Industrial Automation Conference - scada, DCS, PLC

April 2012 News

IDC Technologies has selected an outstanding line-up of speakers for the Industrial Automation Conference 2012 to be held at the Midrand Conference Centre, Johannesburg, from 22-24 May. All the speakers will be using practical case studies to illustrate their real life experiences with industrial automation technology.

Need to be armed with practical and competent advice in order to make the correct decisions? Hear from local and international professionals in the industrial automation field and increase your knowledge of the available automation technology tools and implementation techniques used in industry. Take this opportunity to learn from current industrial automation case studies from around the globe.

This conference will be of interest to any organisation that relies on industrial automation for growth and business survival. Tactical not theoretical solutions are the key to success and topics include:

* Distributed network protocols – which one to use? (DNP3, IEC60870 and IEC61850).

* Network audit case study.

* Redundant load balancing for industrial networks.

* Taking industrial Ethernet networks to the next level – design and installation principles.

* New innovations in scada and PLC.

* Industrial wireless technology.

* Artificial intelligence – leveraging relationships.

* Secure OPC process data transfer and centralisation with minimal bandwidth usage.

* Ethernet network redundancy in a VLAN segregated environment.

* Increasing demand for reliable wireless radio connectivity between RTUs and scada.

* Leading-edge technologies enable a new generation of intelligent plant floor operations.

* Cyber security in a modern process network.

* Choosing the right scada system.

* Remote monitoring of critical plant assets.

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