ISA Insights

March 2008

ISA100 Wireless Solutions Summit

The ISA100 Wireless Solutions Summit will be held Sunday and Monday, 18-19 May 2008, at the Wyndham Cleveland at Playhouse Square, Cleveland, OH.

Attendees will be able to network with the most renowned industrial wireless experts in the world, understand the technologies that are the key to successful wireless implementation in industrial applications, hear the experiences of end users as they evaluate wireless options and benefits, learn about the progress being made on the ISA100 Universal Family of Wireless Standards, and see the products and system solutions coming to the marketplace.

The Summit will provide an ISA100-WINA Tutorial and presentations covering wireless topics like security, wireless use in a nuclear facility or refinery, the Wireless Compliance Institute, and more. Presentations include:

Trustworthy Wireless—Security without Wires
People and Asset Tracking and Identification—Industrial Challenges and Solutions
The Wireless Refinery?
ISA100—The End User's Perspective
One End-Users Vision for the Future of Wireless Industrial Networks—and Obstacles to Overcome
ISA100.11a, Release 1—A Look under the Hood of the First of the ISA100 Family of Universal Wireless IndustrialStandards
Wireless in a Nuclear Facility
The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute—Providing Assured Interoperability for the ISA100 Family of Universal Industrial Wireless Standards

Presenters include Wayne Manges, Oak Ridge National Laboratories; Scott Mix, NERC; Nacer Hedroug, Eli Lilly; Peter Fuhr, Apprion; David Land, P.E., ConocoPhillips; Patrick Schweitzer, P.E., ExxonMobil; Jim Reizner, P&G; Patrick Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC; Dan Sexton, GE Global Research; Michael Mets, Savannah River National Laboratory; Herman Storey, Shell Global Solutions; and Dave Kaufman, Honeywell.

The Conference Program is available online at www.isa.org/isa100wirelesssummit.

The ISA100 Wireless Solutions Summit is co-located with the Manufacturing IT Forum, 20-21 May, 2008, also located at the Wyndham Cleveland at Playhouse Square, Cleveland, OH.

Save close to $600 when you register for the ISA100 Wireless Solutions Summit and the Manufacturing IT Forum. Visit www.isa.org/isa100wirelesssummit to register or learn more.