The International Society of Automation (ISA) Analysis Division aims to contribute to the professionals involved in every aspect of process stream and laboratory methods of analysis, from theory and development to application, training, calibration, and others.

Our role at the ISA Analysis Division is to facilitate program development, implementation and effectiveness through integrated planning, measurement, evaluation and interventions; and to support your specialty: such as spectroscopy, chromatography, electrochemistry and sample handling.

Technical Program

Day One: Wednesday 3rd October 2018 7:00 am – 8:00 am Registration 8:00 am – 8:45 am Keynote Speeches Mohammed Loch President & CEO DMS Global Director Industry Development ISA Dr. Soloman Almadi ISA SAS President Sr. Engineering Consultant Saudi Aramco Ali Al-Qarah Manager, QA Analyzer Saudi European Petrochemical Company (Ibn-Zahr) Mohammed Al-Ghamdi Director, Technical Support SABIC Petrokemya (Arabian Petrochemical Co.) 8:45 am – 9:15 am Exhibition Ribbon Cutting & Tour 9:15 am – 10:30 am Environment Management & Control Track Chair Hassan M. Al-Harbi Analyzer Superintendent SADARA Speakers Steve Gibbons Head of Factory Sales & Product Management ABB Automation GmbH Abhijit Chavan Project Manager DURAG GmbH Prabhakar Rao Business Development Manager Emerson Automation Solutions Ganesan Kathirvel Petrochemical Industry Manager Endress+Hauser Presentation How to make Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS) More Affordable Presentation Predictive Emission Monitoring for Air Emission Monitoring Systems in Middle East: Features, Benefits and Challenges for ME End Users Presentation H2S gas detection system-Wireless Technology Presentation Cloud Based Packaged Solutions for Environmental Monitoring 10:30 am – 11:00 am Coffee Break & Exhibition Networking 11:00 am – 12:45 pm Innovation in Analytical Techniques Track Chair Ali Ibrahim Yaraneri Process Analyzer Consultant SABIC Asset Technology Center Speakers Ricardo Mendes Global Factory Sales Manager ABB Vijay Hamirwasia Sr. Sales Manager ABB Jason Sewell Managing Director BARTEC – ORB Jean-Philippe Amiet Export Project Manager CHROMATOTEC Presentation Analysis of Nitric Oxide (NO) in Simulated Cold Box Gases using a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Ionization Detector in Argon Mode Presentation Optical Spectroscopy applied to Real-time Optimization of Steam-cracking Furnace Operation Presentation Increasing Efficiency & Reliability of Difficult Field Measurements: The Single Solvent Approach to Salt in Crude Oil Measurement Presentation Continuous Monitoring Of Odorant Compounds In Natural Gas, Vaporized LNG Or LPG By Autonomous Process GC Nishant Thankappan Business Development Manager Emerson Automation Solutions Khalid Nadeem On Stream Analyzer Supervisor SATORP Presentation Multiple Component Real Time Impurity & Process Composition Analysis Using Mid IR Process Analytical Tunable Laser Spectroscopy (PATLS) Presentation Innovation in Analytical Techniques 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch & Exhibition Networking 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm Best Practices in Analytical Systems Track Chair Ali S. Al-Dossary PE CSE, FS Engineer Saudi Aramco Speakers Leela Venkat Senior Project Engineer AIMS Zaheer Juddy Managing Director AIMS Chet Hankamer Analyzer Technical Advisor & Supervisor Saudi Aramco Dawood M.H. Fatani Group Leader, Instrumentation Engineering Saudi Aramco Haitham Sawat Instrumentation Engineer Saudi Aramco Presentation Use of the Best Practices for Analytical Systems, a commitment not a choice Presentation Determining Maintenance Manpower Requirements for Process Analyzers Presentation Process Analyzer Solutions at WGP 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee Break & Exhibition Networking 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Best Practices in Analytical Systems Track Chair Ali S. Al-Dossary PE CSE, FS Engineer Saudi Aramco Speakers Abdullah M. Bensaad Instrument Engineer Saudi Aramco Gary Pick Analyzer Supervisor Saudi Aramco Ajay Laghate Schneider Electric AIT Technical Sales Consultant Dr. Stephen Firth Business Development Manager Servomex Group Ltd Presentation Continuous Online Monitoring of Steam and Water Quality Presentation BS&W Analyzer Calibration Best Practice Presentation Best practices for chemometric models for NIR/FTIR analyzers Presentation Use of Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy on Safety Applications