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News Release from: The Profibus Group | Subject: 27 - 28 June conference
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Team on 02 June 2006
Get 'Hands-on' at the Profibus
Conference in June
The 2006 Profibus International User Conference, from 27 - 28 June, will include a hands-on training event run by an International team of experts from Profibus training centres world-wide
The 2006 Profibus International User Conference, taking place at Coombe Abbey in Warwickshire from 27 - 28 June, will include a hands-on training event run by an International team of experts from Profibus training centres world-wide This is just one element of this year's Profibus User Conference, which covers all aspects of Profibus, from system design, implementation, experience and maintenance and also features user application presentations, plus an exhibition of supplier's equipment
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 11 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Delegates can choose to mix listening to the presentations with attendance on the training courses, which run in parallel.
On 27 June the training sessions are entitled "Profibus Installation - The Practice and Pitfalls", presented by Andy Verwer, followed by "Profibus system testing and verification" by Dennis van Booma.
Andy Verwer is Principal Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University's Department of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Science and Engineering.
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He is also responsible for the Profibus Competence Centre at MMU, and has now delivered his Certified Profibus courses to over 400 engineers and technicians from all parts of the world, at MMU and on-site in locations as far afield as Southern Africa and Singapore.
Dennis van Booma is the general manager at the Profibus Centre Netherlands, and has been responsible for the development of their Profibus training courses.
Dennis has been involved in many Profibus projects and is also responsible for leading the emergency trouble shooting team sent out when end-users need immediate assistance with their Profibus applications! Andy and Dennis are most experienced and capable speakers, and will present two sets of training sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
A similar pattern will follow on 28 June, with the emphasis on Profinet.
Presentations will be given by Manfred Popp from Siemens, the author of the 1996 book "The Rapid Way to Profibus DP", and by Michael Hales, from the PROFI Interface centre in the USA.
Manfred will present "From Configuration to "Hello World" in 30 minutes", explaining how Profinet is set-up and operates in practice, from his extensive experience as head of ComDeC since 1991.
The abbreviation stands for Communication Development and Certification, and ComDeC is a Profibus and Profinet Competence Centre as well as a test laboratory.
Michael Hales from the USA will describe the Profinet Commander, a new tool for checking out a Profinet network.
Again, these presentations will be given twice, once in the morning and once in the afternoon, enabling delegates to create their own training programme by also attending some of the parallel "User" presentation lectures, or to have further discussions with the suppliers in the associated equipment Exhibition.
The Profibus International User Conference is from 27-28 June at Coombe Abbey in Warwickshire.
Registration forms, Hotel information, full timetables for both the Conference user presentation and training streams, and further background information is available on the Profibus UK website.
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