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News Release from: ISA:Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society | Subject: ISA100
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 April 2008
Industrial wireless technology experts
in Beijing
Over 100 IEC and ISA experts from the United States and China gathered in Beijing to discuss developments in standardisation, new technologies, and the applications of wireless systems in automation
The meeting served to enhance the dialogue between the United States and China on emerging standardisation issues Held under the auspices of the US-China Standards and Conformity Assessment Cooperation Programme (SCACP), sponsored by the US Trade and Development Agency, the programme attracted world class experts from industry, academia, and government
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 6 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Keynote presentations were given by Mr Guo Chenguang, Deputy Director, Standards Administration of the People's Republic of China (SAC); Timothy Feldman, Director of Global Operations, ISA; Mr Feng Xiaosheng, Vice President, Chairman SAC/TC 124 of Industrial Process Measurement and Control; and Mr Wu Youhua, Secretary General of the China Instrument and Control Society.
Underscoring the importance of the event, Mr Guo of SAC said, "I am delighted that some of the top experts from prestigious education, industry, and research institutes in China have joined an organization like ISA to discuss key issues.
ISA has made many important contributions to the field of process automation and instrumentation".
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Representatives from Tsinghua University, HuaZhong University of Science and Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing University of Science and Technology, and Shenyang Institute of Automaton, Chinese Academy of Sciences were present at the event.
Predicting that industrial wireless technologies could lead to a second industrial revolution, Mr Feng said, "This potential can only be realized with robust and open international standards".
Mr Wu of CIS followed by saying that today's workshop is important to his 50,000 members of CIS, who "wish to maintain close cooperation and contact with global experts in wireless standardization development".
Key presentations were given by ISA100 Committee members David Kaufman of Honeywell, Cliff Whitehead of Rockwell Automation, Charley Robinson of ISA, Professor Yu Haibin of Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Mr Mei Ke, Instrumentation Technology and Economy Institute.
"The quality and depth of the technical presentations and the lively QandA sessions were very valuable to the understanding of key issues in the United States and China," said Kaufman.
The workshop attracted numerous world class end-users from China, such as SINOPEC Engineering Incorporation, China IPPR International Engineering Co, , Beijing Uanshan Petrochemical Co, and China Haohua Engineering Co.
"The development of a world class global standard is only useful to the extent that users are served," said Whitehead.
"This was a remarkable event that reflected the seriousness with which experts in industrial wireless from both China and the United States treat the standard-making process," said Feldman.
"These experts are committed to making certain that both countries honour their obligations under WTO to keep standards from becoming barriers to open trade".
He added that the "spirit of cooperation between approaches to an industrial wireless standard" can be resolved in the open process of the ISA100 Committee and the IEC process.
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