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News Release from: Fieldbus Foundation
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Team on 15 January 2007
FF announces General Assembly speakers
The Fieldbus Foundation has announced the speakers for its 2007 General Assembly, to be held in Houston, Texas, on February 22-23
The Fieldbus Foundation has announced the speakers for its 2007 General Assembly, to be held in Houston, Texas, on February 22-23 Planned for the Houstonian Hotel, this important annual event is expected to host 150+ controls and instrumentation end users from the process industries, as well as a large number of automation suppliers and members of the Foundation board of directors
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 25 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The theme of this year's General Assembly, "Changing the Playing Field," reflects the Fieldbus Foundation emphasis on providing a total control system technology infrastructure for industrial manufacturing.
The event will address key topics such as open, scalable integration; process integrity; and business intelligence.
Speakers at the public session on Thursday, February 22, include:.
Opening Address * Rich Timoney, from the Fieldbus Foundation, with an opening address "FOUNDATION Fieldbus Infrastructure Management".
* Tim Haley, from Corning: "Open, Scalable Integration".
* John Rezabek, from ISP "Process Integrity".
* Herman Storey, from Shell Global Solutions "Business Intelligence".
End User Case Studies will be presented by:.
* Mike Miller, of Duke Energy: "Nuclear perspective on a FOUNDATION Fieldbus application".
* Robert Rounding, of British Petroleum (BP) "Fieldbus - Made for SCADA at BP Wamsutter Wyoming".
Other speakers will follow.
Following the technical presentations, an evening reception will feature Larry O'Brien, research director in process automation at the ARC Advisory Group, who will present a keynote address entitled, "Beyond the Bus: FOUNDATION Fieldbus Is An Open and Integrated Automation Infrastructure".
A silent auction will also be held to benefit the James Gray / Fieldbus Foundation Scholarship Fund.
On Friday, February 23, the Fieldbus Foundation will conduct its annual business meeting for members only.
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