Paper & Presentation Submission Guidelines

 

18th Annual Joint ISA POWID/EPRI Controls and Instrumentation Conference

51st Annual ISA POWID Symposium

 

 

Authors, welcome to our conference. Every spring ISA POWID and EPRI host this technical conference specifically dedicated to Automation and Instrumentation in the Power Industry. Over the years many innovations in automation have been presented at this conference. The forum has rigid non-commercial requirements and peer review for all technical papers assuring high quality technical content, which sets this conference apart from most other industry conferences. This guideline is intended to provide you information regarding the format and submission of your technical paper and presentations. If you have any questions, please contact your session developer who is also listed on the program.

 

Key dates:

 

Session developers:

G1. Advancing Open Systems Architecture – Gordon McFarland: Gordon.McFarland@EmersonProcess.com

G2A. From the Trenches-Power Plant Control, Automation and Software Experiences – Jason Makansi: JMakansi@PearlStreetInc.com

G2B. Alarm Management and Automated Diagnostic Systems – Tim McCreary: timmccmd@aol.com

G3.  NERC CIP Cyber Security Standard Compliance – Jim Batug: jpbatug@pplweb.com

G4A1.  NERC CIP Cyber Security Standard Compliance Panel Session – Jim Batug: jpbatug@pplweb.com

G4B. Advanced Controls – Ph.D. Joseph Bentsman: jbentsma@uiuc.edu

G4A2. Wireless – Aaron Hussey: AHussey@EPRI.com

G5. Turbine Automation & Performance Optimization – Jeff Schleiss: Jeff.Schleis@woodgroup.com

N1. New Plant I&C Design - Tim Hurst: timh@hursttech.com

N2. Nuclear Control Room Simulators & Training – Frank Quinn: frankq@hursttech.com

N3A. Human Factors – Frank Quinn: frankq@hursttech.com

N3B. Condition Monitoring & Online Diagnostics – Dave Bell: drbell@smartsignal.com

N4. Digital Based I&C Regulatory Activities – Ray Torok: rtorok@epri.com

N5. Current Nuclear I&C Activities – Bob Queenan: rqueenan@scientech.com

 


Paper, R&R and Presentation Submittals:

 

Please submit all of your documents for the conference to your session developer with a copy to the program co-chairs, Don Labbe and Aaron Hussey (Donald.Labbe@IPS.Invensys.com and AHussey@EPRI.com). Due to the large volume of email transmittals being handled by our conference volunteers, please assist us by applying the following email procedures:

 

Applying this procedure will stream line the processing of your documents and reduce the risk of lost or misplaced documents. We have very tight schedule requirements to complete the technical paper peer reviews and meet the CD publication deadline of May 5th and the subsequent presentation deadline of May 30th, so your cooperation is very much appreciated.

 

Technical Paper Guidelines:

 

Technical papers are published and distributed on the conference CD provided the final paper and completed R&R form have been submitted prior to the deadline of May 5th. There are three ISA documents that provide the guidelines for preparation of your technical paper:

 

It is a firm ISA policy that content cannot be commercial in nature and cannot represent a sales pitch for a product, service, or company. Please remember that your colleagues are interested in your technical-based solutions to industrial problems. Identification of an author's affiliation in the title and one mention of a trade name or trademark in the body of the paper or presentation are acceptable.

 

Presentation Guidelines:

 

Presentations are not included on the conference CD. All presentation must apply the ISA POWID/EPRI Microsoft® PowerPoint® template available from the ISA POWID conference web site. Identification of an author's affiliation in the title and one mention of a trade name or trademark in the body of the presentation are acceptable.

 

Draft presentations must be submitted for review by May 16th and final presentations submitted by May 30th. Authors may distribute the presentation at the session, provided the presentation has been approved through the review process.