Important Announcement: ISA’s 2020 In-Person Events

April 28, 2020

All of ISA’s face-to-face conferences in 2020 will be cancelled or moved into virtual platforms. The health and safety of our members and customers is most important, and they will leverage digital and virtual platforms to deliver valuable content instead of holding in-person events. 

The following face-to-face events will be cancelled for 2020:

  •  –   ISA Analysis Division Symposium
  •  –   ISA Cybersecurity Standards Implementation Conference
  •  –   ISA Energy & Water Automation Conference
  •  –   ISA Digital Transformation in Deepwater Production Conference
  •  –   ISA IIoT & Smart Manufacturing Conference
  •  –   ISA Annual Leadership Conference
  •  –   ISA Process Industry Conference

Refunds will be automatically processed for these events.

Looking for ways to get engaged, despite the COVID-19 pandemic? ISA offers a collection of digital and virtual resources to help you track and anticipate trends. You can view free, on-demand web seminars on the ISA Automation Education Network, and they will be creating brand new series on these hot topics:

  •  –   Cybersecurity
  •  –   IIoT & Smart Manufacturing
  •  –   Digital Transformation
  •  –   Process Control & Instrumentation

Plus, ISA will be launching all-new virtual events with interactive networking and learning sessions on topics like cybersecurity and digital transformation. Stay tuned for more details.

To learn more, visit www.isa.org/volunteercontent.

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