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News Release from: MatrikonOPC | Subject: OPC User Group conference
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 June 2006
MatrikonOPC conferences in Texas and
Germany
Matrikon, the world's largest OPC developer, has announced dates in Septemnber/October for the MatrikonOPC User Group conferences in Houston, Texas and Koln, Germany
Matrikon has announced the dates for the MatrikonOPC User Group conference which will take place in Houston, Texas and Koln, Germany later this year Themed as "Driving Connectivity", this event is committed to providing practical hands-on information for industrial connectivity issues
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 21 Jul 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The MatrikonOPC User Group conference is designed for professionals from the plant-floor to boardroom levels.
Sessions will equip attendees with intelligence for users of all experience levels, with tracks focused on OPC fundamentals, advanced OPC integration and corporate strategies.
Scheduled in Houston, Texas from 13-14 September, and Koln, Germany from 11-12 October 2006, MatrikonOPC, with other industry experts and end-users, will present best practices, lessons learned, case studies and vendor neutral solutions.
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Events surrounding these conference dates include OPC hands-on workshops, executive standardisation sessions, SCADA security classes and interactive panel discussions.
OPC stands for "OLE for Process Control" and is designed to bridge Windows based applications and process control hardware.
As OPC technology commemorates its 10th anniversary, the community of users and champions increases rapidly.
Industry support for this event includes sponsorship participation from pacesetters including the OPC Foundation, Putman Media; Control, Control Design and Industrial Networking magazines, Automation.com and several others.
Among the many outstanding speakers is Dick Morley - father of the programmable controller (PLC), Jim Pinto - industry commentator, Tom Burke - OPC Foundation President, Eric Murphy - OPC Foundation HDA Chairperson and many other industry experts.
Conference paper titles include.
* Understand advantages of implementing OPC technologies.
* Learn different OPC specifications (OPC DA, AandE, HDA, XML, UA).
* Resolve common and advanced DCOM problems.
* Securely passing process data through firewalls.
* Increase system interoperability.
* Automating process control systems.
* Data exchange and amalgamation.
* SCADA Security.
Professionals interested in attending or participating in the MatrikonOPC User Group Conference are encouraged to visit the website for more information.
"The MatrikonOPC Conference is a very important opportunity to learn about the technology" says Tom Burke, President of the OPC Foundation.
"Attendees will learn a lot about the different vendors and learn about the dedicated Matrikon commitment behind OPC, being that they are one of the driving companies for the OPC Foundation and the technology. Request a free brochure from MatrikonOPC ...
They are a company to watch and a company to stay in tune with!".
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