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Process Management Academy Europe 2010

March 2-4, 2010 - Düsseldorf, Germany

Closing the Lifecycle Loop:  Sustainability and Innovation in Asset and Process Management

The 6th European Process Management Academy (PMA) will consist of a series of educational presentations by end users, leading technology suppliers, ARC analysts, and other industry experts.  Topics will cover innovation and sustainability in process and hybrid automation solutions, focusing on the phases of the lifecycle and the link between these phases.

View Recap of PMA 2009The current economic climate has forced many companies to rethink their automation solutions and business approaches.  PMA takes a holistic view of the stages of asset and process management, including technology, best practics, economic optimization, human communication, and organization.  At this Forum, you will learn how to use innovative concepts and solutions to help you compete in today’s changing global economy.

  • Hear how asset and process performance directly affects your bottom line
  • Learn about the latest strategies to link the lifecycle phases
  • Discover new techniques for improving asset and process performance
  • Meet with leading suppliers and compare their solutions
  • Learn how to benchmark your plant’s performance
  • Network with peers and take home new ideas to revitalize your company’s approach

Who Should Attend
The Process Management Academy is a must-attend event for:

  • CEOs, COOs, and Presidents
  • CIOs and CTOs
  • VPs and Directors of IT
  • VPs, Directors, and Managers of Operations
  • VPs, Directors, and Managers of Supply Chain
  • VPs, Directors, and Managers of Manufacturing
  • VPs, Directors, and Managers of Engineering
  • Plant Managers and Supervisors
  • Production Managers and Supervisors
  • Directors, Managers and Architects of Enterprise Integration

PMA Virtual

For the first time, PMA presentations will be broadcast to virtual delegates across Europe.  This option enables process users to attend the event on-line and submit questions or comments as if they were sitting in the auditorium.  In addition, ARC and PROCESS will conduct various process-oriented webinars over the year.  The contents of all presentations and webinars will be archived and made available for download.

For more information on PMA Virtual, and to register, please visit: www.vogel-media.de/liveevents/?pk=55.

Agenda

The preliminary schedule for the forum is as follows.  Times and sessions are subject to change.

Tuesday, March 2

6 PM

Registration

6:30 PM

Executive Roundtable with Dinner
(by invitation only)

Wednesday, March 3

9 - 9:15 AM

Opening Speech
Opportunties in Asset and Process Lifecycle Management
Dr. Valentijn de Leeuw, Director of Consulting, ARC Advisory Group

9:20 - 10 AM Excellence for Safe Operations
Herman van Roost, GM Industrial Organization and Competences Project, Total Petrochemicals Research
10:10 - 10:50 AM Enabling Safety for Workers, Assets, and the Environment through Condition-based Operations
Victor Lough, Decision Support Systems Technical Consultant, Invensys Operations Management
10:50 - 11:10 Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:50 Energy Efficiency Management at Bayer Material Science
Dr. Christian Czauderna, Head of Energy Efficiency Projects, Bayer Material Science
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM Asset Management, Condition Management, and Energy Efficiency as Part of Plant and Production Optimization
Rolf Panzke, Director Industry Business Development, Chem/Petrochem and Oil & Gas, Siemens
12:30 - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 - 2:10 PM TBA
2:20 - 3 PM The Contribution of New ITC to Day-to-Day Operation of Process Industry, Applied to Nuclear Power
Bernard Scherrer, Deputy Vice President, EDF
3 - 3:20 PM Coffee Break
3:20 - 4 PM Ease of Use over the Entire Lifecycle - Lifecycle Management Based on PROFIBUS PA 3.02
Dr. Jochen Müller, Working Group Leader "Process Automation", PROFIBUS International
4:10 - 4:50 PM

TBA

4:50 - 5:30 PM

Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

6:30 PM

Dinner

Thursday, March 4

9 - 9:45 AM Automation as Value Driver for Operational Excellence
Werner Setzwein, Vice President Automation & Electrical Engineering, BASF
9:50 - 10:30 AM Keynote Speech
10:30 - 10:50 AM Coffee Break
10:50 - 11:30 AM What Does the International Standardization of the Lists of Properties (LOP) of the NE 100 Mean?
Dr. Peter Zgorzelski, Office Manager, PROLIST® INTERNATIONAL
11:40 AM - 12:30 PM

Process Improvements with Wireless HART
Jean-Luc Griessmann, Manager, HCF Europe Operations, HART Communication Foundation Europe

12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:10 PM Interoperability in Practice - FDT Announces IEC 62453
Glenn B. Schulz, Managing Director, FDT Group AISBL
 
2:20 - 3 PM Game Changer - Visibility, Enablement, and Process Innovation for a Mobile Workforce
Charlie Mohrmann, Vice President Sales, Wonderware Mobile Solutions
3 - 3:20 PM Coffee Break
3:20 - 4 PM Effects of the New Machine Guidelines on the Process Industry
Heiko Schween, Management Leader, Functional Safety/FSCS, HIMA and Johann Ströbl, Manager, Field Office Fuel & Heat Technology, TÜV Süd Industrie Service GmbH
4:10 - 4:50 PM TBA
5 PM Forum Closing Notes

Executive Speakers and Panel Participants

The following executives are among those who will present or participate in a panel discussion for the forum. 

 

Dr. Christian Czauderna
Head of Global Efficiency Programs, Bayer MaterialScience

Christian joined Bayer in 2001.  Prior to his present assignment, which he started in October 2008, he was Head of the Asset Management and Network Economics department of CURRENTA, a joint venture of Bayer and Lanxess.  He also has experience as Head of Electricity Supply of Bayer Chempark Dormagen at Bayer Industry Services, as well as staff employee at the Energy Department of Bayer.  Christian served as a research assistant at the Institute of Power Systems from 1996 to 2001.

Dr. Valentijn de Leeuw
Director of Consulting, ARC Advisory Group

Valentijn's responsibilities include research and consulting in process industries, with emphasis on clients in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).  His technology focus is on manufacturing operations management. Valentijn’s focus areas include organizational change and effectiveness, business process improvement, value-based performance management, governance, project management, knowledge management, operations management, asset management, innovation and engineering, and manufacturing IT.  Valentijn is also the focal point for ARC's Benchmarking Consortium in EMEA.

Victor Lough
Decision Support Systems Technical Consultant, Invensys Operations Management

Victor has over 25 year experience in providing holistic performance improvement solutions for operator driven processes, these have included refinery-wide process optimization, enterprise loop management and alarm management solutions, and the business development of mobile workflow with predictive machinery health solutions.  He joined Invensys Operations Management from VG Gas Analysis Systems where he served process industries as a strategic analyzer solutions consultant and EMEA regional sales management.  Prior to joining VG GAS, Lough held technical lead and operator supervisor role with Western Geophysical.

Charles Mohrmann
Vice President Sales, Wonderware Mobile Solutions

Charles serves Wonderware Mobile Solutions (formerly SAT Corporation) as Vice President of Sales.  He has over 25 years experience in business development, marketing, management consulting, and sales management.  He joined SAT Corporation from McKinsey & Company where he served Fortune 100 clients in the process industries as a management consultant.  Prior to joining McKinsey, Mohrmann held senior management positions with SAIC, Gensym, Honeywell, and Compressor Engineering.

Dr. Jochen Müller
Marketing Manager Digital Communication Systems, Endress+Hauser Process Solutions
Working Group Leader "Process Automation", PROFIBUS International

Jochen wrote his Doctorate on Fieldbus Technology and Asset Management in Process Automation.  He has been working for end users and manufacturers in process automation since 1991 and is involved in standardization activities in working groups in VDMA, NAMUR, and PROFIBUS International.  At Endress+Hauser Process Solutions he is the marketing manager for digital communication systems (PROFIBUS).

Rolf Panzke
Director Marketing Sensors and Communication, Siemens

Rolf manages global market development for Siemens Sensors and Communication in the chemical/petrochemical, oil & gas, and shipbuilding industries.  As a specialist in products for these applications, he consults with industry officials and plant operators to gather input on global trends and to coordinate development of Siemens’ portfolio of sensors and communication to meet customer needs.  He first joined Milltronics in Peterborough, Canada, as General Manager for Microwave Technologies (Radar).  After the acquisition of Milltronics by Siemens, he was appointed Director, Marketing Process Instrumentation Technologies and Industry Director for Chemical Industries.  Rolf has many years of experience in industrial process industries, including assignments as General Manager of Level Technologies with Krohne Measurement Technologies and R&D Manager at Eastman Christensen.

Bernard Scherrer
Deputy Vice President, R&D Power Generation, EDF

Bernard has been Deputy Vice President for R&D Power Generation Sector at EDF R&D since January 2007.  Formerly, he was Strategy Corporate Manager in the Corporate Strategy Division for five years.  He also has five years of experience as manager in EDF’s nuclear power plants (Fessenheim and Cattenom).  Bernard began his carreer in civil works for the French Navy and Aéroports de Paris, and joined EDF in 1994.

Werner Setzwein
Vice President Automation & Electrical Engineering, BASF

Werner has been with BASF for over 20 years.  He is responsible for the technical expertise of automation and electrical engineering for BASF projects worldwide.  This includes all areas of process control, automation technology, process analytical technology, field device technologies, and electrical technologies.  Werner began his business career as a design engineer, commissioning engineer, and construction manager for power plants. He has over 30 years of experience in project engineering and project execution.

Dr. Peter Zgorzelski
Office Manager, PROLIST INTERNATIONAL

Peter joined Bayer AG in 1989 and led numerous projects at the Uerdingen site.  Afterwards he was responsible for the procurement of process control equipment in the central technical purchasing department in Leverkusen.  Peter now works as Manager in Process Management Control at Bayer Technology Services. He serves as Office Manager of PROLIST INTERNATIONAL.  He is a member of various working groups of NAMUR, eCl@ss, DIN, DKE, IEC, and PROLIST.

PMA Webinars - Asset and Process Management

  • May 2010:  Operational and Maintenance Excellence/Excellence in Design and Engineering
  • Early July 2010:  Safety and Security for Clients, Workers, the Environment, and Assets/Safety and Security Design 
  • September 2010:  Asset and Process Optimization/Economic Optimization
  • November 2010:  Sustainability:  Energy and Material
  • Late January 2011:  Industrial Communication and IT/Organization of IT, Automation, and Maintenance/Human Communication and Teamwork for Excellence/Governance of Automation and IT/Organization, Communities, and Teamwork

For more information about upcoming process-oriented PMA Webinars, please contact mrawe@arcweb.com.

PMA Attendees

The following companies are among those who have attended PMA:

ABB
AFD GmbH Leuna
Airsprite Technologies
Aker Process

Aliseca
Alpha Steuer-Mess-
   Regeltechnick
ALSTOM Energy
AMNYTT
Anapur
Aramco Overseas
ARCA-Regler
Arkema Group
Arla Foods
Ashcroft Instruments
AspenTech
AUCOTEC
Automa
AVI
AVR Rotterdam
B&R Industrial Automation
Bar Pneumatische 
   Steuerungssysteme
BARTEC
Basell Polyolefine
BASF
Bayer
BlueCielo ECM Solutions
BN Automation
BP
Buerkert Werke
C&M Engineering
Cargill

CAT
Celanese
Chemieanlagenbau
   Chemnitz
Clariant Produkte
Cognis Oelchemicals
Comos Industry Solutions
ConScript
Control Engineering
COPA-DATA
Croon
CTE
Curvaceous Software
Danisco
DDC

Deutsche Messe
Dow Chemical
Dr. Oestreich Consulting
DSM
E+H Wetzer
Economic Engineering
EDF
Elan Software
Elias
Emerson Process
  Management
Endress+Hauser
ETH
EUtech Scientific
   Engineering
Evonik Degussa

ExxonMobil
Fachhochschule Köln
Festo
FHS Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Finze & Wagner EMSR
Frauhofer IITB
Future Capital
GeCma Components
GIT VERLAG
Gönnheimer Elektronic
Grace Manufacturing

HACH-LANGE
Hans Turck
HART
Hatch Associates
Haus der Technik
Henkel
HIMA Paul Hildebrandt
Hirschmann
HOERBIGER
Honeywell
Horizon Power
Huethig
IBM
Ifak
IML Group
Ineos Köln
Infracor
InfraServ
Innomiate Security
Intel
Intergraph
Intermate
Invensys
IT Advisory Group
iTAC Software
ITandFactory
Kiel Engineering
Knick Elektronische
Konradin Verlag Robert
  Kohlhammer
Krohne Messtechnik
Landesumweltamt NRW
Lang & Peitler Automation
Lanxess
LeiKon
LEONI Kerpen
Lyondell
MACTek
MAN TURBO
Managing Automation
ManuBiz
Mars
Matrikon
Merck
Messe Duesseldorf
Metso Automation
Microsoft
MiRO Karlsruhe
MM MaschinenMarkt
Mobrey
MRO Software
MTL Instruments
NEC Electronics

NextNine
Oldenbourg
OMV Deutschland
OSI Software
OXEA
Oxeno Olefinchemie
Paradine
Penta-Electric
Pepperl+Fuchs
Pfizer Manufacturing
Phoenix Contact
Primation Systemtechnik
PROFIBUS
ProLeiT
PROLIST International
PT Industrieel
PTB Physik.-Techn.
Publish Industry Verlag
R. Stahl Schaltgeräte
RIB Software
ROCHE Diagnostics
Rockwell Automation
Rösberg Engineering
Royal DSM
Rudolf Wild
SABIC Polyolfine
Sachtleben Chemie
Samson
SAP
Sasol Germany
Schneider Electric
Shell Deutschland Oil
Siemens
Softing
Tata Consultancy Services
Technip Germany
Technische Computer
TeDo Verlag
Thales Group
Thomas Industrial Media
Ticona
Total Petrochemicals
Trebing & Himstedt
T-Systems
TU München-TUM
Turck
UBL

Uhde
Universität Kassel
USPI

VDE-Verlag
VDI-Verein Deutscher
VDI Wissensforum
Vega Grieshaber
Vogel Industrie Medien
Völkers Büro
VTA
WAGO Kontakttechnik
Weidmüller
WEKA FACHMEDIEN
WIB
Wonderware
Yokogawa Deutschland
ZVEI

 

Travel Information

Maritim HotelThe Forum is held at the Maritim Hotel, Airport City, Düsseldorf.

Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf 
Maritimplatz 1
40474 Düsseldorf
Germany
Phone +49 (0) 211 5209-0
Fax +49 (0) 211 5209-1000
info.dus@maritim.de
http://www.maritim.de
For directions: http://www.maritim.de/upload/media/media/225/Anfahrt_MMDUS_Detail_1%5B4993%5D.pdf

The hotel is located within walking distance from Düsseldorf International Airport.  Participants should make their own hotel reservations.  ARC has contracted a reduced rate of 129 EUR (Standard), 139 EUR (Komfort), 169 EUR (Superior), based on availability, if reservations are made by January 29, 2010.  When making reservations, please specify that you will be attending PMA 2010.

To Register

Forum Fee

  Day 1 Only Day 2 Only Both Days PMA Virtual
Registration by February 12, 2010 400.00 300.00 500.00 No fee
Registration after February 12, 2010 500.00 400.00 700.00 500.00


All prices are in Euro net, excl. VAT.

The fee includes lunch for each day registered, a dinner and reception on the first day, and all program materials.

Cancellations and Substitutions

Substitutions may be made at any time at no additional charge. The registration fee is fully refundable up to three weeks prior to the Forum date. A 50% cancellation fee will be assessed after that date. All cancellations must be received in writing.

Registration Methods

Please use one of the following methods to register for the Forum:

In Germany, call +49-2104-28269889, fax +49-2104-542013, or e-mail mrawe@arcweb.com; In US, call +1-781-471-1000, fax +1-781-471-1100, or e-mail info@arcweb.com .

Register for PMA Virtual only.

Speaker Opportunities

For information on nominating a speaker for the forum, please visit our Speaking Opportunities page or contact Uwe Grundmann at +49-2104-542-012 or ugrundmann@arcweb.com.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsoring the Process Management Academy provides your company with premier access to a unique, high quality audience.  PMA is the leading process automation focused event for industry executives.  Sponsors are given an exceptional opportunity to present their products and solutions as well as build relationships with key clients, partners, and press.

For information on opportunities for sponsoring the forum, please contact Uwe Grundmann at +49-2104-542-012 or ugrundmann@arcweb.com.