ISA and Prognostics and Health Management Society Announce Technical Partnership

DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Society of Automation (ISA) — the leading professional society for automation — and the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society — a society supporting the international PHM community across all sectors and domains — have signed a technical partnership agreement to advance their shared goals.

The two organizations have agreed to plan for contributions to the other's events and to collaborate on standards development. As an ANSI-accredited Standards Developing Organization (SDO), ISA can identify existing ISA committees where PHM experts can participate and create new standards writing committees where both organizations agree that technical areas overlap.

The PHM Society holds conferences in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region bringing together original equipment manufacturers, technology companies, academic institutions, and public research and development organizations. The Society also carries out professional development programs that add value to the broader PHM community.

ISA hosts the ISA Automation Summit & Expo and the Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity Summit each year, in addition to developing widely used global standards and conformity assessment programs, certifying professionals, providing education and training, and publishing books and technical articles. It also offers networking and career development programs for members and customers worldwide.

"This partnership brings together two communities that depend on reliable, data-driven insight into industrial systems," said Claire Fallon, CEO of ISA. "By working with the PHM Society, we can connect our standards and certification expertise with their research and practitioner network, which benefits members on both sides."

"The PHM Society seeks technical partnerships that create mutual value, and ISA's automation expertise is a strong match for our goals," said Andrew Hess, president of the PHM Society. "We look forward to collaborating on programs that serve engineers, researchers, and organizations working in prognostics and health management."

About ISA

The International Society of Automation (ISA) is a nonprofit professional association founded in 1945 to create a better world through automation. ISA's mission is to empower the global automation community through standards and knowledge sharing. ISA develops widely used global standards and conformity assessment programs, certifies professionals, provides education and training, publishes books and technical articles, hosts conferences and exhibits, and provides networking and career development programs for its members and customers around the world. Learn more at www.isa.org.

About PHM Society

Incorporated in early 2009, the Prognostics and Health Management Society (PHM Society) is an international technical organization dedicated to the advancement of PHM as an engineering discipline. Its flagship event is the Annual Conference of the PHM Society. Learn more about all events, webinars, online free access journal, and proceedings at www.phmsociety.org.

SOURCE The International Society of Automation