Day 1
WEDNESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2011 |
9.00
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Andrew Lavelle, Project Manager, Business Improvement Unit-iSMART System Projects, State Water Corporation Australia
SCADA, Process Control Systems & Automation Market Trends |
9.10
SCADA, Process Control Systems & Automation Outlook for Asia
- Growth of SCADA and automation market in Asia
- Will electricity, oil & gas, water & rail remain top growth sectors?
- What are the barriers to development?
- Where are the opportunities for investment?
Satish Lele, Vice President of Industrial Technologies, Frost & Sullivan
Design & Planning of your Advanced SCADA System
for Business Process Improvement |
9.50
Developing a Centralized & Fully Integrated SCADA System for Sustainable Business Operations
- Key learnings and challenges from State Water Corporation’s latest SCADA upgrade project
- Analyzing current needs and future system requirements
- Managing stakeholder expectations
- Incorporating an effective communication network
- Meeting the changing nature of businesses
- Developing a cost effective solution that meets budget
- Setting up technical requirements and specifications to ensure ROI
Andrew Lavelle, Project Manager, Business Improvement Unit-iSMART System Projects, State Water Corporation Australia
10.30
Enabling your SCADA System for More Robust Control & Automation Functionalities
- Examining the need for more automated functionalities
- Challenges with aggregating different sources over different over distances
- Providing useful and meaningful information to operations, maintenance, engineering and management
- Understanding the complexity of integrating different technologies
- Insight into field proven SCADA and automation components
Nguyen Quang Truong, Deputy Chief of Project Implementation Department No. 2, Vietnam Railways
11.00
Morning Networking & Refreshment Break
11.30
Assessing Advanced SCADA & Process Control for the Oil & Gas Sector
- Lessons learnt from SCADA applications in the oil and gas sector
- Features and benefits of SCADA and advanced process control systems
- Key criteria for choosing an Advanced Process Control System
- Advanced process control implementation
- Operability of the SCADA and advanced process control system
Adam Zakaria, Principal Engineer – Advanced Process Control, Petronas Malaysia
12.10
Applications to Enhance the SCADA System for Rail Safety & Operability
- New applications, technologies and cost evaluations
- Meeting safety and regulation requirements
- Compliance with operating rules
- Interoperability challenges associated with more advanced SCADA and process control
Michael Lam, Technical Superior, Transportation Infrastructure Office, The Government of Macau SAR
3D SCADA Human Management Interface (HMI) for Remote Facility Control |
12.50 The Application of 3D SCADA HMI for Remote Facility Control
- Discuss current technologies and projects using 3D HMI
- Detail advantages and cost savings associated with the technology
- Review applications for various industries and facility types
- Discuss the integration of the technology into existing SCADA installations
- Provide demonstrations of example sites
- Discuss integration of 3D HMI with Embedded controller design for reliable remote equipment control
Bruce Johnson, Manager, Controls & Automation, BEC Engineering
1.30
Networking Luncheon
Development of Communications Infrastructure
for
More Efficient Data Transfer
|
2.30
Using BGAN Satellite Terminal for SCADA Applications
- What are the benefits for SCADA application users
- How it works from the remote terminal unit to the master control centre
- Industry specific case examples of the BGAN satellite terminal in use
- Interoperability with SCADA applications and equipment
Kevin Peng, Vice President BGAN Land & Mobile Solutions, Addvalue Communications Pte Ltd
3.10
Using Open Wireless Public Networks for SCADA Systems & Machine to Machine (M2M) Applications (The Internet Side of Things)
- Differences between using private radio networks and open wireless public networks
- Benefits and disadvantages of using Wireless Public Networks
- How open public wireless networks can be applied effectively
- Key criteria before making the capital investment in communications infrastructure
Poon Kum Hoong, Executive Director, Singapore Industrial Automation Association
Dr Tan Guan Hong, President, Singapore Industrial Automation Association
3.50
Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break
4.20
Advanced Mobile & Fixed Site Remote Communications to Save Time/Money & Increase Security
- Security threats and trends
- Evaluating business processes and levels to increase security
- Stratos solutions and how they save time, money and maximize security
- New* Delivering telemetry data through an integrated SCADA network via satellite technology
Gerbrand Schalkwijk , Vice President Global Enterprise Sales, Stratos Global
Interactive Roundtable Discussion Addressing the Specific Issues Associated with Implementing, Upgrading & Migrating SCADA & Associated Systems for the Following
Sectors:
- SCADA Systems for Oil & Gas
Led by: Adam Zakaria, Principal Engineer – Advanced Process Control, Petronas Malaysia
- SCADA & the Smart Grid
Led by: Shoaib Yousuf, E-Security Strategy Manager, Country Energy Australia
- SCADA Systems for Measuring & Managing Water
Led by: Andrew Lavelle, Project Manager, Business Improvement Unit-iSMART System Projects, State Water Corporation Australia
- SCADA & Rail Systems
Led by: Nguyen Mau Hoang, Deputy Director of Infrastructure Management Department (Signaling & Telecommunication), Vietnam Railways
5.00
Chairman’s Summary & Close of Day One
Day 2
THURSDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2011 |
9.00
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Andrew Lavelle, Project Manager, Business Improvement Unit- iSMART System Projects, State Water Corporation Australia
9.10
Provincial Electricity Authority’s (PEA) SCADA & Distribution Management Systems (DMS)
- Why the need for a smart distribution management syste
- Smart technologies used within PEA’s DMS and how it works
- Achieving operational efficiency, system reliability and integrity
- Real time monitoring and detection of fault locations using smart technologies
- Initiatives and approaches for the standardization of technologies
Pantong Thinsatit, Senior Engineer, System Management Centre, Provincial Electricity Authority Thailand
9.50
Developing an Effective Network Management Solution Architecture for the Smart Grid
- Integrating distribution management systems and equipment monitoring systems
- SCADA for remote monitoring and control
- A close look at telemetry architecture including mode of communication
- Ensuring control centres receive information in a timely manner for immediate action or future decision
Ajoy Rajani, Senior Vice President , Reliance Infrastructure Ltd – Part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group of Companies
10.30
Real Time Management of SCADA, Distribution Management Systems & Distribution Automation
- Overview of the challenges of the integration of SCADA, DMS and distribution automation
- Review of SCADA system along the feeder
- Outage management and network maintenance
- Real-time control architecture that can ensure a robust, stable and optimal distribution system
Manoj Sabat, Head of SCADA Operation, North Delhi Power Limited India
11.10
Morning Networking & Refreshment Break
Mitigating Security Risks as a Result of the Sophisticated SCADA System |
11.40
Scada System Surviving in Harsh Communication Environment
- Using multiple communication media networks
- Communication survival in hostile environments
- Communication switch over between public and private systems, wire and wireless
- Automatic switch over between protocols (transcoding)
- Remote maintenance over the same SCADA communication channel for minimum down time
- Communication protocol security
Itzhak Bar-Magen , Remote Monitoring Control Systems (RMC) , R&D group , Motorola Solutions Asia Pacific
12.20
Changing & Emerging Security Threats to your SCADA & Process Control System
- What are the emerging threats and where do threats come from?
- What are the risks?
- Considering the ramifications of SCADA system breaches
- How can your SCADA system be robust enough to minimize the effects?
- Recommendations and success factors surrounding the Smart Grid
Shoaib Yousuf, E-Security Strategy Manager, Country Energy Australia
1.00
Networking Luncheon
2.00
Best Practice SCADA Security Assessment & Risk Management
- Assessment methods for SCADA security including objectives, budgets and goals
- Evaluating the threats of cyber attacks and preventative mechanisms
- Implementing effective SCADA risk management programs
Dr Christopher Beggs, Director, Security Infrastructure Solutions Australia
2.40
Addressing Increasing Security Risks & Challenges
The active and infamous case of the Stuxnet worm first found in June 2010 in Iran, potentially damaging Iran’s nuclear facilities and spreading across the globe to this day, highlights the vulnerabilities of many SCADA systems controlling critical infrastructures today and the very need to protect against acts of cyber weaponry.
- Towards a cyber security strategy from natural disasters to, disgruntled employees to terrorism
- Justifying the billions of dollars of investment capital needed to meet security requirements
- Current standards for cyber security
- Meeting audit requirements
- Procurement, design and operability of SCADA security
Panelists:
Manoj Sabat, Head of SCADA Operation Support Team, North Delhi Power Limited India
Pantong Thinsatit, Senior Engineer, System Management Centre, Provincial Electricity Authority Thailand
Jim Baker, Principal SCADA Engineer, Water Corporation of Western Australia
Satish Lele, Vice President of Industrial Technologies, Frost & Sullivan Asia
3.10
Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break
SCADA Upgrades & Migration Planning |
3.40
Overcoming SCADA Systems & Product Obsolescence
- Addressing SCADA hardware and software lifecycles
- Issues of suppliers no longer supporting products, escalating maintenance costs, unavailability of spare parts and incompatibility with new technology
- Increasing demands of system functionality and changing workflows of businesses
- How can SCADA system obsolescence and early end of associated systems be minimized?
- Forecasting of future demands on SCADA systems, business and information flow
- Product assessment strategies to maximize the lifecycle of your SCADA system
Jim Baker, Principal SCADA Engineer, Water Corporation of Western Australia
4.20
SCADA: Approaches for Connection with Control Devices
- Hardware structures
- Driver (Dynamic link library - DLL) approach
- Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) approach
- OLE for Process Control (OPC) approach
Dr Truong Dinh Chau, Department of Automation & Control, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
5.00
Chairman’s Summary of the Day & Close of SCADA 2011
