Control and automation in the communications era

Edited by the Processingtalk editorial team Jul 28, 2003

This second Read-out Forum offers a unique opportunity to directly compare four of the major Control and Automation Solutions suppliers available in Ireland today - ABB, Emerson, Honeywell and Siemens

This second Read-out Forum offers a unique opportunity to directly compare four of the major Control and Automation Solutions suppliers available in Ireland today.

Manufacturers offer their solutions in an insulated environment, which makes it very difficult to compare the pros/cons of these systems with their competition.

The second Read-out Forum offers participants a unique opportunity to compare and contrast four of the leading Control and Automation Systems Suppliers views under four important categories, which will be introduced by keynote speakers from Irish Industry.

We have altered the standard conference format.

Our keynote speaker will outline in 15 minutes their thoughts and opinions on a specific topic.

Then each manufacturer in sequence will have 10 minutes to highlight how their system meets these criteria.

This is followed by a question and answer session from the floor where the delegates attending the conference will quickly be able to question, compare and contrast the presentations.

The conference will be held as part of IRCHEM 2003, the premier Ireland process and industrial exhibition.

It is sponsored by ISA Ireland, the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation society.

It will be held on 16th September 2003.

The conference will allow the attendees to examine four aspects of control in the modern era particularly in the light of the communications revolution of the last ten years.

The conference topics.

Control and communication - future proofing your system.

Electronic paper/batch tracking - the next level.

Accessibility and interoperability of control systems.

Security of the network, data and the prevention of hostile attacks on the system.

Each segment is first addressed by a user or avowed expert in that particular field.

Then each manufacturer (ABB, Emerson, Honeywell and Siemens) give a brief presentation showing their particular take on that aspect.

The organisers have been fortunate in securing the services of Andrew Bond, possibly the leading independent commentator on control systems and automation in Europe, to chair the seminar.

He is the editor of the incisive "Industrial Automation Insider".

Other speakers will come from mainland Europe, Britain and the US as well as from Ireland.

Read-out is the Ireland journal of Instrumentation and Control and has been published for the past fifteen years.

It has an enviable reputation in the instrumentation and control community not only in Ireland but throughout the world through the internet site known as the Instrumentation Signpost - www.read-out.net.

This site was launched in 1994 and now welcomes approximately three thousand visitors per week.

Read-out organised the first Read-out Forum some years ago on the subject of Fieldbus.

ISA Ireland is a section of the international Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society.

With more than 300 members it has been serving instrumentation and control professionals for the past twenty five years.