Time: All times shown are in Mountain Time Zone (Calgary Time)
Location: All pre-conference knowledge sessions and labs are in the Mt. Kidd Ballroom (Kananaskis Lodge)

Considerations:

  • Pre-conference knowledge sessions are included with the conference registration fees (no additional cost).
  • Capacity for each session is limited.
  • Pre-registration is required (available to choose during conference registration process).

If you have any questions about the sessions and labs please contact cyndi.nicholson@aveva.com / sunil.pathak@aveva.com 

Session Details

Session Type

Style

Duration

Knowledge Sessions (Topic #)

Presentation

45 minutes  

Learning Labs (LL #)

Hands-on / Interactive

2 - 3 hours (with breaks)
7:30 AM
(Mt. Kidd Manor)
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast Buffet & Networking
9:00 AM
(Learning Room 1 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
LL3: Reports for Operations
(Learning Room 2 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
LL2: Measurement Advisor - A Day in the Life of a Measurement Analyst
(Learning Room 3 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Topic 1: Strategic Training Planning with AVEVA Learning Academy
10:00 AM
(Learning Room 3 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Topic 3: Strategic Management of Communication and Remote Alarms
11:00 AM
(Mt. Kidd Manor)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break & Networking
11:30 AM
(Learning Room 2 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Topic 2: Innovative CRM Enhancements for Enhanced Data Visualization
(Learning Room 3 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
LL1:  Pipeline Operations for Liquids – Automation Bundle
12:30 PM
(Mt. Kidd Manor)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Buffet & Networking
1:30 PM
(Learning Room 1 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
LL4: PI Vision and PI-AF Basics
(Learning Room 2 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Topic 4: Securing Operational Safety with RVE: From Setup to Deployment
2:30 PM
(Learning Room 2 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Topic 7: Enhancing SCADA Capabilities with the Application Calculation Engine
(Learning Room 3 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Topic 5: Securing Enterprise SCADA: Essential Practices for Robust Protection
3:30 PM
(Mt. Kidd Manor)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Coffee Break & Networking
4:00 PM
(Learning Room 2 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Topic 8: Essential Baseline Displays for Optimal SCADA Operations 
(Learning Room 3 @ Mt. Kidd Ballroom)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Topic 6: Optimizing Alarm Management for Improved Control Room Efficiency
5:30 PM
(Conference Rooms & Common Areas)
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Evening Welcome Reception

Location: All conference sessions are held in the Olympic Ballroom in the Kananaskis Lodge

Agenda Overview

7:00 AM
Meal / Reception
Breakfast Buffet & Networking
 
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
(Forte Restaurant & Rockies Meal Room)
8:40 AM
General Session
Conference Intro: Navigating Digital Transformation in the Midstream Industry
Doug Warren - AVEVA Software Canada Inc.
8:40 AM - 9:15 AM
(Olympic Ballroom)
9:15 AM
General Session
Keynote: AVEVA's Vision for a Connected Industrial Lifecycle.
Kim Custeau - AVEVA
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
(Olympic Ballroom)
10:00 AM
Networking Break
Coffee Break & Networking
 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
(Conference Rooms & Common Areas)
10:30 AM
General Session
From HMI/SCADA to Operations Control - Flexible Solutions for Dynamic Operations
John Krajewski - AVEVA
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
(Olympic Ballroom)
11:00 AM
General Session
Increasing Industrial Information Effectiveness, through Enterprise Visualization
Rob Kambach - AVEVA
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(Olympic Ballroom)
12:00 PM
Meal / Reception
Lunch Buffet & Networking
 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
(Forte Restaurant & Rockies Meal Room)
1:00 PM
General Session
Customer Panel: The Intelligent Pipeline - Embracing Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies
Arlin Ginther - AVEVA
Joey Keathley - TC Energy
Tuong Lee - Enbridge Inc.
Sanford Rice - Atmos Energy Corporation
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
(Olympic Ballroom)
2:00 PM
General Session
Keynote: The intersection of Critical Infastructure and Modern Technologies
Jose Valls - Microsoft
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
(Olympic Ballroom)
2:45 PM
Networking Break
Coffee Break & Networking
 
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
(Conference Rooms & Common Areas)
3:15 PM
General Session
Keynote: Taking Pipeline Intelligence to a New Level
Prabhas Bhat - Plains All American
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
(Olympic Ballroom)
4:00 PM
General Session
Keynote: Enbridge Success Story & Mini Panel
Stephen Nielsen - Enbridge
Sean Evans - Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
(Olympic Ballroom)
5:00 PM
Networking Break
Dinner (Informal)
 
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
(Conference Rooms & Common Areas)
Location: All sessions & activities are held at the Olympic Ballroom in Kananaskis Lodge
7:00 AM
Meal / Reception
Breakfast Buffet & Networking
 
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
(Forte Restaurant & Rockies Meal Room)
8:45 AM
Day 2 Welcome Remarks & Day 1 Recap
Doug Warren - AVEVA Software Canada Inc.
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
(Olympic Ballroom)
9:00 AM
General Session
AVEVA Midstream & Simulation Short Term Roadmaps and Recent Releases
Mike Demcoe - AVEVA
Jake Hawkes - AVEVA
Alexander Troxell - AVEVA
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Olympic Ballroom
10:00 AM
Networking Break
Coffee Break & Networking
 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
(Conference Rooms & Common Areas)
10:30 AM
T1 - Delivery
Hybrid-Cloud & DSS Workshop
Jake Hawkes - AVEVA
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
(Breakout Room 1)
T2 - Applications
Enhancing Pipeline Operations Through Automation: Design, Execution, and Auditing
Yaser Ghannam - AVEVA
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
(Breakout Room 2)
T3 - Industry & Platform
Pipeline Training Simulator CAB
Alexander Troxell - AVEVA
Shawn Smith - AVEVA
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
(Breakout Room 3)
11:00 AM
T1 - Delivery
Workshop: Improving the Upgradability Experience for AVEVA Enterprise SCADA
Vitali Unke - AVEVA
Yaser Ghannam - AVEVA
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(Breakout Room 1)
T2 - Applications
Gas & Liquids Measurement CAB
Mike Demcoe - AVEVA
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
(Breakout Room 2)
T3 - Industry & Platform
Pipeline Integrity Monitor CAB
Alexander Troxell - AVEVA
Shawn Smith - AVEVA
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
(Breakout Room 3)
11:30 AM
T2 - Applications
Enterprise SCADA HMI Initatives and Updates
Lisha Harrison - AVEVA
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
(Breakout Room 2)
T3 - Industry & Platform
How to achieve look-ahead and predictive flow modeling
Mike Demcoe - AVEVA
Alexander Troxell - AVEVA
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
(Breakout Room 3)
12:00 PM
Meal / Reception
Lunch Buffet & Networking
 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
(Forte Restaurant & Rockies Meal Room)
1:00 PM
T1 - Delivery
Best Practices for Upgrading your SCADA System
Jason New - AVEVA
1:00 PM - 1:35 PM
(Breakout Room 1)
T2 - Applications
Taking Industrial AI to the Next Level (Virtual Presentation)
Jim Chappell - AVEVA
1:00 PM - 1:35 PM
(Breakout Room 2)
T3 - Industry & Platform
TC Energy: Use of Waterfall with Enterprise SCADA - Minimizing Impacts of AirGaps without Reducing Security
Cory van der Linden - TC Energy
Andrew Ginter - Waterfall Security Solutions, Ltd
1:00 PM - 1:35 PM
(Breakout Room 3)
1:35 PM
T1 - Delivery
Unified Operations through Data Liberation
Peter Boyle - Streamline Control
1:35 PM - 2:10 PM
(Breakout Room 1)
T2 - Applications
Reducing the Cost, Energy, and Emissions of Pipeline Operations
Sharon Bennett - AVEVA
1:35 PM - 2:10 PM
(Breakout Room 2)
T3 - Industry & Platform
Water & Wastewater CAB (Presented by Schneider Electric)
Paul McNally - Schneider Electric
1:35 PM - 2:10 PM
(Breakout Room 3)
2:30 PM
T1 - Delivery
IT/OT Convergence: A Success Story
Spencer Cowenhoven - East Bay Municipal Utility District
Henry La Vigne - East Bay Municipal Utility District
2:30 PM - 3:05 PM
(Breakout Room 1)
T2 - Applications
Unlock Your Data: Streamlined Reporting for Industrial Excellence
Brian Leonard - AVEVA
2:30 PM - 3:05 PM
(Breakout Room 2)
T3 - Industry & Platform
How ONEOK is Driving a Step-Change in Operational Excellence
Karrisa McCarty - ONEOK
Austin Cotner - ONEOK
Adam Marsden - CruxOCM
2:30 PM - 3:05 PM
(Breakout Room 3)
3:05 PM
T1 - Delivery
Change Management: Turn Your Industrial Initiatives Into a Success Story
Usama Al-Shiraida - Dexcent
3:05 PM - 3:40 PM
(Breakout Room 1)
T2 - Applications
Implementing Pipeline Safety Management and Achieving Natural Compliance with Control Room Software Solutions
Russel Treat - EnerSys Corporation
3:05 PM - 3:40 PM
(Breakout Room 2)
T3 - Industry & Platform
Pembina's PI Modernization Journey
Brent Schaffer - Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Adam Zimmerman - RoviSys
3:05 PM - 3:40 PM
(Breakout Room 3)
3:40 PM
T1 - Delivery
Upgrading from Enterprise SCADA 2021 to 2023: The good, the Bad and the Ugly
Joe Vornbrock - Plains
Brian Engbers - Engbers
3:40 PM - 4:15 PM
(Breakout Room 1)
T2 - Applications
Enhancing Pipeline Operations through SCADA Commissioning Best Practices, Regulatory Compliance, and Overcoming Capital Project Challenges
Gurbaaj Dhanoa - PipeCom
3:40 PM - 4:15 PM
(Breakout Room 2)
T3 - Industry & Platform
Hosting Enterprise SCADA in AWS and Azure
Kevin Mackie - AVEVA
3:40 PM - 4:15 PM
(Breakout Room 3)
4:15 PM
Networking Break
Pre-dinner Reception Break
 
4:15 PM - 6:30 PM
(Conference Rooms & Common Areas)
6:30 PM
Meal / Reception
Dinner Reception
 
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
(Olympic Ballroom)
8:30 PM
Meal / Reception
Evening Entertainment
 
8:30 PM - 11:30 PM
(Mt. Kidd Manor)
7:30 AM
Meal / Reception
Breakfast Buffet & Networking
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
 
(Forte Restaurant & Rockies Meal Room)
 
9:00 AM
T1 - Delivery
Replacing XOS Workstations with Windows Thin Clients
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Johan Shultz - East Bay Municipal Utility District
James McCarthy - East Bay Municipal Utility District
(Breakout Room 1)
https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/4639913-67377b3a65f29.pdf
T2 - Applications
Plains Experience Modeling NGL Pipelines
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Vladimir Grinfelds - Plains
(Breakout Room 2)
https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/4639965-67377d1d236f8.pdf
T3 - Industry & Platform
Extensions Applications and Protocols Roadmap
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Collin Heggerud - AVEVA
(Breakout Room 3)
https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/4640018-67377f2f8ad58.pdf
9:40 AM
T1 - Delivery
Simplify your software access, management, and deployment with AVEVA’s Flex subscription program
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM
Barry Herd - AVEVA
(Breakout Room 1)
https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/4639919-67377b5deff39.pdf
T2 - Applications
Low-code approach to automating shutdown of interconnected pipelines
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM
Brian Chu - Enbridge
(Breakout Room 2)
https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/4639966-67377d3490d00.pdf
T3 - Industry & Platform
Maximizing the Use of Data with CONNECT
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM
Georges Khairallah - AVEVA
Daniel Gaeta - AVEVA
(Breakout Room 3)
https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/4640016-67377f1d6ddc1.pdf
10:20 AM
T1 - Delivery
Risk mitigation in remote operation with parallel SCADA Systems
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Washington Souza - NTS
(Breakout Room 1)
https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/4639915-67377b4bd782e.pdf
T2 - Applications
Enhance Knowledge Transfer and Real-Time Communication with AVEVA ™ Teamwork
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Brian Leonard - AVEVA
(Breakout Room 2)
 
T3 - Industry & Platform
Support for Gas Measurement Functionality with DNP3
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Collin Heggerud - AVEVA
(Breakout Room 3)
https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/4769261-6780425cbb6cf.pdf
11:00 AM
T2 - Applications
CISA JCDC Pipelines Reference Architecture (PRA)
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Robert Doerksen - AVEVA
(Breakout Room 2)
https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/4639968-67377d48bd3d5.pdf
11:30 AM
T1 - Delivery
Your voice your vision: Suggest the future of Intelligent Pipeline
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
 
(Breakout Room 1)
 
1:00 PM
End of Conference
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM