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The International Society of Automation (ISA) is the world’s leading professional society for industrial automation. ISA and its community of subject matter experts offer content and thought leadership for the automation profession across a broad range of topics, including:
Digital Transformation
What the cool kids are doing
Additive manufacturing/3D printing
Artificial intelligence (AI) large language models, generative AI, AI-based advisory or control systems
Autonomous systems (driverless cars, drones, intelligent robots)
Blockchain
Digital twin
Industry 4.0
Industry 5.0
Smart manufacturing
Virtual, augmented and mixed reality
Wearables
Industrial Automation and Control
Running the plant
Automatic identification systems
Batch process control
Building automation (heating, ventilation and air conditioning, fire detection, lighting control, access control, closed circuit TV [CCTV] and intrusion monitoring)
Continuous process control
Control centers/rooms
Alarm management
Human factors design and ergonomics
Control strategies (cascade, ratio, override, feedforward, reset feedback, etc.)
Control systems
Distributed control system (DCS)
Integrated control and safety system (ICSS)
Machine automation and control (embedded control, machine tools, CNC, DNC)
PLC and PAC
Soft PLC
Controller tuning and optimization
Data historian
Discrete control
Electrical system
Control panels
Marshaling cabinets
Power supplies
Control valves and actuators
Control valves
Motors
Pumps
Human-machine interface (HMI)
Mobile devices
Industrial computers
Instruments, sensors and industrial I/O
Instrument calibration and test techniques
Signal conditioning and processing, process composition analyzers and techniques
Model-based control (advanced process control [APC], model predictive control [MPC], dynamic matrix control [DMC], smith predictor, etc.)
Modifications (set point softening, digital, series, velocity, etc.)
Control system integration/Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
Corporate/enterprise resource planning (ERP) (SOCs, recipes, work orders, BOMs)
Data science and analytics (machine learning, deep learning, predictive and preventive control)
Design engineering
Digital strategy
Documentation
Environment, health, safety and security (EHSS)
Industry maturity and readiness
Modeling and simulation (dynamic, steady state, mathematical methods, model validation)
Project planning and execution
Risk management
Standards, regulations and compliance
Sustainability
Energy management
Environmental management
Supply chain optimization
Workforce development
Workforce training
ISA Content Addresses Multiple Industries
ISA is a horizontal organization that addresses multiple industry sectors. Our automation content and thought leadership are applicable to the following industries:
Agriculture
Aircraft, aerospace
Automotive, other transportation vehicles/systems
Chemicals and allied products
Communications/networking/data services
Computers, electronics and semiconductors
Consumer
Education and training
Engineering consulting/EPC
Ethanol production
Fabricated metal products
Facilities/building management
Consumer packaged goods, food and beverage
Glass, concrete, stone and clay products
Government and military
Industrial machinery and equipment
Instrumentation and control test and measurement systems
Marine, maritime
Medical devices/equipment
Metal processing
Mining and minerals
Miscellaneous or other manufacturing
Oil, gas and petroleum – extraction/upstream
Oil, gas and petroleum – pipeline/midstream
Oil, gas and petroleum – refining/downstream
Paper, wood and allied products
Pharmaceuticals, life sciences
Plastics and rubber
Power generation/distribution – electrical, oil, gas, nuclear and combined
Power generation/distribution – renewable: solar, wind, etc.
Smart cities/building automation
Systems integration/value-added resellers
Textiles, apparel and leather
Warehouse/distribution, logistics and ports
Water/wastewater
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