Review of Theoretical Foundations for Risk Minimal Operations in Complex Socio-technical Systems: the Role of Human Error -- Review of Theories and Accident Causation Models: Understanding of Human-context Dyad towards the Use in Modern Complex Systems -- On Engineering Assets and Technology Supply Capacity -- Asset Operations: Non-productive Times During Oil Well Drilling -- More Reliable, Profitable and Competitive Production via Effective e-Maintenance: a Case Study -- Infrastructure Delivered Through Networks: Engagement of Stakeholders -- Sustainability Performance in Modern Industrial Context: from Firm-centric to Network-based Assessment for Realistic Impact -- Principal Components of a Governing Framework for Sustainability Performance in Manufacturing Networks -- Bearing Fault Diagnosis Using Attractor Comparison -- From Mitigation to Adaptation in Asset Management for Climate Change: a Discussion -- Examining Organizational Culture Within Professional Engineering Asset Management Firms: the Competing Values Framework -- Condition Monitoring of Naturally Damaged Slewing Bearing Based on EMD and EEMD Method -- Understanding Wear Mechanisms and Their Implication to Service Life of Pneumatic Conveying Pipelines -- Effects of Surface Modifications on Wear Mechanisms in Fly Ash Conveying Pipelines -- Infrastructure Asset Management for Different Types of Facilities Using Normalized Level of Service -- A Standards-based Approach for Interoperability Between Engineering Design and Asset Management -- Structural Complexity in Structural Health Monitoring: Design of Laboratory Model and Test Plan -- Structural Complexity in Structural Health Monitoring: Preliminary Experimental Modal Testing and Analysis -- Stakeholder Engagement and Asset Management: a Case Study of the Gold Coast Airport, Queensland -- An Assessment of Benchmarking Practice Relating to Complex Engineering Assets: a Case Study from an Oil & Gas Production Company -- Creating a Learning and Improvement Scenario Based on Distinctive Internal Benchmarking Practices and Cultures: an Adaptive Strategy Based on Experience from an Oil & Gas Production Company -- Data Mining the Relationship Between Road Crash and Skid Resistance -- Value Creation Through Collaborative Operating Environments - Challenges in the Offshore Petroleum Sector -- Collaborative Operating Environments in the Offshore Petroleum Sector - Solutions for Added Value in B2B Relationships -- Unlock the Value of Unstructured Data in EAM -- Non-parametric Bootstrap Confidence Limits for Age-dependent Failure Tendency Using Incomplete Data -- Asset Lifecycle Data Governance Framework -- Institutionalisation of Information Technologies for Engineering Asset Management - an Australian Case -- Experimental Measurement and Theoretical Modeling of Internal Combustion Engine Valve Leakage by Acoustic Emission Method -- A Comparative Study of Prognostic Model for Bearing Failure -- Sustainability Improvements Through Efficient Asset Management Networks -- Linkage Between Mobile Materials Management System and Information Quality Dimensions -- Evaluating the Time-varying Mesh Stiffness of a Planetary Gear Set Using the Potential Energy Method -- Signal Patterns of Piston Slap of a Four-cylinder Diesel Engine -- Human - an Asset or a Liability: the Real Deal with Modern Humans in Intelligent Systems and Complex Operations -- The Use of Expert Systems in Offshore Oil & Gas Assets: a Status Review with respect to Emerging Needs for Innovative Solutions -- Value Potential of Expert Systems for Offshore Oil & Gas Assets from a Maintenance Perspective: a Case from Norway w.r.t. Integrated Operations -- Detection of Excessive Diesel Engine Piston Slap Using Acoustic Emission Signals -- Towards an Integrated Maturity Model of Asset Management Capabilities -- Stagnancy in Indonesia's Reformed State Asset Management Policies and Practices: a Wicked Problem? -- Policy Delphi: Contribution to Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management Organisations -- A Single Cavitation Indicator Based on Statistical Parameters for a Centrifugal Pump -- Measuring Leadership, Management and Organizational Culture in Engineering Asset Management Organizations -- A Case Study on Condition Monitoring Based on Statistical Feature for Coil Break on Tandem Cold Rolling -- Embedded Systems Solutions for Fault Detection and Prediction in Electrical Valves -- Application of Linear Prediction, Self-adaptive Noise Cancellation and Spectral Kurtosis in Identifying Natural Damage of Rolling Element Bearing in a Gearbox -- Decision Support System for Infrastructure Sustainability in Operations -- Sustainability in Infrastructure Asset Management -- Understanding the Business Case for Infrastructure Sustainability -- Advancing Risk-management in Nuclear Power Plant EPC Projects: an Empirical Evaluation of Risk-management Practices on Steam Generator Replacement Projects -- Towards a Comprehensive Service Business Management Environment for Equipment Manufacturers -- Engineering Asset Lifespan Evaluation Using Logistic Regression -- Corrosion Identification of Gas Pipe Risers in Buildings Using Advanced Ultrasonic Guided Waves -- A Multivariate Control Chart for Detecting a Possible Outbreak of Disease -- Value Focused Thinking: an Approach to Structure Company Values for Asset Risk Management -- Information Use in Dutch Sewer Asset Management -- Managing Knowledge for Asset Management: Shifting from Process to Relational Frames -- Designing an Asset Management Guideline for the Dutch Wastewater Industry -- Empirical Hazard Function Using Continuous-time Failure Data -- Simulation Study for Analysis of On-line Dielectric Measurement Problems on Transformer Insulation System.

These proceedings comprise 60 refereed papers of the Seventh World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM) that was held in Deajeon City, Korea from 8-9 October 2012. The material is a compilation of state-of-the-art papers in the field covering a comprehensive range of subjects that are equally relevant to business managers and engineering professionals alike. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2012): Towards Integration and Interoperability in EAM covers a wide range of topics in the discipline of engineering asset management, including: �         strategic asset management �         condition monitoring and diagnostics �         integrated intelligent maintenance �         sensors and devices �         information quality & management; �         sustainability in asset management �         asset performance and knowledge management �         data mining and AI techniques in asset management �         engineering standards, and �         education in engineering asset management.   The breadth and depth of these proceedings will make them an excellent resource for asset management practitioners, researchers and academics, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in tertiary institutions and in industry.