March 5-6, 2020

Orlando, Florida

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Annual SCADA Users’ Conference

New Venue. New Courses. New Insights.

Whether you are new to VTScada or a 30-year veteran, there is no better way to learn how to use VTScada to offer more to your customers than this two-day conference prefaced by three days of optional hands-on training. Meet the people who create and support VTScada and experience the refreshing corporate culture that has earned us a loyal international customer base.

VTScadaFest 2020 will be held at the Rosen Plaza Hotel on International Drive in Orlando Florida. This larger venue will give us space for even more training courses, seminars, and hands-on workshops.

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Who Should Attend

System Integrators
Consultants
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
Project Engineers
Utility Directors and Managers
SCADA Operators

Why You’ll Love It

Network with over 200+ SCADA professionals.
Talk 1-on-1 with Trihedral developers and engineers.
Deep-dive into technical presentations and hands-on workshops.
See consultants describe their real-world VTScada success stories.
Take condensed training courses at all levels before the conference.

Optionally Start With Three Days of VTScada Training

March 2-4, 2020 – Before VTScadaFest begins, start with three days of training on the latest version of the software. Select one of the three courses offered Monday through Wednesday. Training registration includes your ticket to VTScadaFest! Although we have condensed a four-day course into three days, which does result in longer days, this format does allow you to cover all the material and save you one day in training time compared to our regular training courses.

Operation and Configuration

Operators and developers will learn about the many features of the VTScada monitoring and control software by creating a working, full-featured application from start to finish. This course will explain how to use the native display screens, connect to hardware, build new displays, work with alarms, configure security and much more.

Advanced Configuration

Experienced VTScada developers will learn advanced configuration techniques that allow them to go beyond the standard tools for building their applications. Knowledge of the topics covered in the Operation and Configuration course is strongly recommended for anyone considering this advanced course.

Scripting and Programming

This course is designed for VTScada developers who have experience creating applications and want to learn advanced skills and techniques. It assumes that you know the material in both the introductory-level Operation and Configuration course and the Advanced Configuration course.

VTScadaFest

Two Days of Technical Sessions. Pick Your Learning Path.

March 5-6, 2020 – See the sessions which mean the most to you. Whether you are an operator, IT professional, developer, planner, or consultant, we help you pick a path with sessions relevant to your interests.

Technical Sessions and Workshops

Learn to get the most from VTScada directly from members of our R&D and engineering group. Deep dive into topics like architecture design, IT and security, advanced protocols, integration efficiency, long-term growth, and more.

Real-World Case Studies

Consultants and end users describe how they used VTScada to solve their unique monitoring and control challenges in applications ranging from simple single server applications to enormous distributed systems.

Developers’ Den

Between sessions, talk one-on-one with VTScada developers and engineers about your specific challenges in an informal setting. This is one of the more popular offerings at VTScadaFest.

Also Included

All-Access Conference Pass for Thursday and Friday.
Ticket for registrant PLUS one guest at our Thursday evening networking event with dinner, refreshments, and entertainment provided.
Lunch buffet (Thursday and Friday).
Coffee, beverages, and snacks during breaks.
VTScada conference kit bag.
Access to presentations and audio recordings after the conference.

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Five-Day Full Pass – Training + VTScadaFest

Price: $1,500

March 2-6, 2020 – Training plus the the full event. Learn new features and efficient application construction as well as getting to join special presentations, only given at VTScadaFest.

Select one of the options below to register for the Five-Day Full Pass:

Five-Day Pass – Ops and Config Course

Five-Day Pass – Advanced Course

Five-Day Pass – Programming Course

Please contact us if you would like to be put on a wait list for one of our courses.

Two-Day Pass – VTScadaFest Only

Early Bird Price: $475 (Valid May 20, 2019 to December 24, 2019)
Standard Price: $625 (Valid December 16, 2019 to February 20, 2020)
Late Registration: $775 (Valid February 21, 2020 to March 1, 2020)

March 5-6, 2020 – Differentiate yourself with insider knowledge, only given at VTScadaFest.

Select one of the options below to register for the Two-Day Technical Session Pass:

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Stay At The Rosen Plaza

This year VTScadaFest will be held at Rosen Plaza on International Drive, Orlando, Florida This larger venue gives us space for even more training courses, seminars, and hands-on workshops.

Most rooms at the Rosen Plaza are currently booked so please call direct (+1 407-996-9700) and reference Trihedral and VTScadaFest to book with the host hotel.

Note: If you are not able to book at the Rosen, please note that there are several other fantastic hotels in the immediate area.

Presentations:

Session Title	Level	Categories	Description
New in VTScada 12	Everyone	Intro to VTScada 12	VTScada 12 transforms how users connect to process data and put it to use across their organizations. New features include: Performance Improvements, PLC Tag Importing, Excel Plug-In, MQTT, OPC-UA, I/O & Calculation Tag, High Performance Widgets, Master Applications, Screen Development on VTScada Internet Clients, Historical Data Editing, Support for Foreign Languages, and many more.
MQTT vs. CIP, OPC, DNP3, and Modbus	Advanced	Intro to VTScada 12	With all the buzz around the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), we take a hard look at MQTT and how this emerging publish/subscribe protocol compares to common industrial protocols like CIP, OPC, DNP3, and Modbus.
Master & Subordinate Applications	Intermediate	Intro to VTScada 12	Simplify the management of large distributed systems by breaking them into smaller autonomous pieces. Local Subordinate Applications monitor their own processes while the Master Application can access I/O, pages, and alarms from all Subordinates.
The Universal I/O & Calculations Tag	Intermediate	Intro to VTScada 12	A single tag replaces a dozen legacy tag types including inputs and outputs, analogs, digitals, string values, calculations, and discrete values. This eliminates guesswork when creating tags and, in most cases, lets you change a tag’s type without losing its history.
High Performance Widgets	Intermediate	Intro to VTScada 12	Use new high performance widgets to create operator displays in line with the ISA 101 HMI Standard. Sparklines, Spider Graphs, and Analog Bar & Indicators work seamlessly with the I/O & Calculations Tag to add additional contextual information to each widget.
PLC Tag Import	Intermediate	Intro to VTScada 12	This utility further simplifies I/O connectivity and reduces configuration time. With the click of a button, you can import the tag configuration from Allen Bradley CIP devices into your VTScada application.
Accessing VTScada Data from Excel	Intermediate	Intro to VTScada 12	Microsoft Excel is a common and very powerful data analysis and presentation tool. VTScada 12 introduces Excel tools to quickly access VTScada history data.
Remote Application Management	Advanced	Intro to VTScada 12	Do you host servers in a datacenter? Does IT forbid logged-on Windows users? The redesigned VTScada Application Manager can now be accessed from Thin Clients (i.e., devices without VTScada installed) so you can remotely manage applications even when VTScada is running as a service. The new Application Manager can not only run remotely but organize your applications into different groups.
Cyber Security Best Practices	Advanced	SCADA Security	SCADA security requires careful design and installation. Learn best practices for system architecture.
A New Defense Against Network Attack	Everyone	SCADA Security	Hackers spend months patiently mapping network connections and architecture looking for vulnerabilities. But what if that architecture was constantly changing? Moving Target Defense, by the US-based tech firm Dispel, thwarts attackers by doing just that.
Updated User Security Interface	Everyone	SCADA Security	Updated for version 12, the simplified Account Dialog to create reusable roles for specific job categories that can easily be tailored for individual users right down to where they can see or do specific things. Get better visibility into what privileges each user has.
Windows Security Integration	Advanced	SCADA Security	Allow your IT department to manage one set of user accounts for SCADA and Windows. VTScada admins add Privileges to Roles. Windows admins map those Roles to Windows Security Accounts using Active Directory.
Security Certificate Setup	Intermediate	SCADA Security	Learn to encrypt network connections with SSL/TLS which is strongly recommended for remote thin client connections and a requirement for the new Excel Plug-In to connect to the VTScada Historian.
NIST Cyber Security Framework	Advanced	SCADA Security	Learn best practices of cyber security in this presentation of the underlying principles from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with an overview of the Cyber Security Framework.
What is SCADA?	Everyone	Operator Tools & Commercial Considerations	An introduction for some, a refresher for others, we cover an overview of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems including the major components of the I/O hardware, communications, and software.
Intro to VTScada Licensing	Everyone	Operator Tools & Commercial Considerations	Learn to quickly choose the VTScada licensing options that best meet the needs of your monitoring and control project. Topics include I/O tag limits, server licenses, thin client connections, and support options. We will also discuss how our discounted bundles help you get the most from VTScada redundancy.
Specifying SCADA Software	Everyone	Operator Tools & Commercial Considerations	For end users, and consultants, who write project specifications, this presentation helps define the unique features that drove the selection, the value of those features to the success of the project, and expectations for how those features should be used.
Less Code, Less Risk – Low Code Options in VTScada	Everyone	System Design & Developer Tools	Software systems are the most complex human creations. Their complexity often leads to undetected errors and maintenance issues. This session discusses mitigating the risks associated with creating custom script code in SCADA systems.
VTScada Oil & Gas Features	Intermediate	System Design & Developer Tools	Learn about the standard features and customization tools that made VTScada a successful platform for oil & gas solutions around the world. Topics include connectivity to flow computers and pump-off controllers, reporting, and the soon-to-be released SMS messaging capability.
Connecting to IO / IDEA Studio Quick Start	Everyone	System Design & Developer Tools	Create an application, make tags that connect to your remote device, and draw those values to a page. An “easy peasey” mini training course.
Alarm Notification Configuration	Intermediate	System Design & Developer Tools	Get an in-depth look at voice and email alarm notifications and all the options available including how to set up notifications via Twilio.
What To Do When Things Go Wrong	Intermediate	System Design & Developer Tools	Avoid problems before they happen. Collect the information you need for a successful resolution of your support incident. Topics will include generating Crash Dumps, ChangeSets, when to zip up the history files, other diagnostics and trace logs. We will talk about the support escalation process and how to make it work for you, including distinguishing between a bug incident and a feature request, and what has to happen for a support call to be successfully resolved.
VTScada Network Architecture	Advanced	System Design & Developer Tools	Learn how to choose and adjust the number of servers and VTScada licenses to match the initial and changing needs of your system.
VTScada Tips & Tricks	Intermediate	System Design & Developer Tools	Up your VTScada game with this collection of ‘power user’ moves for operators, developers, and managers. Since we use VTScada everyday, we know how to get the most out of it and we are happy to pass that wisdom on to you.
Advanced Application Troubleshooting Tools	Advanced	System Design & Developer Tools	The Source Debugger is the most powerful and comprehensive of the VTScada’s native debugging tools. Learn how to monitor several applications simultaneously, each within a separate instance of the Source Debugger.
Cloud SCADA Hosting	Advanced	System Design & Developer Tools	Key considerations when hosting systems on cloud platforms like Azure or Amazon, such as pricing, virtualization, alarm enunciation, and application management from Thin Client connections.
Application Version Control	Everyone	Operator Tools & Commercial Considerations	No SCADA platform makes it easier to trace configuration changes and recover from changes that cause problems. Instantly roll-back any change or return to a known good version. The un-editable change-list is syncs across redundant servers and is included in exported application ChangeSets making it an indispensable tool for support and security.
Operator-Created Trends With the VTScada HDV	Everyone	Operator Tools & Commercial Considerations	Create your own reusable custom trend groups. Simply click graphics representing process values to add them to the VTScada Historical Data Viewer. Edit the appearance of each plot, add encrypted notes to the timeline and export ranges of values to programs like Excel.
Navigating The Operator Interface	Everyone	Operator Tools & Commercial Considerations	The Display Manager makes it easy to access the standard tools and pages built into every VTScada application. Topics include the Tiled Page Menu, Forward & Back Buttons, Sticky Notes, Operator Notebooks, Multi-Language Selection, and many more.
Intro to the VTScada Alarm Page	Everyone	Operator Tools & Commercial Considerations	The Alarm Page includes simple tools to reduce operator fatigue and improve productivity according to the ISA 18.2 Alarm Management Standard including the new Bulk Alarm Shelving feature in version 12.
Put Your SCADA on the Map (V12 Edition)	Everyone	Operator Tools & Commercial Considerations	A quick introduction to the standard mapping tools included in every application that includes new Version 12 features like High Performance Map Tiles, Bulk Tile Downloader, support for overlapping sites, and many more.

Workshops:

Workshop Title	Level	Categories	Description
Report Building with the VTScada Excel Add-In	Intermediate	Workshop	VTScada 12 transforms how users connect to process data and put it to use across their organizations. New features include: Performance Improvements, PLC Tag Importing, Excel Plug-In, MQTT, OPC-UA, I/O & Calculation Tag, High Performance Widgets, Master Applications, Screen Development on VTScada Internet Clients, Historical Data Editing, Support for Foreign Languages, and many more.
Interfacing With Third-Party Business Systems	Advanced	Workshop	Though our Historian is native to VTScada, we make it easy to put your history to use across your organization. You will connect to a variety of systems using built-in utilities such as the new REST interface and the updated single-table ODBC interface.