Program of ARC's European Industry Forum firmed up

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ByValentijn de Leeuw
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​ARC European Industry Forum 2016

Industry in Transition: Smart, Secure, Safe and Sustainable Manufacturing

On March 2-3, 2016, ARC Advisory Group will host its European Industry Forum (EIF) at the MERCURE Hotel Amsterdam City in the Netherlands.

Participants are invited to attend a series of exclusive plenary and breakout sessions.  In these sessions, users will tell the inside story of successful operations and applications, automation and IT experts will share best practices, and ARC analysts will analyze trends in manufacturing automation and IT. Furthermore end users and solution providers will have opportunities to network with their peers, exchange ideas and share experiences during breaks and the evening event on March 2, 2016.

Confirmed user keynotes:

  • Arne Svendsen/Arla Foods  "Building packaging lines faster, using open standards:
  • Bert van Baelen/Kaneka Belgium "Executing Engineering Projects Using Asset Information Management (AIM)"
  • Bernard Flament/Prayon on using process analytics for energy management

ARC's European Industry Forum features dedicated workshops, offering open platforms to learn and discuss trends and developments. Workshops are planned on the following topics:

  • Cyber security
  • Asset Lifecycle Management and Smart Machines
  • Energy and sustainability
  • Smart Manufacturing, Industrie 4.0 and IIoT

As part of the partnership with MESA International, the forum will also include

  • A MESA workshop, suggested subject:  IT/OT convergence and its governance
  • A keynote by Jan Snoeij, board member MESA EMEA on Smart Manufacturing
  • Lectures by Friesland Campina on setting standards for MES, and LVMH on implementing MES in the cosmetics industry.

In addition to these keynotes and workshops topics, plenary industry tracks address: Open and advanced automation, Industrie 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, machine learning and analytics, ubiquitous data and new worker generations. More information is found  here.

You are welcome to join ARC's European Industry Forum on March 2-3, 2016.  For more information about attending, speaking or sponsoring, please contact ARC's EIF-Team at: +49(0) 2104 28698-87 or via email at ablech@arcweb.com.

Manufacturers/Producers, please contact us at +49-(0)2104-28698, ext. 87 or 89, or ablech@arcweb.com to register.

We look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam!

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