IoT and the future of industrial networks

The Internet of Things (IoT), Ethernet, big data, Industry 4.0, cloud services, cybersecurity and big data are all having an impact on how automation and control networks are being designed and planned. The Future Networks Forum at the ACI Connect event, to be held at Sydney Olympic Park 12-12 August, will bring together industry experts to look at the current and future implications on industrial communications.

Key speakers at the event include: Rafael Koenig, Chairman, Profinet & Profibus Australia; Hisashi Sasajima, Senior Advisor, Global Standardisation, Corporate Planning, Azbil Corporation; Steven Sischy, Managing Director, Beckhoff Automation; Daniel Hancock, Systems Technical Expert and Industrial Communications Specialist, Schneider Electric.

The key topics to be covered in the forum include:

• What challenges and opportunities does the connected IoT future bring to the industrial communications environment and how is your technology adapting as a result?
• Can IT and engineering management work together at the network planning stage - and what are the benefits of better collaboration?
• How will advanced network design better enable advanced manufacturing?
• What is the future for wireless networks?
• What impact will external technology and economic forces have on future network design and planning?

The forum will be moderated by What's New in Process Technology/ProcessOnline editor Glenn Johnson. Delegates will have an opportunity to pose questions to the experts and add their own comments and thoughts on this increasingly complex, and important, area.

For more information, please visit http://www.aciconnect.com.au/pages//workshops.