Update: The 2012 Call for Presentations Abstract Submittal Page is Now Live.

I wanted to give you a sneak peek of an email which will be going out later this week inviting a call for presentations to the 2012 Emerson Global Users Exchange Americas, October 8-12 in Anaheim, California.

You have until March 19th to get these submitted.

Here's the text from the email:

"Connect In" is the theme of the 2012 Emerson Global Users Exchange Americas to be held October 8-12th, 2012 at the Hilton Anaheim in Anaheim, California. The ability for participants to connect with other automation professionals through the varied and informative presentations continues to be driving force behind attendance at the Emerson Global Users Exchange. With this Call for Presentations, we invite you to share your ideas and results with your fellow colleagues.

The 2011 conference provided attendees with over 350 Workshops and Short Courses, 10 CEU Certified Educational Courses, Industry Forums, Technology Forums and Meet the Experts sessions. The 2012 conference will continue to give ideas and results to users allowing them to get the most out of their Emerson solutions.

We invite you to share your best practices, implementation successes, tips & tricks and proven project solutions by presenting at this year's conference.

Track topics for the 2012 conference are listed below, along with example presentation subjects. A list of abstract acceptance tips is provided on the website to help guide prospective presenters with development of your abstracts.

Presentation abstracts are due by Monday, March 19th, 2012. Abstract approval by the Emerson Global Users Exchange organization will begin the week of April 19th, 2012. A waiver of registration fees will be granted for the listed "presenter" for each accepted Workshop. Two fee waivers will be granted for the listed "presenters" for each accepted Short Course. The fee waiver(s) is contingent upon final acceptance of the PowerPoint presentation by July 2nd, 2012 and approval by the track mentor. The most outstanding presentation in each track will be awarded "Best in Conference", with a formal presentation of the award at the conference.

This year the Emerson Global Users Exchange Americas has added a track for "PlantWeb Implementation". This track is for facilities that have implemented Emerson's PlantWeb digital architecture in some unique or interesting application. The most outstanding implementation example presentation in this track will be awarded the PlantWeb Excellence Award. The PlantWeb Excellence Award winner will be announced at the conference during the formal awards presentation. For more information see the 2012 conference presentation tracks below.

For questions or issues, please contact the Emerson Exchange Manager at [email protected] or 512-418-4777.

We look forward to receiving and considering your abstract for the 2012 Emerson Global Users Exchange Americas in Anaheim, California.

Best Regards,

Mark Isom, Chair
Presentations Committee
NCRA

Sean Brady, Co-Chair
Presentations Committee
Dominion Resources Services, Inc. 

Mahendra Shah PE, Co-Chair
Presentations Committee
Mustang Engineering

Track topics

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 persons 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