ISA Expo to include wireless/networking sessions

The International Society of Automation (ISA) Expo 2009, which will be held at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas, on 6-8 October 2009, will feature the ISA's Wireless and Networking Exchange.

The Wireless and Networking Exchange technical conference sessions will cover information on every mode of industrial networking, including wireless, fieldbuses and protocols, fibre optics, industrial Ethernet, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), signal compatibility, safety buses, Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL), FDT, network selection and ISA-100 wireless standards.

Conference presenters include specialists from Ford, Boeing, BP, Chevron, Exxonmobil, PPG, Anheuser-Busch, Shell and Bechtel.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will offer a one-day workshop for wireless sensors for the factory floor on the first day of the event.

The workshop, entitled 'Future Directions and Priorities for 21st Century Agile Manufacturing', will help identify industry needs, define current and future challenges and highlight end-user priorities in using wireless sensors for shop-floor applications to achieve 21st-century agile manufacturing.

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