Presenting Companies - Click on company name to go directly to their session!

Remote Networking - Skymira • Freewave Technologies, Inc. • Dust Networks • Point Six Wireless • SignalFire Telemetry                                         SkyTerra Communications • GainSpan • Prosoft Technology, Inc. • NSGDatacom •
                                        HART Communication Foundation • MapleNet Wireless

Security - Telular • Industrial Defender • CSE-Semaphore • The Barrier Group • RSI Video Technologies •
                   National Instruments • Wurldtech Security Technologies • The Southern Company

Onsite Power - SunWize Technologies • C&D Technologies • Adaptive Materials, Inc. • IdaTech

Exhibit Hall Hours
October 29th - 10:00 am to 6:30 pm
Ocotber 30th - 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Break-Out Presentation Key
Remote Monitoring Sessions - Blue
Remote Networking Sessions - Black
Onsite Power Sessions - Green
Security Sessions - Red
(All Featured & Keynote Presentations in Black)

October 29th - Day 1 Conference Program

7:00am - Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am - Welcome and Introductions

8:00am - Keynote Presentation
The Evolution of Remote Service and Device Management
The Remote service space is maturing – not only from increased adoption of remote applications or an increase in the number of assets being monitored remotely, but also from the ways that organizations are using remote service technology. No longer just concerned with increasing uptime, firms are looking to take a stake in optimizing the processes around the use of their assets, so as to drive new revenue streams wrapped around a model of predictive and preventive maintenance. As such, this session looks to lead a fast-based discussion on trends in the remote service space, practices and solutions adopted by the best-in-class around the use of Remote Service technology and future avenues for growth and hurdles to be overcome.

Sumair Dutta,  Senior Research Analyst - Service Management  • Aberdeen Group

9:00am Featured Presentation
Remote Monitoring of Natural Gas Compression Equipment
HighMount Exploration and Production manages a portfolio of natural gas assets in Alabama consisting of approximately 1,350 wells that produce approximately 55 million standard cubic feet per day. In order to produce and transport the product, compressors play a critical role. If a compressor goes down, the flow of natural gas stops. The equipment is unmanned and often located in remote areas. HighMount requires remote monitoring on their equipment and utilize M2M’s services to monitor their compressor fleet. This case study-style presentation will cover the benefits HighMount obtained from utilizing remote monitoring.

Matt Begler, Vice President of Sales • M2M Data Corporation

10:00am - Networking Break/Exhibit Hall Opens

10:30am - Break-out Sessions Begin
Enabling the Smart Grid with Cutting Edge Electrical Load Measurement
The increasing demand on utilities requires improvements in efficiency, cost savings and conservation of energy distribution. To be successful, utilities are faced with the challenge, and opportunity, to upgrade their existing processes. This presentation provides a real-life example of how the Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO) upgraded to an intelligent, digital cellular solution for its meter interrogation process. This upgrade not only improved the utility’s overall processes by increasing efficiency and improving customer service, it also reduced the total cost of ownership of its metering solution while providing time savings benefits through remote, real-time monitoring and collection of critical data.

Andy James, Director of Sales - Mobile & M2M Group • Sierra Wireless

Compressco Cuts Remote Work Order Processing Time in Half
Three years ago Compressco, a manufacturer of production enhancement solutions for pressure oil and gas wells, selected Skymira to streamline information management originating from the locations of its underperforming gas wells. Skymira’s solutions unlocked the value in Compressco’s remote information via satellite and cellular remote operations management technologies by connecting remote worker information with Compressco’s management in real time. Prior to engaging Skymira, Compressco’s one hundred on site mechanics issued four thousand paper work orders monthly. With the help of these new solutions, information was captured from embedded paper work orders and converted in real time into electronic forms. As a result, two hundred mechanics currently file between six thousand and eight thousand work orders a month, which is double the amount of work orders the team processed previously.  

Incorporating the SCADA control system in the deployment, in addition to Skymira’s hardware and services, over four thousand compressor work orders were completed during rollout which took place during the second, third and fourth quarters of 2008. Compressco is now able to retrieve remote information in one common data stream, seamlessly from oil and gas well worksites around the globe, in real time.

Robert F. Landsfield, Chief Executive Officer • Skymira
Larry Brickman, VP of Field Services • Compressco
Chris Anderson, Field Services • Compressco

Wireless Security Best Practices for Remote Monitoring Applications
Wireless network security continues to be an area of intense research and development, particularly in applications where wireless sensors are extending the reach of traditional monitoring and control systems. While the IT sector has embraced the IEEE 802.11i standard for corporate networks, engineers have many more options available to them for their industrial network designs. This presentation will provide an overview of IEEE 802.11i, IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee, and other security protocols as they relate to measurement and automation applications. In addition, network design and commissioning best practices will provide attendees with a set of recommendations for guarding against the most common security attacks.

Charlie Stiernberg, Remote Data Acquisition Product Manager • National Instruments

11:15am - Break-out Sessions
IEC 61850: A Protocol with Powerful Potential
As an international standard for substation automation systems, IEC 61850 defines the communication between devices in the substation and related system requirements. It supports substation automation functions as well as their engineering. Unlike earlier protocols, the technical approach makes IEC 61850 flexible and future-proof. 

Although there are over 50 protocols worldwide for substation automation, IEC 61850 is the only one that provides a standardized method of communications and integration whose goal is to support systems built from multi-vendors intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) networked together to perform protection, monitoring, automation, metering and control.

To achieve maximum benefit from this protocol, it is essential to understand what it has to offer, how it is different from previous standards and what it provides to end users.

Andreas Somogyi, Director of Global Engineering & Marketing • Prosoft Technology, Inc.
Wallace Gastreich, Strategic Product Marketing Manager • Prosoft Technology, Inc.

Stretching Wireless IO throughout Your Infrastructure
Frequently a company has geographically scattered assets and sensor data is needed at a central point. In the past, the only available option included digging trenches and/or running conduit and pulling wire to acquire the signals. Wireless IO offers substantial and measurable cost savings in terms of engineering, installation and logistics as well as dramatic improvements in the frequency, currency and reliability of field data collection. This presentation will explain how attendees can stretch their wireless IO throughout their infrastructure to not only maximize their investments, but yield greater, more effective communication within their networks.

Brent E. McAdams, Director of Major Accounts & Product Development Manager of Wireless IO Systems •
FreeWave Technologies, Inc.

Wireless Protection - When Landlines are not an Option
Learn how cellular alarm and event monitoring solutions provide the bridge between wireless remote locations and their remote needs. Explore the problem of decreased landlines which warrant wireless connectivity and security solutions as well as the economic and safety benefits seen from the deployment of cellular alarm solutions. The session will provide many different ways in which cellular alarm communicators are the answer for protection in remote locations. Learn about key technology advancements in the industry and how Telular expects this trend to grow in the upcoming year.

Shawn Welsh, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development • Telular

12:00pm - Luncheon

1:00pm - Break-out Sessions Resume
Linking SCADA Development with Operational Needs
Information management should be a two-pronged approach: first defining what is important, and then working to capture it.  All too often companies skip the first component, and focus just on capturing all the data they can; a challenge considering that companies don’t use data to make decisions, they use actionable information. In this session, learn about the benefits of working with the end in mind to design better information management systems - creating reports that reflect the data that is important to management, engineers, accounting and field technicians.

Jim Fererro, Vice President • GlobaLogix

Macro Scale Mesh Networking
Most mesh networking systems are designed to work with internode distances to 10 to 100 meters. This presentation will discuss some of the unique challenges present in deploying macro scale mesh networks of 100’s or 1000’s of nodes over a large area where inter node distances can be 100’s or 1000’s of meters apart. Common problems of frequency choice, power, power source, commissioning topography, environmental factors and topology will be discussed from a practical perspective.

Al Hamilton, President • SignalFire Telemetry, Inc.

So You Think You are Secure? You Might Not Be
Everything IP based where it is data, voice, video is vulnerable. We have learned about data networks and SCADA systems are just as vulnerable. Most everyone has seen the video and documentary where a diesel generator creating electricity had been hacked into and stopped. To help prevent these cyber intrusions, learn how these attacks occur, what the attack code looks like, why you have to inspect all 7OSI layers, what a blended threat is and why speed matters.

Jim Libersky, VP of Sales/Marketing • The Barrier Group

Fabio Pizzuti • Telecom Italia Spa

Reliable Wireless Sensor Network Performance for Substation Monitoring Applications
Wireless sensor networks operating in challenging outdoor environments, such as a typical electrical substation, face radio frequency (RF) propagation challenges that lead to issues in signal strength and interference that are difficult to predict during the initial design and provisioning of a wireless sensor network. Multi-path effects in particular pose problems, with the impact created by the movement of machinery and people perhaps the most difficult to simulate with today's predictive models.  Real world data from these environments demonstrates just how significant this can be, and is illustrative of the importance of accommodating the time-varying effects to ensure reliable network functionality in the face of this adversity.

This session will focus on technological breakthroughs in embedded wireless sensor networking technology enabling reliable, low-power WSN products in harsh industrial environments like electrical substations.  Real world examples of success will be used for these applications.

Steve Toteda, Vice President of Marketing • Dust Networks, Inc.

A Practical Approach to Securing your Remote Site
It seems that everything related to security is off in the future. Industry standards are under development with compliance dates spreading over many years.  Your security budget seems just as distant!  Meanwhile, you know you have to implement security measures now.

Based on project experience, this session will cover a number of practical measures in terms of both physical and cyber security related to SCADA systems and the processes they monitor and automate.  These measures deal with the reality of budgeting in today's economy and regulatory environment.  They also can be taken in light of emerging industry requirements so that your system will comply once they're in effect.

Kevin Finnan, Vice President of Marketing • CSE-Semaphore

2:30pm - Break-out Sessions
Case Study: The International Monitoring System of CTBTO
The Preparatory Commission of the Nuclear-Test-Ban treaty Organization operates an International Monitoring System (IMS) as part of the global verification regime foreseen under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) to provide global monitoring for the detection of nuclear explosions.
This system consists of a worldwide network of seismic, hydro-acoustic, infrasound and radionuclide monitoring stations support by 16 laboratories and a satellite communications network. The IMS network is required to be in continuous operation with high data availability, and most stations are located in remote parts of the world.
Learn about how the commission is deploying a wide variety of different technologies in the field from digital signal processing through remote power, intra-station communication and computing technologies. While the Commission is well supported, there is a need to involve remote monitoring and networking expertise from other regional or worldwide monitoring systems and from solution suppliers to these systems.

Emil Farkas , Systems Engineer • Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

Cellular Companies Discontinuing Circuit Switched Data: Where Does That Leave Traditional Communications?
In the drive to modernize the communications services used by utilities, cellular data communications has begun playing a pivotal roll. Replacing dry copper pairs, traditional land lines with 2G and 3G technologies, these technologies deliver savings, increase mobility and move communications into an IP world. However in the push forward solutions that depend upon particular transport have left many traditional communication methods such as FAX high and dry. In recent time there was the discontinuation of AMPS (Analog Mobile Phone Service). The next crucial element will be the dropping of circuit switched data from the cellular networks. In the world of POTS this means most solutions for Group Three FAX will go away.

While a utility can use a PC and a scanner and a printer, many prefer the traditional Group Three FAX machine available from any office supply store. It is fool proof, it won't catch a virus and it is seldom stolen. Conventional elements such as POTS and FAX still have a life in this modern world, but how do you deliver them in an IP world?

Tom Kittle, Director Business Development • NSGDatacom

Securing Remote Site Access: A Defense-in-Depth Approach
Discuss the importance of developing a comprehensive cyber risk protection strategy for securing remote access environments.  Learn about specific tips on how to employ a defense-in-depth risk security technology strategy, which uses technology specifically designed to address the challenges of securing virtual private networks used in major plants in power, oil & gas, water, chemical and transportation industries.

Walter Sikora, Vice President of Security Solutions • Industrial Defender Inc.

3:15pm - Networking Break

3:45pm - Break-Out Sessions Resume
Reaping the Benefits of Intelligent Data: How Effective Energy Monitoring Can Reduce Costs
Environmental stewardship and innovation is becoming increasingly important as we take steps to create a sustainable environment for future generations by going green. Power monitoring and reporting helps IT, energy and facility/plant managers understand and manage critical power systems and energy flow as a whole, offering a short-term and long-term view of individual and overall power consumption. This presentation will offer several solutions that assist in reducing energy consumption and minimizing environmental and economic impacts associated with excessive energy use. He will also highlight the case study that shows how Ave Maria University successfully integrated IT and facilities with a PowerChain management solution. In this presentation, the speaker describes how Eaton’s power monitoring architecture formed the foundation for effective energy monitoring, energy conversation and cost reductions at this university.

Marcus Maxwell, Product Manager, Software and Meter Products • Eaton Corp.

WirelessHART Sensor Level Networks – Simple, Reliable and Secure
Today there are many wireless technology solutions to choose from, but only one solution is built on technology standard proven reliable enough for both monitoring and control applications in the process industries.
The presenter will review the WirelessHART technology and the use cases for Wireless mesh sensor networks based on the HART 7 - WirelessHART standard exploring new ways to extend the capabilities of your installed devices and automate new measurements previously thought to expensive to monitor.

Ed Ladd, Director of Technology Programs • HART Communication Foundation

Remote Video Security Unpluged - Cheaper, Faster, Better
Security needs have grown in economic downturns. Budget cuts demand more security for less. New video technology architecture offers greater security with 10 second videos of intrusions sent over the cell network for immediate response.  Law enforcement respond faster to crimes-in-progress and verified alarms have proven effective in both capture and deterrence.  Videofied has proven reliable in even the harshest outdoor applications securing cell towers, substations, oil wells, pumping stations, pipelines and vacant buildings.  Case studies presented will include protecting substations during Hurricane Ike and -30°F vacant buildings in Minnesota winters.  Installation options will be considered including mounting cameras to poles stuck into concrete-filled buckets that can moved as needed.

Keith Jentoft , President • RSI Video Technologies

4:30pm - Break-Out sessions
Emerging SCADA Technology
Due to the remote nature of many SCADA network nodes, basic support infrastructure is often less than desirable with many opportunities for lost connections. These incidents can leave an operator in the NOC not knowing if the problem was caused by a temporary power failure or a malfunction of an IP-based network or SCADA device. A field technician is usually dispatched to the site to evaluate and repair the problem, ensuring extended downtime.

The automated remote nanagement addresses these unique challenges by providing secure, automated device management across the network. The an ARM appliance can collocate with network equipment including SCADA, IP, and backhaul devices to provide local management and control, plus access to equipment during an outage through an out-of-band connection. For compliance standards, security and auditing requirements are enforced - even during network outages.

Mark Piening’s, VP of Product Management and Marketing • Uplogix, Inc.

Wireless IP Implementation Strategies
IP-based wireless systems provide a multi-protocol platform for monitoring, control and data acquisition.    However, there are frequency, bandwidth and propagation challenges with IP wireless that differ significantly from analog systems.  Using real world implementation examples, this session will delve into the design and deployment characteristics of an IP-based wireless network.   The presenter is an integrator/contractor, and as such his perspective is that of someone who has hands-on field experience with multiple wireless platforms over the past fifteen years. 

Gene Crusie, CEO • MapleNet Wireless

October 30th - Day 2 Conference Program

7:30am - Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00am - Keynote Presentation
Cyber Security For The Smart Grid: From FUD To Fact!
This presentation will take a holistic look at the cyber security challenges of emerging industrial wireless and smart grid technologies from a real-world perspective. Learn what utilities see as some of the actual challenges with smart meter and AMI deployments, and what steps are being taken today to reduce overall risk exposure to the bottom line. Discover the differences and similarities between the security challenges of emerging Smart Grid technologies and traditional IT and SCADA security challenges. A review current best practices for ensuring Smart Grid security when viewed from an organization, people, process and technology perspective will be provided. Lastly the session will end with recommendations from the field on what end-users can do today to ensure the safe, secure and reliable integration of industrial wireless and Smart Grid technology.

Tyler Williams, President • Wurldtech Security Technologies
Ward Pyles, Security Analyst • Southern Company

9:10am - Featured Presentation
Four Years of Remote Monitoring the Global Infrastructures
OSIsoft, LLC provides a real time infrastructure to many large industrial companies around the globe. Customers monitor their production systems remotely for operational, safety, production and inventory functions.
A remote monitoring and management infrastructure was created for an Enterprise level of service to provide remote monitoring, currently supporting about four hundred plant sites in the energy sector.
We will discuss what was monitored, how the monitoring infrastructure works, how it is staffed, the Operations Center facilities and the problems we have worked through. Some customer case results will be discussed to describe the value customers have found most valuable.

Don Smith • OSIsoft LLC

10:00am - Networking Break/Exhibit Hall Opens

10:30am - Break-Out Sessions Begin
The Role of Telecom and Wireless in Advanced Metering Initiatives
Capabilities such as Automated Meter Reading, Advanced Metering Infrastructures and Smart Metering present a profound transformation in the nature of how utility companies do business today. The global push for these capabilities is deploying and enabling very complex networks globally. Accenture’s view of these new complex smart networks is that they have the “Look and Feel” of today’s telecom-grade networks. They will require the same five nine’s availability and the same level of customer service that telecom providers are expected to offer today. In order to enable all these new functionalities, networks will be built consisting of many different and often complementary technologies. This presentation focuses on some of the inherent communications challenges that exist when architecting a network of this type, including how these networks of tomorrow truly do look and feel like telecom networks of today.

Vaibhav Parmar, Senoir Manager of Network Technologies • Accenture

Satellite-Terrestrial Networks: Next-Generation of Wireless Communication
Professionals working in remote areas understand how frustrating being out of touch can be, especially when they are deployed for a significant period of time. SkyTerra Communications will discuss the integration of satellite communications into cell phones and how a next-generation integrated satellite-terrestrial network will ensure professionals working in remote areas are able to stay in touch, even if they are in an area that typically does not receive coverage.  

Dr. Ashok T+Rao, Ph.D., Director, Product and Technology Strategy • SkyTerra

Solar Electric Systems - Power Reliability for 24/7 Operation
When designing a solar electric system for an application requiring off grid power, it is important to understand the capabilities and limitations of the power equipment to allow the most robust and economical design possible for the application. Power systems typically fail for three reasons: failure to understand the load, improper design and improper installation.

Learn about these three critical areas in detail including correct sizing of the load to be powered, common mistakes when specifying a load, correctly designing a solar electric system and installation considerations for successful 24/7 operation. Specific topics include the importance of fully understanding the load for proper calculation of the size of the system and conditions affecting that calculation.

John F. DeBoever, Director of Industrial Power Systems • SunWize Technologies

11:15am - Break-Out Sessions
Overpressure Protection with Enhanced Plant Efficiency from Data Driven Device Management
Rupture disk devices play a critical role in protecting industrial process systems from overpressure.  Instantaneous activation relieves pressure and prevents catastrophic failure. Process plants, historically, have not had access to data showing preciseoperatingconditions prior to and during an overpressure event. Recent technology advances in wireless communications, rapid data-logging hardware and software packages have made it possible to monitor key processes for greater safety and reliability.  This presentation covers plant safety, integrity and reliability based upon the management of Rupture Disk pressure relief devices by instrumentation and software combined.  Insight is provided on how industrial process plants use available technology for remote monitoring of critical process systems such as control valve positioning, fluid level, process pressure & temperature, piping system flow rate, equipment health monitoring and emergency safety device status.  The session concludes with details of methods which plant process and maintenance departments can employ which will reduce costs, optimize uptime and PM intervals, maximize process throughput, and provide safer working environments through implementation of hardware and software tools.

Geof Brazier, Director of Product Development • BS&B Safety Systems

Frequency Hopping, Wi-Fi, Cellular, WiMax – Which Technology Should I Use for my SCADA project?
There are more wireless technology options for use in SCADA than ever, making it increasingly difficult to select the best one for your application. Proprietary or standards based wireless? Should you own the network or leverage cellular infrastructure? How do upfront capital expenditures compare with annual operating costs? Which wireless technology is most secure? What are the considerations when combining wireless technologies such as Wireless HART with longer-range wireless networks? This session will compare wireless technology fit and costs with distance/terrain, required data rates, protocol connectivity and more. Case studies will be presented to illustrate the wireless technology tradeoffs.

Kevin Zamzow, Strategic Product Marketing Manager – Wireless Products • ProSoft Technology, Inc.

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System for Remote Primary and Back-Up Power
Learn about the advancements made to intelligent power generation and management systems for the delivery of reliable primary and back-up power in remote sensor networks.  The speaker will present a case study using Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology in conjunction with renewable energy systems to deliver consistent and reliable power for extended operating durations.  Utilizing commonly available propane this system can provide months to years of unattended operations, eliminating costly downtime and maintenance. 

Jon Rice, Director of Field Operations • Adaptive Materials, Inc.

12:00pm - Luncheon

1:00pm - Break-Out Sessions Resume
Intelligent Wireless Remote Control and Monitoring in 3 Easy Steps
Learn how to achieve intelligent wireless remote control and monitoring in three easy steps! This presentation will discuss the three essential requirements to set up wireless monitoring system using renewable energy, tank monitoring and energy monitoring examples. Attendees will be provided with a working demonstration of an anemometer, wireless tank and energy monitoring examples. During thsi demonstration the speaker will show how to monitor, control and track assets from any web based PC.

The main focus of the presentation will review the following aspects of wireless remote control and monitoring: sensors, wireless and data.  This is a very powerful demonstration of just how easy it is to implement an intelligent yet wireless remote control and monitoring solution, using wireless smart sensors, a wireless controller and a web based portal.

Rod Montrose, President/CEO • AVIDwireless

Using Low Power WiFi in Battery Powered or Energy Harvesting Sensor & Control Applications
Up until recently Wi-Fi was not considered viable for wireless sensor networks due to its relatively high power consumption, which made it unsuitable for battery-powered or energy harvesting based applications. However, the advent of low-power Wi-Fi has opened the floodgates of new opportunities for using Wi-Fi for sensor and control applications. 

Wi-Fi is a mature technology that is easy to use and deploy and is already familiar to IT departments.  It is IP-based and bears a large application and knowledge base with components available off-the shelf, making it less expensive to deploy than ZigBee.  Most importantly, Wi-Fi sensor networks can leverage the very large installed base of Wi-Fi access points and devices. 

Bernard Aboussouan, VP of marketing • Gainspan

Green Battery Power Monitoring
In today’s world the DC Power Plants have become more reliable, more efficient, feature advanced communications, have higher power density and are inherently smarter. With the levels of back up time increasing the security levels elevated, what requirements should you be looking for on the battery side of operations?

The health of each cell is the most important information you can get from each string. It all boils down to, if you generate the energy to charge your batteries from one-month to many years and your system fails your backup requirements it’s wasted energy. To help prevent this, learn about today’s latest battery monitoring technology and industry trends.

David Barnes, Dir of IPS Sales • C&D Technologies

1:45pm - Break-Out Sessions
How M2M Communications Drives Green Results Through Efficiency Gains 
The ability to remotely collect data through sensor networks is enabling organizations to both monitor energy usage and generate additional revenues. Real-world examples include green-focused solution providers like Water2Save that are generating new revenues from M2M applications that monitor natural resources. Organizations like the State of California utilize advanced wireless water management devices to monitor irrigation schedules and water usage, helping the State better regulate its water usage levels. PureSense relies on wireless M2M networks to provide irrigation tools and strategies that help growers cope with shrinking water supplies.

This presentation will discuss how to better understand M2M ‘green’ technology, as well as indentifying and responding to events where out-of-control conditions could be dangerous to people, property and profits in real-time. Hear real-world examples of companies that have become more energy efficient and/or environmentally conscious with M2M applications while learning about role of wireless technology in green initiatives taking place around the world.

Alex Brisbourne, President & COO • KORE Telematics

Low Power WiFi Sensor Networks – Leveraging the 802.11 Standards
Ultra low power 802.11 technology is a new player in the world of battery powered, wireless sensors.  Recent advancements in silicon chip fabrication have given birth to WiFi sensors that can run for years on a single AA cell.  This technology leverages existing infrastructures and eliminates the multiple device types and complexity that is associated with current mesh sensor technologies.  Sensors well suited for environmental and condition monitoring support 256 bit encryption with WEP, WPA2 and WPA2 PSK security.  The sensors are designed to work with off-the-shelf 802.11 access points for easy installation.  This capability eliminates the need for repeaters, controllers and coordinators typically needed for most wireless deployments.  The 802.11 integration strategy reduces installation and on-going maintenance costs associated with the usual overlay strategy of installing yet another wireless network where one already exists. 

Dan Piroli, Senior Vice President • Point Six Wireless

Backup Power Fuel Cell Solutions: Remote Telecommunications and Utility Applications
The need for reliable extended run backup power has never been greater than in today’s demanding world.  Fuel cell systems, which operate on hydrogen or liquid fuel (methanol/water mix), provide backup power solutions where on-site backup power is required.  IdaTech will present on liquid fuel reforming technology and producing hydrogen on-site and on demand when more than 8 hours of extended backup power is required.

Rich Romer, VP Sales & Marketing , IdaTech

2:30pm - Break Out Sessions
Comprehensive Monitoring for Best-in-Class Data Center Performance
This case study-type presentation will focus on Emerson’s new 35,000 square data center and the monitoring and control systems that will enhance performance and help to reduce energy consumption. Comprehensive systems in place to monitor inbound power, generator switchgear, ups, high density cooling, power distribution by row and at the rack level will be discussed. It will also be shown how these technologies support LEED Certification initiatives in Emerson’s computing consolidation project.

Examples will be used to depict how real –time data can improve operational performance and help overcome the effects of increased equipment diversity within the data center. Attendees will gain an understanding of monitoring strategies to manage and predict change, assist with appropriate action to any out of the ordinary event and optimize power and cooling across the enterprise.

Greg Ratcliff, Marketing Manager • Liebert Monitoring Business of Emerson Network Power