The OPC Foundation announced registration is now open for OPC Day Europe, which will be held May 15-16. Yokogawa will host the event at its European headquarters office in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. OPC Day Europe is for anyone interested in the latest information on OPC UA, OPC Certification and how OPC UA is being applied in today’s markets.
“The OPC Foundation is excited to continue with OPC Day Europe in 2013, and we have a comprehensive agenda for May, including technical updates and real-world case studies for OPC UA,” said Tom Burke, OPC Foundation president and executive director. “OPC Day Europe is a great venue to connect with other members and collaboration partners in the OPC community.”
Benefits of Attending OPC Day Europe:
• Hear the latest on OPC technical updates, information modeling and certification from the OPC Foundation.
• Learn how OPC UA can improve your operations.
• Control devices to MES/ERP IT Enterprise level OPC Demonstrations.
• Learn about OPC UA for building automation and Oil & Gas.
• Hear from industry end-users about successful OPC UA deployments.
• Learn about OPC collaboration with MDIS, FDI, PLCopen and others.
• Networking opportunity with sponsors and peers.
The OPC Foundation also announced MDIS has selected OPC UA as the master control system (MCS) and distributed control system (DCS) protocol standard. The selection of OPC UA will provide secure and reliable data transfer for offshore oil and gas production. MDIS (MCS-DCS Interface Standardization) is an international joint industry network group whose main mission is to optimize the MCS and DCS interface of topside systems in oil and gas production. MDIS defines and establishes a standard for the interface in order to simplify implementation of data communication links while increasing the data quality.
