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Presenting ARC's Fifth India Forum

Winning Strategies and Best Practices for Process Industries

July 10-12, 2008 - Hyderabad, India

ARC India Forum Presents Strategies to Win in the Global Marketplace

ARC India’s Fifth International Forum in Hyderabad attracted over 290 delegates from 90 manufacturing companies.  Almost two thirds of the delegates who attended the Forum are end users.  The three-day Forum focused on India’s process industry challenges and charted a roadmap to successfully overcome them.  The Forum was structured to help senior executives from process industries, responsible for developing and implementing automation and enterprise strategies, emerge best-in-class, and gain global competitiveness through continuous improvements.  Over 50 speakers from different industry verticals shared their thoughts and experiences through presentations, helping the delegates to absorb and understand various techniques and strategies.

Technology and Benchmarking Workshops
The Forum started with the Enterprise Integration and Service Oriented Architecture Workshop with Ashok Bhattacharya, Chief SOA Architect at IBM.  This was followed by the Imperatives and Challenges of Plant-wide Automation and Factory/Enterprise Integration Workshop with Paramanand Choudhury, Business Manager at Rockwell Automation.  While Thomas Bartsch, Head Profibus PA Marketing Working Group at PNO Foundation Germany conducted a workshop on Profibus, Ed Ladd, Director of Technology Programs at HART Communication Foundation USA, made a presentation on WirelessHART for process measurement and control applications.  The Benchmarking session conducted by ARC President Andy Chatha generated considerable interest. 

The workshop session concluded with a lively panel discussion on ‘The Indian Economy Needs an Expanding Manufacturing Industry and Manufacturing Needs Automation for Gaining the Competitive Edge’, providing an excellent platform for suppliers and end users to exchange their thoughts on the future of manufacturingAutomation supplier viewpoints were projected by Sunil Khanna of the Automation Industry Association (AIA) and Emerson Process India, N Ravi of ABB, John Watts of Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific, and Jyotindra Verma of Siemens. The end user perspective was represented by BR Mehta of Reliance Industries, KV Rehani of Unilever, and VK Srivastava of Bhilai Steel Plant.  The panel discussion was chaired by Andy Chatha.

Strategy Sessions
The next two days of the Forum had strategy sessions and case studies that focused on specific industry challenges and solutions.  ARC's Andy Chatha, Satyam's Subu Subramanian, Rockwell Automation's John Watts, and Siemens PLM Software's A Ramamurthi spoke about the emerging process plant concepts and the digital plant of the future.  BR Mehta, Senior VP at Reliance Industries said that to derive operational excellence in process plants, it is necessary to enhance investments in automation and enterprise solutions.  Their presentations were followed by a panel discussion on ‘Manufacturing of the Future Will Be Predominantly Automation and IT Enabled'.  An interesting concept that emerged from the discussions was the need for a ‘Digital Plant Contractor’. 

Industry Tracks
The last day of the Forum was devoted to discussing solutions that address specific challenges for different industries, including chemical, oil & gas, refining, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, captive power plants; cement, metals & mining, and pulp & paper.  How automation and information technologies address the manufacturing industry’s core challenges from a strategic perspective were presented through case studies.  Additionally, topics relating to the energy cost control, legacy system migration, interoperability issues, plant asset, and information management, process alarm management, collaborative production management, and such others were discussed.

Global Suppliers and Organizations Commit Their Resources to the Expanding Indian Market
Gauging the immense business potential and networking opportunities that the ARC forum offers, companies such as ABB, IBM, Invensys, National Instruments, Ramco Systems, Rockwell Automation, SAP, Rolta, Satyam Computers, Siemens, SSM India, SUPCON China, and Pepperl+Fuchs, joined organizations such as AIA, HCF, OPC and ISA in sponsoring the forum.  They came together to share their experiences and strategies with the delegates through case studies on how investments in automation systems, enterprise solutions, and manufacturing execution systems would help industries become globally competitive.

The Forum also served as a platform for global organizations to announce the commitment of their interest and resources to the expanding Indian market.  AIA's President, Sunil Khanna and Vice President, Vimal Kapur, announced that they would be hosting the Automation Global Summit in September 2009 with ARC as its knowledge partner.  Ken Baker, former President of ISA, said that India will receive special focus in the ensuing months.  Ed Ladd of the HART Communication Foundation is of the opinion that India’s growing automation market presents an excellent opportunity to introduce emerging technologies, such as wireless in automation.  Invited delegates said that the ARC forum presented them a unique opportunity to track the trends in the automation and enterprise solutions space and how to derive maximum benefit from it.

Who Should Attend

  • 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
  • Directors, Managers and Architects of Automation and Enterprise Integration
  • Plant Managers and Supervisors
  • Production Managers and Supervisors

Topics

The Forum begins with a workshop on benchmarking and best practices.  The second day is devoted to deliberations on how automation and information technologies address the manufacturing industry’s core challenges from a strategic perspective.  The last day of the Forum is devoted to discussions on solutions that address the specific industry challenges. 

Resulting from manufacturing industry’s rapid growth, India is facing severe power shortages.  Despite the expected increase in the generating capacity moving from the present 124,000 MW to close to 200,000 MW by 2012, the power situation looks grim.  Realizing that the shortfall would impede manufacturing growth, the Indian State is encouraging investments in utilities and captive power plants and funding life extension programs of existing power plants.  The transmission and distribution side of the electric power industry have been hived off from the power generation companies by deregulating the electric industry.  These developments in the electric power industry augur well not only for automation and enterprise system suppliers but also for the industry as it begins to appreciate the benefits of leveraging enabling technologies to improve performance and operational efficiencies. 

The Indian State is also focused on demand side issues with the ‘Energy Conservation Act’.  To realize the potential of these initiatives fully and reduce or eliminate the electric power shortfall, it is incumbent upon manufacturers to adopt energy conservation policies and energy conserving devices, such as AC drives and energy efficient transformers.  It paves the way for many of the energy intensive industries such as aluminum, cement, and steel to maximize investments in energy conservation measures. 

The metals industry in India is on the upswing.  It has taken the initiative to desegregate the industry into metal production and finished products.  It is making bold expansion plans worldwide and creating a global ecosystem.  Success in this endeavor calls for very close integration between production centers at plant and enterprise levels.  It calls for collaboration across people, processes, technology, and information.  Interoperability among deployed systems is the key enabler for achieving the effective collaboration.  These developments will lead to suppliers and users forging win-win relationships.    

India's pharmaceutical industry is closely aligned with the global norms in terms of technology, quality control, best practices, and others.  The main forte of domestic pharmaceutical companies with their ‘good manufacturing practices’ (GMP) compliant facilities is drug production.  These companies, with their rich pool of scientific talent and research capabilities are well set to emerge as leading players in the global pharmaceutical market.  They have to leverage technology to ensure compliance to 21 CFR Part 11 in terms of traceability, process compliance, etc., to emerge stronger in the global pharmaceutical market.  With the pharmaceutical industry expanding further, the symbiotic relationship between pharmaceutical companies and suppliers of automation and enterprise solutions is bound to increase.  

Agenda

Following is the agenda for the forum.

Thursday, July 10

9:00 AM

Registration

11:00 AM Welcome Address
Rajabahadur V Arcot, Director South Asia and Southeast Asia, ARC
11:15 AM

Enterprise Integration and Service Oriented Architecture 
Kapil Mehta,IBM

12:15 AM

Imperatives and Challenges of Plant-wide Automation and Factory/Enterprise Integration
Paramanand Choudhury, Rockwell Automation

1:15 PM Lunch

2:00 PM

Profibus Workshop
Thomas Bartsch, Head PROFIBUS PA Marketing Working Group, PNO Foundation

3:00 PM

OPC UA Workshop
Tom Burke, President and Executive Director, OPC Foundation USA

4:00 PM WirelessHART for Process Measurement and Control Applications Workshop
Ed Ladd, Director Technology Programs, HART Communication Foundation USA
5:00 PM Break

5:15 PM

Plant Performance Automation Benchmarking
Andy Chatha, President, ARC

6:15 PM Break

6:45 PM

Economy Needs an Expanding Manufacturing Industry and Manufacturing Needs Automation for Gaining a Competitive Edge
Manufacturing and Automation Industries Panel Discussions and Announcements
  Andy Chatha, President, ARC
  Sunil Khanna, President, AIA
  N Ravi, President, Process Automation, ABB
  John Watts, Process Solution Manager, Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific
  Jyotindra Verma, Vice President A&D, Siemens

7:30 PM

Reception and Dinner Sponsored by ARC and AIA

Friday, July 11

7:30 AM

Registration and Breakfast

Winning Strategies and Best Practices for Process Industries

9:00 AM Welcome Address  
SR Venkatapathy, ARC Advisory Group
9:05 AM

Inauguration
Lighting of Lamp

9:15 AM

Inaugural Address
Ramalinga Raju, Founder & Chairman, Satyam Computer Services

9:30 AM

Keynote Address:  Digital Plant - The Roadmap for the Process Industry
Andy Chatha, ARC Advisory Group

10:00 AM

Enhanced Investments in Integrated Automation and Enterprise Solutions Is Crucial for Deriving Operational Excellence in Process Plants
BR Mehta, Reliance Industries

10:30 AM

Digital Integrated Manufacturing Enterprise (DIME)
Subbu Subramanian, Satyam Computer Services

11:00 AM Break

11:30 AM

What Will Your Control System Look Like in 30 Years? 
John Watts, Rockwell Automation, Asia Pacific

12:00 PM

Digital Process Plant
Aiyappan Ramamurthi, Siemens PLM Software

12:30 PM

Manufacturing of the Future Will Be Largely Automation and IT Enabled
Panel Discussion Moderated by ARC
  ARC
  Process Industry Representatives
  Platinum Sponsors’ Representatives

1:15 PM

Lunch Sponsored by Pepperl+Fuchs

Winning Strategies and Best Practices for Process Industries
Each Breakout Session will include one or two presentations followed by an interactive discussion

2:15 PM

India's Process Manufacturing Industries - Challenges, Best Practicesm, and Survey Analysis:
1. Collaborative Production Management in Process Industries in India
2. Legacy System Migration Strategies Adoption by Process Industries in India
3. Energy Savings Adoption Strategies by Process Industries in India

Rajabahadur V Arcot, S.R. Venkatapathy, Badrinath Belgaumkar, Jayanth Bhattacharjee

2:45 PM Improving Plant Availability through Critical Change Project Management Methodology
PK Tripathy, Shree Cements
3:15 PM Enterprise Solutions Need of the Hour to Enhance Operational Efficiency of Indian Process Industries
G Venkatraghavan, IBM
 

TRACK 1:  Meeting Energy and Environmental Challenges

TRACK 2:  Enterprise Asset Management

3:30 PM

AC Drives:  Look Beyond Energy Savings - Deriving Process Control and CDM Benefits
KN Sreevatsa, ABB

Managing Assets,
Sanjay Ganjoo, IBM

TRACK 1:  Plant Asset Management and Process Alarm Management TRACK 2:  Collaborative Production Management
4:00 PM Beyond Conventional Wisdom - Asset Optimization Strategies with FF Solutions
Dr. Kegal,  Pepperl+Fuchs Germany
Process Industry Emissions and Profitability with Energy Management
Kenneth C. Taormina, Satyam Computer Services
4:30 PM Break Break
5:00 PM Alarm Management System - Analysis and Optimization Software
Bhavesh Devmurari, Reliance Industries and Dilip Shereker, SSM Info Tech
Perfect Plant Solution for Process Plants
Pankaj Mittal, SAP

 

TRACK 1:  Legacy System Migration and Integration Challenges

TRACK 2:  Plant Information Management Systems

5:30 PM Challenges and Compulsions on Migration Strategies in the Process Industry
KS Malwania,
Godrej Industries
Plant Information Management
SK Shirguppi, ROLTA

6:00 PM

Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion

7:00 PM

Reception and Dinner Sponsored by ISA

Saturday, July 12

8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

Winning Strategies and Best Practices for Process Industries
Each Breakout Session will include one or two presentations followed by an interactive discussion

 

TRACK 1:  Captive Power Plants and Power Distribution

TRACK 2:  Chemical, Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals & Refinery

TRACK 3:  Pharmaceuticals, Food & Beverage

TRACK 4:  Metals & Mining, Pulp & Paper, Cement

9:00 AM

Keynote Address:  Captive Power Plants - Achieving Operational Excellence
Rajabahadur V Arcot, ARC Advisory Group

Keynote Address:  Automation Challenges in Process Industries,
Andy Chatha, ARC Advisory Group 

 

Keynote Address: Pharmaceutical Companies Must Put Their Quality Systems in Synch with Global Norms - What They Need from Solution Providers to Become Globally Competitive
Mohit Kumar, Dr Reddy’s Laboratory

Keynote Address:  CPM is Essential for Enhancing Operational Excellence in Process Industries
AK Bhatta, Ravi Shankar, and PH Sharma, INCOS, Bhilai Steel Plant

9:30 AM Captive Power Plants: Gamut of Challenges - User Perspective
Vivek M Ghate, Reliance Industries
Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction Solution for Chemical Industry
Dr. Liang Chen, SUPCON China
Roadmap for Automation, Enterprise, and Collaborative Production Management in a Pharmaceutical Plant
Ashish B Naik, Siemens
Legacy System Migration and Challenges in Steel Industries – A Case Study
Atul Kumar, ISPAT Industries
10:00 AM Asset Management in a Captive Power Plant
BP Mukharjee, SAP
Enterprise Automation Integration Challenges and Achieving Operational Excellence - Intelligent Oilfields,
Neeraj Gupta, IBM
Advance Process Control in Batch Processing – Food & Beverage and Pharmaceutical Industry
John Watts, Rockwell Automation
Achieving Operational Excellence Is Key to Viability of a Cement Plant - Composite Plant Solutions
KVS Rao, ABB
10:30 AM DCS in China’s Power Industry: Market and Industrial Solutions
Dr.Le Yang,
SUPCON China
Enterprise-wide SCADA - Towards Smart Platforms
Kalyankumar Mallick, ABB
Integrating Software Solutions to Make Pharmaceutical Plants Compliant to Global Regulations
AR Rao, Aurobindo Pharma 
Cement Plant Optimization Solutions
Krishna Kumar, RAMCO Systems

11:00 AM

Break

11:30 AM

Integrated Solutions for Captive Power Plant Controls and Electricals - Single Automation Supplier's Approach in the Captive Power Plant
Biplab Ghosh, Hooghly Metcoke

Guidelines for the Implementation of IEC61511 for the Design of Safety Instrumented System
Dr Issam Mukhtar,
Invensys Process Systems

Industrial Interoperability Standards Allow Batch Manufacturing Industry to Build Lean IT Systems - Use of ISA Standards
Vishal Mehta, IBM

Achieving Operational Efficiency in Metal Industries,
Sarang Pitre, Siemens

12:00 PM Maximize ROI with Advanced Condition Monitoring
Satyagopal Panigrahi, National Instruments
Protecting Assets and Ensuring Operational Continuity - What to Ask for in Safety Integrity Systems Including Logic Solvers
Sujeet Gohil, Rockwell Automation
PAT Application and Plant-wide Automation in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Srivatsa Mulpuri, ABB
Manufacturing Intelligence in Metals and Mining Industris, Bala Seshank, IBM
12:30 PM DCAM - Diagnosis and Cure of All Machines
Venkatesh Chandrasekaran, S
atyam Computer Services

Automation Services and Main Automation Contractor's Role (MAC) in Process Industries
ARC Invited Speaker/ARC Analyst

How to Add ISA 88 Features to Existing Legacy Systems and Implementing ISA 88 Standards
Sagar Khatavkar, Siemens

Hot Strip Mill Controls
Deepak Maheswari, ABB

1:00 PM Advanced Coal Technologies for Power Generation,
Prof Ajit Kolar, IIT Madras
Collaborative Manaufacturing Management in Process Industries
Arcot V Rajabahadur, ARC Advisory Group (Common to Track#2 &3)
Collaborative Manaufacturing Management in Process Industries
Arcot V Rajabahadur, ARC Advisory Group
(Common to Track#2 &3)
Operational Aspects of Production and Planning in Metal Industries
Pankaj Mittal, SAP

1:30 PM

Panel Discussions by ARC, End Users, Sponsors

Panel Discussions by ARC, End Users, Sponsors

Panel Discussions by ARC, End Users, Sponsors

Panel Discussions by ARC, End Users, Sponsors

2:00 PM

Concluding Session
Lunch Sponsored by RAMCO Systems

Executive Speakers

The following executives presented at the forum.

Andy Chatha, President & CEO, ARC
Arcot Rajabahadur, VP & GM, ARC India
S. R. Venkatapathy, Senior Analyst Automation

Previous Attendees

The following companies were among those attending recent India Forums:
ABB
Abhijeet Industries
Acalmar Oils & Fats
ACC
Aditya Birla Management
Air Liquide Engineering India
Aker Kvaerner Powergas
APERC
APGENCO
APTRANSCO
Aquatherm Engineering
Aspentech India
Associated Capsules
Aurobindo Pharma
Automation Industry Assoc.
Avant-Garde
Axcend Automation
Bajaj Hindustan
Ballarpur Industries
Bayer CropScience
Bayer Material Science
BDMA
Beijing Hollysys
Bharat Aluminium
BHEL
Bhilai Steel Plant
Bhushan Strips and Steels
Binani Industries
Biocon
Bongaigaon Refinery & Petro
BPCL- Kochin Refineries
Cadbury India
Cadila Health Care
Cement Manufacturers' Assoc
Chemical Industry Digest
Center for Cellular &
    Molecular Biology
Central Electricity Authority
Chennai Petroleum
Chettinad Cement Corp.
Chitale Dairy
Citect
Continental Energy Services
Central Power Research Inst.
Creative Power Engineers
Danfoss
Deepak Fertilisers
Deepak Nitrite
Defence Metallurgical
    Research Laboratory
Director General of
    Hydrocarbons
Doosan HF Controls
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
DRDL
DuPont Engineering
EID Parry India
El Forge
Electrical and Electronics
Emerson
Endress and Hauser
Engineers India
Enzen Global Solutions
Essar Chemical
Essar Constructions
Excel Consultancy
FLSmidth
GE Energy
Genting Lanco Power
German Technical
    Cooperation GTZ
Gland Pharma
GNFC
Godrej & Boyce
Grasim Nagda
Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals
Gujarat State Fertilizers &
    Chemicals
Haldia Petro Chemicals
Heidelberg Cements
Hi Rel
Hindustan Lever
Honeywell
Honeywell Process Solutions
HPCL Vizag
IBM
ICB Technimont
IIIT-Bangalore
Indian Cane Power
Industry 2.0
Invensys
IOCL Mathura
IPCL
Ispat Industries
ITC Bhadrachalam
Jacobs
Jasubhai Digital Media
Jindal Stainless
Jindal Steel and Power
Jubilant Organosys
Kartapur Cold Storage
Kemotheraptik Drugs
Keshav Power
KM Sugar Mills
Karnataka Power Corporation
Kribhco, Surat
Krishak Bharati Cooperative
L & T
L & T - Heavy Engineering
L & T - S&L
L & T - Valdel
LANCO Infratech
LMW
M K Raju Consultants
M R F
M.N. Dastur & Company
Mahagenco – Chandrapur
MALCO
Masibus Automation &
     Instrumentation
Mecgale Pneumatics
MECON
Metso Automation
Mishra Dhatu Nigam
Mitcon
MRPL
My Home Cement
MY HOME POWER
Nagarjuna Fertilizers and
     Chemicals
Natco Pharma
National Aluminium Company
Nava Bharat Ventures
Ncon Turbo Tech
Nestlé India
NMCC
National Thermal Power Corp
Nutech Engineers
Oil India
ONGC
Oracle
Orient Cement
Paradeep Phosphates
Pfizer
Pidilite Industries
Piramal Enterprises
Ponni Sugars
Praj Industries
Raptron Semiconductors
RCF
Reliance Energy
Reliance Gas Transportation
Reliance Industries
Reliance Info Solution
Rockwell Automation
Rolta India Limited
Rourkela Steel Plant
Steel Authority of India
Saipem India Project Svcs
Salem Steel
Sampoorna
Sandoz
Sanghi Sez
SAP Labs India
Sarla Technologies
Satyam Computer Services
Schenectady Herdillia
Schneider Electric
SEARCH
Servilion Systems
Seshasayee Paper & Boards
Shri Chamundeswari Sugars
Shriram Fertilisers & Chemical
Siemens
Sierra Controls and
     Instrumentation
Siemens Information Systems
SMS Pharma
SPB Consultants
Sree Rayalaseema Alkalies
     and Allied Chemicals
Sunvik Steels
Supcon
Synchrono
Syspro
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consulting Engineers
Tata Motors
Tata Power
Tata Projects
Tata Steel
Tata Technologies
TB Woods
TechNova Imaging Systems
Torrent Power AEC
Ugar Sugars
UGS India
United Phosphorous
US Pharmacopia
Usha Martin
Vacon
Vasavdatta Cement
Vir Rubber Products
Vishay Components
Vizag Steel Plant
Volvo
VPS
VVF
Wintech
Yantra Automation
Yokogawa

 

 

Travel Information

The forum is held at the Novotel Hyderabad.

Novotel and HICC ComplexNOVOTEL HYDERABAD
Novotel and HICC Complex (Near Hitec City)
P.O. Bag 1102, Cyberabad Post Office
Hyderabad - 500 081
India
Tel: + 91 40 6682 4422
Fax: +91 40 6613 4322
E-mail: reservations@novotelhyderabad.com
www.accorhotels-asia.com/Novotel-Hyderabad

Attendees should make their own hotel reservations. ARC has contracted a reduced rate with NOVOTEL if reservations are made by June 20. Please refer to ARC Advisory Group when making your reservations.

To Register

Forum Fee

The Forum registration is either through invitation by ARC or registration as a paid delegate. In case of paid delegate, the Forum fee is $495 if registered by June 1, 2008. After that date, the fee is $595.   The fee includes lunch, reception and dinner on forum days and all program materials.  Group rates are available.  Please contact info@arcweb.com for more information. 

Registration Method
Please use one of the following methods to register for the forum:

Call +91-80-2554-7114 or e-mail raja@arcweb.com, or fax to India +91-80-2554-7115 or USA +1-781-471-1100.

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Sponsorship Opportunities

For information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Rajabahadur V. Arcot at +91-80-2554-7114 or raja@arcweb.com.