Technical Agenda

Monday, 16 July, 0745-0800

Chairpersons’ Welcome and Opening Remarks

0800-0930

Session I: Well Construction Automation Update – Vision of the Future

Chairs: Eric van Oort, University of Texas at Austin; Michael Behounek, Apache Corporation

• Presentation 1: Control Contention – What is It and Why Do I Care?
  Jim Rogers, Apache Corporation
• Presentation 2: Inevitable, But How and When?
  Mike Mannering, Schlumberger
• Presentation 3: Meeting Drilling Automation Needs With an Open Access Network
  Fred Florence, National Oilwell Varco
• Presentation 4: Drilling Automation Journey – Status Report
  Mark Anderson, Shell
  

1000-1130

Session II: Practical Experiences in Interoperability of Intelligent and Robotic Systems Enabling Oilfield Automation

Chairs: Brett Browning, Carnegie Mellon University; Clay Flannigan, Southwest Research Institute; Moray Laing, Baker Hughes

• Presentation 1: Perspectives on Open Standards, the Open Operations and Maintenance (OpenO&M) Initiative, and the Oil and Gas Interoperability (OGI) Pilot
  Alan Johnston, MIMOSA; Matthew Rettagliata, Chevron
• Presentation 2: Improved Down Hole Robotic Technologies for the Oil and Gas Industry
  Carl Strubberg, Welltec
• Presentation 3: Towards Mobile Robots for Inspection and Maintenance in Hazardous Facilities
  Brett Browning, Carnegie Mellon University

1130-1300

Keynote Lunch

• Anthony Stentz, Director of National Robotics Engineering Center

1300-1630

Session III: Latest Developments in Industrial Automation

Chairs: Roger Thompson, SciSys UK Limited; Ed Tovar, InTechSys, LLC

• Presentation 1: Technologies for Mars Rover Autonomy
  Tara Estlin, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Presentation 2: Eye-Foot Coordination – Advances in Robot Locomotion and Manipulation
  Rob Playter, Boston Dynamics
• Presentation 3: Graphical System Design Accelerates the Evolution of Robotics and Autonomous Control
  Paul Sweat, National Instruments
• Presentation 4: Utilizing Robotics/Automation to Handle Hazardous Nuclear Material for Los Alamos National Lab
  Mitch Pryor, University of Texas at Austin
• Presentation 5: Strategies for Implementing Automation
  Chris Norris, Wolf Robotics
  

Tuesday, 17 July, 0800-1130

Session IV: Multi-Faceted Impact of Human Factors on Automation

Chairs: Adrian Vuyk, Weatherford; Mario Zamora, M-I SWACO

• Presentation 1: The Top Ten Human Factor Issues
  David Lee, User Centered Design Services Inc.
• Presentation 2: NASA Automation to Improve Human Performance on the Job
  Debra Schreckenghost, TRACLabs
• Presentation 3: Human Factors in the Railroad Industry
  Amanda DiFiore, QinetiQ – North America
• Presentation 4: Designing Controls and Displays to Avoid Human Error
  Jerry Purswell, Purswell & Purswell Engineering & Ergonomics, Inc.

1130-1300

Keynote Lunch

• Kurt Preston, Environmental Sciences Division, Army Research Office

1300-1700

Session V: Interoperability – Developing Systems Automation

Chairs: Thomas Burke, OPC Foundation; Jim Rogers, Apache Corporation

• Presentation 1: Industrial Automation Standards – An Overview of Key Ongoing Work
  Donald Dunn, Aramco Services Company
• Presentation 2: Achieving Multivendor Multiplatform Secure Reliable Interoperability Through
  Open Standards
  Thomas Burke, OPC Foundation
• Presentation 3: Information Modeling in Well Construction Automation
  Espen Krogh, Prediktor
• Presentation 4: Industrial Communications in Oil and Gas
  John Harrington and Aron Semle, Kepware Technologies
• Presentation 5: Real-Time Collaboration Enables Continuous Improvement
  Tim Donaldson and Mark Fountain, ICONICS
• Presentation 6: May You Live in Interesting Times
  Rick Morse, Invensys

Wednesday, 18 July, 0800-1130

Session VI: What is the Big Jump Forward?

Chairs: John de Wardt, de Wardt & Company; Clinton Chapman, Schlumberger

• Presentation: Generating the Vision for the Big Jump Forward from What We Learned

1130-1300

Keynote Lunch

• Luis Sentis and a Humanoid Robot, The University of Texas at Austin, The Human Centered Robotics Lab

  • Presentation: Toward Human Centered Robotics for Flexible Production Facilities