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Welcome to the 2012 Call for Presentations

We invite you to share your best practices, implementation successes, tips, and proven project solutions by presenting at this year's conference! Click on the button below to submit a presentation abstract for the 2012 Emerson Exchange conference.

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Presentation abstracts are due by Monday, March 19, 2012 (11:59pm CST)

Reasons to Present

  • Opportunity to receive wavier of registration fee for primary presenter(s) (*details below)
  • Share your best practices with peers
  • Influence and enhance process automation at plants around the world

*A waiver of registration fees will be granted for ONE person for each accepted Workshop and TWO persons for each accepted Short Course. The fee waiver is contingent upon final acceptance of the PowerPoint presentation by July 2, 2012 and approval by the track mentor.

Abstract Requirements

It is highly recommended that you prepare and save the following information in a word-processing document before you actually enter it into the online submission application. The submission application will time-out after 60 minutes and you will lose anything you've entered unless you save each step in the path. Here is a list of required information per abstract:

  • Abstract/Session Title
  • Session Type (see below for types)
  • Technical Level (Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced)
  • Session Abstract (600 characters max)
  • What Problems / Challenges Were Resolved? (400 character limit)
  • Solution? (400 character limit)
  • What Results / Benefits Were Realized? (400 character limit)
  • Track (see below for tracks)
  • What Industry are you in?
  • What job function does your abstract apply to?
  • Presenter / Co-Presenter(s) (name, email address and company required)

Download a PDF form of the required abstract fields to prepare and save your abstract before entering it online. Abstracts must be entered via the Call for Presentations submission site, please do not email/submit the PDF document.

Selection Process

The Emerson Exchange Board of Directors Presentations Committee will review all submitted abstracts and will select presentations that will be of high value to conference attendees. Here are other tips to help get your presentation/abstract approved:

  • Have an end user author and presenter with real world examples
  • Include financial impact - Quantifiable Business Results
  • Use technical 'how to' explanations
  • Explain unique solutions to difficult problems
  • Don't include proprietary information, trade secerts, etc.
  • Avoid negatively referring to other solutions, vendors, etc.
  • Refrain from 'marketing hype'
  • Ensure that your abstract accurately explains your proposed presentation, and vice versa.

The most outstanding presentation in each track will be awarded "Best in Conference", with a formal prsentation of the award at the conference.

Deadlines

Abstract Due by March 19
Notification of Acceptance: April 19 - 26
Initial PowerPoint Presentation: July 2
Final PowerPoint Presentation: Aug 13

Type of Sessions

When submitting your abstract(s), please note the following types of sessions:

Workshop (45 minutes): Typically presents a case history, a project experience, and/or specific tips or techniques used (or learned) during a project implementation – for example, 'how I used one or more Emerson products/services or a complementary vendors' product/service (HyTork actuators, radar gauges, AMS, InTools, Syncade, Pepperl+Fuchs with DeltaV, Blending Package, Inspect, etc.) to solve a problem or improve my process'.

Short Course (minimum of 90 minutes, maximum of 3 hours): Provides organized instruction on a particular technology, application, project tool, or methodology – for example: Fieldbus, Valve Sizing, SIS, System Life Planning. These are often taught by Emerson or process industry "experts" and/or Emerson's Educational Services instructors.

2012 Conference Presentation Tracks

* New track/subjects

Business Management - subjects might cover:

  • Improvements in business operations
  • Business Intelligence
  • Manufacturing Execution System (MES) integration
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integration
  • Managing regulatory compliance
  • Business cases for investing in automation
  • Investing in people to sustain manufacturing assets
  • Automation life cycle management
  • World class manufacturing - Driving culture change through proven processes (Six Sigma, TPM, etc.)
  • Cost accounting and the fundamentals of project justification
  • Asset Management - Developing and using metrics to manage asset performance
  • *Career development and team building

DeltaV/Ovation & SCADA System Applications - subjects might cover:

  • Delta V and Ovation applications and control strategies
  • Integration of DeltaV with Non-Emerson Systems
  • Integration of DeltaV with other third-party applications
  • *SCADA applications using Open Enterprise and/or ControlWave, FloBoss or ROCs

Instrumentation Applications  - subjects might cover:

  • New technologies and their use in analytical, flow, level, pressure and temperature measurement applications
  • Solutions to difficult instrumentation and measurement applications
  • Custody transfer applications
  • New technologies and their use in flow measurement applications
  • Fieldbus applications

Valve Applications - subjects might cover:

  • Best practices in selection and installation of Emerson control valve/actuator and regulator offerings.
  • Use of new or existing Emerson products to solve severe service, regulatory or unique applications.
  • Applications involving the use of digital positioner offerings.
  • Valve, regulator and actuator maintenance activities including management of predictive, outage and day to day activities.

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 equipment reliability
  • Planning and executing turnarounds
  • Experience with diagnostic tools and techniques
  • Compliance with regulatory requirements for plant assets

 

 

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
  • Simulation
  • 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
  • Human factors influencing control systems design
  • Control room ergonomics
  • Development of plant and technical personnel

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- Emerson 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 Applications - subjects might cover:

  • System and instrumentation applications
  • Portable operator interface or handheld applications
  • Security
  • Cost benefits and ROI

*PlantWeb Implementation - This track is intended to highlight plants or companies which have implemented a PlantWeb strategy, including:

  • digital-capable devices that provide field intelligence using onboard microprocessors, embedded software, and open-standard communications
  • open communication standards linking field intelligence, systems, and applications in a plant-wide network
  • DeltaV or Ovation automation systems that make the most of PlantWeb's predictive intelligence
  • Consolidated valuable asset information collected using AMS Suite technologies

Submittals should include some of the following PlantWeb benefits:

  • reduce project risk
  • reduce operations and maintenance costs
  • lower your project cost
  • improve product quality
  • shorten your overall project schedule
  • increase throughput
  • improve availability
  • optimize safety, health and environmental compliance
  • reduce cost of energy and utilities

(Note: if you wish to be considered for the PlantWeb Excellence Award, you must submit your paper in this track)

Click here for more information about PlantWeb Excellence Guidelines

 

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