Program
Welcome reception
We are pleased to announce the inaugural welcome reception.
Day 1: Tuesday 12th November 2024
8:00 am
Arrival tea & coffee
9:00 am
Opening from conference chair
Andrew West, Consultant, Integral SCADA and Chair, Technical Committee DNP Users Group
9:10 am
ISH: The control room of the future – Evolution for a complete Integrated Services Hub and operations centre
- From approval through design stage and on to implementation
- Key features of the control room
- Integrated Services Hub – Architectural and informational elements: Operational displays, maintenance, alarm management, future growth, odd and unusual information processing
- Why this path chosen in Australia’s fastest growing housing region?
- Real time business intelligence and performance monitoring
- Deriving and delivering intelligent information outputs to improve operations, overcome storms and temporary weather anomalies
- How the ISH has engaged management and driven improved recognition
Anna Carpenter, Integrated Service Hub Lead, Logan Water
9:50 am
The new paradigm of IT/OT/IIOT convergence and the reimagination of SCADA in this new environment
Neil Gordon, Segment Leader, Water & Wastewater, Pacific International Operations, Schneider Electric
10:30 am
Morning tea and networking break
11:00 am
Project update / Lessons in delivering usable SCADA systems in complex projects
- The benefits of user-centred design for delivering safe SCADA systems in complex projects
- SCADA projects – How the CMS SCADA is being kept on track by treating it like a software project
- Case study from the Metro Tunnel Project
- Lessons learned, positive and negative
Ronan McInerney, HMI Specialist, Rail Network Alliance
11:40 am
SA Water’s SCADA Modernisation
- Roadmap – Generating a business case to modernise existing solution
- Negotiations to get the plan and its many facets approved
- RFI – Request for Information process and how the evaluation and the submissions were handled
- Technical preparation in place to accept the new solution once selected
Willliam Brennan, Team Lead SCADA Environment Support & Phil Bath, Senior SCADA Environment Analyst, SA Water
12:20 pm
Large scale secure device management for utility grade applications
Ray Lock, Technical Director, Westermo
1:00 pm
Lunch and networking break
2:00 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: Operational Technology / SCADA Tenders: Best practices and innovations vs limitations and obstructions
- Importance of technical elements and detail in tenders – Understanding vs overcomplicating technical requirements
- Defining and scoping technical requirements – Aligning technical requirements with project objectives
- Compliance: Detail vs basics – Harmony to generate comparative active responses so as to meet eval requirements
- Lessons learned and key takeaways
Mike Wassell, Managing Director, Operational Technology Services
Andrew West, Consultant, Integral SCADA and Chair, Technical Committee DNP Users Group
3:00 pm
Afternoon tea and networking break
3:30 pm
Breaking down the silos – Integrating secondary systems processes
- Restructure business units and operations to provide overarching system integrator functionality
- Integrating customer, system operations, SCADA and protection plus various other stakeholders to create a cohesive system
- Hurdles faced prior to and benefits after the team formation
- High-level overview of artefacts created
Daniel Gibbs, Delivery Manager Secondary Systems, Endeavour Energy
Joshua Mendez, Integration Engineer, Endeavour Energy
4:10 pm
RealTime Assisted Decision Maker (RTADM) – Leveraging real time information to customise OT & SCADA alarms / responses
Situations defined – Expected response actions within RTADM
Customising responses and action based on season, time, date and controller
Alarms – Controllers are presented with customised actions based on dates / times and people
Use cases are varied
- Incentive scheme reminders
- Health and Safety reminders
- Customer alerts
- Network idiosyncrasies
- Temporary reminders during a shift
Glenn Hoggan, Technical Lead for Systems Development, AusNet
4:50 pm
Summary of day one and closing remarks from the chair
Andrew West, Consultant, Integral SCADA and Chair, Technical Committee DNP Users Group
5:00 pm
Networking drinks
7:00 pm
Official Conference Dinner
Day 2: Wednesday 13th November 2024
8:30 am
Arrival tea & coffee
9:00 am
Opening from conference chair
Andrew West, Consultant, Integral SCADA and Chair, Technical Committee DNP Users Group
9:10 am
Critical infrastructure Engineering Design: Additional Considerations for Safety and Reliability
- The need for cyber security to protect critical infrastructure
- The need for cyber security considerations in engineering designs
- The need for engineers to be involved in the cyber security of critical infrastructure
- What works and what doesn’t work
Dr Kenneth Radke, Critical Infrastructure and Operational Technology Environments (CIOTE) Section, Australian Signals Directorate
9:50 am
Operational Technology cyber security – The good, the bad and the ugly
- Changing landscapes – Adapting to cyber security pace, change and challenges
- Why are they moving so fast?
- Intrusion detecting and reporting systems – Automating the process (does this only work for known issues?)
- Challenges of deploying cyber security across many operational platforms and technologies
- Telco and government intervention eg Optus, Telstra and National Government programs
Anthony Colebourn, Manager Operational Technology, Ausgrid
10:30 am
Morning tea and networking break
11:00 am
Unification, standardisation and resilience – Sustainability and climate change as drivers for change
- Amalgamation of 5 councils, 7 SCADA platforms, 1200 sites
- Remote connect and configuration to reduce requirement to travel to sites
- Standardise operating equipment, protocols, code and automating controls
- Reducing fuel consumption, spares, operator fatigue, improving carbon footprint, and advanced preparation for weather events.
- Improving sustainability and climate impact as key driver for capital investment
Warrick Tan, SCADA Program Delivery Manager, Urban Utilities
11:40 am
Master Station SCADA Migration – Development of the Automated Test Framework (ATF)
Automated migration and testing of all our SCADA points
- Full scale simulation of old and new SCADA systems
- Defeating the ‘moving target’ problem
- Setting expectations, exceeding ‘like for like’ and scope creep
- Cost, alternatives and compliments
Neil Stephens, Senior SCADA Specialist OT Systems & Scott Ellis, SCADA Protocol Expert, Ausgrid
12:20 pm
Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) Journey.
- Project overview
- Current position, we have both SCADA and ADMS to maintain
- Wide area automation, current status, success stories and roadmap
- Look to the future
Haranath Pindiprolu, ADMS Manager, Endeavour Energy
1.00 pm
Lunch and networking break
200 pm
Recycled water irrigation scheme monitoring and control leveraging IoT
- What did we do? Why did we do it? How did we do it?
- What we would do differently if we started again?
- SCADA architectures with the advent of IoT and AI
Ratna Geddam, Operational Technology Manager, Unitywater
2:40 pm
Creating Operational Technology and SCADA systems for fast growing populations
- WAF Strategic Plan for SCADA implementation
- Phase one (Pilot) – Central Eastern Region
- Phase two – Western Region
- Phase three – Northern Region
- Challengers faced during implementation and learnings
- WAF Financial model which enables expansion
- Success of Phase one (Pilot) and roll out/scaling up to implementation into Western and Northern regions
Thomas Hughes, Strategic Asset Planner, Asset Management Unit, Water Authority of Fiji
3:20 pm
Managing power quality and harmonics in Operational Technology networks
- Background and needs: Energy Transition, integration of Renewable Energy Sources (Wind, Solar and BESS) and the Renewable Energy Zones.
- Current challenges and opportunities in managing Power Quality and Harmonics in Power Systems Planning, Modelling and Operational Technology Networks.
- Managing Power Quality and power systems network in real-time using Operational Technologies to guide informed Network Planning, Modelling and Operational Decisions.
- Case Study: Real-time Power Quality and Harmonic Measurement and Monitoring Systems, Communication Network and Equipment, Integrated Data and information modelling, Advanced Software and Algorithms processing of data to improve power system models, predict potential network issues in advance, identify non-compliance and generate alarms and events.
Tuan Vu, Project Director, Transmission Infrastructure Modelling, Renewable Energy Zone
4:00 pm
Summary of both days and closing remarks from the chair
Andrew West, Consultant, Integral SCADA and Chair, Technical Committee DNP Users Group