Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA (16 July 2012) - The International Society of Automation (ISA) announced today its four Operational Excellence tracks that will take place at ISA Automation Week 2012: Technology and Solutions Event. The annual conference is scheduled for 24-27 September 2012, at the Orange County Convention Center, West Concourse in Orlando, Florida, USA.

ISA Automation Week presents four Operational Excellence tracks: Control Performance, Asset Performance, Human Performance, and Safety and Environmental Performance. Each track is designed to demonstrate how the effective application of industrial automation can drive significant business value.

The Control Performance track covers the range of state-of-the-art measurement and control functionality as applied to plant floor operation and business processes to help industrial companies realize their operational goals and business objectives. The Asset Performance track is focused on a range of state-of-the-art asset performance functionality, including measuring, empowering, improving, engineering and operating industrial assets for optimal performance results. The Human Performance track offers topics focused on the technologies and approaches in which industrial automation helps improve performance over a range of personnel functions (operations, maintenance, engineering, supervision and management) across industrial operations. The Safety and Environmental Performance track offers approaches and technologies that ensure safe, environmentally sound operations, and demonstrates how holistic measurement and control of safety (the environment) and profitability can lead to new levels of operational and business performance.

Complete details of each Operational Excellence Track session are available online or at www.isaautomationweek.org.

This year's topics include "Chasing a Pipe Dream — installation effects on flow measurement", "Taking Radar Measurement Instrumentation to the Next Level" and "Plug into Industrial Ethernet — and set your HART on success".

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• Chasing a Pipe Dream — installation effects on flow measurement
• Taking Radar Measurement Instrumentation to the Next Level
• Plug into Industrial Ethernet — and set your HART on success
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Objectives:

• Determine what questions should be answered prior to meter selection. And ensure you are applying good instrument engineering practice for your specific installations.
• Learn how you can make use of advanced radar diagnostics and signal evaluation functionality in a simple and pragmatic way to reduce operational costs while increasing plant safety.
• Get the most out of instrumentation digital technologies and see how they can help you save time, money and increase product quality.

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The Instrumentation and Automation Symposium for the Process Industries, now in its 71st year, continues to educate professionals and students in the instrumentation industry. At the symposium, practical technical papers as well as vendor exhibits are presented with a focus on education.

One change to this year’s symposium is a slight update to the name by adding in “Automation.” Don’t worry – this won’t change the excellent papers, workshops, and vendors that we bring to you each year! We are excited to expand our range of topics outwards to meet industry needs!

Location & Schedule: January 26-28, 2016, Memorial Student Center Texas A&M University College Station, Texas

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“ Optimizing your Turbomachinery Process & Controls ”: September 23rd – September 25th at the 43rd Turbomachinery & 30th International Pump Users Symposia Conference and Exhibition.

Built on a history of success, the Pump/Turbo Symposia is an event you can’t afford to miss. This annual event features a world-class technical program combined with an international exhibition complete with full-size equipment and hundreds of leading companies.

The Turbomachinery Laboratory sponsors two annual symposia, held in the Fall of each year, to promote professional development, technology transfer, peer networking, and information exchange among industry professionals. These two events are led by engineers with vast experience in the petrochemical, process, chemical, utility, contractor, and consulting fields, along with manufacturers of rotating equipment and fluid-handling equipment from around the world.

Both symposia feature lectures, tutorials, case studies, discussion groups, and short courses, as well as exhibits of the latest services and full-sized equipment. These international meetings emphasize the technology and troubleshooting that users need in today's challenging workplace.

The Pump & Turbomachinery Symposia continue to be the only meeting organized by users for users. The members of the Advisory Committee, who provide overall guidance, are recognized leaders in the rotating equipment and power generation community. The Symposia is an outstanding value for users concerned with maintenance, performance, troubleshooting, operation, and purchase of rotating equipment. The technical sessions provide an opportunity for attendees to select lectures, tutorials, discussion groups, and case studies that best meet their personal and professional needs and interests.

The exhibits feature products from many key companies in the industry. Exhibiting companies normally send their "first-team" players to these symposia; hence, you can get knowledgeable help at the exhibit hall, in addition to seeing major exhibits of equipment.

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