June 2022
ISA Montreal – Annual General Meeting 2022
ISA Montreal invites you to its annual general meeting on Wednesday June 8th, 2022! As part of this event, we also offer a technical presentation on Alarming and Loop Tuning! Date: Wednesday June 8th, 2022, starting at 17:00 (AGM starts at 18:00) Site: Le Calvi au Centropolis - 2940 Ave Pierre-Péladeau, Laval, QC, H7T 3B3 Appetisers and one drink will be served by ISA Montréal Cost of the meal by attendee Please register for the event here: REGISTER Pour les participants…
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Top 20 Secure PLC Coding Practices
Industrial Control Systems (ICS also referred to as OT or Operational Technology, consisting of SCADA, PLC, DCS etc.) have historically been insecure by design. Several years into customizing and applying best practices from IT gave rise to secure protocols, use of encryption, network segmentation & isolation etc. However, there has not been much focus on using the characteristic features in the PLCs and DCS for security, or how to code/program PLCs with security in mind. This project – inspired by…
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Varennes Carbon Recycling : How Process, Instrumentation and Control Engineers interact in the Design of a Large-Scale Biofuels Plant
The speaker for this presentation is Denis Champagne, Process Engineer at Enerkem. Over the past 10 years, Denis has worked on bringing innovative environmental technologies to commercial scale in the fields of Biofuels at Enerkem and Carbon Capture at Shell Cansolv. He has experienced many stages of clean-tech projects from lab work, piloting, data analysis and operations at demonstration facilities to feasibility studies, preparation of Basic Engineering Design Packages, detailed engineering, start-up, and troubleshooting of large-scale plants. In his latest role…
Voir les détails »March 2022
FUNDAMENTALS OF PROCESS ENGINEERING – SESSION #1 : TANKS
Presentation en Anglais seulement Registration is free, please register to get the conference call information FUNDAMENTALS OF PROCESS ENGINEERING – SESSION #1 : TANKS Process engineers and I&C engineer are required to work very closely on projects to develop P&ID (based on ISA S5.1 standard). To re-enforce this collaboration, ISA Montreal is organizing a series of technical presentation / discussion that will discuss fundamentals of process engineering for automation engineers. The 1st session planned for March 2022 will discuss fundamental of…
Voir les détails »September 2021
CAMaaS : How to convert your camera into a sensor !
CAMaaS stands for CAMera as a Sensor. In this webinar, you learn the requirements and steps to convert an image from a simple camera into a sensor. This means converting the image into a status or value that can be interfaced with the SCADA/HMI for alarming, trending and even control. If humans can make decisions based on the image displayed by the camera, CAMaaS can do the same on a 24/7 basis! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E5KF2edtbU&t=13s You can have additional information here: CAMaaS September 30 @ 16h00…
Voir les détails »June 2021
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
ISA Montreal invites you to its annual general meeting on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 ! As part of this event, we also offer a technical presentation on Cybersecurity! Date: Wednesday, June 9 2021, starting at 16:30 (AGM starts at 16:45) - Site: Virtual Zoom meeting - Please register for the event here:: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nvWS6cJ4SCqrbRBGOBHvRA Agenda: 16h30: Welcome and open discussion 16h45: Annual general meeting (15 minutes) 17h00: In the wake of SolarWinds Attack (45 minutes) Understand the anatomy of the…
Voir les détails »May 2021
Industrial Control System (ICS) Cybersecurity Risk Methodology Webinar
Many operators are not prepared for the changing cyber threats commonly encountered today. Unlike IT systems that can be easily refreshed and patched, industrial control system (ICS) assets face other unique challenges and solutions. BBA received funding from NRCan’s Canada Cyber Security and Critical Energy Infrastructure Program (CCEIP) to develop a Risk Methodology for ICS environments. In this webinar, we will discuss cyber-related vulnerabilities, threats and risks to field operations, and will present industry examples of ICS Cyber Risk Assessments.…
Voir les détails »April 2021
Devenir un meilleur décideur
Sorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.ISA Montréal organise une présentation virtuelle "devenir un meilleur décideur". Cette présentation sera présentée en français le mercredi 21 avril 2021 de 16h à 17h30. Lors de cette présentation vous apprendrez : Les mécanismes neuro-psychologiques de la prises de décision Les pièges et biais fréquent Les moyens concrets…
Voir les détails »February 2021
Want to be a hero? Know how to justify an optimisation project and make it happen!
It is generally accepted that the health of process control, including PID loops and advanced control like model predictive control (MPC), fuzzy logic control (FLC) and other expert systems has a direct impact on a plant performance and profitability. This is why a typical control optimization project will lead to quick benefits with minimal investment. In an era of worldwide uncertainties, some plants are struggling to meet increasing demand while other needs to maximize their efficiency to maintain benefits as…
Voir les détails »November 2020
Covid-19: an opportunity for improved cybersecurity by engineers
ISA Montreal is organizing a virtual technical presentation on a Covid-19: an opportunity for improved cybersecurity by engineers. The conference will be presented in English and will take place on Wednesday 11 November 2020 at 6:00 p.m. At the end of the presentation, you will receive a one-hour training certificate. During this presentation, you will learn: Why cybersecurity is important and how is it related to engineering? Basics of cyber security for engineers, operators, and contractors within the OT/IACS space…
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