ODVA 2012 Industry Conference scheduled for Oct. 16-18.
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Open to both members and nonmembers, 2012 Industry Conference and 15th Annual Meeting will be held at the Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort in Stone Mountain, GA. Conference attendees can anticipate technical presentations, workshops, and networking events that will focus on improving usage of information and communication technologies in industrial automation. Annual meeting will include keynote speakers on topics of interest, including security, energy optimization, and determinism.
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ODVA 2012 Industry Conference and 15th Annual Meeting Scheduled for Oct. 16-18
Event will feature technical presentations and workshops to advance open, interoperable information and communication technologies in industrial automation
ANN ARBOR, Mich., - ODVA today announced the 2012 Industry Conference and 15th Annual Meeting will be held from Tuesday, Oct. 16, to Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort in Stone Mountain, Ga., near Atlanta. Conference attendees can anticipate technical presentations, workshops and networking events that will focus on improving the usage of information and communication technologies in industrial automation. The annual meeting will include keynote speakers on topics of interest, including security, energy optimization and determinism.
"ODVA strives to help ensure the prosperity of our members and the industrial automation industry through open, interoperable communications technologies," said Katherine Voss, executive director, ODVA. "Attendees will benefit from continued learning and discussions on issues, solutions and technological trends and advances."
The Industry Conference and Annual Meeting is open to both members and nonmembers alike and is attended by leading automation suppliers, OEMs and end users who come to learn the latest business and technical trends in ODVA technologies, including EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet networks.
Attendees can choose to arrive early to attend Monday's EtherNet/IP Implementor Workshop, a collaborative forum to discuss best practices in the implementation of EtherNet/IP networks.
For more information about ODVA's 2012 Industry Conference and 15th Annual Meeting, visit www.odva.org or contact odva@odva.org.
About ODVA
Founded in 1995, ODVA is a global association whose members are comprised of the world's leading automation companies. ODVA's mission is to advance open, interoperable information and communication technologies in industrial automation. ODVA recognizes its media independent network protocol, the Common Industrial Protocol or "CIP" - and the network adaptations of CIP - EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet - as its core technology and the primary common interest of its membership. ODVA's vision is to contribute to the sustainability and prosperity of the global community by transforming the model for information and communication technology in the industrial ecosystem. For future interoperability of production systems and the integration of the production systems with other systems, ODVA embraces the adoption of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and standard, unmodified Internet and Ethernet technologies as a guiding principle wherever possible. This principle is exemplified by EtherNet/IP - the world's number one industrial Ethernet network.
For more information, contact:
Adrienne Meyer
ODVA
+1 734.975.8840
ameyer@odva.org
