Join Us for 2nd Annual OPC Day International – June 8th to 10th

The OPC Foundation is pleased to host its second annual OPC Day International, an online event spanning three days. Based on last year’s success of over 3000 attendees, we anticipate another big turnout. Programming will be packaged into two (2) two-hour sessions per day repeated globally across two time zones; one scheduled for North America/Europe, while the other is conveniently scheduled for Asia/Europe viewers.

Registration: https://opcfoundation.org/event-detail/opc-day-2021-international/

When: June 8-10, 2 hours /day

More info: Mike Clark  mike.clark@opcfoundation.org

Speakers from the OPC Foundation, industry associations, end users, and more will present timely and relevant information sure to inspire innovation and technology adoption of OPC UA and its many global initiatives.

A few highlights include (full agenda posted on registration page):

Day 1 Keynotes:

• Stefan Hoppe, President OPC Foundation explains “OPC UA as Enabler for the Transformation from Automation Pyramid to Information Network”
• Peter Lutz, Director FLC Initiative OPC Foundation presents “Extending OPC UA to the field: OPC Field Level Communications Initiative”
• Alexander Ziegler, Siemens discusses “Cooperation 5G-ACIA and OPC Foundation: Integration of 5G with Time-Sensitive Networking for Industrial Communication”
• Dr. Christoph Legat, Hekuma gives insight into “Industrial Cloud Federation: Leveraging data-driven services in industrial environments by unleashing the potential of open, unified standards”

Day 2 Technology:

• Georg Biehler, Siemens and Greg Majcher, Rockwell Automation both discuss “OPC UA FX Specifications: Update and Roadmap”
• Erich Barnstedt, Microsoft gives insight into “OPC UA in the Cloud – a practical guide to avoiding vendor lock-in”
• Jonathan Wise, CESMII presents progress on “The OPC UA Cloud Library: Vision, Team, Use-Cases and Status”
• Randy Armstrong, Lead Security Architect OPC Foundation, Chief Architect Sparhawk Software launches “OPC UA IIoT Starter Kit – Integrating OPC UA with MQTT”

Day 3 Adoption & Solutions:

• Weighing Products: Mettler Toledo by Eugen Schibli
• Vision products: Asentics by Dr. Horst Heinol-Heikkinen
• Equinor Success Story: “OPC UA’s role in becoming a digital energy company with data-driven operations” by Joao Pedro Martins Pinheiro, Leader of Equinor IACS Gateway Competence Team
• BASF Success Story: “Production data Integration at BASF”, by Jan De Caigny and Timo Himmelsbach
• Renault Success Story: “How to structure and capture the industrial data with scalability”, by Thierry Daneau
• BMW Success Story: “OPC UA at the BMW Group – Edge Computing and OPC UA as a success factor for future manufacturing” by Dr Backhaus

Registration link: https://opcfoundation.org/event-detail/opc-day-2021-international/