Wow, there are a lot of things going this next couple of months in OPC. T’is the season for conferences, user groups and symposiums. Summer vacations are well and gone and there are just a few weeks before the start of the holiday season. Here’s a quick list of what’s happening on both sides of the pond:
OPC Training Seminar in Richmond on November 13, 2008
Last notice for this event, since it starts tomorrow. This is last one of the year for the vendor-neutral OPC training seminars. This one is in Richmond, VA at the Marriott Richmond located at 500 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. As usual the program will begin with a continental breakfast and registration at 8:00 a.m. followed by program start at 8:30 a.m. To register for this event, please click here.
OPC Foundation Europe at the SPS/IPC/Drives November 25-26, 2008 Nuremberg, Germany
The OPC Foundation Europe will have presentations on OPC Classic and OPC Unified Architecture at SPS/IPC/Drives conference. Event runs Nov 25-26, 2008 in Nuremberg Germany. Be sure to drop by and visit the booth Hall 6 – 244.
There is an additional free presentation, “OPC UA at a Glance” on November 26 in Room 111 / Service Center 1. Presentations given in both German and English.
SPS/IPC/DRIVES is the exhibition for electric automation technology. It covers all components down to the system and offers herewith integrated automation solutions. More info here.
OMAC Symposium--Evolve Your Systems, December 3-4, 2008
Register now for the second annual OMAC Integration Symposium--EVOLVE YOUR SYSTEM. Total System Evolution--the theme of this year's event--embraces all industries and is vital to the advancement and improvement of our processes, business functions, and ultimately our ability to meet the changing needs of our customers.
This event will be on December 3-4, 2008 at Partners in THINC, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Insightful presentations from across industry
- Emerging technology
- OPC
- PLM
- Robotics
- Connect-and-Pack™
- Hands-on demonstrations in the Partners in THINC
Check out the preliminary agenda and other information here.
SCS 2008 in Paris December 2-5, 2008.
The OPC Foundation will be present at SCS 2008 in Paris December 2-5, 2008.
The press release on this event reads: “More than ever, energy efficiency will be a core concern for businesses visiting the SCS Paris exhibition. A precise analysis of a company's energy consumption reveals ways of making savings and hence improving productivity and competitiveness.”
Those interested in sponsoring this event and exhibiting their products and services should contact ichel.Condemine@opcfoundation.org for more information. Registration deadlines are November 13th and 24th.
And for the arm-chair traveler, or those who are done jetting around until the holidays, you can keep up to date with the latest newsletters.
OPConnect – Issue 18
“Welcome to the November edition of OPConnect, the official newsletter of the OPC Foundation. As this is the final issue of OPConnect for 2008, I'd like to wrap up some of our recent successes and highlight our plans for 2009.
One of the major items the OPC Foundation has been working on is OPC Unified Architecture (UA) development. By facilitating vendor adoption of OPC UA, we anticipate that by the end of 2009 there will be more than 40 vendors who have support for OPC UA built into their products. This adoption curve is critical as OPC UA provides all the technology to completely interoperate and integrate existing classic OPC products into next-generation solutions... Read more”
OPC Update – Issue 3
OPC Products, News, Articles, Application Stories, Training, Events & Resources. Read OPC Update to find the latest products, news, articles, application stories, events, training and resources relating to OPC. More here.
That’s all I got. If I missed anything, drop me a note and I’ll add it to the list.