Tuesday, May 9, 2023
7:45 AM – 8:45 AM
Welcome Coffee Kickoff; Innovations Lab Explained – Panel Discussion
Room: 361 F&C
ENTELEC is proud to feature the Live IoT Innovations Lab for Energy Companies. This panel disussion will introduce and explain the Innovations Lab that will take place in the exhibit hall on Wednesday and Thursday. Come listen to the discussion about this innovative space where companies can test, develop, and demonstrate IoT-based solutions for energy management and optimization.
Moderator: Doug Miller, Conoco Phillips, ENTELEC Board Member
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
OT Industrial Security Workshop by Fortinet
See Training page for more details…
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Justifying Early Cybersecurity Threat Detection and Response for Control Systems/OT
Room: 360 D
Mohammed Saad, Honeywell
Oil and gas pipelines and terminals are increasingly targeted for cyber-attacks. Breaches affecting operational assets can have potentially serious safety, environmental or economic impact. An effective operational technology (OT) cybersecurity strategy needs to be put in place to mitigate the threats. So how do we get there? During this time, we’ll cover the following:
- Challenges faced by the pipelines and terminals sector
- What peers are doing to improve cyber resilience
- Strategies to consider for a cybersecurity program
- Technologies for efficient cyber operations
Session Objectives:
Today’s Operating Context: Destabilizing threats are increasing OT cybersecurity risk
Getting Execution Right: Implementing OT cybersecurity and achieving results requires domain expertise and the right technology
Putting It Together: Defense-in-depth strategy to protect people, process, and technology
What Industry Peers Are Doing in Midstream: Installing an enterprise-wide approach to OT cybersecurity
Intended Audience: C-Level Executives, Cybersecurity Officers, IT, and anyone else concerns of the threats that can impact their organization.
Category: Cyber Security
About the Speaker
Mohammed Saad, Sr. Director of OT Cybersecurity
Mohammed Saad is an accomplished expert in the fields of OT cybersecurity and automatic control systems, with over 18 years of industry experience. He is currently serving as the OT Cybersecurity Sales and Business Development Sr. Director at Honeywell Connected Enterprise in Atlanta, United States. In his current role, Saad leads a team of enterprise sellers, channel sales professionals, and technical solution consultants, responsible for managing global strategic accounts and developing effective cybersecurity solutions for industrial customers to enable digital transformation. With a strong technical background and extensive expertise in industrial control systems, process control, and industrial cybersecurity, Saad has held various key technical, management, and leadership roles since joining Honeywell in 2012. Previously, he served as the Global Head of Honeywell’s Cyber Technical Solution Consulting Group, where he built a team of cyber experts to design and implement effective cybersecurity solutions and OT Programs for industrial customers across the globe. Saad holds both a BSc and MSc in Industrial Electronics and Automatic Control systems engineering. Saad’s expertise in industrial cybersecurity has made him a sought-after speaker at industry events, where he shares insights on OT cybersecurity trends, challenges, and best practices. He is committed to helping global customers from different industries securely design their IT/OT organization and Enterprise OT Cybersecurity Programs to leverage digital transformation strategies.
Private 4G/5G Networks – Spectrum Options and Technology Considerations
Room: 360 E
Robert Finch, Select Spectrum; Mauricio Subieta, Nokia
Energy production companies have built private networks using narrowband industrial radio systems and frequencies for years, and such systems remain a good option. In addition, after years of spectrum scarcity, utilities and other critical infrastructure companies now have several alternative bands to choose from as they consider private networks systems – including up to six 4G/5G frequency bands.
Session Objectives:
- Identify the six different spectrum bands that are most likely to be available for ENTELEC members to support private 4G and 5G networks. Describe the relative availability, advantages and disadvantages of each band.
- Discuss the current and planned applications and technology available for 4G and 5G wireless networks.
- Describe the ecosystem of equipment and devices available and planned for each of the bands.
Intended Audience: technical and business leadership at energy organizations
Category: Network Engineering
About the Speaker
Robert Finch
Robert Finch is the president and founder of Select Spectrum. The company provides spectrum marketing and brokerage services to organizations seeking to acquire, sell or lease spectrum licenses. Select Spectrum also provides consulting services to a variety of parties interested in spectrum licenses. Bob holds engineering degrees from U.C. Davis and Stanford.
Mauricio Subieta
Dr. Mauricio Subieta is the Energy CTO for North America, leads the Industrial Cyber Security Program and is the technical lead for the Private Wireless Networks (LTE and 5G) Nokia’s Enterprise division focused on the energy segment including electric utilities, oil and gas, and mining. Dr. Subieta’s areas of research and expertise cover next generation wired and wireless networking architectures (5G), network traffic characterization and optimization, protocol design, system development, etc.
Empowering the Performance and Resilience of Today’s Modern Electric Utility Grid with Real-Time Edge Computing Applications that Encompass Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Room: 360 F
Utilities need an accurate real-time view of grid performance using predictive analytics, decision-making, and device management. A powerful Data Engine and Device Management platform provides an industry-first solution to collect and visualize data from communications devices and utility assets (DERs, Reclosers, Cap Controls, Fault Indicators) connected to those devices. For the first time ever, Utilities can provision and manage their devices as well as enable intelligent energy management to control and manage utility assets. A significant transformation is underway. The Global Industrial Complex of machines, sensors, and equipment is connected via powerful computing platforms and leading-edge wireless communications. Automation, predictive maintenance, condition-based monitoring, energy efficiency, asset optimization, and real-time data are some of what’s in store. Learn the benefits of True Edge Computing
Session Objectives:
- Smart Grid applications are driving the need for intelligence and autonomy at the network edge.
- Distributed intelligence requires reliable, dedicated, and secure bandwidth.
- Need for flexible, scalable architecture to cover all use cases (including future ones we haven’t thought of yet).
Category: DER for Flexibility and Resilience, Data Analytics
Level of Presentation: All Levels
Intended Audience: Electric and Gas Utilities IOU, REA, Coop, PPD, Smart Cities, Oil & Gas Infrastructure
About the Speaker
Scott Burk, Council Rock
Mr. Burk is the Council Rock Sales Director for Industrial Markets with a 20+ year tenure of success in sales, business development, and product marketing into; Tier I, II & III wireline and wireless 5G, 4G LTE, and CBRS carriers. He is responsible for sales and business development of the commercial and industrial North American markets; electrical, waste & water, alternative energy, oil & gas, and commercial enterprise.
Process Data Historians – Getting the Most Out of the Data That Drives Your Process and Strategy
Room: 361 F&C
Allen Ray, IntegrateLive & Clint Montgomery, Boardwalk Pipeline
Edge, Site, Enterprise, Cloud… Process data historians seamlessly connect your organization. The proliferation of time series data has amplified the need for more powerful database solutions and intuitive visualization tools for operators and executives alike. Join this session to learn more about MQTT, data historian trends, and the solutions that are driving increases in efficiency.
This session will cover some architecture and deployment best practices for data historians using MQTT, and it will also include micro case study examples from end users that are relying on historians to demystify process data for better insights.
Session Objectives:
- To explain the concept of historian architectures using MQTT and the associated benefits in development.
- To highlight the important considerations in the creation of asset models for dynamic population and the auto discovery of new equipment.
- To examine use cases in the oil & gas industry where process data historians are used to optimize operating hours and downtime, increase the simplicity and reliability of operational data calculations, and enhance analytics and event monitoring through machine learning.
Intended Audience:
- Software engineers and developers
- IT professionals interested in historian database architectures and visualization tools
- Anyone involved in the development and deployment of software solutions for industrial settings
- Engineers, operators, and managers that deal with process control and automation
Category: SCADA
About the Speakers
Allen Ray serves as the Co-Founder and technical guide of IntegrateLive, a community of automation change-makers whose mission is to foster collaboration among industry experts, drive innovation and create value for community members and their respective companies. In addition to his role with IntegrateLive, Allen is consulting with 3M’s senior leadership as an Operational Technology Security Architect.
Clint is a Reliability and Data Analytics Engineer for Boardwalk Pipelines.
Clint is graduate of Kettering University (BSME), and has experience in the manufacturing, mining and oil & gas industries.
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Applying a Zero Trust Mindset to Securing Industrial Control Systems
Room: 360 D
Carlos Sanchez, Fortinet Inc.
For many industrial control systems (ICS), trust has historically been assumed. Given the long-term use of these assets, any ICS designed was presumed the that asset owner and manufacturers knew what should and should not be trusted as critical to their systems. As we enter an era of zero trust, we move from presumed trust to assumed breached where nothing is trusted without verification and minimal access is granted. Zero trust introduces challenges that impact the use of legacy equipment, remote access for OEMs and integrators, warranties for automation controls equipment and potential disruption to processes. During this session, experts from Fortinet will review a path forward for deploying zero trust across OT and IT environments.
Session Objectives:
Understanding that zero trust is a mindset, not a product to buy
Aligning zero trust with your cybersecurity strategy and chosen framework like IEC 62443, NIST-CF and others
Integrating zero trust with the people, process and technology investments
Intended Audience: Technology leaders responsible for securing ICS and SCADA systems across the Oil/Gas ecosystem.
Category: Cyber Security
About the Speaker
Carlos Sanchez
Carlos-Raul Sanchez is a technologist with 32 years of experience in network, telecommunications, and critical infrastructure security. Carlos specializes in simplifying complex business problems with a pragmatic application of technology. With master’s degrees in computer science, business administration, and a wide range of experience ranging from US Air Force, DOD contractor, and O&G IT security, he is known for securing critical infrastructure worldwide. He spent 15 years leading teams secure.
Wireless Hybrid Networks Using Mixed Technologies – the Future of Oil & Gas Field Communications
Room: 360 E
Dan Steele, Hitachi Energy
Increasingly, Oil & Gas companies are deploying intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) Remote Terminal Units (RTU’s) Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s) and other smart apparatus on Oil & Gas (O & G) well pads along with (Saltwater Disposal sites) SWD and LACT (Local Area Custody Transfer) units and Gas Pipelines. As well as equipping O & G field workers with laptop, tablet and handheld computers. They are also installing specialized edge computers and MQTT software
on Oil & Gas Pad locations, plus enterprise software applications in their data centers to automate various facets of utility operations. These technologies are often labeled Smart Field. They enable valuable applications such as SCADA and IT information, Oil & Gas Well au
Session Objectives:
1) Understanding SCADA Wireless components and types
2) The different types of wireless products typically seen in an Oil & Gas Field
3) New technology and capabilities using a hybrid solution to bring legacy hardware devices into a new communication network easily without a forklift replacement.
Intended Audience: Anyone interested in learning basic RF characteristics, different communication devices that can be used and how most Oil & Gas field communications is a mix of several manufactures and technologies to help field personal access WiFi, SCADA, video, VoIP, software diagnostic and other communication needs in the field.
Category: Telecom/Field Communications
About the Speaker
Dan Steele
Daniel G. Steele is the wireless specialist for the Oil & Gas market for Hitachi Energy (formerly ABB) in North America. Dan Steele has more than 35 years’ experience selling communication products for SCADA networks in the oil and gas, water & wastewater, electric utilities, railroad, robotic, irrigation, mining, traffic and process control instrumentation markets. Some of Steele’s previous experience includes, VP/Director of Sales for Automation-X, Global Market Leader for Xetawave, LLC, Direct.
Multi-Application Use of Edge Compute in Large Scale Midstream Operations
Room: 360 F
Andrew Hinz, Stratus Technologies & Charles Smith, Williams Companies
The attendee will learn by real world use cases lessons learned how to implement edge computing strategies. The listener will learn how the business can leverage multiple application to drive operational efficiencies, collect and analyze real-time data to improve decision making, manage and have real-time control and visualizations of midstream operations leading for increased safety, performance, and cost savings.
Edge compute technology can be used in midstream facilities for a variety of applications such as predictive maintenance and preventative maintenance, machine learning for process automation, cybersecurity for secure data and cloud-based network connectivity, asset tracking and visualization of critical operations, and process visualization for plantwide operations.
Session Objectives:
Education on Edge Compute
Use cases in remote areas
Multi applications on edge compute
Intended Audience: SCADA/Automation
Category: Automation
About the Speaker
Andrew Hinz has 20 plus years’ experience in remote IT infrastructures, Industrial controls systems, remote data acquisition/analysis, wireless communication systems and remote video/audio applications. Andrew has developed and implemented new technologies in Upstream and Midstream of edge based solutions. Andrew holds 3 patents in electrical safety and monitoring technologies and is a co-publisher of peer reviewed electrical safety papers.
A New Frontier for Wireless IoT – Understanding the Inflection Point in Oil & Gas Digitization Today
Room: 361 F&C
Daniel Quant, MultiTech
Digital oil fields are key to operational efficiency & profitability, particularly in volatile markets where commodity prices are dropping fast. Traditional approaches to control & process networks are changing & open standards-based wireless technologies & message-oriented middleware are taking hold, accelerating the digitization of stranded & underserved assets, removing silos & decoupling devices from applications. Edge-intelligence offers resiliency, efficiency, & remote orchestration for scale. Private-LTE/CBRS introduces low-latency broadband critical connectivity to the field, while LoRaWAN revolutionizes how low consequence data is captured & integrated to open data SCADA platforms & enterprise business systems.
Session Objectives:
Highlight practical examples and case studies.
Address how wireless convergence, edge intelligence and cloud integration is introducing new possibilities never before considered possible in the Oil and Gas sector.
Intended Audience: This session will highlight some of the new wireless options available today, how they can best service different organizational challenges, and how the industry is working to achieve levels of wireless convergence that are literally transforming networks – introducing new possibilities never before considered possible in the Oil and Gas sector.
Category: Digitalization
About the Speaker
Daniel Quant
Daniel Quant, Vice President of Strategic Development is responsible for identifying emerging business opportunities, while working closely with ecosystem partners & industry associations to accelerate these opportunities into defined vertical and geographical markets. He represents MultiTech in various standardization organizations and has more than 25 years of wireless & telecom experience. He currently serves as the Chair of ENTELEC Industrial IoT sub-committee.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Prevent the Possibility: A Case for Deception to Protect Against a Breach
Room: 360 D
Fabio Paim, Fortinet Inc.
Cyberattacks and threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated and progressively more impactful. Cyber defense strategies can be deployed to protect against the various methods used to disrupt ICS availability. Whether you suspect a breach, feel your legacy systems create too much risk or your taking a proactive approach to improving your security posture, deception can be an approach for OT breach protection. As you advance your security strategy, you need the ability to detect, deflect and defeat known and unknown threats before the real damage is done.
Session Objectives:
The fundamental challenges posed by a cyberattack in operational environments
The road to improving your security posture through threat hunting and response
The role deception technologies can play, within an integrated security platform, to defend operations
Intended Audience: Leaders motivated to deploy strategies for prevent attack while monitoring the behavior of the attacker for continuous improvement of their prevention and response methods.
Category: Cyber Security
About the Speaker
Fabio Paim
Fabio is a senior cybersecurity practitioner with more than 18 years of experience serving in technical, sales and leadership roles. He joined Fortinet in 2014 and has held various positions in the sales engineering organization. In his current role as the Operational Technology Solution Architect for North America, he guides customers through a safe Digital Transformation journey for their ICS/SCADA critical infrastructure environments.
Does 5G Make 4G Private LTE Networks Obsolete?
Room: 360 E
John Yaldwyn, 4RF USA, Inc
This is the decade where private LTE has become truly practical through available spectrum. Despite the breadth of spectrum, the reality for potential private networks has limits. This constrains potential network capacity and impacts possible use cases. There is also a natural reluctance to invest in 4G when 5G is rapidly rolling out with commercial carriers, will a 4G private LTE network remain viable going forward? There is a lot of hype when it comes to these important topics, this presentation will review the possible options. We’ll look at technology such as dynamic spectrum sharing which allows the coexistence of both 4G/5G end points and will make possible an ordered migration from 4G to 5G, extending the life of LTE devices.
Session Objectives:
Learn about frequency band availability and propagation characteristics.
What are the regulatory and capacity constraints?
Does 5G really change everything, let’s review.
Intended Audience: Those industry telecom staff considering the advantages of 4G private or shared LTE network infrastructure.
Category: Telecom/Field Communications
About the Speaker
John Yaldwyn
John Yaldwyn is Chief Technology Officer and founder of 4RF. John focuses technical considerations of radio technology. A graduate of Victoria University of Wellington, he has a science degree and has done post graduate study in France at École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications. He is a member of the Victoria’s Engineering Faculty Advisory Board. John has previously worked at DMC Stratex (now Aviat) and in a New Zealand government science role.
Accommodating Increased Bandwidth Needs for the Oil & Gas Industry
Room: 360 F
Legacy FWA approaches were built with repurposed technologies that were not designed for scalable fixed access in mainstream markets. Enter ngFWA, purpose-built wireless technology that creates a completely new possibility for broadband. It offers all the fast-deployment advantages of FWA but now with the performance, capacity, and interference-rejection required to deliver reliable connectivity for homes and businesses at large scale, in challenging non-line-of-sight conditions, and even in unlicensed spectrum. Join our presentation to learn how ngFWA is dramatically changing network possibilities within the Oil&Gas industry, and how it can save your organization money, time, and other valuable resources.
Session Objectives:
– Educate the industry about a new generation of game-changing wireless technology
– Answer questions about how this new tech can help them in their endeavors
– Share real use cases and stories of how ngFWA is already making an impact
Category: Telecom/Field Communications
Level of Presentation: AdvancedIntended Audience: Intended audience – Oil & Gas industry, primarily for those in charge of and involved in field communications, deploying video in oil fields, managing SCADA networks, and deploying IIoT.
About the Speaker
Tim Jaeger, Tarana Wireless
Mr. Jaeger is a 25-year veteran of the wireless industry. Before joining with Tarana Wireless he was selling, designing and implementing wireless networks in the oil and gas vertical along with other industrial applications for 6 years. Past Speaking Experience: Tim has spoken in panels and other presentations at a variety of telecom related shows, ISHM, and most recently led a webinar for Tarana Wireless. He is more than capable to capture an audience.
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Regulatory and Technology Lunch & Committee Update – Open to all ENTELEC Members
Room: 361 F&C
ENTELEC RT Committee Leadership
The ENTELEC Regulatory and Technology Update is an opportunity to learn about one of the most important ENTELEC membership benefits, The ENTELEC Regulatory and Technology Committee. This Committee was formed to address pressing regulatory developments of interest to ENTELEC’s membership. This is your opportunity to come hear the latest updates from the different subcommittees and ask questions: IIoT, Cyber Security, Spectrum and FCC/Towers. All Members of ENTELEC are eligible and encouraged to join the Regulatory & Technology Committee.
1:45 PM – 3:45 PM
LoRa 101 – A Technical Workshop Presented by MultiTech & Sync Automation
See Training Page for more details.
Best Practices in Building Mobile-Responsive Industrial Applications
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1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Control Room Management Applications Ensuring Safe and Secure Operation
Room: 360 D
Rene Varon, TORY Technologies, Inc.
This session will discuss how the control room management application have been supporting the operation of different assets across the entire energy industry, from pipelines to utilities, including Oil & Gas, power generation, power distribution, refining, petrochemical and mining.
Session Objectives:
Describe the importance to have structure processes and procedures to manage your control room.
Define and reinforce policies to ensure the processes and procedures at the control room are implemented and followed.
Illustrate how Control Room Management processes go beyond regulatory compliance and ensure a safe and secure operation of the assets.
Intended Audience: This presentation is intended for an audience of control room supervisors, operation managers, compliance officers and operation executives that want to learn more about the trends of the industry related to control room management, policies and applications.
Category: Control Room/Data Center
About the Speaker
Rene Varon
Rene Varon, has an Bsc in Electronic Engineering, and a Master in Business Administration from the Bauer School of Business – University of Houston, currently is the President of Tory Technology, Inc. a Houston based company. He has more than 25 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry, specialized mainly in advanced software applications and measuring systems for pipelines & terminals.
Private Cellular Networks (4G & 5G) for Industrial Applications
Room: 360 E
Joel Albert, Industrial Networking Solutions; Colin Hass
Wireless Ethernet technologies such as Wi-Fi or low bandwidth 900 MHz networks are often challenging and cost-prohibitive to use in industrial applications. In the last couple of years, Private Cellular Networks (Private 4G or 5G for short) network technology has emerged as an excellent alternative to these legacy systems. Private Cellular Networks functions like a scaled-down version of a public cellular network, and it can be based on licensed, unlicensed, or shared spectrum. This technology breaks many legacy barriers associated with wireless technologies and allows a broader range, more mobility, better security, and fewer infrastructure components.
Session Objectives:
Learn fundamentals of private cellular networks
Discuss steps to implement a solution
Give real life application examples
Intended Audience: IT Infrastructure
ICS Engineer with Remote Assets
IT for Mobile Worker
Category: Telecom/Field Communications
About the Speaker
Joel Albert
VP – Networking Services at INS
Joel Albert joined INS in 2010 and primarily focused on growing the networking field services business. INS Services has grown to have 16 associates providing turnkey solutions for wired, wireless, software, and IoT solutions for the industrial and ruggedized vertical market. Joel also manages the vendor relationship for Cisco, Inductive Automation, and Nokia.
Colin Hass
Correlation of Time-Stamped Methane Images with SCADA Data to Determine Root Cause Leak Analysis
Room: 360 F
Robert Ward, Kuva Systems
As of Fall 2022 the EPA is in consideration of an alternative working practice for continuous optical gas imaging which will augment or replace the current quarterly handheld inspections under Quad-Oa. The anticipation is that operators will be able to accelerate emission improvements at a far greater rate than is currently being achieved. The goal is to quickly find and fix these larger emissions and there is no better way than being able to see the emission in a photograph. In the case reviews, it will become apparent how continuous OGI (optical gas imaging) as a technology is the only way to find these emissions, determine the root cause, and intervene with corrective actions.
Session Objectives:
Understanding the new EPA rules
Why the big emissions are tough to find
Complexities in emission measurement/quantification
It is not impossible and it can be done in a cost scalable manner
Intended Audience: Executive suite, facility engineer, operator, measurement, EH&S rep, safety, production engineer, asset manager, regulatory professional
Category: emissions, methane mitigation, leak detection
About the Speaker
Robert Ward
A native of Texas, Robert has been in the oil & gas industry for ~30 years, focusing on various technology initiatives in the realm of measurement operations, production optimization, SCADA, and connectivity. He spent 15yrs with the introduction and adoption of Control Microsystems’ SCADAPack and ClearSCADA. Since 2016, Robert has been active in accelerating adoption of new technologies such as LoRaWAN, and as of 2020 he joined Kuva Systems bringing about low cost optical methane imaging.
Accelerate the Digital Oil Journey with Agile Cloud Networking
Room: 361 F&C
Hansen Chan and Jaime Laguna, Nokia
In a rapidly change market, the oil & gas industry is becoming agile and adapting to meet challenges faster and more effectively. The key lies in accelerating the adoption of digital technology innovations. The latest innovations are data- and compute-intensive, and require a cloud-native environment across a cloud infrastructure comprising on-premises data center, local compute edge locations and the public cloud that connect to onshore and offshore assets. This session will explore an open cloud networking framework, including the data center network fabric, mission-critical field and wide area networks. It provides the foundation of an OT cloud, which enables agile, digital operations to thrive in a rapidly changing and uncertain world.
Session Objectives:
- The audience will be familiar with the paradigm of cloud computing
- The audience will learn about cloud networking requirements to support infrastructure cloudification
- The audience will learn about interoperability between cloud networking and IP/MPLS networking
Intended Audience: Operation manager and engineer, IT network leader and architect, Technical staff in CTO office
Category: Information Technology
About the Speakers
Hansen Chan is an IP Product Marketing Manager with a special focus on digital industries and government. He has worked with critical infrastructure network operators and telecom service providers worldwide for more than 30 years. His scope of expertise includes network design and consulting, product management and protocol testing.
Jaime Laguna is the Global Practice Segment Leader for Oil & Gas and Mining in Nokia. He has been working for Nokia 19 years, most of them dedicated into the Energy Segment. Before coming to the US, as Global Oil & Gas and Mining resource, he was Business Development Manager for South East Asia and later Asia Pacific region in the Energy segment, supporting Mining and Oil & Gas markets. Originally from Mexico, back in 2001, he was the Key Account Manager for Strategic Industries division, working directly with local and international EPC’s and Mexico’s Oil State Company. Main activities and projects are related to the development of Wireless Technologies, Telecom Packages for open pit and underground mines, offshore platforms, refineries and LNG Plants where Mission Critical Networks are required looking also into the development and interoperability of applications. He has a bachelor’s degree in Science in Electronic and Communications Engineering, with a Post Grad in Finance.
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Ensuring Interoperability Between LMR and Broadband
Room: 360 D
Madhusudan Pai, Motorola Solutions; Brundaban Sahoo, Motorola Solutions
Mission Critical Push To Talk (MCPTT) connects your teams over mobile broadband and also has the capability to connect via your existing LMR networks too. During this technical session, the Motorola Solutions’ experts will discuss how these technologies converge and provide interoperability across your systems.
Session Objectives:
Discover why Utilities need interoperability when adopting private LTE solutions
Uncover the layers of interoperability opportunity across your systems
Explore interoperability with the ecosystem of end user devices
Learn about the evolution of MCPTT Technology and 3GPP Standards
Intended Audience: Teams that need to connect over mobile broadband and existing LMR networks.
Category: Telecom/Field Communications
About the Speaker
Madhusudan Pai
Brundaban Sahoo
Digital Oil Operations – How IoT is Changing the Landscape of Data-Driven Decisions
Room: 360 E
Chris Taylor, FreeWave Technologies;
Today, technology gives us essential insight and access to more data than ever. Data means decisions, and with more information at our fingertips, we can naturally create better, faster decisions in and around the field.
As the oil industry continues to go digital, IoT technology helps us to operate with a smarter network. Making better informed decisions with near real-time data points from the live network. From drilling rigs to pipelines, operating with a smarter network is essential for effective production.
Session Objectives:
- How IoT can increase productivity of an oil operation
- Leveraging the best of IoT connectivity solutions with legacy networks
- What the future of IoT means for the oil and gas industry
Intended Audience: If you’re responsible for your network health and optimization, this session will help you gain an understanding of how the innovations in IoT can help you solve today’s, and tomorrow’s, issues.
Category: IoT
About the Speaker
Chris Taylor
Chris has been in the product arena for some time. His focus on innovation and experience in IoT places him squarely as a subject matter expert. Currently leading the product lifecycle of FreeWave Technology innovation, Chris ensures customers can take advantage of the latest in connectivity options while benefiting from the data that IoT solutions provide every day decision making.
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Industrial Autonomy and Net Zero Emission Goals
Room: 360 F
Robert ‘Bob’ Ell, Honeywell
Future-proofing operations require strong alignment with two capital-competing initiatives – industrial autonomy and net zero emissions goals. The good news is, that both autonomous operations and net zero goals hold key synergies that yield substantial benefits from being executed concurrently.
Gain insight into where to invest your time and capital on the journey to autonomous operations, while simultaneously leapfrogging toward your net zero emissions goals.
Session Objectives:
Future of autonomous operations
Key anticultural components of an enterprise system
Protentional net zero considerations for system implementation
Intended Audience: Engineers, Owners, Operators, C-Level
Category: Automation
About the Speaker
Robert ‘Bob’ Ell
Bob is the Global Marketing Director for Oil & Gas at Honeywell. Bob has over 35 years of experience in the oil & gas industry. Since beginning his career as an engineer, Bob has held positions in project management, sales & marketing, and senior management. He is a resourceful solution-oriented senior leader with direct experience in real-time business applications, IT, SCADA, automation, and control. Bob holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan.
LTE and 5G 101: Understanding This Essential Digital Transformation Enabler
Room: 361 F&C
Mark Madden, Ericsson North America; Viren Parikh, Ericsson North America
Connectivity is key to the future success of the oil and gas industry. Over the years, the industry has relied on many different short, medium and long distance connectivity technologies. These range from LoRaWAN, Bluetooth Low Energy, WirelessHART, LMR, DMR, to more conventional technologies like Wi-Fi, microwave and lastly LTE and 5G. In this session, we will explore the LTE and 5G basics for those who are looking to understand what makes this technology different from traditional communication platforms. We’ll unpack the crucial ingredient of spectrum and the available options for the US market. Lastly, we’ll look at middle mile aspect and its adaptability to a wide range of network needs.
Session Objectives:
Discover the LTE and 5G basics and learn what is the market buzz is about.
Learn about the critical element of spectrum and the available options within the US.
Learn about the LTE and 5G ecosystem, and why it matters to you.
Intended Audience: Functional area: Oil & Gas companies, Position/Title: CXO, VP, IT/OT managers, etwork engineers, Size of Company: 500+, Type of Company: upstream and downstream
Category: 5 G / Next Gen Wireless
About the Speaker
Mark Madden
Mark Madden is a Sr. Solutions Director at Ericsson responsible for developing end-customer Private 4G/5G cellular solutions for the Energy vertical. Mr. Madden has over 30 years of experience with mission-critical communications in a variety of critical infrastructure, military, and enterprise segments. Over the last 15 years he has primarily been focused on the energy segment, including Oil & Gas, Public Utilities, Transportation, and Mining while occupying technical, business development, and business management roles. Mr Madden joined Ericsson in November of 2021.
Viren Parikh
Viren is responsible for supporting the US and Canadian market for Oil & Gas and Alternative Energy companies to overcome their communications challenges by finding the right packaged solution. He helps businesses understand how private networks using LTE .
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
LAN and WAN Electrical Protection Trends
Room: 360 D
George Kauffman, NexTek, LLC
Energy, Telecom, Electrical infrastructure, and SCADA relies heavily on Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) communication. The communication usually includes radio and video, ethernet and serial lines, 802.11, G4/5, and wire-based telecom. Protection of these vital networks from lightning damage has been a traditional concern. More contemporary threats now include NEMP (Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse) or HEMP (High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse), associated with high altitude nuclear detonations. The sources and engineering characterization of HEMP energy, and the risks to equipment are explained. The critical parameters of protectors, and typical examples of performance will be illustrated. The major differences between Lightning (LEMP) Protection and HEMP protection is discussed. Typical standards are briefly reviewed, as well as some most common challenges in protecting commercial and industrial sites, such as shielding, grounding, and bonding.
Session Objectives:
Introduce the need for high altitude electromagnetic pulse protection.
Provide an overview of the threat levels and protection methods, including system definition, susceptibility, and including shielding and suppression techniques.
Review of suppressor performance, and comparison to lightning suppression performance.
The goal is to provide entry and mid-level system engineers with some key information to manage the EMP risk
Intended Audience: Communication Engineers and System Designers
Category: Critical Communications and Systems
About the Speaker
George Kauffman
Principal Engineer, CTO
George oversees NexTek’s engineering team in developing new lightning arrestor and DC power conditioning products. George is a recognized leader in the lightning protection industry and holds multiple patents in the EMC field. His technical expertise assures that each product line exhibits optimal technical performance characteristics. George also leads NexTek’s technical support. Many customers have benefited from George’s technical guidance when selecting the most appropriate and cost-effective product solution. Prior to NexTek, George spent eighteen years at Digital Equipment Corporation in numerous roles including manufacturing, product development, product management and software development. George holds both a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Engineering Management from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. He is registered in Massachusetts as a Professional Engineer
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
Power at the Edge Vendor Challenge – Solar, Wind & Battery
Room: 361 F&C
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Moderator: Joshua Stockton, Apache Corp.; ENTELEC Board Member & Technical Committee Chair
