Day 1 Agenda: March 5th, 2015
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 - 09:15
Registration and Coffee
Welcome & Introduction
Nick Stead, OSIsoft South Africa
The Journey To Real-Time Operational Intelligence
Pasha Ahmad, Regional Manager, Middle East and Africa, OSIsoft
09:15 - 09:45
With the evolution of sensors and availability of sensor-based data across operations there is a growing opportunity to leverage
operations data to deliver novel and actionable insights. Real-time insights that lead to process efficiency, quality, energy, asset
health, regulatory compliance and safety improvements. This presentation will explore how a strategic journey using an
infrastructure that connects people, sensor based data and processes delivers transformational improvements within
operations.
The Power of Connection
Christopher Bold, Field Service Engineer, OSIsoft South Africa
09:45 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
In an ever more digital world, it is imperative for successful organizations to connect people and digital systems in order to
create vital awareness and intelligence. This is achieved by integrating your data with geospatial context and event framing, by
developing an interconnected digital infrastructure, and by leveraging real-time data sharing. Moreover, when this is done both
within your organization and beyond its traditional boundaries, you empower every individual to make efficient and informed
decisions. In this talk, we will show how to apply the power of connection. You will learn how your organization can best take
advantage of the enhanced features and connectivity of the modern PI System, including new technologies like the PI
Integrator for Esri ArcGIS, PI Cloud Services, and the PI Web API.
Break / Product Pods
Best Practices Customer Presentation: Operational Analytics – Event Frames – Ingot Life
Cycle Management
Anglo American Platinum - Warren Armstrong
11:00 - 11:30
Anglo American Platinum is the world’s leading producer of refined platinum, supplying approximately 40% of the world’s newly
refined Platinum. Unlike many mining companies, the value chain at Anglo American Platinum is process intensive. Ore at
grades of 1.6 grams per tonne needs to be refined to 99.99% metal. Plant data is aggregated by the PI Server and PI Asset
Framework (PI AF) is used to hold the KPI configuration in a contextualized plant hierarchy.
Following on the success of the KPI project and in response to a plant need a new project is being undertaken using PI Event
Frames to monitor the complete life cycle of ingots cast. This involves tracking the materials, melt conditions, ingot cooling,
mould utilization, chemistry, planning and quality. The event frame reports requires data from a number of systems and
monitors the ingots cast at a rate of around 10 a day. Warren will relate how the project started and the insights and
development through the test phase to going live and the business benefits.
Day 1 Agenda: March 5th, 2015 (continued)
Combining Space & Time for Improved Situational Awareness with the PI System & Esri
ArcGIS
OSIsoft & Esri
11.30 – 12.00
Since the announcement of the strategic partnership between OSIsoft and Esri in early 2013, both organizations have been
engaged in a joint development effort to bring to life a shared vision of a standardized, fully supported and easy to implement
integration of the PI System and Esri ArcGIS – truly unifying time and space. By displaying real-time operational data and historical
information on a map, it is now possible to see patterns based on geography and perform spatial analysis in new ways opening
up a new world of enterprise applications and services. The combination of Esri ArcGIS & the PI System will bring your data to
life and put you on the map! Examples will be shown in Mining and the Utility Companies as well as the Dong Energy project
which expects to reduce maintenance costs by 20 million Euros a year by having dynamic situational awareness about their
offshore wind farms.
12:00 - 13:30
Networking Lunch and Product Pods
Best Practices Customer Presentation – The PI System the Essential Pillar to MES
Omnia – Yashin Parsard
13:30 – 14.00
Omnia Fertilizer produces and trades in granular, liquid and specialty fertilizers. The fertilizer plant at Sasolburg installed the PI
System in 2013, to provide greater visibility into plant operations from virtually anywhere. The PI System also forms an integral
part of our emerging MES capability, and as PI is a market-leading real-time infrastructure it ensures that we have a solution that
is continuously evolving. Although the main focus for now is on MES and data visibility, future phase will leverage the powerful
PI Event frames.
In this presentation Yashin will describe the steps in their implementation, some of the interesting events that happened in the
process, the initial benefits that are now being realized, as well as their plans for the future.
Best Practices Customer Presentation – PI Developments at Stellenbosch University – A
Better Future Now!
Stellenbosch University - Dr JP Barnard - Centre for Process Monitoring and Process Engineering
14.00 – 14.30
Dr JP Barnard is continuing to develop new projects with PI based on his previous experience. Last year Dr Barnard showed how
the combination of the OSIsoft PI System with MATLAB offers powerful, well-structured data analysis and reporting. A modular
integration of the PI system formed part of a performance monitoring framework developed for Anglo American Platinum. The
final product is now in daily use for operational performance reports on weekly and daily data episodes of production.
In this presentation Dr Barnard relates the background and the development of a template set for the performance monitoring of
mills. The templates will initially use synthetic data from their mill simulator. In projects going forward with industrial clients they
will use the template sets and provide quick analysis and reports for the mill circuits. An additional project for 2015 is aligned
with industrial partners in the development of an easy to use Analysis and Reporting system. Dr Barnard is keen to promote the
need for closer collaboration between academic and industrial companies to leverage the strengths from both sides to create
improved operational effectiveness as well as provide hands-on industrial experience for their graduates.
Best Practices Customer Presentation – The PI System deployment a journey, not a
destination!
Illovo Sugar Pty Ltd – Lloyd Melrose
14.30 – 15.00
Illovo is Africa’s leading and largest sugar producer, comprising agricultural estates and 16 manufacturing sites across six
southern African countries, with the first origins of the group’s history dating back to 1891.
Illovo has started on a roll out of the PI system across its operations in Southern Africa in the last year. Lloyd Melrose will
explain how things started at Illovo and the drive for real-time information across their operations. The benefits of the initial PI
system initiative LOP about Lost Opportunity in the plant. The plans in place for gaining the benefits from the latest PI Asset
Framework and PI Event Frames tools. Lloyd will also candidly explain the education and rollout process to the various plants to
ensure that the system was positively received. Finally, Lloyd will describe some early wins, and new operational initiatives on
the horizon.
15:00 - 15:30
Break / Product Pods
Driving business forward with Microsoft BI and real time information
Microsoft
Making the correct business decisions relies on putting timely, accurate and trustworthy evidence, presented in a way that can
easily be understood, in front of the right people at the right time.
15.30 - 16:00
This presentation will highlight the components of Microsoft’s BI strategy and the use of PI real-time data. The latest trends in
the new world of the Internet of Things with many diverse connected devices. Answering the question - What does this mean to
the modern business? The importance of real-time insights, self service capabilities and the power of collaboration. Examples
will be shown of high-level and deep-dive insights into a real business data set. How to use Microsoft BI tools to enable everyone
to solve problems efficiently, regardless of technical competency. How easy and appropriate data visualization improves outcomes
across the whole of your organization. Empowering people to make better decisions and share their knowledge, as a result to
become a highly effective dynamic learning organization.
New Frontiers with the PI System in the Power Industry
Miguel Chavero, Industry Principal Power & Utilities, OSIsoft
16.00 - 16.30
16:30 - 16:45
This session will highlight several key developments in the use of the PI System to deliver value in Power & Utilities industry,
highlighting a number of recent customer presentations from OSIsoft User Conferences and Regional seminars covering new uses
of the PI System as an integration and applications infrastructure. The current developments of increasing diverse portfolios of
power companies, the new trend in distributed power, and increasing use of renewables will be discussed. Miguel will share
examples of improved situational awareness, predictive maintenance savings and operations safety using the PI infrastructure.
Q&A, Wrap up and Day 1 Seminar Conclusion
Pasha Ahmad, Regional Manager, Middle East and Africa, OSIsoft
16:45 - 18:30
Networking Reception / Product Pods + Garden Party
18:30 - 20:00
Wine Tasting
Day 2 Agenda: March 6th, 2015
07.00 – 07.30
07.30 – 09.15
Stream 1
Stream 2
Coffee & Refreshment
Coffee & Refreshment
PI Jumpstart AF Introduction
PI System & ESRI ArcGIS: Integration
Subject: Infrastructure Optimization
Subject: Visualization & Integration
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
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Understand how the PI System and ESRI ArcGIS are now
integrated using the PI System Integrator for ESRI ArcGIS
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Explore how this integration could deliver value for your
organization and open up new services and applications
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Understand how PI AF is now central to the
evolving PI System Infrastructure
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Learn how to begin implementing PI AF and
creating an Asset Framework
Abstract:
PI AF is central to the evolving Asset Based PI System
Infrastructure and provides a huge amount of additional
value for PI System deployments and end users. Learn
how PI AF brings an Asset based context to your PI System
deployment and what this then enables in terms of
advanced reporting, business intelligence, analytics,
problem solving and simplification of a range of tasks and
services using the PI System.
Abstract:
The PI System Integrator for ESRI ArcGIS is a new solution from
OSIsoft that removes the complexity of integration between the PI
System and Esri ArcGIS products. Learn how the Integrator works and
is configured in this hands-on session and discover how easy it is to
share real-time operational data from the PI System and ESRI ArcGIS
platforms.
09:15 - 09:30
Break / Networking
Break / Networking
Business Intelligence & Analytics:
Advanced Reporting with PI Datalink
Enabling the PI Systems Data Scientist
Subject: Decision Analytics
Learning Objectives:
09.30 – 11.15
11.15 - 11:30
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Describe complex data patterns in terms of the
PI System
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Use OData in Microsoft Excel to perform
complex queries
Abstract:
New analytical tools in Microsoft Excel® are now available
for taking data beyond the information layer and
transforming it into operational intelligence. These tools
are self-served by users themselves and can provide
valuable insight and discovery into process behavior for
astute decision-making. The PI OData Service streamlines
user access to PI System Data in Microsoft Excel 2010 or
2013 through a new Microsoft add-in called Power Query.
Power Query also provides tools for shaping datasets to
be suitable for use in Power Pivot. During this workshop,
we will analyze PI System data using this new toolset. To
complete our analysis, we will create measures using
Power Pivot’s Data Expression Language (DAX) to
benchmark and score our results.
Break / Networking
Subject: Visualization
Learning Objectives:
Perform queries using Advanced Calculated Data functions
Included Event Frames in reports
Combine PI Data results and Excel functionality for visualizations
Abstract:
The recent release of PI DataLink 2014 brings Event Frames and other
powerful features to your reporting world. In this session we will cover
some advanced reporting with Excel, using the new Event Frames and
Excel functionality. This session is for people already familiar with
creating reports in PI DataLink, and we will not offer basic topics.
Break / Networking
Day 2 Agenda: March 6th, 2015
PI Coresight & the Art of Investigation
Subject: Visualization
Learning Objectives:
11.30 - 13:00
Energy Management Best Practices
Q&A
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Describe the value of PI Coresight
Efficiently find data using PI Coresight
Demonstrate a proficiency using the Search tools
Manipulate the dynamic data objects to discover root
causes
Abstract:
This session will be devoted to PI Coresight and the PI System.
Participants will see how PI Coresight can discover patterns and find
problems. Problems will range from simple to complex and Users can
use PI Coresight on their own devices – iPhone, iPad, or computer –
to get a feel for what it’s like to have their own personal window to the
PI System. Come to this session to discover how easy it is to use PI
Coresight in your everyday lives.
13:00 - 15:00
Networking Lunch
Networking Lunch
14.00 - 15.00
Informal Technical Discussions
Informal Technical Discussions