CONFERENCE SPONSORS
POWER magazine, an "Official Publication" of the conference
Conference Exhibitors
Alstom Power
Beamex
CIRCOR Tech
Crystal Engineering
Emerson Process Management
Engineered Process Controls
GarrettCom, Inc.
GE Energy
HF Controls Corp
Horiba
Invensys
Meeco and Tiger Optics
Pipeline Systems, Inc.
Power Magazine
Rosemont Nuclear Instruments, Inc.
Scanivalve Corp
Siemans Power Corp.
Servomex Company
Teledyne Monitor Labs
Wago Corp
Wood Group Turbine Controls Service, Inc.
Measurement and Control Challenges and Solutions for the Power Industry in the Changing Economic and Regulatory Environment
Online Registration will not be available after Monday, May 29, 2006 after that please fax the Registration PDF or register at the Conference.
The Doubletree Hotel San Jose
San Jose,
California
June 4-9, 2006
Technical
Sessions June 5-7
One idea, one contact, can help you improve plant performance and save you money and time doing it! This meeting is the perfect place to meet other users and vendors who have already addressed similar problems and issues. The conference will highlight current generation automation advances and experience such as:
· New generation and control retrofits
· Boiler, turbine, emission and other plant control systems
· Control tuning, strategies, advanced control design and implementation
· Optimization and automation – business systems integration
· Who’s in control? Impacts on control systems from ISOs and new regulatory models
· Further performance and cost effectiveness improvements
· Nuclear Technologies and future directions here and abroad
· Control and Information systems security
· Power plant safety – safety systems, electrical safety, NFPA 70E, other requirements
Mark your calendar now for the premier generation automation event! We look forward to seeing you in San Jose.
Conference Overview
This marks the forty-ninth annual meeting of the ISA Power Industries Division (POWID) and of I&C leaders from utilities (both private and government), vendors of I&C equipment, A/Es, consultants, and academia, including IPPs, smaller independent consultants, and other "new" categories. We welcome EPRI and our sponsor’s participation to provide the best forum focusing on advanced controls and on initiatives that will accelerate the employment of this technology in the power industry.
Depending on interest, the technical sessions will be followed with up to ten training seminars scheduled for June 7 to 9, 2006, in subjects such as basic control systems design considerations and documentation, control system network design, OPC, securing control systems, and Setpoints for Nuclear Safety Related Instrumentation. These classes are taught by ISA and other experts, and offered at special conference rates as a service to our attendees.
The POWID Awards Luncheon is scheduled for Monday, June 5, 2006. Society awards will be presented in recognition of excellence, including best papers, the Outstanding Achievement, Facilities, and Distinguished Service Awards.
Online Registration for the Conference will be available on the conference web page. If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact the ISA Rodney Jones (919-990-9418 or rjones@isa.org ).
San Jose is a great place to meet your colleagues. The city also offers a good time for the family. There are many colorful attractions including Lick Observatory, museums, sports, and over 50 wineries. San Jose is centrally located for easy access to the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, from the Napa – Sonoma wine country to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
The training seminars, coupled with the practical results oriented discussions from the technical sessions, should provide an excellent experience for the power industry practitioner and manager alike. The ability to listen to and network with multiple vendor, industry, and regulatory experts who have more and less successfully done what you plan to do, is unmatched.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely yours,
Marjorie A. Widmeyer, 2006 Annual Meeting General Chair
For more information on the conference visit our web site at www.isa.org/powersymp or contact one of the conference team listed below. See you in San Jose.
The Doubletree Hotel San Jose in the heart of energetic Silicon Valley is only a half mile from San Jose International Airport, minutes from downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, and centrally located less than an hour's drive north to San Francisco, or south to the beautiful Monterey/Carmel area of northern California. The room rate for the conference is $122 per night. The direct hotel telephone number is 1-408-453-4000. Hotel reservations can also be made on-line by visiting www.dtsj.com (go to "Book A Room", choose dates 2 June through 9 June, 2006 and enter the code ISA)
An informal spouses/guests program will be arranged at the conference. Please check at the registration desk upon arrival.
Updated 5/30/2006