Declan Lordan - District 12 VP message
Hello, my name is Declan Lordan, and I am Vice-President
of District 12.
I would like to open my comments in this edition on
Euroxchange by stating that it may take twenty five years, but many of you
will look back at your educational years with a sense of nostalgia,
possibly reliving what will seem like your carefree years. Yes the pains
of examinations fade and dull, but the friendships you build will
strengthen and grow.
You are a network of over 2,700 people in Europe with a
common interest. We have a vibrant growing industry with great
opportunities for students because technology is changing every two to
three years. You will be the leaders and experts in your field within 15
years of graduating. I have only just started to understand the
opportunities that as ISA members we can use in our day to day work and
education.
As District 12 Vice President, I can say that the ISA has
never been working harder at providing a strong future for practitioners
in the Instrumentation Systems and Automation Field. As many of you are
aware, the name change in August of this year demonstrated a vote in favor
of the International structure of ISA Globally. The name has been changed
from The Instrument Society of America to "ISA, the Instrumentation,
Systems and Automation Society.
We have in District 12 been working recently on the
launch of Knowledge Centers for Student sections to be sited in
Universities across Europe. We hope to put copies of ISA Standards,
training courses and periodicals into the Library's of each Student
sections University or College before the end of 2002.
As will already have been reported in this edition, we
have recently welcomed a new student section in Spain at the University of
Valladolid and they were presented with their charter at the First
District 12 meeting in Milan. I would also like to welcome the formative
student section at Silesian University in Poland.
I hope that you will get a chance to browse the ISA web
site from time to time and see the articles and information on a range of
new and existing technologies and how they will help your industry.
The future of ISA especially in District 12 look very
bright and with the continued globalization of the Instrumentation and
Control industry the ISA is position to keep you informed and up to date
with new technologies as they are developed and released. ISA is, and has
long been more far reaching than just a U.S. society. With members and
customers in more than 110 countries, ISA is truly global.
Great credit is due to the Student Team Angelo Corsaro
(CU), Italy, Marco Lorefice (CU), Italy, Salvatore Argentino (CU), Italy,
Sergey Kot (SUAI) and Russia ALTERNATE Andrew Ovchinnikov (SUAI), Russia
and the Orazio Mirabella (CU), Italy and Alex Bobovitch (SUAI), Russia.
They represented Europe in the International student competition at
acheived a bronze medal in August 2000 at New Orleans, USA.
This competition was held in English under strict time
pressure, no other languages were covered and they deserve tremendous
credit as no member of the team spoke English as their first language.
In twenty-five years time, I hope that you will be able
to look back on your friendship with ISA as one that you valued then and
still will in the future.
I would like to wish you every success in your
examinations and in your chosen career.
Regards,
Declan Lordan, DVP District 12.
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