TRAINING
October 22nd
Price: $600
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SUMMIT
October 23rd
Price: FREE
TECHLAB
October 24th
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engineering data
for digital transformation
The theme for this year's Summit centers around the idea of Engineering Data for Digital Transformation. Through the process of validating, reconciling and conditioning data you are able to engineer a plantwide data set that is accessible and ready for use to make informed decisions.
By attending the Sigmafine Summit, you will discover how to leverage Sigmafine as a virtual data engineering service, enabling the realization of advanced digital strategies and the use of advance digital technologies in your organization.
2019 also commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. This makes for a great time to visit and experience Houston the home of mission control at NASA's Johnson's Space Center, and celebrate one of the greatest feats of engineering.
agenda
session abstracts
Transforming Data into Digital Assets
Digital Transformation initiatives feed on data. To achieve sustainable gains, it is imperative to implement a system of checks and balances that can run as autonomously as possible and maximizes the value of the information contained in the raw data. The process of turning data in to digital assets involves many steps ranging from data collection, validation, reconciliation, conditioning etc. Collectively, these steps are known as data engineering. The goal is to reliably deliver usable data to users, analysts, data scientist, business processes and other applications. Because of the real-time nature of operations in the process and manufacturing industries, this process is repetitive and continuously subject to the variability of the raw input data, performance of the measurement systems and actual plant operations. During the Summit, we will discuss how the mandate of Sigmafine has evolved over the years to become one of the leading data engineering platforms in the process industries.
Bernard Morneau
Business Development Executive
Pimsoft
LNG Production and Inventory Accounting on an Energy Basis
A LNG facility requires to produce verifiable production and inventory figures for both financial and operational purposes. In order to achieve this objective, the execution of daily balance and its corresponding monthly aggregation including both mass and energy figures, by train and facility, as well as having a system that can provide engineering calculations as specified by the established industry standards is key to producing these financial figures. This presentation discusses how Cheniere was able to add meaning and context to the disparate data in their facilities to increase value of the assets for the organization.
Matthew Carlson
Production Engineer
Cheniere Energy Inc.
Integrating Sigmafine with External Systems: SF Integration Framework and its Applications
In current production conditions, sigmafine might require the use of information that is available in external applications. Information from planning and scheduling applications, transaction execution, or advance material inventory systems are considered to enhance the quality of analysis to gain plan performance. The presentation will discuss the best practices followed in the use of the SF integration framework to improve data redundancy and the critical parameters linked to key performance indicators.
Carlos G. Pérez
Delivery Services Lead, Americas
Pimsoft
Using Sigmafine to Improve Production Accounting and Data Reconciliation at Chevron Refineries
Part of Chevron’s digital transformation journey includes improving the quality of refinery process data and automating the data flow around existing Production Accounting and Data Reconciliation processes. Today, Sigmafine is in use at all Chevron equity refineries for data reconciliation and mass balance.
This presentation discusses the replacement of the aging disparate systems currently used to manage inventory, material transfers within the refinery, and external purchases/sales of feedstocks and finished products.
Elizabeth Swinney
Mass Balance Advisor
Chevron
IMM and Transfer Calculation Rules: Better Input Data for a Better Reconciliation
Sigmafine Intelligent Movement Management (IMM) offers an integrated way to plan, execute, manage and report all plant movements. In an industrial plant it is important to accurately know and manage all the plant movements and tank information. This information may be difficult to track in conditions where multiple movement operations occur.
Sigmafine IMM transfer calculation provides the best estimation of the movement’s quantity, by combining the tanks and meter information data. In this presentation will provide an overview of the IMM transfer calculation rules as well as the benefits of correcting the movements data.
Cody Drake
Project Engineer
Pimsoft
Sigmafine Product Development Roadmap
During this presentation you will hear our engineering leadership talk about the product development roadmap of Sigmafine including the vision and plan for the transition from Sigmafine® 4.x to the SigmafineHub™. We will also demonstrate the new online documentation and discuss the alignment of the Sigmafine Roadmap with the OSIsoft PI System roadmap.
Massimo Aprà
Sigmafine Expert
Pimsoft
David F. Soll
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Omicron
Lost with Losses: The Hidden Impact of Measurement Technology in Closing Mass Balances
The importance of accurate and reliable field instrumentation to the production accounting and data reconciliation systems should not be underestimated. The role of field instrument accuracy and its’ impact on data quality KPI’s will be examined. This will be followed by a discussion of the primary measurement devices that are commonly used in mass balance calculations and associated sources of error and uncertainty. We will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various flow measurement technologies in the context of improving mass and energy balances.
Julie Valentine
Director, Global Refining Flow Solutions
Emerson Automation Solutions
The Use of Sigmafine for Loss Analysis and Control
The use of Sigmafine for loss analysis is an effective tool to identify the areas where real and apparent losses have occurred. Identifying the areas of concern will enable you to focus your attention on remedying the problems, thereby reducing loss and improving profitability. This presentation will discuss how a loss study can be performed utilizing a Sigmafine loss model.
Carlos Quintana
Sales Executive
Pimsoft
Real-Time Data Strategy for Advanced Oil & Gas Operations
This presentation will look at how the use of real-time data has changed significantly across the Oil & Gas industry, from relatively straightforward historian technology towards advanced real-time data platforms.
It will explore how these platforms can provide mechanisms for the most advanced Oil & Gas operators to build layers of operational intelligence around all their different types of equipment which then act as the basis for real-time data storage, analysis, modelling, predictions and automated workflows.
It will explain how vast quantities of data can be analysed in near real-time, KPI’s and operational parameters automatically calculated, data quality checked and patterns and events in data easily recognized and acted upon to ensure that operations continue to run as smoothly as possible.
The advent of all this functionality within the modern real-time data platform has changed the way in which interactions with tools such as Sigmafine takes place and new opportunities have arisen as a result.
Andrew Nathan
Senior Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Digital Transformation of Excel spreadsheets to the #1 KPI in our plant, using Sigmafine
In the mining industries, metallurgical accounting is as important as financial accounting because every ton of production turn into dollars on the financial statement. Uncertainties in the production translate directly into uncertainties in the financial statement and decision making that follows. Therefore, improving the accuracy, consistency, transparency, timeliness and reliability of the transformation of measured data through sensors and analysers in the plant into “bankable” and actionable production data is mission critical. In this presentation you will hear about our digital transformation journey to achieve a high level of trust and confidence in the production data at our Iron ore pelletizing plant located in Port Cartier (QC), Canada.
Émilie Hébert
Analyste Stats
ArcelorMittal Mining Canada G.P.
Sophie Morrisette
IT Analyst
ArcelorMittal Mining Canada G.P.
Leverage Sigmafine Advanced Analytics: A Focus on Component Balance and Tracking Analyses
Sigmafine empowers users to do more than production accounting. Customers across different industries are using component balance and / or tracking algorithms to get more insights into their business.
A closer look into these analyses along with use cases will be provided in this session to promote the adoption and implementation of such analytics to a wider base of Sigmafine Customers. The integration with business intelligence software makes the consumption of Sigmafine results much more effective enabling the implementation of visually powerful diagnostics.
Carlos Elias Sagbini
Project Engineer
Pimsoft
why attend?
Already using Sigmafine? Here’s what you can expect from the Summit.
Leave Sigmafine Summit 2019 with several learnings you can immediately apply to optimize your use of Sigmafine, including:
- Best practices for using Sigmafine from keynotes, case studies, panel discussions and conversations with peers
- How to position Sigmafine as a strategic business tool and deploy across your organization to create more value
- Discover the latest offerings and what the future holds for the Product Development Roadmap
- Tips, tricks and shortcuts to optimize how you use Sigmafine on a day to day basis
- Why the Application and Software Maintenance and Support programs of Pimsoft makes a difference
Considering implementing Sigmafine? Here’s what you will learn at the Summit.
Walk away from Sigmafine Summit 2019 armed with the information you need to successfully implement Sigmafine, including:
- Best practices for using Sigmafine from keynotes, case studies, panel discussions and conversations with peers
- How to make a business case for investing in Sigmafine and data quality
- How to staff and run a Sigmafine implementation with minimal risk and shortest time to benefit
training
Take advantage of our Sigmafine Summit training class.
Learn about Sigmafine tracking capabilities in this training session focused on Composition Tracking:
- How to keep track of material mixing quantities for inventories
- How the material composition of flows, transfers and inventories are calculated
- How to obtain reconciled compositions of flows and tanks
You’ll also have the opportunity to learn about Quality Tracking and how Sigmafine tracks the source and properties of materials across tanks and pipelines, applying linear or non-linear mixing models to reconciled mass or volume balances.
Price: $600
Seating is limited, so save your spot today!
SigmafineVisualizer™ techlab
Bring your laptop and discover the new SigmafineVisualizer™ through hands on experience. The session will begin with a short training and orientation followed by hands on experience and closing with Q&A and presentation addressing installation, configuration, display conversions, licensing, release schedule, trial license, etc. This will also be the opportunity to provide your feedback to our development team for future releases.
Details
- Thursday, October 24th (8am - 12pm)
- Orientation on the SigmafineVisualizer™ and introduction to the SigmafineHub™
- Walk through on how to install, register, and convert a display
- Hands on experience with the SigmafineVisualizer™ with instructors available to answer questions
- Open forum to gather feedback and Q&A
- Find out how to get the SigmafineVisualizer™
- Limited to 20 participants (Sign up early to guarantee a seat)
JW Marriott Houston
5150 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77056
Phone: (713) 961-1500
We will be hosting this year's summit at the JW Marriott Galleria and to make things easier for you we have reserved a special group rate of $189 a night just mention "Sigmafine Summit" when making your reservations, or click on the link provided. This rate is valid until September 30, 2019, make sure to reserve your room before then.
Property Location
This 4.5-star hotel is minutes from The Galleria and close to Memorial Park, Williams Tower and Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park.
Rooms
Your air-conditioned room comes with a pillowtop bed, MP3 docking station and flat-screen tv. Premium TV channels provides entertainment, wireless Internet access is complimentary with the Sigmafine rate. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature designer toiletries and hair dryers.
Amenities
Enjoy an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, and a spa tub. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Dining
Enjoy a meal at a restaurant or in a coffee shop/café. Or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
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call for papers!
Join your industry peers at our annual users meeting, the Sigmafine Summit 2019, as we discuss Engineering Data for Digital Transformation. Share your experience in best practices and present how you use Sigmafine to empower digital transformation at the Milan Summit on October 10 or the Houston Summit on October 23.
Submission Instructions
- Submit a single-page abstract that outlines your 20-minute presentation and key takeaways.
- Topics should focus on how you use Sigmafine to enable the realization of advanced digital strategies and technologies for your organization.
- If selected, your abstract may be published in the event program and on the Sigmafine website.
- For more information, contact your Pimsoft Account Manager or email us at [email protected]
Bernard Morneau
Business Development Executive
Pimsoft
Since joining Pimsoft in 2014, Bernard has been involved in expanding Pimsoft’s Sigmafine business throughout the world. Prior to joining Pimsoft, Bernard served in an executive capacity at OSIsoft, a Strategic Alliance of Pimsoft, where he held the positions of General Manager of OSIsoft Canada, Vice-President Worldwide Sales, Executive Vice President and President of OSIsoft LLC from 2001 to 2012.
Bernard is a highly experienced executive with engineering and technology experience and a proven track record of successful business development, sales and operations management. In 1991, he co-founded Cogexel, a software development and integration company which later became the OSIsoft Distributorship in Canada and was acquired by OSIsoft LLC in 2001. Before this entrepreneurial phase of his career, Bernard occupied diverse technical, management and executive positions in the metallurgical, chemical and oil & gas industries in eastern Canada. Bernard earned his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Ottawa in 1978.
Matthew Carlson
Production Engineer
Cheniere Energy Inc.
Matthew Carlson is a Production Engineer at the Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG Facility, where he has been for 8 months. In this position, he and his team are responsible for maintaining and increasing LNG Production. This includes Production Forecasting, the Facility Energy Balance, Production Reporting, and Coordinating with Gas Supply and Commercial Operations.
Carlos Elias Sagbini
Project Engineer
Pimsoft
Carlos Sagbini started working at Pimsoft in 2015 as a Technical Support Engineer in the Houston office. He supported Sigmafine users worldwide for 2 years before joining the projects team. Carlos has worked on a wide range of model designs from LNG facilities to metals and mining plants. Before working at Pimsoft, Carlos attended the University of Texas at Austin where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering.
Massimo Aprà
Sigmafine Expert
Pimsoft
For almost a decade, Dr. Massimo Aprà has applied Sigmafine technology to optimize customers’ process and production accounting systems. Massimo holds a degree in Computer Science from the Università degli studi di Torino – MFN department (Italy).
Before joining Pimsoft in 2006, Massimo was a senior application architect at CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation), where he managed application integration projects based on Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) solutions (e.g., IBM Web Sphere). He also has relevant experience in automation solutions applied to production control for automotive and oil & gas industries.
Massimo is a PI System Infrastructure Specialist accredited by OSIsoft.
David F. Soll
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Omicron
David Soll is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Omicron Development, LLC. He is responsible for the overall technical direction and technology solution set provided by Omicron. David received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and brings over 30 years of experience in consulting including Information Technology, IT management, software architecture - design & development, network architecture and design, etc.
David has a long history of innovation based on OSIsoft and Microsoft technologies. He began working with the PI system from Oil Systems Inc. when PC-networking and graphics were emerging technologies. He has followed the development of PI and OSIsoft ever since and has helped many major clients adopt and extend PI's capabilities to address business needs. David began working with SharePoint shortly after its introduction and has helped many companies realize the potential and handle the complexities of SharePoint used with the OSIsoft PI System.
Carlos G. Pérez
Delivery Services Lead, Americas
Pimsoft
Carlos joined Pimsoft in 2017. He has more than 20 years of experience in leading and executing projects in the energy, oil and gas industry worldwide.
Carlos possesses comprehensive knowledge in the supply chain production processes of Upstream, Midstream and Downstream Industries including Production Information Management System, Manufacturing Execution Systems, Solution Architecture, System Integration, Data Modeling, Business Intelligence, Material Balance, Hydrocarbon Accounting, Oil Movement, Planning, Scheduling, Automation, and Control.
Julie Valentine
Director, Global Refining Flow Solutions
Emerson Automation Solutions
Julie Valentine first joined Emerson in 1993 and worked as the Refining Industry Marketing Manager for Micro Motion for 14 years, until 2007. She rejoined the Emerson Flow Group in 2015, again in a refining industry role for the Emerson Flow Group, now responsible for all of Emerson’s flow technologies. Julie has authored numerous technical papers on various applications of flow technology in the refining industry, and is a co-inventor in two U.S. patents for Micro Motion. Julie is a member of several working committees for the instrumentation and control group of API’s Refining and Equipment Standards Program. Julie is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado with a B.S. degree in Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering. Before joining Emerson, she worked for UOP, primarily in the technical services group, where she was involved in the commissioning, start-up and troubleshooting of UOP process units around the world.
Carlos Quintana
Sales Executive
Pimsoft
Carlos has worked with Sigmafine for more than 20 years. He holds degrees in Business Administration and Political Science as well as a Masters degree in Management, Computing and Systems.
Carlos served as Pimsoft’s Sigmafine Engineering Manager from 2010 to 2015. Prior to Pimsoft, Carlos worked for OSIsoft LLC in the Sigmafine Development Group from 1999 to 2010. During that time, he was involved with special projects at OSIsoft’s San Leandro headquarters for two years. From 1993 to 1999, Carlos worked for KBC Advanced Technologies as Sigmafine Project Manager.
Carlos’ experience includes Sigmafine implementations, Sigmafine 3 to Sigmafine 4 migrations, consulting, technical support, training, development and project management.
Émilie Hébert
Analyste Stats
ArcelorMittal Mining Canada G.P.
Émilie graduated from the École de technologies supérieures de Montréal in 2009 with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Automated Production. In July 2010, she joined the metallurgical process team at ArcelorMittal. Since then, she has held the position of statistical analyst. Emilie was part of the team that developed the Sigmafine model to replace the material balance nomenclature made with Excel.
Sophie Morrisette
IT Analyst
ArcelorMittal Mining Canada G.P.
Sophie has 24 years' experience in the mining industry. Her background in mathematics and computer science have seen her to put in practice Operational Research in the Mining, Rail and Port operations. She is an enterprise solution architect, technology strategy and R&D analyst. Her primary focus has been in applying operational research techniques to maximize operations efficiency and productivity in the iron-ore mining industry. She has extensive experience in using digital and technology strategies to bring about operational efficiency improvements and cost savings.
Andrew Nathan
Senior Systems Engineer
OSIsoft
Andrew Nathan is a Senior Systems Engineer with OSISoft. He has spent more than 10 years in the Oil & Gas industry, specifically in the midstream and downstream industries, focusing on steady state and dynamic process simulation, operator training, analytics, visualization and 3D virtual environments.
He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University and Ph.D. in Polymer Science from the University of Akron.
Cody Drake
Project Engineer
Pimsoft
Cody Drake started as a Sigmafine Product Specialist at Pimsoft in 2015. He has been a lead on a diverse collection of Sigmafine projects, product implementations, and customer trainings. Cody is a part of the Delivery Services team located in the Houston office and strives to best support every customer he works with. Cody attended the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
Elizabeth Swinney
Mass Balance Advisor
Chevron
Elizabeth Swinney currently serves as the Refinery System Mass Balance Lead out of the Chevron Pascagoula refinery in Mississippi. She has over twenty years experience in oil and gas accounting holding roles such as as Foreign Trade Zone Analyst, Finance Business Analyst, Oils Planning Business Analyst, Stock Accounting Analyst and Supervisor.
Elizabeth graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Accounting from the University of South Alabama.