From the President
It has been an honor to serve as your president during such a period of growth and success at ISA. I want to express how much I enjoyed serving the automation community in 2024.
My sincere thanks go out to Claire Fallon, our CEO, as well as her staff, for the continuous work of keeping the society operational and for executing on ISA’s strategic plan. Equally important are the countless volunteers who provide their time to manage the society's many sections, standards and committees, as well as share their expertise to benefit the automation industry. Many thanks also go out to the entire Executive Board for their support.
Remember that ISA is your professional society. At a time when many people are concerned about automation and its impact on the workforce and new technologies, it is more important than ever for us to underscore that automation depends on people. I encourage you to deepen your engagement with ISA, and encourage others to join our society.
I am so proud to have been a part of the continued growth trajectory of ISA and look forward to seeing the society build upon its success in the future.
Launched Mimo: a first-of-its-kind, award-winning LLM and new ISA mascot
Recognized as a 2024 Top-Rated Nonprofit by Great Nonprofits
Also Notable
ISA offers training accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
ISA completed the IACET reaccreditation successfully in 2024, which resulted in ISA continuing to be an IACET-accredited provider. Although there is an annual report, this extensive reaccreditation process takes place once every five years and includes an internal audit, application, external review/audit and an interview process. Per IACET:
Any organization can host a learning event. But it takes true commitment to become an accredited provider of IACET Continuing Education Units (CEU).
The IACET Accredited Provider (AP) status tells the world:
- You've committed your organization to a rigorous accreditation application and review process, involving extensive hands-on evaluation and verification
- Your policies and processes have been thoroughly benchmarked against the ANSI/IACET Standard for Continuing Education and Training
- You've engaged the expertise of instructional design professionals nationwide to make your continuing education and training the best it can be.
New in 2024:
ISA-95/IEC 62264 Enterprise-Control System Integration Fundamentals Specialist
A brand-new certificate program has been launched in support of one of the society's most popular standards, ISA-95, on enterprise-control system integration.
| Credential Name | Current Holders | New in 2024 |
 Certified Automation Professional (CAP®) |
672 | 58 |
 Certified Automation Professional Associate |
79 | 12 |
 Certified Control System Technician® (CCST ®) Level 1 |
1,267 | 100 |
 Certified Control System Technician (CCST) Level 2 — Specialist |
384 | 37 |
 Certified Control System Technician (CCST) Level 3 — Master |
321 | 13 |
 Control Systems Technician Associate |
148 | 5 |
 Automation Project Management Specialist |
75 | 32 |
 Fire and Gas Mapping Specialist Certificate |
16 | 11 |
 Certificate 1: ISA/IEC 61511 SIS Fundamentals Specialist |
212 | 44 |
 Certificate 2: ISA/IEC 61511 SIL Selection Specialist |
62 | 19 |
 Certificate 3: ISA/IEC 61511 SIL Verification Specialist |
54 | 20 |
 ISA/IEC 61511 SIS Expert |
126 | 19 |
 Certificate 1: ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Fundamentals Specialist |
3,679 | 1,506 |
 Certificate 2: ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Specialist |
1,584 | 654 |
 Certificate 3: ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Design Specialist |
1,100 | 448 |
 Certificate 4: ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Maintenance Specialist |
868 | 341 |
 ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Expert |
940 | 316 |
 ISA-95/IEC 62264 Enterprise-Control System Integration Fundamentals Specialist |
4 | 4 |
Advancing Precision Agriculture Through Industrial Control System Technologies
Precision agriculture represents a transformative approach to farming, leveraging advanced technologies to optimize agricultural productivity, enhance resource efficiency and promote sustainable practices.
Robust industrial control system (ICS) frameworks play a key role in advancing precision agriculture. Establishing comprehensive ICS standards and enhancing educational initiatives will support the widespread adoption and effective implementation of precision agriculture technologies.
Automation Shapes Global Economic Growth and Development
Automation has long supported developed and developing economies by increasing productivity, reducing costs, improving quality, enhancing safety and providing greater reliability.
Automation technologies have also reduced human workloads, transformed labor markets and increased access to goods and services while reducing environmental impacts across all sectors of industry and infrastructure.
Automation Enables Digital Deglobalization Efforts
While businesses seek to secure themselves from uncertainty, increase resilience and mitigate risk, they also need to mitigate consequences and meet demands from investors and the public.
Automation technology and techniques implemented by knowledgeable and skilled automation professionals can help businesses optimize their digital deglobalization efforts, secure their supply chain infrastructure and support improvements to environmental and social responsibility.
Podomation — ISA's flagship podcast — is unique in the industrial and manufacturing space. Where other podcasts are narrowly focused or tend to heavily feature promotional vendor content, Podomation takes a broad approach to the big issues impacting industrial automation and brings together panels of subject-matter experts for technical yet spirited conversations.
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ISA former presidents joined in the fun at ASE!
International Automation Professionals Day — 28 April
ISA was founded on 28 April 1945, an occasion we are thrilled to commemorate each year.
International Automation Professionals Day was started as a celebration of our founders' legacies and their long-lasting contributions to the industry.
Now we get to witness the legacies being created by those who have dedicated their career to this ever-changing industry.
Here is how we celebrated in 2024:
