ACI CONNECT 2015 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION, 12-13 AUGUST 2015
Don’t miss the strong line-up of speakers and exhibitors at Australia’s newest conference and exhibition focused on automation, control and instrumentation technology, efficiencies and applications.
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CI Connect — Australia’s only conference and exhibition dedicated to automation, control and instrumentation technology developments — is only weeks away. The event launched in Melbourne last year and the 2015 event will take place 12-13 August at Sydney Olympic Park. The highly focused conference program features industry expert keynotes on connected manufacturing, predictive asset optimisation and the IoT, as well as the all-new Future Networks Forum, the Engineers Australia Future Tech Forum, a leadership panel and a dedicated MiniLab workshop channel catering to a broad sector of industries and job functions. A new Live Demo Theatre will be a feature of the exhibition area during the event. ACI Connect is brought to you by Westwick-Farrow Media, publisher of What’s New in Process Technology and ProcessOnline.com.au, with the backing and support of industry bodies IICA and Engineers Australia, as well as the EtherCAT Technology Group, FieldComm Group, the Institution of Chemical Engineers, ODVA and Profibus Australia.
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Speakers — Conference day 1 After the opening address by Westwick-Farrow and IICA, the first day will kick off with two special keynote addresses, the first given by John McGuire, Global Industry Director at Aurecon, on the topic Transforming Australian manufacturing — innovating with data-driven customer insight. This will be followed by Joanna Batstone, VP and Lab Director, IBM Research-Australia, speaking on the topic Smarter analytics — predictive asset optimisation and your industry. After the morning break, the Future Networks Forum will begin. Experts representing four of the leading network protocols will share their vision of the future for this critical sector of the industrial landscape — Rafael Koenig, Chairman of Profibus Australia; Ted Masters, President and CEO of the Fieldcomm Group; Steven Sischy of Beckhoff Automation representing the EtherCAT Technology Group; and Daniel Hancock of Schneider Electric, representing ODVA.
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