It’s getting near Oktoberfest time again. This year’s keg tapping festivities run from September 20th - October 5th. Since you are already in Germany (and most likely in a very good mood), it’s just a short trip to Nuremberg to keep the fun going with the OPC Foundation’s European Interoperability Workshop 2008. This work shop is in Nürnberg, Germany and runs from 1:00 PM on Monday, October 6th through Noon on Friday, October 10th.
Of course since OPC Interoperability Sessions are such an event in their own right, I’m sure many will choose to skip the crowed beer gardens in order to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for the OPC connectivity testing.
As always OPC Foundation members are encouraged to use this opportunity to validate their products and correct any interoperability problems. This year's session will allow up to a maximum qty (40) vendors to validate Data Access (V1, V2 and V3) interoperability, XML-DA, Alarms and Events and Historical Data Access. In order for a DA Client to qualify to use the new 'Self-Tested' logo, the product must be tested at an Interoperability Workshop with other DA Servers and it must pass a supervised test with the OPC Analyzer. The interoperability workshops will be the only venue clients are tested with the Analyzer, so this is your chance to qualify for the new logo. In order to greatly improve your chances of passing, DA client vendors should download the OPC Analyzer and test your client yourself beforehand.
All the details on registration, location, hotel information and agenda can be found here. Note that attendees are encouraged to make reservations by September 08, 2008 after which the hotel will release the rooms for sale to the general public.
Whether or not your travel plans include foamy mugs and friendly fräuleins, many sure they do include OPC Interoperability testing.