I hope all of you had a great summer and ready for a beautiful fall and a new ISA Sarnia Section year!! We, Sarnia Section Executives sure are ready for a new section year with full energy and lots of plans.

We are fortunate to have very enthusiastic team of professionals on our Section board and I am confident that the board will continue do a terrific job of representing your interests again this year. Having said that, we are always looking for new volunteers and will welcome any suggestions that you may have.

First program of the year, our dinner meeting is planned on Monday September 29 at Wagg’s Steak & Seafood Restaurant – 420 Christina Street. Our Program Chair Ted Zavitz has selected very interesting topic, “Improved Combustion Efficiency & Safety”. This will be presented by subject mater expert Russell Gruener of Yokogawa.

Our section’s most attended & sought after membership activity, Automation Show & Technical Conference, is planned for Tuesday November 4, 2025. This year’s show will be held at the “Big Gym” at Lambton College in Sarnia. In keeping with our tradition, show will also feature Educational Seminars for attendees. This year’s show will also feature Student Competition. Student Competition will serve as a platform for students to showcase their technical knowledge, problem-solving abilities, and teamwork in real-world automation and instrumentation challenges. Hope to see all of you out in big numbers and support your section. Find more details at https://isasarnia.com/show-technical-conference-2025-overview/

Have you ever thought about writing a short article or gathering industry news from around you? I encourage you to do that and send it to me or our newsletter editor, Anthony Greene or Webmaster, Wally Nickel; and we will share it with Sarnia Section membership at large. Believe me it is very satisfying and rewarding experience.

I plan to keep writing to all of you on a regular basis and I encourage you to write me back with comments, ideas, suggestions, complaints or just a friendly message and I promise to reply you back.

Looking forward to a chance to talk with many of you in person at the various Section activities throughout the year.