Education, products, networking highlight 2004 ISH North America in Boston

Engineered Systems, Sept, 2004

Ehrlich's initial responsibility will be to develop the curriculum for BuilSpec, a series of regional seminars speaking directly to the consulting, specifying, and in-house engineer on how convergence, open systems, and whole building integration will directly affect their profession, their business and them personally.

Ehrlich had previously been with Trane, where he served as business development leader guiding the direction and development of Trane's line of building control products. In that role, Ehrlich focused on determining customer needs as they related to potential technologies that will be used for Trane's current and future generations of building control products.

At BuilConn 2004, Ehrlich was honored with a Buildy Vision Award for his perseverance in promoting whole-building integration and interoperability through advocacy, promotion, and educational and training endeavors.

Speaking of BuilSpec, Clasma has released this year's dates:

* Chicago--November 4;

* Denver--November 9;

* Seattle November 11;

* Boston November 16;

* New York November 18;

* Orlando November 30;

* Houston--December 2;

* Washington--December 7;

* Atlanta--December 9;

* Los Angeles--December 14; and

* San Francisco--December 16.

As noted, BuilSpec sets out to serve the engineers who have seen a significant change occurring in their role due to the adoption of new technologies and business trends.

Initial BuilSpec sponsors include Distech Controls, Engenuity, KMC, Siemens Building Technologies, and Trane. Endorsing associations in support of BuilSpec include BACnet Manufacturers Association, CAB& and oBIX. For more information about venue details, times, and agenda, please visit www.builspec.com.

Spitzer and Boyes offers new line-up of educational seminars

Spitzer and Boyes, LLC, recently announced a unique new line up of educational seminars based on the group's "The Consumer Guide to ..." series. Among the offerings are "The Consumer Guide to Fieldbus Network Equipment for Process Control," authored by Dick Caro, a founding member and chairman of the Fieldbus standards committees, and "The Consumer Guide to Modular Substrate Sampling Systems (NeSSI)," authored by Bob Sherman, who is an ISA Fellow and who has been involved with process analyzer systems for over 30 years.

The seminars will be held in Northern New Jersey on October 25, 2004, and October 27, 2004, respectively. For more information visit www.spitzerandboyes.com or call 845-623-1830.

Oasis co-sponsors Builconn Europe as showcase for oBIX Web services standardization

Clasma, Inc., organizers of BuilConn conferences for the networked building systems industry, recently announced that its newest event, BuilConn Europe, will be cosponsored by the OASIS International Standard Consortium. BuilCoun Europe, to be held in Brussels, October 26-28, 2004, will also host the first face-to-face meeting of the new OASIS Open Building Information Exchange (oBIX) Technical Committee and will feature information on oBIX standardization efforts in its program.