Europe's only control and automation meeting for the Power, Oil and Gas industries
ACE 2012: delegates heard how other Oil & Gas and Power Generation companies are extending the life of their systems
Take a look at the Automation & Control for Energy event programme here.
Attendees gained new insight into how C&I engineers in similar organisations are currently:
- Overcoming obsolescence issues and dealing with control system migration
- Building a business case for investment in upgrading and replacing legacy systems
- Managing bad actors and rationalising alarms
- Harnessing new technologies such as virtualisation and wireless monitoring systems
- Modernising Safety Instrumented Systems
ACE 2012 Highlights
Automation & Control for Energy event speakers included:
Automation & Control for Energy event speakers included:
Mufaddal Karimbhai
Instrument & Control Systems Technical Authority
Britannia Operator Ltd
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Jai Chainani
Control & Instruments Engineer
Chevron Upstream Europe
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Dr William Heath
Senior Lecturer, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
University of Manchester, UK
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Ron Bell OBE
Director
Engineering Safety Consultants (ESC) Ltd
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Roger Warne, Woodside Energy
Jason Bryant, C&I Team Leader, EDF Energy
Ewen MacDonald,Lead Systems & Instrument Engineer, Total E&P
Andy Geddes, Group C&I Engineer, Scottish Power
Martin Belshaw, Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC)
Benjamin Byrne, Senior EC&I Engineer, Assystem
Steve Jack, EURA Account Manager, PAS Inc
Malcolm James, Head of Electrical and Automation Systems, Maersk FPSOs
Harm Wouthuis, DCS and Instrumentation Engineer, GDF Suez Netherlands (tentative)
ACE Focus Groups
This year's ACE Focus Groups examined:
- Integrating unlimited data sources while improving control room work flow
- Achieving operational excellence through effective HMI design
- Reducing the threat of cyber attack
- Approaches to extending the life of ageing assets
PLUS Drinks Reception, Thursday 15 March
50% DISCOUNT FOR POWER UTILITIES AND OIL & GAS OPERATORS
Please state when booking if you are a power utility or oil & gas operator to receive your exclusive discount
ACE 2012 reviews...
"Superb conference, addressing some hot topics"
"Well balanced, not too much ‘sales’ and good presentations from operators."
"Good conference, growing on the success of last year, with a range of relevant topics and good quality speakers"
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