“Where ideas become solutions” has been selected for the theme of the 2008 Emerson Global Users Exchange conference, being held September 29^th – October 3^rd at the new Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center just outside Washington, DC.  With this Call for Presentations, we invite you to share your ideas and solutions with your fellow process manufacturing professionals from around the world.

Attendees confirm that the single largest success factor of the Emerson Global Users Exchange conference is the wealth of solutions, knowledge, and experience shared by users and industry experts in Workshop and Short Course presentations.  The 2007 conference provided attendees with over 225 Workshops, 15 CEU-certified Short Courses, 9 Industry Business Forums, as well as Management sessions with industry professionals and expert panelists.  For 2008, we want to build on the success of last year’s conference and provide attendees with effective and valuable content to improve both their skills and their businesses. 

We invite you to share your best practices, implementation successes, tips & tricks, and proven project solutions by presenting at this year's conference.  To submit a presentation abstract for the 2008 Emerson Exchange conference, please click here.   

Track topics for the 2008 conference are listed below, along with example presentation subjects.  A listing of abstract acceptance criteria (tips & tricks) is also provided on this website to help guide presenters with development of your abstracts.

Abstracts of proposed presentations are due by Monday, March 17, 2008. The organization will notify presenters of acceptance beginning April 1, 2008.  As an incentive, a waiver of registration fees will be granted for one person for each accepted Workshop and two persons for each accepted Short Course for presenters who submit their final PowerPoint presentation by June 30, 2008. The most outstanding presentation for each track will be awarded Best of Conference, with a formal presentation of the award at the conference..

For questions or issues, please contact Stacey Cloud, Emerson Exchange Administrator - Phone 512-834-7233, Email Stacey.Cloud@Emerson.com. 

We look forward to receiving your abstract for presentation at the 2008 Emerson Global Users Exchange Conference September 29 - October 3, 2008 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington, DC.

Best Regards,

2008 Conference Presentation Tracks

• Business Operations & Business Systems Integration - subjects might cover:

  • Improvements in business operations

  • Manufacturing Execution System (MES) integration

  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integration

  • Reducing maintenance or regulatory compliance costs

  • Human Factors

  • Control room ergonomics

  • Development of plant and technical personnel

• System Applications  - subjects might cover:

  • Novel DeltaV applications

  • Experiences using DeltaV system tools

  • Utilization of fieldbus technology

  • System life cycle costs

  • Solving a unique problem using integration of products

  • Experiences using Ovation/WDPF system tools

  • System cyber security and maintenance

  • Physical intrusion detection

  • Tips and Tricks using Emerson Control Systems

  Instrumentation Applications - subjects might cover:

  • New technologies and their use in analytical measurement applications

  • Solutions to difficult analytical problems

  • Custody transfer applications

  • New technologies and their use in measurement applications

  • Solutions to difficult measurement problems

  • Custody transfer applications

  • Fieldbus and wireless applications

• Valve Applications - subjects might cover:

  • Advances in control using digital valve controllers

  • Best practice valve selection and installation

  • Experiences in implementing control in the field using fieldbus

   

• Asset Optimization / Maintenance and Reliability - subjects might cover:

• Justifying a predictive maintenance program and technologies, and quantifying ongoing benefits

• Designing, implementing and optimizing an asset management program

• Work processes to leverage predictive diagnostics within daily maintenance activities

• Successful programs for improved reliability equipment

• Planning and executing turnarounds

• Experience with diagnostic tools and techniques

• Compliance with regulatory requirements for plant asset
   

• Safety Instrumented Systems - subjects might cover:

  • Successful integrations of Emerson systems and safety instrumented systems

  • Update on SIS regulations and technology

  • Role of smart instruments and valves in Safety Instrumented Systems

• Project Management and Engineering Tools - subjects might cover:

  • Projects using Emerson's PlantWeb technology and/or services

  • Project workflow optimization / improvements

  • Engineering tool solutions (SPI)

  • Reducing capital or engineering costs

  • Improving access to process information

• Control System Modernization - subjects might cover:

  • Migrations of existing systems (Emerson & non-Emerson) to latest Emerson systems & platforms

  • Cost savings using migration tools

  • Installation methods that reduce overall conversion/configuration time

  • Factors influencing modernizing control systems

• Process Optimization - subjects might cover:

  • Advanced process control technologies

  • Loop performance auditing

  • Use of embedded loop monitoring, model predictive control and/or neural nets

  • Optimization – where to start & how improvements are sustained

   

• Emerson Product / Service Updates – for Emerson presenters only, subjects might cover:

  • Overview of new products or services

  • Update of recent product enhancements

  • Examples of how newly released products and services can benefit the end user
     

• Wireless – subjects might cover

  • System and instrument applications

  • Portable operator interface or handheld applications

  • Security

  • Cost benefits and ROI