16.15-18.00 iRINGTools - An ISO 15926 and Semantic Web

Bechtel's ability to execute projects successfully around the globe depends on the efficient availability of timely and high-quality information to all project stakeholders, including our customers, suppliers, and joint venture partners. Given our diverse and dispersed project environment, and our around-the clock demand for information, overcoming the complexity and challenges associated with delivering the information our stakeholders need can only be done through effective collaboration and standardization. By working on these issues across the industry, we can bring about the future of information modernization, where information is passed seamlessly among stakeholders in a timely and efficient manner.

In this presentation we will discuss Bechtel's role in the development and usage of iRINGTools. iRINGTools is a set of free, public domain, and open source software applications and utilities that implement ISO 15926 and Semantic Web protocols labeled as "iRING". iRINGTools provide users with production ready deployable solutions. iRINGTools also provides technology solution providers with usage patterns for the implementation of iRING protocols in their respective solutions.

Presenter: Robin Benjamins, Bechtel

Robin Benjamins is Bechtel's Corporate Engineering Automation Manager with proven expertise managing the engineering application portfolio, interoperability, and data integration solutions. In his role, Benjamins is responsible for developing and implementing strategy for Bechtel's "Central Engineering and Technology" and "Information, Systems, and Technology" organizations. In addition to this role, Benjamins is a member of the POSC Caesar Association Board.

Benjamins is an accomplished technologist, with 33 years of experience in the EPC industry, including 16 years providing technology solutions to internal and external customers. Over his career, he has established the valuable dual expertise of business processes combined with technological acumen. He led the effort to create Bechtel's standard, global interoperability solution that is now used worldwide. This system also incorporates the methodologies of the ISO15926 Standard. Benjamins is now leading the industry on the adoption of iRING as the de facto implementation strategy for ISO 15926.