clients and support IHC’s service department. Connecting vessels like cutter dredgers is complicated by instable offshore connectivity, limited IT knowledge onboard and customization between vessels. Within 2 months IHC developed a state-of-art monitoring platform for multiple vessel types. High resolution data of marine and mission equipment is being monitored. Well-designed dashboards provide intuitive insights. Users can build own dashboards to increase engagement. The PI architecture allows for enhancement with machine learning and advanced business analytics. IHC provides offshore innovation.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Daniel Stoyle
Senior Asset Manager
Royal IHC
A highly motivated self-starting entrepreneur with the ability to engage and define culture within businesses in the delivery of strategic planning.<br />
Experienced with Management at both cooperate and operational levels in the Maritime Asset, Operations, EPCI project & Service sectors covering general management, business development, company start-ups, safety, operations, maintenance/repair, commissioning, mobilization, dry docking & EPCI projects across the international markets and regions.<br />
Deep knowledge and experience across assets from technically advanced new build DP 3/2 vessels involved in Rigid and Flexible Pipe lay, Well intervention, Subsea Construction, Saturation Diving, Dredging, Heavy lift accommodation Units, AHT & PSV Vessels & other Large Floating Structures involved in the EP and General Maritime industry.
Bhavik Thakker
Digital Transformation Project Manager
Royal IHC
Bhavik Thakker is Digital Portfolio Manager at Royal IHC. In his current role he is responsible for the governance of multiple digital initiatives and maintaining a balanced portfolio of commercial digital initiatives. The key objective is to help the organization to establish its foothold in digital space and accelerate the digital transformation within the company to help in developing initiatives starting from incubation to growth. In his previous roles he has collaborated and led various projects critical to success of the organization ranging from operational improvement such as enterprise wide information searching, integration of PLM and ERP application and developing structures for company-wide business process management to commercial initiative such as developing asset intelligence. His constant mission is to improve the operations in maritime industry by making them Smart.
Martijn Handels
Rolloos
Martijn Handels is a data enthusiast and director at Rolloos, a system integrator that provides innovative CCTV and data analytics solutions for hazardous environments. Handels obtained his master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering at TU Delft. During his career with Schlumberger and Xodus, he was responsible for the technical introduction of advanced and innovative offshore drilling technologies. Within Rolloos his core focus is on implementation and development of dedicated data analytics solutions for performance optimization and predictive maintenance in the oil & gas industry. Using machine learning and semantic analytics to make centralization of knowledge and experience possible.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Implementing the PI System with Internal Resources
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
DRT (Dérivés Résiniques et Terpeniques) has made the decision to implement the PI System to get better values from its assets since February 2016.
Starting from scratch and using only internal ressources the project team has deployed a range of tools used on a daily basis which helps the producers, the process department and the managers to improve their global efficiency.
This presentation will illustrate how an international company based in south of France has managed in 2 and a half years to successfully implement:
- More than 150 process displays
- Dynamic DashBoards
- Quality Control Tools
- OEE measurement tool
Day 2: Industrial IT
Béranger Orleach
Performance Engineer
DRT
I graduated from multidisciplinary school ‘Ecole des Mines’ in 2004 and mostly worked abroad (NZ and Spain) before I joined DRT, a french leader in Green Chemistry as part of a decision to get back to school in the frame of a Continuous Improvement Master.<br />
I had very little IT skills when I was chosen to be part of the testing phase for the PI implementation project within DRT in February 2016 but thanks to a one week coaching from OSISoft, I was able to create displays and Excel DashBoard. The testing phase quickly turned into an implementation Project from May 2016 and since then I have become the coordinator of the project.<br />
The help of the TechSupport together with the on-line videos allowed me to become more and more efficient and creative in order to meet the needs of the production department.<br />
Today, the PI System has been implemented on three different sites in the Landes (South West of France) and in one site in the States.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: OSIsoft Cloud Services for Application Developers and Partners
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Wednesday (Day 2) 26 September --
2 pm: Secrets to Successful Data Science Experiments
3 pm: OSIsoft Cloud Services for Application Developers and Partners
4 pm: IIoT and the PI System
Miscellaneous
Laurent Garrigues
Dept. Lead, Portfolio
AVEVA
Chad Chisholm
Program Manager
OSIsoft, LLC
Chad Chisholm has worked for OSIsoft since 2001. During that time he has worked on AlarmView, Notifications, and Web Parts. Most recently Chad is leading a team developing a power search service for the next generation of client applications. Chad holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Real Time Optimization of Gasoil Consumption for Railway Transportation
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Real time optimization of gasoil consumption for railway transportation with genetics algorithms. The main goal of the project is to reach the best time/gasoil consumption rate maintaining the scheduled time stops.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Ernesto Bedrina
CEO
CETECK TECNOLÓGICA S.L.
CEO of Grupo Ceteck, specialized on products and services over PI with more than 20 years of experience about Industry 4.0 and digitalization with projects in more than 13 countries and 13 different industrial sectors.
Pablo Martinez Fernandez
Researcher
Politechnic University of Valencia
Civil Engineer Phd with more than 13 relevant cientific papers: <br />
• Modeling the energy consumption of trains by applying neural networks, <br />
• Measuring & modelling energy consumption in metro trains by means of neural networks<br />
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• Analytical model for predicting the buckling load of continuous welded rail tracks, etc
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Sugar Packing Station Optimization Using OEE
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Market and the macroeconomic environment changes often dictate changes to business strategy which inevitably affect the manufacturing process. An agile and open process information and reporting infrastructure with well understood and simple configuration tools is often required in order to align the manufacturing process to meet these demands. This presentation focuses on an in-house developed software solution used to enable asset optimization in a Sugar Factory Packing Station using OEE proving that asset optimization is possible at minimal cost and with basic technical skill using the PI System infrastructure.
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Lloyd Melrose
Group C&I Manager
Illovo
Current Job Title: <br />
Group C&I Engineer – Illovo Sugar Africa (Pty) Ltd<br />
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Previous jobs - Company:<br />
C&I Specialist – Illovo Sugar Ltd<br />
C&I Engineer – Illovo Sugar Ltd<br />
Instrument Technician – Durban Fibres (Hosaf)<br />
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Education - College:<br />
BTech Electronic Engineering – Durban University of Technology<br />
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Areas of experience:<br />
Instrumentation<br />
Process Control<br />
Distributed Control Systems<br />
Process Automation<br />
Project Management<br />
Management Information Systems (MIS)<br />
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PI System Exposure:<br />
PI Server<br />
PI interfaces: OPC, RDBMS, UFL<br />
PI ACE<br />
PI AF, Notifications, Analytics, Event Frames<br />
PI Datalink, PI ProcessBook<br />
PI Coresight
CCIB
CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Slovnaft - Control Loop Monitoring and Performance Management
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Each production unit in Slovnaft has had issues with control loops. If there are control loops in field which are not working correctly then there can be operational problems (for example the requested level of vessels will not be reached). This is the reason why engineers are designing Control Loops to have good performance in good time. If Control Loops are correctly parametrized then processes can reach defined results and everything works fine. The problem is if controllers are being used in MANUAL mode (unjustifiably) or production has problems with instrumentation.
These reasons are why Slovnaft started the activity of Control Loop Monitoring where they are comparing actual mode with desired mode (in the first step) and then they are using real-time data to try to find some corrective actions for optimisation. To fulfill this activity Slovnaft needed to have a really good online monitoring system. They decided to use the PI System to create this tool. This presentation will be about motivation to start the activity of control loop monitoring and the development of Slovnaft’s visualization tool.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Peter Gablas
Senior Control Engineer
SLOVNAFT, a.s.
Peter studied at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in field of Automation and Cybernetics. He got master degree in 2008. After school he started career as designer of I&C (Instrumentation and Control). After short period he moved to Invensys company, where he had a first contact with DCS and ESD controllers. He continued career in this company for 6 years as application engineer. After this period of time he continued in field of process automation and information in other companies. He started job in SLOVNAFT,a.s. situated in Bratislava in June 2017. His position is Senior Control Engineer and he is focusing on implementation of Process Automation data solutions in PI, developping supportive tools, design of ESD and DCS strategies etc.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 118, P1 Level
Room 118, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
The Changing Dynamics of the Power & Utilities Industry
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
The Changing Dynamics of the Power & Utilities Industry
Day 2: Transmission & Distribution
William McEvoy
Industry Principal
Aveva
Bill McEvoy is a Global Industry Principal with OSISOFT covering Transmission, Distribution, Smart Grid and Distributed Energy Resources. Bill spent thirty four years’ working in the utility and information technology profession at Eversource Energy formerly Northeast Utilities. With his last role as the Director of Information Technology - Business Solutions - Real Time Systems for Eversource Energy. He is still active participant on several industry committees associated with Smart Grid, Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Cyber Security. Bill has a strong understanding of the principles of Information Technology as related to utility business systems processing along with a strong understanding of the Transmission, Distribution, Gas and Generation business processes. He also was the Program Director for over 8 Transmission, Distribution and Gas Control Centers for Eversource during his career.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Boosting Process Analytics at RHI Magnesita - PI System and Visual Computing
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
The presentation summarizes positive experiences of RHI Magnesita with OSIsoft tools (e.g. Notification, PI Integrator and PI Data Link) for optimization of products and production processes. With the help of examples the presentation offers an insight into the numerous ways how the PI System is successfully used as standard tool for process analytics at RHIM.
We show how we reveal the treasures hidden in process data. How to deal with complex structured and huge data quantities? How to make the data accessible and ready for interpretation - not only for data scientists?
How to save time by challenging the data interactively and to go directly to the analysis phase? Our successful path will be demonstrated together with our partner VRVis, who creates analytical applications enabling to discover and understand findings in process data with unique visualizations. As additional use cases, the presentation covers new approaches to batch analysis, impact factor identification and anomaly detection.
Day 2: Process Industries
Harald Piringer
Head of Visual Analytics Group
VRVis Research Center
Dr. Harald Piringer studied Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology. After finishing the master degree in 2003, he has been working at the VRVis research center in Vienna, where he became the head of the research area Visual Analytics in 2010. His work focuses on designing and building interactive systems for data science and decision making. Collaborations include company partners from the automotive sector, manufacturing, energy, finance, aviation, infrastructure, pharmaceutical, and facility management. Dr. Piringer got his PhD with highest distinction from the Vienna University of Technology in 2012, and has (co-)authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, and received multiple best paper awards.
Thomas Reiterer
RHI MAGNESITA
After School I went to the Mining University of Leoben and studied Applied Geoscience. I finished my studies in 2004 and started to work at a Consultant Company for Processing and Geology. In 2008 I started at RHI in the Department of Process Technology which is located at R&D. My tasks as a project manager is to analyze and improve the processing steps mixing and pressing. Additional I´m responsible for our Process Information Management System where we use our PI-tools since 2007. Together with one colleague I cover all parts of our usage of PI. This includes interface to IT, tag administration, internal support & expert analysis and improvement of our applications. Since 2012 I´m also the Head of the Department
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
The Biggest Question in Digital Transformation: Who Owns the Data?
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Data is the new oil. That means that (1) it takes quite a bit of effort to process it into something useful (2) it’s not worth anything unless you can sell it or at least share it with someone else and (3) there are going to be loud and long legal disputes over who owns it and controls it.
In this interactive session, attendees, PI customers and analysts will debate how data ownership will impact our business. Some of the questions include:
• Who really owns the data? Equipment makers? Customers? Both?
• Will blockchain or private industry clouds become the standard for exchanging and data
• What new business models will emerge and how will this impact capital financing and the cloud business.
• What role will insurance companies and banks play in this transition?
Panelists:
Michael Kanellos, OSIsoft. Ian Hughes, Senior Analyst 451 Research, Trevor Curwin, Executive Editor and Analyst, RTInsights, and Customer to be named.
Day 2: Industrial IT
Norton Green
Director, Executive Engagements
OSIsoft, LLC
The relationship and ensuing trust our clients have in our products and services are our most critical assets at OSIsoft. Norton and his team's primary goal is to develop and deepen executive relationships with our clients so OSIsoft may become their trusted partner to realize transformational opportunities across their enterprise. Today, the Executive Engagements team executes this mission by way of the following programs: Customer Advisory Board, Executive Briefing Program, Executive Council and Executive Forum.<br />
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After joining the company in 2000, Norton spent his first fifteen years in the IT Department. The last six years were spent as the Global IT Director where he focused on scaling the IT Infrastructure as the company experienced tremendous growth.<br />
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Norton holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Saint Mary's College and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Miami (FL).
Michael Kanellos
Senior Manager of Corporate Communications & Technology Analyst
OSIsoft
Michael Kanellos is an Industry Champion at OSIsoft and the Senior Manager of Corporate Communications. He has been a reporter, analyst and marketing exec in Silicon Valley for over 20 years with a focus on energy, semiconductors and the startup economy. He has contributed to New York Times, CNET, Forbes, 60 Minutes, CNBC, Newsweek, Newsday, the Chicago Tribune and National Geographic, among other outlets. A graduate of Cornell University and the University of California, he has also worked as an attorney, a travel writer and a busboy in a pancake house.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
RCIP, Data Analytics and Manufacturing Process Optimization
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
RCIP, Data Analytics and Manufacturing Process Optimization
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Thomas Hsu
Senior Director Operations Transformation
Lonza AH
Supply chain specialist with 25+ years in different management positions across several industries. Currently, head of the Digital Transformation initiatives for manufacturing operations next to Supply Planning, Production Scheduling, Productivity Improvement and Operations Technology teams within Lonza’s Specialty Ingredients Segment.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Global Remote Monitoring System for Ansaldo Energia Generation Fleet
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Ansaldo Energia is Italy’s largest supplier, installer and service provider for power generation plants and components.
By leveraging OSIsoft PI connectivity, standardization and integration capabilities, Ansaldo implemented a highly available, performing and fully integrated platform, merging the existing technology with Ansaldo expertise in CBM and predictive maintenance, and finally provide displays, trends and KPIs to the Ansaldo engineering users via PI Vision, as well as a range of value-added services to its own final users. The core of the customer support services is named IPS Center (Integrated Plant Support) for the Remote Monitoring and diagnostic activities (RM&D).
The IPS Center is completely based with a large and distributed OSISoft infrastructure around the world to collect and centralize real-time data (PI Data Archive), model all the real-time in specific context (PI-AF), providing a common and easy portal to visualize and share data.
Day 2: Power Generation
Michela Carmeli
Product Specialist
e-matica
Michela Carmeli has been an OSIsoft product specialist in Oil&Gas and Power Industry since September 2015 for Italian and International customers. Michela has a degree in Chemical Engineering (Università degli studi di Genova).
Sandro Gollini
Diagnostic Systems Technical Leader
Ansaldo Energia
Ansaldo Energia Diagnostic Systems Technical Leader. (2009 - nowadays)<br />
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Management, maintenance and development of whole diagnostic system adopt by Ansaldo Energia Service (ADA System) for remote monitoring all Gas and Steam Turbine under Long Term Service Agreement.<br />
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LACROIX Sofrel Italy. Technical Leader (2006-2009)<br />
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Coordination and management of the technical department specialized in remote monitoring of water networks.<br />
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GEA S.r.l Senior Consultant (2004-2006)<br />
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Consulting company for industrial informatics system, in general oriented to project, develop and manage I.T. infrastructure operating in automation sectors, moreover<br />
specialized in MES).
CCIB
CCIB: Room 111, P1 Level
Room 111, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Emerging Technologies Theatre: IIoT and the PI System
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
Mini-Talks covering emerging technologies in more depth. Talks will be approximately 20 minutes with about 10 minutes for Q&A and discussion. Talk schedule: Wednesday (Day 2) 26 September --
2 pm: Secrets to Successful Data Science Experiments
3 pm: OSIsoft Cloud Services for Application Developers and Partners
4 pm: IIoT and the PI System
Miscellaneous
Jeremy Korman
Product Marketing Manager
OSIsoft
Jeremy Korman is a Product Marketing Manager for OSIsoft and has been working with the PI System since 2010. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Jeremy worked for a leading specialty chemicals manufacturer in Houston, Texas. While working as a Process Engineer, Jeremy became a super fan and power user of the PI System. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Industry User Group Meeting - Presentations by Eidsiva Vannkraft; Uniper; Beran
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
Joint gathering of Power Generation and Transmission & Distribution Industry Groups
16:15 – 16:30 PGUG Updates Chris Crosby - OSIsoft
• Steering Team Updates
• Review Past Year’s Activities
• Meeting Schedule
• PI Square
16:30 – 17:00 Customer Presentation – Eidsiva Vannkraft: Utilizing the Flexibility in PI System to Incorporate ML and AI in CBM
Abstract: With no room for expensive, highly specialized solutions, Eidsiva Vannkraft decided to take advantage of investments already made in infrastructure for data collection and remote operation of the power plants by using the PI System to develop a solution for online condition monitoring on top.
The solution transforms the collected data, together with the inhouse expertise and knowledge, into valuable information and better insight of the plants operation and condition. This again is changing maintenance from calendar based to condition based and predictive maintenance.
Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) models are central in the CBM development process. This presentation focuses on how the flexibility provided by the PI System enables us to incorporate inhouse ML and AI models in our CBM solution and leverage the deployment process.
Speakers: Joakim Gundersen, Jørgen Taule Foss and Ole Kristian Lindahl Grindbakken of Eidsiva Vannkraft
17:00 – 17:30 Customer Presentation – Uniper / Beran: Combining PI and Specialist Vibration Data to Manage Asset Risk
Abstract: This paper describes how the PI System at Uniper Technologies was used with specialist vibration monitoring equipment from Beran Instruments to manage a critical fault with a Steam Turbine at a UK CCGT Power Station. A unit at the station started to display adverse temperature readings during start-up followed by the 1/rev levels increasing rapidly with speed during the run-up. Further indications during the run-down and at barring showed cylinder distortion causing rub with a permanent shaft bend. The OEM advice was the vibration levels were severe enough to remove the unit from service, however the lead time for repair was circa 6 months. By utilizing advanced real-time monitoring and carefully targeted alarms the Station and Technology Centre devised a risk based strategy using the PI System and the Beran system to run with vibration levels usually considered unacceptably high. This kept the unit generating revenue for the whole 6 months and allowed the outage to be better planned.
Speakers: Omoruyi Onobhamiukor, Uniper and Tim Salter, Beran Instruments Ltd
17:30-18:00 OSIsoft PI AF Kits and Demo Environment: An overview of what is available, how to deploy and demonstration of use.
Speakers: Rafael Maldonado, OSIsoft
Day 2: Power Generation
Omoruyi Onobhamiukor
Technical Head - Asset Performance Management
Uniper
Omoruyi Onobhamiukor is a Mechanical Engineer with a Master’s degree from The University of Nottingham and a Chartered member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. For the past eleven years, he has been involved in developing condition monitoring techniques and strategies at Uniper and is currently technical lead of Uniper’s Condition Monitoring Service which provides remote on-line and in the field support to international power and industrial clients by incorporating data from monitoring systems like the Beran and historian data from PI in diagnosing and assessing the condition of plant machinery. Data driven techniques are at the centre of his team’s operations, but maintaining a strong focus on delivering actionable insights remains a clear and core strategy.
Ole Grindbakken
Digitalization Engineer
Eidsiva Vannkraft AS
Ole Grindbakken is MSc in Environmental Physics and Renewable Energy and has experience in statistical analysis and computer vision. Grindbakken contributes to solutions on condition monitoring on Eidsiva’s wide range of equipment.
Tim Salter
Product Management
Beran Instruments Ltd
Tim Salter is an electronics engineer with extensive experience of Condition Monitoring across a number of industries including power generation, petrochemical and rail. He first worked at Beran Instruments in the pioneering days of remote on-line condition monitoring in the 1990s and was involved in the early trials and installations of equipment in the newly privatised power generation industry. Currently Tim is primarily responsible for overseeing the Product Management of the next generation of vibration monitoring systems from Beran Instruments Ltd.
Jørgen Foss
Engineer
Eidsiva Vannkraft
Graduated engineer and an experienced PI-Developer
Joakim Gundersen
Head of System Operations and Digitalization
Eidsiva Vannkraft AS
Head of Department for System Operations and Digitalization in Eidsiva Vannkraft.<br />
Educated as electrical engineer with a PhD in Computing Science and a MBA in strategy and management.
Rafael Maldonado
Sr Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Rafael Maldonado is Industry Champion for Power Generation in Renewables and Nuclear for EMEA and Technical Advisor. He has been recently graduated in the Master in Renewable Energy by the UEM. Prior joining OSIsoft, Rafael worked as Business Development Consultant in a start-up from the Universidad de Alcala (Spain). Previously, he hold a MBA in the University of Glasgow about Business Development in the Renewable Energy sector. He also hold a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science by the Universidad de Alcala.
David Thomason
Industry Principal Global Power Generation
AVEVA / OSIsoft
Christopher Crosby
Principal Business Value Consultant
OSIsoft, LLC
Chris Crosby is an Energy and Utilities industry executive and consultant with over 38 years of experience, with a significant amount of that experience in the role of an energy scientist with Duke Energy. His main objectives have been to enable energy and utility asset owners and stakeholders to improve their safety, to improve their operational and reliability excellence and to improve their business performance. For most of his career, he has focused on developing and delivering technology-based solutions to enable the achievement of those objectives. In his current role at OSIsoft, his main objective is to consult with global nuclear and renewable energy clients on how the PI System real-time infrastructure can improve energy surety and energy management; reduce carbon footprint; increase asset availability, reliability and performance; increase operational transparency and efficiency; improve nuclear and grid safety; support emergency preparedness, planning and response; and save time--insuring all along that the PI System meets current and future market needs. He holds a BS in Physical Sciences (Pre-medicine) from Davidson College and an MBA from the McColl School of Business, Queens University. He also achieved his certifications as an Energy Manager and as a Change Management Professional through Prosci.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Industry User Group Meeting - with: Round Table Panel; Workshop Session
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
Pharma User Group Meeting Agenda
16.00 - 16.15 – PUG Introduction
16.15 -17.15 – Round Table Panel Discussion
Vote your favorite TOPICS For the round table (https://pisquare.osisoft.com/polls/1379)
• Power to the Users: Client tools to help end users get the most out of their PI data
• Process Analytical Technology (PAT) and Multi-variate tools: connecting analytical platforms to OSI PI
• Real-time analysis and powerful AF tricks
• Capturing context with Event Frames: are event frames being effectively used?
• Deploying and managing PI in a global, multi-site environment: approaches and challenges in dealing with standards and site differences
• GMP and non-GMP Data: to segregate or integrate?
• Migration to the Cloud: leveraging AWS and Azure for deployment of OSI PI
• Creating Compliant Reports with RT Reports.
• Continuous Process Verification
• Data connectivity and plug, store and produce from equipment and systems
• others
17.15 -17.45 – Workshop Breakout Session
Decide between 2 of these topics:
a) “How to sell your ideas to management” with John de Koning, Business Transformation Group
b) “Discover RtReports 4.1” with Liana Peysakhovich, Software Developer RtReports Lead
c) “MATLAB Integration with the PI System” With Stpehen Kwan, Product Manager, PI Server
d) “Ask any questions about Event Frames” with Ellery Murdok, Event Frames Initiative Lead
e) “A walk through PI Vision” with OSIsoft Systems Engineer
17.45-18.00 - Closing
Day 2: Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals
Timothy Alosi
Director - IT
Biogen
Tim has over 20 years of process automation, operations management, and data analytics experience in the Biologics industry with such leading companies as Biogen, Sanofi, Genzyme, and Emerson Process Management. Currently, Tim is the head of the Global Data Analytics team for Biogen’s Pharmaceutical Operations & Technology IT within the Execution Systems department. The Execution System department develops standards and solutions for shop floor data, process control and manufacturing execution systems. These solutions are utilized across Biogen’s global manufacturing network. Prior to his work at Biogen, Tim has held leadership positions at Sanofi, Genzyme, and New England Controls, the local Emerson Process Management representative. Tim has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Gustav Green
Manager, Automation Systems Team
Biogen
Gus is the manager of the Automation Systems Team delivering data solutions to the Biogen RTP, NC site. Systems range from data collection and storage to visualization and reporting. As part of Engineering and Technology he has a focus on bringing data solutions to both manufacturing as well as othe Technical Development labs. Over the last 8 years at Biogen he has held the role of senior automation engineer and site PI administrator but has moved to globally lead data acquisition at Biogen, setting roadmap for the company and creating strategy around data management and flow. Gus started his career as an Automation Engineer in consulting, performing I&C design, SCADA and DCS deployments and batch reporting.
Thorsten Ulbricht
Product Manager
Roche
Starting his IT Career with a background in Telecommunications Engineering, Thorsten Ulbricht began to plan, engineer and operate complex IT infrastructures in the late 90s.<br />
In 2010, Thorsten got involved in a growing amount of projects within the pharmaceutical industry.<br />
Since 2015, he has been the TPM on a project that monitors environments in a highly flexible architectural setup. In addition to the pure monitoring, also the approximation of the dynamic environmental setup and the dynamic visualization of data is in scope of this project.<br />
In his actual role as a product manager for infrastructures Thorsten is developing new ways of integrating and analyzing data from various sources.
Ernesto Bove
COo
e-matica
Ernesto has over 25 years of process automation, DCS/SCADA system integration (Emerson DV, F&P DCI-S6, ABB 800xA, etc...), Model Based Multivariable Predictive Control (DOT Star Controller, Aspentech DMC+) and vertical PI System integration experience in several markets, with specialization in Batch Process and Regulated industry (API & Pharma).<br />
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He is leading a team of 20 engineers to provide PI system Integration, Project management, AF-EF Modelling & Design, Configuration, Batch Tracking Visualization & Reporting, field services and CSV support in Italy and Europe to address customer satisfaction according to OSIsoft standards.<br />
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Currently, Ernesto is responsible for e-matica’s Digital Transformation portfolio, based on PI System infrastructure (PI Vision widget factory), to provide context-driven digital support at shop floor for Operations and Maintenance (i.e. Augmented Reality, "Right-First-Time" through Immersive Virtual 3D training, 2D code, QR code and OCR for context recognition and content-to-context live link, master data cross-check, GMP manual data entry, Real Time KPI, etc... ) <br />
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Ernesto has a degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Rome with specialization in Process Automation and Robotics (1991).<br />
Recently he has been accredited for Industry 4.0 consulting by Italian Industry National agency (2017).
Cassandra Murillo
Assoc Mgr PMPD Data Management
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Cassie Murillo is the Associate Manager of PMPD Data Management for Regeneron’s Preclinical Manufacturing and Process Development (PMPD) group at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. An engineer by training, Cassie spent her first 6 years at Regeneron in the laboratory supporting the Bioreactor Scale Up and Development group and over the past 4 years has turned her passion for PI and data management into a full time role. Cassie holds a B.S in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Cornell University
Julio Lopez Ortega
Sr Engineer
Abbott
Julio López combines a 17-years career at Abbott with the last year as subject matter expert of Process Monitoring and Control initiative in Abbott Nutrition. Starting as IT and Automation Engineer, supporting all kinds of IT-OT initiatives and plant shutdowns since 2006, where modern automation systems were implemented, he discovered his passion for PI system taking advantage of a global initiative to expansion this product worldwide. As a lead solution Engineer he worked on the proof of concept project to implement SPC using the PI System as platform, integrating Analytic and Visualization PI features in the PM&C Workstream started during 2016, stablishing depth collaboration with our Center of Excellence and Field Service teams. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from University of Granada, a postgraduate study in Automation and Green Belt Six Sigma certification.
Petter Moree
Industry Principal
OSIsoft
Petter Moree, Global Industry Principal, Life Sciences and Food & Beverages OSIsoft, LLC<br />
Petter has a M.Sc. in technical chemistry with a specialization towards chemometrics and data science. After his M.Sc. from Umeå University, Sweden, Petter joined Umetrics in 1999, where he worked for 17 years with customers in various markets for example Pharmaceutical, Pulp & Paper, Automotive, Semicon and chemical and with applications such as PAT, QbD, early fault detection, predictive analytics, MPC and CPV. Petter was Global Product Manager for Umetrics’ software portfolio, including SIMCA, SIMCA-online and MODDE, and later became their global sales director leading sales and services teams in EMEA, US and Asia.
Paula Baquer
Customer Success Manager
OSIsoft
Paula Baquer is a Customer Success Manager at OSIsoft, focusing on the Life Science Industries in EMEA. Paula joined OSIsoft in 2012, as a Customer Support team member out of the London office. After several on-site assignments, she discovered her passion to help customers solve their problems and she became a Sr. Field Service Engineer in 2015. During her trips she felt enlightened with the Pharmaceutical and Life Science Industry as she actively collaborated in several projects with IT-OT Integration. In 2017 she joined the Advisory Services team at OSIsoft which focused on providing advice on architecture design, best practices on PI System Implementation and integration with other systems. Today, she is managing several Enterprise Agreement Accounts, whose main focus is to design strategy for OT-IT implementation, PI deployments across the enterprise and to ensure customer success. She holds a B.Sc. In Chemical Engineering from IQS School of Engineering, Barcelona and a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London and she is a prospective student for the Executive Master in Business Analytics at ESADE Business School, Barcelona.
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CCIB: Room 120, P1 Level
Room 120, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Transportation Industry User Group - Meeting, Updates, Discussion
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
Industry Meet-Up: (Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation)
OSIsoft is hosting a meeting for the Transportation Users Group. Agenda:
* Introductions
* Users Group update
* Showcase: New and interesting applications in the transportation space
* Group discussion: Our attendees select the most important topics for group discussion. E.g. How can we ensure successful projects from brainstorming to implementation? What are the most important applications on the horizon?
The Transportation User's Group consists of customers and partners using the PI System in transportation and supply chain applications.
Day 2: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation
Matt Miller
Industry Principal, Transportation
AVEVA
AVEVA’s Transportation Industry Principal has a broad background in developing industrial electronics, automated control and information system software for OEM’s and enterprises. Before working at AVEVA, Matt spent 35 years in numerous sales, marketing and management roles at OSIsoft, Viewtronics and Xycom. As a degreed electronics engineer with specialty in computer-based controls and decades of market experience, Matt has been working with leading technology firms to bring real-time performance intelligence to the supply chain and smart city initiatives.
Chris Lonsberry
PSE
OSIsoft
Chris is the Transportation Industry Champion for the EMEA region, based out of the Paris office. He has been with OSIsoft since 2007, during which time he has worked in Customer Support, Field Service, and System Engineering. He has been working with Transportation customers since 2011. He holds a Master of Science in Applied Economics from The Ohio State University.
Enrique Herrera
Industry Principal
OSIsoft, LLC
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CCIB: Room 116, P1 Level
Room 116, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Oil & Gas Industry Meeting - Presentations by IPCOS; Servelec Controls; Seeq
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
IPCOS - Getting the most from your Digital Oilfield by leveraging the full PI suite
Denis Gauder
IPCOS are an OSIsoft Partner and expert on all things Digital Oilfield. They are based in Belgium.
In this presentation IPCOS will present best practices gathered over a decade about exploiting maximally the PI suite for a state-of-the-art Digital Oilfield. They will discuss how to build performant and scalable PI AF models, how PI Analytics and PI Event Frames can augment both physical models and data-driven analytics and how PI Vision can expose the results of the Digital Oilfield to a wide audience.
IPCOS will also discuss how the developer technologies of the PI suite, such as PI Web API and AF SDK, can be leveraged to complement the Digital Oilfield off-the-shelf solutions with minimal effort. These topics will be illustrated through various use cases and demos.
Servelec Controls - Enhancing your overview of production with PI AF and PI Vision
Alexander Dixon & Mike Horrocks (OSIsoft)
Servelec Controls are an OSIsoft Partner and expert PI System Integrator based in Aberdeen, UK.
This presentation will give a hands on overview on solving a problem using the PI System. Lack of visibility of production information will be overcome by using the PI System in a live solution build. The presentation will include identification of production data, providing real time visibility and reporting using the PI System.
The solution will be built using PI AF Templates (inc Rollups for Asset Overviews and Analytics in the AF Templates), PI Vision, Event Frames & PI Integrators for Business Analytics
Seeq - Improving Data Quality using Seeq & PI AF
Brian Parsonnet, Nathaniel Adebayo (OSIsoft)
Seeq are an OSIsoft Partner with a fabulous visual analytics tool that seamlessly integrates with PI AF. Seeq are based in the US.
This presentation will introduce some of the concepts and challenges of addressing data quality in time-series data. Example workflows will be shown explaining how Seeq’s visual analytics can be combined with PI AF’s streaming analytics capabilities to help improve certain types of data quality problems.
Day 2: Oil & Gas, Petro Chemicals
Brian Parsonnet
CTO
Seeq
Mr. Parsonnet is CTO and co-founder of Seeq Corporation, with responsibility for Applications, Intellectual Property, and Research. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, and a M.S. from Columbia University. Mr. Parsonnet has founded start-ups in a diverse set of industries, ultimately joining Honeywell Industrial by acquisition where led product strategy for decision support, equipment health management, and software architecture. Mr. Parsonnet has been a keynote speaker for OSIsoft PIWorld, and holds patents in software, thermal storage, robotics, and SmartGrid technologies.
Alexander Dixon
Principal Systems Engineer
Servelec Controls
With over 14 years’ experience with the OSIsoft PI System, Alexander is the technical authority for Real Time Systems within Servelec Controls based in Aberdeen, Scotland. As a System Integrator Servelec Controls works across multiple industries, Alexander is predominately focused on Oil & Gas but also has experience with other service industries and renewables.
Denis Gauder
IPCOS
Denis Gauder, graduated with a MSc. in chemical engineering, has worked for over 10 years in the area of Industrial Digitalization. His experience covers production systems modelling, data analytics, data integration technologies and engineering workflows design. Over his career, he has had numerous roles working for companies such as Total, Solvay, Yara, BP, ExxonMobil, Arkema and others. Denis is currently leading the Digital Assets team of IPCOS where he is responsible for solution design, implementation strategy and project delivery.
Mike Horrocks
Senior Systems Engineer
OSIsoft (UK) Ltd
Mike joined OSIsoft UK at the beginning of 2016 having previously worked for a Systems Integrator delivering PI solutions to an oil and gas major for 12 years.
Nathaniel Adebayo
Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Nathaniel is a Systems Engineer based out of our London office and is also the Oil & Gas Industry Champion for EMEA. He provides technical leadership to our sales organization by sharing his technical experiences with the PI System, managing technical projects and providing product demos. Previously to his current role, Nathaniel worked as a Senior Product Support Engineer at OSIsoft. During this time he spent 6 months working onsite at BP on a global PI System project as an Embedded Engineer where he provided best practices on adopting PI AF and Asset Analytics. Nathaniel holds a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham.
Russell Herbert
Industry Principal - Oil & Gas
AVEVA
Russell, Global Oil & Gas Industry Principal for AVEVA, brings extensive experience following his time working in a range of development and operations roles within the Oil & Gas industry including time at BG Group, Schlumberger and Tullow Oil. <br />
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Much of Russell’s work within AVEVA involves providing industry insight and strategic guidance regarding how the latest developments in Operational Data Management can significantly improve operations whilst also enabling important emerging technology trends such as Digital Twin, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, IIoT and Integrated Operations. Recent engagements have included projects with Shell, BP, ENI, Total, Petronas, Saudi Aramco, ADNOC, SBM Offshore and Repsol.
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CCIB: Room 121, P1 Level
Room 121, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Process Industries Meeting - Presentation by Caterpillar
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
Process Industries Meeting -
4:00 – 4:10 – Snacks and opening of the session
4:10 – 4:30 – Caterpillar Use Case (Speaker:Glenn Kerkhoff - Caterpillar)
4:30 – 5:00 – Universal Digital Plant Value Proposition and Demo (10 mins for Q&A/ Discussion) [speaker: Silverio Cavazos]
5:00 – 5:20ish – The How To of the Universal Digital Plant (Presenting the AF Kit) [Speaker: Silverio Cavazos]
5:25 – 5:45ish – Genealogy in the Process Industries [Tadeas Marciniak]
5:45 pm - End of meeting and open discussion
Day 2: Process Industries
Glenn Kerkhoff
Mining Productivity Solutions
Caterpillar
Silverio Cavazos
Lead Pre-Sales, LATAM
OSIsoft/AVEVA
Silverio Cavazos has an Electric Engineer degree form Instituto Tecnolgico de Monterrey (Mexico) and was previously an OSIsoft customer beginning in 1995 working in the cement industry. He joined OSI in 2005 as Field Service Engineer, since then has been helping the company in multiple positons, including Enterprise Project Manager for several Spanish speaking clients. Over his 12 years at OSI including his most recent role as System Architect, Silverio has focused his expertise to help our costumer to understand and rapidly adopt OSIsoft's technology. Silverio lives in Monterrey, Mexico, likes to play domino and to travel with his wife and daughter.
Tadeas Marciniak
Pre-sales engineer
OSIsoft
Tadeas Marciniak is Senior Field Service Engineer working from OSIsoft Czech office. He has been OSisoft employee since 2009 but his experience with PI dates back to the mid-nineties of last century, when he worked for various OSIsoft partners on many PI projects in different industries. He graduated at the Technical University (V�B), Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Martin PROVENCHER
Industry Principal, Mining, Metals and Materials
OSISoft
Gary Wong
Global Industry Principal, Infrastructure & Water
AVEVA
Gary Wong is the Global Industry Principal of Infrastructure and Water at AVEVA, a leader in real-time, industrial, performance intelligence. He leads their global data centers, facilities, smart cities and water businesses and has 25 years of extensive international experience providing sustainable, strategic and cost-effective digital solutions. Prior to joining AVEVA, he has held positions with OSIsoft, Metro Vancouver and as a consultant directing both public and private sectors on operations, digital transformation, planning, sustainability, and engineering. Mr. Wong is also the Chairman of the Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN) Americas Alliance and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, is registered as a Professional Engineer in Computer Engineering, holds an M.B.A. from the Queen’s School of Business and is also a Chartered Professional Accountant.
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Industry User Meeting
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
Industry Meet Up: (Food & Beverage Industry):
Day 2: Food & Beverage
Isabelle Lacaille
Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Isabelle Lacaille is a Field Service Engineer at OSIsoft. She helps customers get value out of their data, helping them make better decisions. Isabelle specializes in the Pharmaceutical and Food & Beverage industries, and has a passion for Data Science. She holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from McGill University.
Jeffrey Van Pelt
Industry Principal - Food & Beverage
OSIsoft
Jeff Van Pelt is Principal, Global Food & Beverage Industry at OSIsoft. In this role, Mr. Van Pelt is responsible industry strategy, segment development, thought leadership and ensuring customers drive value from their technology investments. Van Pelt is a 30 veteran in the consumer products industry in a variety of roles. Prior to joining OSIsoft, he held industry executive positions at IBM and SAP.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Offsite - Casa Llotja de Mar
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM
6:30 PM
11:00 PM
LA FIESTA DE OSISOFT
LOCATION: Casa Llotja de Mar: 18:30 — 24:00
This is our premier offsite dinner party at the conference. While taking advantage of the culture, attendees from all over the world gather together for this unique networking dinner filled with delicious food, drinks and light music!
Buses depart 18:00 – 18:30 from Placa de Willy Brandt by the Hilton Hotel. See you there!
Day 2: Closing Event
CCIB
CCIB: P0 Level
P0 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Networking Lounge
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
7:30 AM
5:30 PM
Networking Lounge
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Entrance A, P0 Level
Entrance A, P0 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Registration
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
7:30 AM
5:30 PM
Registration
Registration
Miscellaneous
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CCIB: Room 117, P1 Level
Room 117, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
General Session, Day 3 Opening
9:00 AM - 10:25 AM
9:00 AM
10:25 AM
In our opening session, OSIsoft Product Managers and Engineering leaders will provide an end to end tour of OSIsoft’s Data Infrastructure highlighting new enhancements within OSIsoft’s leading data infrastructure the PI System from Connectivity, Data Management, Data Processing, Visualization, and glimpse of emerging technologies. This session will provide an overview that will help you plan your time for the rest of the day's activities.
Keynote
Day 3: Opening Session
Chris Nelson
SVP R&D - Operations Information Management
OSIsoft, LLC.
Chris leads the OSIsoft engineering teams on their relentless pursuit to connect sensor-based data, operations and people to enable real-time intelligence. Chris is responsible for the design and development of software systems at OSIsoft including all aspects of the PI System. Chris joined OSIsoft in 2002 as a software developer focused on extending OSIsoft's position within the Life Sciences Industry by enhancing existing batch products and developing new products and capabilities. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Chris worked for Merck & Co., Inc., as a Technical Manager in both Clinical Trial Systems and Manufacturing Process Information Systems. Chris holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Rutgers University.
Michael Sloves
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft
Michael Sloves has worked at OSIsoft for 18 years. During that time, he has developed and led software teams responsible for PI ICE, PI WebParts, SAP/ERP Integration and for OSIsofts SAP/MDUS Integration products. Presently, he is the Director of Technology Enablement. In his role, he is responsible for driving excellence in our External and Internal Developer Community by educating, informing, and enabling Developers. He is also responsible for the development of OSIsoft's PI Developer Technologies suite of tools.
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CCIB: Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Room 111 & 112, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Partner & Product Expo
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
10:00 AM
3:00 PM
Partner & Product Expo
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 134, P1 Level
Room 134, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
PI Developers Club Community - Developer Technologies Roadmap
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:20 AM
This talk will give up an update on what's going on in the development of our Developer Technologies products: the tools you use to build applications that leverage PI System data. Get the details from the Development Team Leaders of the AF SDK, PI Web API, PI SQL family and PI OPC Servers.
Day 3: Developer Track
Frank Garriel
Engineering Process Manager
OSIsoft
Frank Garriel joined OSIsoft in 2004. He has worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer, Software Developer, and currently serves as the Technical Product Manager for PI Web API.
Bodo Bachmann
Engineering Manager
OSIsoft Europe GmbH
Bodo Bachmann, a trained physicist, worked in the semi-conductor industry and then joined OSIsoft in 1991. He started as an interface developer, especially to work on European systems. He has been responsible for the development and product support group in Europe for several years and now leads the SQL Data Access Team.
David Hearn
Principal Software Developer
AVEVA
David Hearn is Group Leader in Software Engineering for the AF product team. David has worked primarily on the development of the AF SDK and server out of the Johnson City, Tennessee office. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer and Electrical Engineering degree from Purdue University, and his Master of Science in Computer Science degree from California State University, Chico. David joined OSIsoft in 2001 after working for other companies in the industry.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 133, P1 Level
Room 133, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Hardcore PI System Hardening
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:20 AM
High value systems warrant hardcore hardening measures. The PI System resides at a critical junction, communicating across strict network boundaries. Under this paradigm, the PI System acts as a 'safe harbor' for data, defending critical systems by reducing the number of users inside the security perimeter while enabling growth in the number of users getting value from OT data.
An application can only be as secure as its operating platform. This session will discuss securing a system from the ground up with advanced hardening measures for the Windows operating system that OSIsoft has collected over many years, including security baselines, PowerShell’s Desired State Configuration, and arcane corners of the Windows Advanced Firewall. With the platform locked down, we will explore application hardening measures built within and tailored to the PI System.
Emphasis will be on using the latest technology and tools available to embrace agility and configuration as code. The session will feature examples from practical case studies.
Day 3: PI Admin Track
Lubos Mlcoch
Program Manager, Security
OSIsoft
Lubos Mlcoch represents the Customer Success department on the OSIsoft Cyber Security Advisory Team. He works closely with the organizations within Custom Success to advance the security of OSIsoft’s operations, products and services. Prior to his time with the Cyber Security Advisory Team, he worked in Technical Support as a Senior Technical Support Escalation Engineer working primarily with OSIsoft's web and batch applications. Lubos holds a B.S. in Computer Science from University of Technology (Brno, Czech Republic) and an M.S. in Business and Finance from Nottingham Trent University (UK).
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Introduction to Time-Series Analysis with PI System Data
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:20 AM
Attend this session to take your first steps toward applying data science tools and techniques to solve your business problems. You will gain a fundamental understanding of time-based data and how to extract insights from it (e.g., what is a time series and how we can work with one). With some real-world examples we will demonstrate some simple analytics using time-based data in R. A focus will be on underlying assumptions behind time series, and how to sample and generate statistics and predictive models on such data. This talk is for those getting started with analytics and PI. No prior R or PI experience is required.
Day 3: Analytics Track
Brian Davison
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Lehigh University
Dr. Brian D. Davison is an associate professor of computer science and engineering and director of the undergraduate minor in data science. He teaches courses on data science, data mining, web search engines, networking, system administration, and C and UNIX programming. He heads Lehigh's Web Understanding, Modeling, and Evaluation (WUME) laboratory and serves as editor-in-chief of the ACM journal, Transactions on the Web. While on sabbatical during the 2013-2014 academic year, he worked in the Core Data Science group at Facebook. Dr. Davison earned his B.S. from Bucknell University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rutgers University. His research includes search, mining, recommendation and classification problems in text, on the Web and in social networks. He is an NSF Faculty Early Career award winner. Dr. Davison's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems.
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CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
OSIsoft Cloud Services
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:20 AM
OSIsoft Cloud Services is a new operational data ecosystem that will connect customers with best-in-class analytics and their community of vendors and partners. Come learn about our Cloud Vision as well as connecting your PI System's operational data to OSIsoft Cloud Services and enabling scenarios such as Remote Operations Monitoring, Data Science Enablement, Connected Community, and Partner applications.
Day 3: Product Track
Todd Brown
Staff Strategic Product Manager
AVEVA
Todd Brown is a Staff Strategic Product Manager at AVEVA, currently focused on OSIsoft Cloud Services (OCS) scenarios for Remote Operations Monitoring & Connected Community (cross-enterprise data sharing). Previously, Todd was a Product Manager for PI Vision and Event Frames. Before moving into Product Management, he had a lead role in the OSIsoft Center of Excellence focusing on pharmaceutical and batch industries. Before joining OSIsoft, Todd worked for Merck & Co., Inc. in a global position in the Process Information Systems and Manufacturing Automation group. Todd has over twenty years of experience, having worked with PI System related applications, batch reporting applications, manufacturing data analysis applications, and Manufacturing Execution Systems. He holds a M.S. in Information Systems Management from Stevens Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in Integrated Science and Technology from James Madison University.
Christian Leroux
CSM
OSIsoft
After completing a BS in Industrial Engineering and MS in automation processes and embedded systems in 2002, Christian moved to Spain to start his professional career as a programmer in the 3D special effects industry. In 2004 he joined OSIsoft Canada providing customers with technical support, training and field service. In 2009 he then moved to Spain to help establish the new OSIsoft office in Madrid. Christian currently serves as an Enterprise Program Manager supporting multiple European EA customers as well as providing System Engineering services for France and the Iberian Peninsula. Christian is multilingual and speaks fluent French, English and Spanish.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Extending the Power of your PI System with Seeq Analytics
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:20 AM
Seeq is an advanced analytical application fully integrated with the PI Data Archive and PI Asset Framework. Seeq delivers a hybrid approach to analytics, easily combining first principals, statistics, and machine learning. Seeq’s approach brings self-service analytics for engineers and scientists, collaboration and knowledge capture for teams, and publishing and real time views for managers and operators. In this presentation Seeq will explain and demonstrate the value-adding analytical capabilities through 2 use cases: • Predictive maintenance of heat exchangers. This use leverages ML techniques to create heat exchanger fouling model. The model is used to optimize maintenance schedules. The asset-swapping capabilities of PI Asset Framework are leveraged to scale one model to many heat exchangers. • Reliability in Upstream O&G Equipment. Upstream oil collection systems have emergency shutdown systems to protect against damage. When the trip activates, rapid valve closure causes water hammering, which in turn cases mechanical damage to the system, vessels and/or cause relief valves or rupture disks to blow, with safety, reliability, and environmental impacts. The goal is to detect when it occurs, and eliminate the problem longer term. Both use cases will be presented via a live demonstration showing the creation of the analyses as well as the key visual elements such as histograms and unique trending.
Day 3: Marketplace Partner Showcase
Brian Crandall
Analytics Engineer
Seeq
Brian Crandall is an Analytics Engineer at Seeq based in Austin, TX. Brian provides Seeq’s customers with training and use case support to improve their production and business outcomes. Prior to joining Seeq 3 years ago, he spent 14 years at Emerson Automation Solutions with roles in automation projects, software engineering, and product marketing. Brian has degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Texas at Austin.
Michael Purcell
Seeq
Managing Director - Seeq Corporation <br />
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Responsible for expanding Seeq presence in EMEA through new customer adoption, customer expansion, engagement and development of partner channels. Manage the growth structure and team expansion for EMEA in areas of account management and customer and partner support. Prior to Seeq spent 10 years with OSIsoft, most recently as VP EMEA.
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
Develop an IoT Java application: Use the PI JDBC Driver on a Rasperry Pi to connect Sensors and Actuators with the PI System
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
Work with our latest platform independent PI JDBC Driver installed on a Raspberry Pi and develop an IoT Java application. In this lab you will learn how to interact with sensors and actuators from Java and use PI JDBC Driver to exchange real-time data with the PI System. This lab also covers creating a website to visualize your real-time data using Apache Tomcat and PI JDBC Driver.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
Building Displays with PI Vision
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
Discover why PI Vision is truly the next generation of PI System visualization. Create, format and organize your displays with graphics, multi-state values, and trends. Group symbols and create pinned event for comparison purposes. Explore the interaction of AF and PI VIsion for events. (Beginners)
Lab
Day 3: Integration Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Time-saving Tips while Deploying AF
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
"You have already attended several sessions and heard about the power of Asset Framework (AF). You are eager to implement AF or even to expand the existing AF structure in your organization, but… not sure where to start from. Are you wondering if there are any timesaving tips for deploying scalable and consistent AF structures?
In this session, you will build a simple AF structure from ground-up using the recommendations and guidelines:
· How to use templates to start creating AF elements and attributes across assets
· How to achieve a well-designed structure, plan for the usefulness of the AF model
· How to use AF categories to organize large numbers of elements and attributes
· How to set explicit Unit of Measures (UOMs)
· How to use inherited templates to allow flexibility while maintaining standardization
· How to build different views for your users using element references
· How to fine-tune the asset model using attributes hierarchies, enumeration sets and data references"
Lab
Day 3: PI System Admin Lab 2
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Advanced Analytics for PI data for Data Scientists
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
PI System is the standard time series data infrastructure across several industries. Decades of operational data collection has turned each PI System into a treasure trove for data scientists to extract knowledge. Come to this lab and learn, as a data scientist, how you can access, shape, and use PI data to generate insight and knowledge. A basic understanding of data science basics is required for this lab. No knowledge of PI System is necessary.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab 2
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Getting Started with PI WebAPI with Postman
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
How do you programmatically access PI data? Traditionally, this has meant installing an OSIsoft library or driver and then introducing your own solution. In order to improve deployment and development experience for newer and mobile environments OSIsoft offers a RESTful API called PI Web API. Come learn how to make your first requests against PI Web API, see how it can free up your development and give you new ways to bridge the PI System with the rest of your enterprise. This lab is intended for those with a programmatic mind who have a basic PI System knowledge. No knowledge of any particular programing language is expected.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab 3
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Utilizing Event Frames for Plant Operations and OEE Analysis
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
This lab teaches how to utilize Event Frames to monitor plant operations effectively, as well as for Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) analysis. The exercises in this lab focus on using Event Frames to monitor plant-wide health of equipment through the PI System: PI Vision, PI DataLink, Asset Analytics, PI Builder, and PI System Management Tools. Topics of discussion in this lab include: what real-time events should be captured using Event Frames, how to delineate important events from average events, how best to visualize Event Frames, and how to use Event Frames to increase the efficiency of plant-wide equipment.
Lab
Day 3: PI System Admin Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Anti-Hackathon - Securing a PI System
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
In this lab you will be served a big, soggy mess of a PI System – it’s your job to whip it into shape, by applying modern security techniques and best practices. You will have some help - handy scripts to identify the security holes are, references, resources, tips and coaching to help you accomplish your task. Participants will earn points based on the amount and the severity of security issues addressed. At the end of the lab, prizes will be awarded to top scorers. Moderately experienced administrators may have an advantage, but participants at all experience levels will learn concepts applicable to their systems back home.
Lab
Day 3: User Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Fit for Purpose - Layers of Analytics using the PI System - AF, Matlab, Machine Learning
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
This hands-on lab covers scenarios to illustrate the different levels of analytics that are fit-for-purpose when using the PI System. For example, what calculations and analyses do you do in AF? When do you use MATLAB and similar libraries for advanced calculations that hook into AF? When do you call on “data science and machine learning ?” Use cases will include those focused on an equipment, such as a pump, motor or compressor, and those focused on a process. We will also cover examples of advanced analytics that are part of the data collection from the edge devices and contrast these with predictive analytics – both the model development and model deployment (scoring new incoming real-time data) and include cloud vs. fog vs. edge scenarios.
Lab
Day 3: Integration Lab 2
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Apply Predictive Machine Learning Models to Operations
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
The latest release of the PI Integrator for Business Analytics (BA) includes new functionality for streaming PI data into predictive analytics tools like Spark or TensorFlow. In this lab, we will leverage the capabilities of the PI Integrator for BA to develop and train a predictive model from archived PI data. We will then operationalize it by streaming PI data to the model providing real time predictions which can be posted in the PI System for operational relevance. A familiarity of PI AF structure and knowledge of Python are prerequisites for this session.
Lab
Day 3: User Lab 2
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Data Diode Cybersecurity for PI System
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
11:30 AM
12:10 PM
One of the primary challenges raised by the convergence of OT and IT is the need for operational data, such as PI System data, outside of the operational technology environment. This presentation and demonstration will illustrate the use of data diode cybersecurity technology to transfer PI System data one-way, from an OT environment to IT or the cloud, while securing the OT systems from all external threats. Attendees can expect to learn IT/OT convergence cybersecurity best practices, use cases, and how to enable external to access OT data without compromising the security of the operational network.
Day 3: Marketplace Partner Showcase
Dennis Lanahan
Director Worldwide Channel Partnerships & International Sales
Owl Computing
Dennis joined Owl in the Fall of 2007, during his time at Owl he has directly influenced market growth within Intelligence, DOD and critical infrastructure markets including power generation, oil & gas and growth outside the US marketplace. He joined Owl after four years as Director of Sales Operations at iRobot. During the time of rapid growth at iRobot, from 2003-2007, he was responsible for overseeing Sales Operations and Customer Service for the Home Robots Division. His responsibilities included global supply-chain operations, customer fulfillment and North American consumer help-desk service and support. He started his career at Seagate Technology in Scotts Valley, CA and has held Sales and Sales Management positions in various technology companies selling computers, computer peripherals and internet services. He holds a Bachelors Degree of Individual Concentration (B.D.I.C.) from the University of Massachusetts from 1986, with a concentration in Business Management and Computer Information Science.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
PI System 2018
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
11:30 AM
12:10 PM
2018 is going to be an exciting year for the PI System. Come see what we are introducing in PI System in 2018 to help you manage your data more efficiently and to do more with your data. We will also give you a sneak peek into some of the things we’re working on for future releases.
Day 3: Product Track
Rene Thomassen
Sr. Solution Advisor
Aveva
René Thomassen joined OSIsoft in 2012 as a Center of Excellence Engineer. Prior to joining OSIsoft, he has built experience in both business and IT operations, working on business processes, IT architecture, functional and technical solutions – mostly based on the PI System. René has also worked as a project manager for both commercial and industrial applications, focusing on energy and Power Generation.
Stephen Kwan
Senior Product Manager
OSIsoft
Steve Kwan is the Technical Product Manager for server products at OSIsoft, including the Data Archive, AF, Asset Analytics and Notifications. Prior to joining OSIsoft in 2010, Kwan spent 15 years in various roles in engineering, project management and product management with GE Energy. He holds a BS in Engineering Chemistry and a PhD in Materials.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Introduction to Data Science for PI Data for PI Professionals
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
11:30 AM
12:10 PM
Come to this talk and see how to get more insight and knowledge from the familiar datasets in your PI System. As a PI System professional you have worked with the PI System and know how it works. This talk discusses the process of a successful data science project and demonstrates how to create knowledge from data through good visualization and analytics. Some understanding of the basics of PI System tools will be helpful to follow this talk. No knowledge of data science and advanced analytical tools is required.
Day 3: Analytics Track
Kleanthis Mazarakis
Data Scientist
OSIsoft
Kleanthis graduated from National Technical University of Athens (department of Chemical Engineering) in 2009, and then moved to London for his Master�s Degree in Environmental Engineering at Imperial College. He joined OSIsoft in 2012 as a Customer Support Engineer and since then he had been working in Technical Support and Field service, providing workshops, trainings and installations to our customers. For the past year he has been part of OSIsoft's Data Science Enablement team, focusing on enabling a community of Data Science customers, partners and employees.
Ahmad Fattahi
Data Science Enablement
OSIsoft
Ahmad Fattahi leads Data Science Enablement at OSIsoft. His goal is to enable innovation with data and data infrastructure for digital transformation of industrial organizations. His technical focus is performing advanced analytics and data science. He received his PhD in electrical engineering in 2008 from University of California, Los Angeles. He has been with OSIsoft since 2008.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 133, P1 Level
Room 133, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
LiveCoding: Getting the Most Out of the New AFSearch
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
This Live-Coding demonstration & presentation delves into the various search scenarios that empower the learner to fine-tune their searches for maximum benefit rather than settle for a one-size-fits-all solution. We will dive into the mechanics of how paging is implemented. This course is ideal for any developer who has ever used or will use AFSearch and wants to de-mystify the choice of parameters.
Day 3: PI Admin Track
Rick Davin
Engineer
OSIsoft
Rick Davin is a member of OSIsoft�s Technology Enablement team, which focuses on engaging with the developer community with PI Developer Technologies. Both as a former customer and now as OSIsoft engineer, Rick has written many popular PI related articles and blogs. His areas of interests are encouraging developers away from dying technologies, and the unglamorous task of promoting best practices, code maintainability, and performance.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 134, P1 Level
Room 134, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
LiveCoding: Writing Highly Performant PI Web API Applications
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
11:30 AM
1:00 PM
In this session, we'll begin with a poorly-performing web application: although it works, it's just too slow to use. As the session progresses, we will improve our web application by introducing applicable PI Web API features and functionality. Starting with small changes to more efficiently request time series data, we will then move on to improved metadata access patterns and making more efficient use of network traffic. Finally, we will cover advanced topics such as architectural design changes and PI Web API configuration settings that will let you squeeze every drop of performance out of the PI Web API and your client applications.
Day 3: Developer Track
Max Drexel
Software Developer
OSIsoft
Max Drexel has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Drexel University. Since June 2016, he has worked at OSIsoft as a software developer on the PI Web API, part of the Developer Technologies product family. At Drexel University, he participated in development of automated position-tracking and vision systems. He has also previously worked at ifm efector as a software developer, creating quality-assurance software for temperature transmitters.
Jim Bazis
Engineering Program Manager
OSIsoft
Jim Bazis is a Team Leader of the PI Web API development group at OSIsoft. He most recently joined OSIsoft in 2016, having previously been a developer on ProcessBook in the early 2000's. In the time between, Jim worked in RFID payment systems, digital advertising, and software consultancy. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Temple University.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Advances in PI System Streaming Analytics with MATLAB and Other External Calculation Engines
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
12:20 PM
1:00 PM
The PI System is your data infrastructure spanning the edge to the cloud. Come to this talk to learn about the recent advances in native integration between the PI System Asset Analytics with MathWorks’ MATLAB Production Server and other external calculation engines enabling advanced streaming analytics with your PI data.
Day 3: Analytics Track
Tim Choo
Product Manager
MathWorks
Tim Choo is the product manager for MATLAB Production Server and MATLAB Compiler SDK which let organizations deploy MATLAB analytics to production IT systems. Prior to MathWorks Tim spent 20 years in IBM in a variety of roles across consulting, marketing, software development, and product management.
Stephen Kwan
Senior Product Manager
OSIsoft
Steve Kwan is the Technical Product Manager for server products at OSIsoft, including the Data Archive, AF, Asset Analytics and Notifications. Prior to joining OSIsoft in 2010, Kwan spent 15 years in various roles in engineering, project management and product management with GE Energy. He holds a BS in Engineering Chemistry and a PhD in Materials.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Plantweb IIoT Solutions on PI System as an Infrastructure
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
12:20 PM
1:00 PM
Emerson will introduce its Plantweb Digital Ecosystem and explain how the PI System is strategically positioned to deliver value via Emerson’s Industry 4.0 Solutions. This presentation will take you on an accelerated journey of value-discovery, from wireless sensors to new smart applications. A series of real Customer Success Stories will be shared, on their quest to reach Top Quartile Performance.
During the presentation, Emerson will demonstrate how Plantweb Advisor is implemented and configured atop the PI System’s Asset Framework, to rapidly transform “raw” time-series data into useful information for smart decision making.
Day 3: Marketplace Partner Showcase
Martijn van der Meer
Plantweb Digital Solutions Architect
Emerson
After completing his studies in Maintenance Management, Automation and Power Technology, Martijn has developed into a knowledgeable and passionate Digital Solution Architect. He influences digital transformation journeys and applies proven and disruptive technologies, to reduce waste in supply chains, to design innovative factories and increased overall operational performance.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
PI Vision: Enabling Real-Time Monitoring and Analysis for the Enterprise
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
12:20 PM
1:00 PM
Visualizing data is one of the critical steps to gaining insights and optimizing your operations. PI Vision, OSIsoft's unified visualization infrastructure, is your window into operational intelligence from building and sharing dashboards across the enterprise to trending and analyzing data and important events. In this talk, we'll showcase PI Vision and give you a sneak peek at some of the exciting new capabilities coming in PI Vision 4, the next generation of PI Vision.
Day 3: Product Track
Alicia Coppock
Product Manager
OSIsoft
Alicia Coppock is a Product Manager for visualization products at OSIsoft. She has been with OSIsoft for 5 years where she has also served as an Escalation Engineer specializing in AF and Analytics products as well as a Tech Support Engineer. Prior to joining OSIsoft, she worked at Hemlock Semiconductor as a Process Engineer. Alicia has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Thibaud de Rouzé
Presales Engineer
OSIsoft
Thibaud loves data. He has joined OSIsoft in Paris as a System Engineer. As an expert in PI System Technology, he provides sales support and manages Proof of Concept projects. He is responsible for the full engineering, deployment of demonstration systems and conducts business and technical value workshops. Previously, he was working as a Sales Engineer in the �Big Data� business unit of Hewlett Packard / HPE. Thibaud graduated with a Master�s Degree in Global Engineering from les Arts & M�tier ParisTech and a Master of Science�s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Imperial College of London.
CCIB
CCIB: P2 Level
P2 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
Lunch
Meal/Reception
Miscellaneous
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Pervasive Data Collection - Connectivity from A to Z
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
2018 is going to be an exciting year for collecting your data. We call it Pervasive Data Collection. Come see what we have in plan for data collection in 2018 and what the future holds as we expand functionality down to the Edge and up to the Cloud.
Day 3: Product Track
Chris Felts
Senior Strategic Product Manager
OSIsoft, LLC
Chris Felts is a Senior Strategic Product Manager at OSIsoft focused on the product strategy for data collection. Chris joined OSIsoft in 2014 in the role of Solution Architect with over 25 years of process automation, data management, and project execution experience having worked in various engineering and marketing roles in the power, process, and semiconductor industries. Chris spent the 15 years prior to joining OSIsoft at a large process automation supplier where he worked closely with OSIsoft to develop applications and solutions to integrate with the PI System. Chris has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, is a co-inventor on numerous patents in the areas of process automation and data integration, and is a registered Professional Engineer.
Chris Coen
Department Leader, Software Development
OSIsoft, LLC
Chris is the Product Manager for PI Connectors and PI Interfaces. He has worked for OSIsoft since 1998 and has served in various roles such as Product Manager for Event Frames and Batch as well as the software development lead on PI BatchView. He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
Marco Guidobaldi
Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Marco Guidobaldi is a Systems Engineer at OSIsoft where is primary role is to support sales from a technical standpoint and to advise customers in the design and implementation of their technical solutions. Marco joined OSIsoft in 2015 as a Customer Support Engineer. He holds a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and a M.Eng. in Civil Engineering from University of Perugia.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Data Science with R and the PI System
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
R has everything Machine Learning has to offer these days. The PI System can do a lot analytics-wise, but sometimes you want state-of-the-art Machine Learning, or connect your PI System data to existing applications or code. In this presentation it will be shown:
- how to get your data out of the PI System and into R using the PI Web API
- how to analyse, model and plot in R using this PI-data
- how to load and explore PI Asset Framework-structures in R
- how to write data back into the PI System
It includes examples from practice with actual data from drinking water company Vitens in the Netherlands.
Day 3: Analytics Track
Sjoerd Boersma
Data Scientist
Vitens N.V.
Mathematician turned Software Developer turned Data Scientist. Languages in order of fluency: Dutch, English, Python and R.
CCIB
CCIB: Room 115, P1 Level
Room 115, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
FactoryTalk Analytics Platform and MES integration with the PI System Infrastructure
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
Learn more about how to leverage your PI System to address business outcomes driving your bottom line. Make sense of your data by applying analytic solutions to improve your decision making. We will also talk about the value of integrating your MES execution data with process data already collected in your PI System infrastructure to create a single data record for regulatory and Electronic Batch Record requirements.
Day 3: Marketplace Partner Showcase
Steven Zink
Software Transformation Lead
Rockwell Automation
Mr. Zink has been in the controls & automation industry for over 35 years holding positions in product development, product management, sales support and currently global marketing. In his current role as Global Marketing Lead for Rockwell Automation’s Information Solutions business, he works with the global regions to determine effective commercial programs and works with strategic software partners on joint sales opportunities.<br />
Steve brings a wealth of knowledge to his current role based on the diverse background and various positions he has held over the years. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
Lars Eychmann
Regional Manager for Information Solutions
Rockwell Automation
Lars Eyckmann is a Regional Manager for Information Solutions at Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company focused on Industrial Automation, Control and Information Solutions for the manufacturing industry. Lars is part of Rockwell’s Information Solution Organization focused on supporting manufacturing companies on their Digital Transformation Journey.<br />
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With more than 10 years of experience in Manufacturing and Information Software it is my goal to enable Manufacturers to release unhidden potential within their manufacturing processes, reduce costs and increase their performance. Digital-manufacturing technologies, among designers, managers, workers, consumers, and physical industrial assets will unlock enormous value and will change the industrial operations landscape.
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Introduction to PI System Developer Technologies
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
This lab is designed for software developers new to the PI System who desire programmatic access to it. You will be introduced to the various Developer Technologies that you can leverage in your custom application to interact with the PI System. You will have some hands on experience with each of them. At the end of the lab, you will walk away with knowledge of their basic capabilities and also know where to go if you want to dive deeper into them.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab 3
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
CBM and Condition Monitoring – Process vis-a-vis Equipment
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
Process vis-a-vis Equipment - This lab includes use cases to review process condition monitoring vs. machine condition monitoring and the related process reliability vs. equipment reliability. This lab also includes topics related to Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), failure modes etc. as they relate to the PI System and AF data models. Additionally, we will cover IIoT’s role in Condition Based Monitoring (CBM). (Beginners to Intermediate)
Lab
Day 3: Integration Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Tips and Tricks with PI System Explorer and PI Builder
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
PI System Explorer and PI Builder are tools for creating and building out your asset hierarchy and models including asset analytics and notifications. Whether you are a seasoned expert or if you are just starting out with the PI System, come to this hands-on lab and learn some tips and tricks with these tools that can help you speed up your work.
Lab
Day 3: User Lab 2
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Essential Data Analysis Skills for the PI User
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
This lab is intended for PI users desiring to learn a new tool for agile, ad hoc, process data analysis. We will be using Microsoft Power BI to analyze PI Views published by the PI Integrator for Business Analytics. The hands-on examples help students appreciate of how multidimensional data analysis can help gain command of large datasets through filtering and grouping of process measurements. The lab will cover other relevant features like how to expand the scope of your analysis be including data from other sources, applying statistical evaluations of your data and by defining measures for benchmarking and advanced analysis. If you’ve become frustrated trying to manage today’s mega-spreadsheet, this lab might have the answer for you.
Lab
Day 3: PI System Admin Lab 2
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Building Symbols With PI Vision Extensibility
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
During this lab you will learn how to add a custom symbol, created with JavaScript and HTML to a PI Vision 2017 display. You will register a custom symbol to add it to the available symbol library and learn how to access data for the symbol when it is placed on a display. You will also learn how the symbol and application can interact with each other in ways such as responding to time range changes. Finally, you will see how the symbol is persisted with the display and hooked into the undo/redo system.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab 2
CCIB
CCIB: Room 134, P1 Level
Room 134, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
HowTo: Writing applications at the Edge with OSIsoft Edge Data Store
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
In the world of Industrial IoT, collecting and storing data close to the source is needed in order to increase end user value through the use of real time applications at the Edge. The OSIsoft Edge Data Store (DS) is a new storage technology that is used to provide real-time data storage at the Edge of networks. The Edge DS provides the necessary infrastructure to serve real time data to Edge applications and to end users while providing seamless data transfer into OSIsoft’s larger real-time systems such as the PI Server or OSIsoft Cloud Services. In this presentation, we’ll cover what the Edge DS is and how we envision customers will use it at the Edge of networks. We’ll show you how to use OSIsoft Open Message Format to create applications to send data into Edge DS, and then show you how you can create local user applications directly from data stored in Edge DS. Finally, we’ll show you how to use Edge DS to extend applications from the Edge to the Enterprise or the Cloud.
Day 3: Developer Track
Sean Driscoll
Software Developer
OSIsoft
Coffee lover, outdoor enthusiast, avid learner...OSIsoft software developer. Sean received degrees in Engineering Physics and Mechanical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines before joining OSIsoft. His career began in technical support helping customers solve problems and continued into software development helping design solutions.
Greg Holt
Staff Software Developer
OSIsoft
A 25-year software veteran, Greg’s worked for a number of software companies, including Siemens Energy and Automation, Wonderware and OSIsoft. Now in his 17th year at OSIsoft, Greg’s passion has always been focused on event storage technologies. His experience with event storage spans from IOT devices on the edge, the PI Data Archive and OSIsoft’s Cloud Services. He’s based out of OSIsoft’s Johnson City, Tn office.<br />
When not heads down in code, Greg tends to keep himself busy with family, home improvement projects and finding ways to make use of the latest smart home technologies. He also enjoys working with various non-profit organizations dedicated to serving individuals with Special Needs in the community.
Frank Gasparro
Program Manager
Aveva
Frank started out his career over 16 years ago as a Networking Consultant. He has designed and managed computing infrastructures for large and small organizations. After joining OSIsoft in 2008, he worked as part of our Center of Excellence team, helping customers to design Enterprise PI System Infrastructures. In 2011, Frank joined the Managed PI Engineering team and leads the team to develop the Managed PI software as well as to maintain and operate the infrastructure that delivers the Managed PI Service. Frank has a passion for ensuring that customers are successful in keeping their PI System infrastructure healthy so that they can get the maximum value out of their system 24x7x365
CCIB
CCIB: Room 133, P1 Level
Room 133, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
HowTo: Streaming Calculations with the PI System and MATLAB and other Computation Engines
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
In this live How-To, we will demonstrate the native integration between asset analytics and MATLAB Production Server introduced with AF 2018 enabling you to execute your custom functions in a streaming fashion leveraging the PI System data infrastructure. In addition, integration with other computation engines will also be demonstrated.
Day 3: PI Admin Track
Heather Gorr
Product Manager, MATLAB Data Analytics
MathWorks
Heather Gorr holds a PhD in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters and Bachelors of Science in Physics from Penn State University. Since 2013, she has supported MATLAB users in the areas of mathematics, data analytics, deep learning, and application deployment. Prior to joining MathWorks, she was a Research Fellow, focused on machine learning for prediction of fluid concentrations.
Sachin Nikumbh
Engineering Manager
MathWorks
Sachin Nikumbh is an engineering manager at MathWorks. He has been with MathWorks for over 17 years. His team is responsible for the development of MATLAB Production Server™ which is an enterprise application server for MATLAB™ based applications and is part of the Application Deployment product family at MathWorks. His team’s focus is on establishing MATLAB Production Server™ as a deployment data analytics platform for MATLAB based applications by creatively integrating it with various open source and proprietary cloud technologies. He has a B.E in Mechanical Engineering from the Govt. College of Engineering, Pune in India and M.S. in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from University of California, Davis.
David Pugal
Staff Software Engineer
OSIsoft, LLC
David Pugal is a Software Development Lead at OSIsoft, responsible for AF Asset Analytics. Prior to joining OSIsoft in 2012, David spent 7 years working on EU integrated e-Customs solutions based on Enterprise Java technologies with Cybernetica AS. David holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from University of Tartu and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Nevada, Reno.
Mike Horrocks
Senior Systems Engineer
OSIsoft (UK) Ltd
Mike joined OSIsoft UK at the beginning of 2016 having previously worked for a Systems Integrator delivering PI solutions to an oil and gas major for 12 years.
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Fog Computing Lab: Develop Data Ingress Applications from Edge to Cloud
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
Participants need to bring their laptop and their favourite tool to connect via SSH.
Description: In this instructor-led, hands-on lab you will learn how to build a Fog Computing infrastructure using FogLAMP. A Fog Computing architecture defines a multilayer infrastructure for IoT, including an Edge layer for sensors and devices, a Fog layer for gateways, routers and data aggregators and a Cloud layer for data collection, analysis and visualization. We will teach you the basics of Fog Computing and how to use FogLAMP and the OSIsoft Message Format (OMF). You will be provided with multiple sensors, a Raspberry PI for data aggregation, a local PI system and a connection to a Cloud PI data system. The experiments will include:
a) Connect Edge sensors to FogLAMP, and FogLAMP to a local PI system
b) Program Edge sensors to host part of FogLAMP, connect them to FogLAMP, and FogLAMP to a local PI system.
c) Program Edge sensors to host FogLAMP and connect them directly to a local PI system
d) Connect Edge sensors to FogLAMP, visualise instant data locally, and connect FogLAMP to a local PI system and to a PI system in the Cloud.
This lab requires basic knowledge of Linux and PI systems. A general understanding of Python and C is a plus but is not required.
Equipment:
- Shared WiFi to connect the laptop to the local network and to the Cloud
- 2-3 sensors of various types (temperature, gyrometer, accelerometer etc) for each participant.
- 1 Raspberry PI for each participant
- 1 Local VM with PI system installed for each participant
- 1 PI cloud account for each participant
- 1 Lab book for each participant
Lab
Day 3: Integration Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Jumpstarting PI Vision at Your Plant
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
This session is best suited for customers who want to maximize their investment in PI Vision by introducing it to employees at their own plants in a targeted and impactful way. You will be given resources, references and instruction on how to run a half-day workshop for your colleagues. During the session, you will be asked to work in groups to practice parts of the workshop framework and think of ways it could be applied to your industry and specific workplace. You should already have a working knowledge of PI Vision before attending this session. After attending, you will be confident and ready to run your own workshop when you get back to your office or site.
Lab
Day 3: User Lab
no-room
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Build High Performance Queries Using our New Real-Time Query Processing Engine
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM
4:15 PM
Get introduced to a new PI SQL Family member product, named Real-Time Query Processing Engine (RTQP Engine).
Learn how to query the PI System using the RTQP Engine and how to migrate existing PI OLEDB Enterprise applications.
Lab
Day 3: Development Lab
CCIB
CCIB: Room 113, P1 Level
Room 113, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Actionable Insights with PI Integrators
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
3:30 PM
4:15 PM
What do streaming analytics, data lakes, and geospatial historical playback have in common? These are all new capabilities enabled by the latest wave of the PI Integrators product line. Join us for a technology overview of the latest releases in PI Integrator for Business Analytics, PI Integrator for Microsoft Azure, PI Integrator for SAP HANA, and PI Integrator for ESRI ArcGIS.
Day 3: Product Track
Hans Otto Weinhold
Principal Solution Engineer
OSIsoft Europe GmbH
Hans Otto Weinhold joined OSIsoft in September in 2004 from the University of Applied Sciences in Wismar as Product Support Engineer. He holds a diploma in "Multimeda Technoligy" (a mixture of Informatics and Electrical Engineering named after the "hype" topic around the Year 2000). After starting as a Product Support Engineer, he covered different positions inside OSIsoft Europe GmbH in Altenstadt and the Frankfurt office such as Field Service, After Sales, Operations, Systems Engineering (Pre-Sales) and now as a Partner Solutions architect. He is working a lot of his time with major partners in EMEA (i.e. ABB, Emerson, SAP, Werum, Steag) to define proper architectures of applications around the PI System Infrastructure. He is also taking care about Cloud and Edge topics within the EMEA region.
Joy Wang
Technical Product Manager
OSIsoft
I am the Technical Product Manager for the PI Integrators product line. Prior to product management, my experience spans Technical Support, Field Service, and leading the support team in North America to deliver world-class support. My areas of interest include user empathy, market research, and empowering users with access to good, trustworthy data. I hold a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and am currently pursuing an MBA at UC Davis (go Sun Devils and Aggies!).
CCIB
CCIB: Room 114, P1 Level
Room 114, P1 Level
Thursday, September 27, 2018
PI System Analytics, Fit for Purpose
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
3:30 PM
4:15 PM
Attend this talk as we cover scenarios to illustrate the different levels of analytics that are fit-for-purpose when using the PI System - for example, what calculations and analysis do you do in AF, when do you use Matlab for advanced calculations that hook into AF and when do you call on “data science and machine learning ”. Use cases will focus on equipment i.e. pump or motor or compressor etc. as well as on a process. We will also underscore the values and limitations of the different analytic approaches.
Day 3: Analytics Track
Daniele Farris
Customer Success Manager
OSIsoft España
Daniele Farris is a Project Manager at OSIsoft and he’s the main point of contact for assigned Enterprise Customers. He holds a M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and one in Computer Science at University of Houston. Daniele has been working with PI and OSIsoft for almost 6 years, helping OSIsoft's customers get the best and most out of the PI System in order to achieve their business goals.
GOPAL GopalKrishnan
Senior Director, Global Digital Manufacturing CoE
Capgemini Engineering
To Do
Hilton
Hilton: Purobeach
Purobeach
Thursday, September 27, 2018
CLOSING FIESTA DEL SOL
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
4:30 PM
7:30 PM
Hilton — Purobeach: 16:30 — 19:30
This is our closing party at the conference. With a beach view, attendees can join us for this casual event filled with delicious food, drinks and music before making their way home.
Day 3: Closing Event
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