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FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES’ BRENT MCADAMS TO DISCUSS CATHODIC PROTECTION AT NACE CENTRAL AREA CONFERENCE

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:18:00 +0000

McAdams will discuss radio-based, remote monitoring cathodic protection

WHO: Brent McAdams
Director of Sales
FreeWave Technologies

Brent McAdams is the Director of Sales at FreeWave Technologies, Inc., a premier RF design and manufacturing organization. Prior to joining FreeWave Technologies, Mr. McAdams served as the Vice President of Technology and Business Development for the U.S. Telemetry Corporation where he led product development strategy and business development initiatives. Additionally, Mr. McAdams spent over 10 years as a contract Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer with Exxon Chemical in Baton Rouge, LA.

Founded in 1993, FreeWave Technologies is a world leader in the innovative design and manufacture of ISM band radios and wireless data solutions that are trusted for mission critical applications around the world. www.freewave.com.

WHAT: Optimizing Operations by Automating Remote Cathodic Protection Systems

Energy and Pipeline Companies wrestle to control operating costs largely affected by new government regulations, ageing buried metal assets, rising steel prices, expanding pipeline operations, new interference points, HCA encroachment, restrictive land use policies, heightened network security, and an ageing soon-to-retire work force. With operating costs on the rise, seemingly out of control, many CP and Operations Professionals look to past best practices in cost containment through automation. Many companies achieve solid business results through deployment of telemetry and SCADA automation of remote assets and now hope to expand this success to further optimize operations by automating remote cathodic protection systems.

This presentation will provide examples of how new remote cathodic protection systems are helping energy and pipeline companies address the growing issue of the ageing pipeline infrastructure and reduce their costs while optimizing their operations.

WHERE: 2008 NACE Central Area Conference
Hilton Garden Inn
Independence, MO

WHEN: "Optimizing Operations by Automating Remote Cathodic Protection Systems"
Monday, September 8, 2008
3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CONTACT: For more information on FreeWave, or to set up an interview, please contact Terri Douglas at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 18 or tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGY EXPERT TO PRESENT AT 2008 COAL BED METHANE FAIR ENERGY EXPOSITION

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:27:08 +0000

David Southern will address pipeline integrity automation at annual event

WHO: David Southern
Product Development Manager
FreeWave Technologies

Southern has 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, mining, hazardous waste remediation, petrochemical and refining industries. Prior to joining FreeWave, he was a Business Manager for an Emerson Process Management representative. Southern has authored or co-authored several U.S. patents and has been published in several industry magazines including Pipeline & Gas Technology, POWER, American Oil & Gas Reporter and Compressor Tech II. He is a 1982 graduate of the School of Mines.

Founded in 1993, FreeWave Technologies (www.freewave.com) is a world leader in the innovative design and manufacture of ISM band radios and wireless data solutions that are trusted for mission critical applications around the world.

WHAT: Pipeline Integrity Automation

Energy and pipeline companies wrestle to meet new stricter state and federal pipeline integrity requirements while simultaneously trying to control operating costs. Recent, unfortunate, pipeline news events pushed corrosion and cathodic protection to front page news across the nation to the extent that the U.S. Congress and several states passed legislation directed specifically toward cathodic protection practices. Many companies are looking to new technologies and automation for answers. Unfortunately, ever changing cell phone technologies left some companies scrambling to stay ahead of telemetry obsolescence. Effective answers to critical issues affecting public safety are often found in a combination of both old and new technology.

In this presentation, Southern will focus on how Cathodic Protection Remote Monitoring Units automatically collect and report mission critical, corrosion prevention data from remote rectifiers and test points and transmit that data back to a central data collection system via wireless, radio modems--often using a company's existing radio networks.

WHERE: Coal Bed Methane Fair Energy Exposition 2008
Cam-Plex Central Pavilion
Gillette, Wyo.

WHEN: "Pipeline Integrity Automation"
Thursday, June 5, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

CONTACT: For more information on FreeWave, or to set up an interview, please contact Terri Douglas at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 18 or tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES TO OUTLINE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES AT ENTELEC 2008

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:57:15 +0000

WHO: Brent McAdams
Director of Sales
FreeWave Technologies

Jim Gardner
Oil and Gas Sales Manager
FreeWave Technologies

WHAT: The Advantages of Implementing Wireless I/O Over Wired Alternatives
Frequently, a company has geographically scattered assets and sensor data is needed at a central point. Wireless I/O offers a viable, economical alternative to simply digging trenches, running conduit and pulling wire from sensors. Advantages to wireless I/O include substantial and measurable cost savings in terms of engineering, installation and logistics as well as flexibility in remote, wireless field data collection.

In this presentation, McAdams will outline how spread spectrum radio technologies give users the ability to connect instrumentation in the field without the need for costly wired infrastructure. He will share how asset information is available from applied and embedded sensory points enabling sophisticated diagnostics, remote monitoring and control and plant optimization.

Demystifying Wireless Ethernet
In this presentation, FreeWave's Gardner will address one of the most important trends in data communications—the migration from serial networks to Ethernet communications. The advantages of the change are too compelling to ignore. Security, faster polling times, mobile communications, Internet accessibility and IP addressability all provide benefits previously unavailable with serial communications.

The world of wireless Ethernet still is new enough that a lot of myths are associated with it and for many, sorting through this maze of misinformation can be daunting, even unnerving. This presentation will address some of the biggest myths surrounding the implementation of wireless Ethernet.

WHERE: ENTELEC 2008
April 9-11, 2008
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, Texas
WHEN: "The Advantages of Implementing Wireless I/O Over Wired
  Alternatives"
  Thursday, April, 10 2008
  9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

"Demystifying Wireless Ethernet"
Thursday, April 10, 2008
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CONTACT: For more information on FreeWave, or to set up an interview with either Mr. McAdams or Mr. Gardner, please contact Terri Douglas at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 18 or tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com