Program Overview

 Speakers:

Dr. Tim Weckerle
Group Chief Executive Officer 
AUVESY-MDT

Content:

AUVESY-MDT represents the joining of the two world leaders in helping manufacturers and utilities keep their production running by gaining complete control over their digital assets. In combining our products and expertise, and then further expanding our capabilities with a jointly developed solution, we have created a powerful foundation for continually helping our customers overcome ever-changing challenges related to automated production. Let us help you succeed in the next evolution of data driven manufacturing.

Speaker:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauernhansl
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA and the Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Management IFF, University of Stuttgart

Content:

• Four waves of digital transformation
• Data governance and digital shadow
• Data security and backup strategy 
• IT-Architecture for Big data and AI
• Use cases for optimization of energy efficency, Overal Equipment Effectivness (OEE) , functional safety and process compliance
   

Speaker:

Jerónimo Ortolá Vidal
Engineer
CERN

Content:

The European Organization for Nuclear Research uses the system to manage the data of around 500 components, making versiondog one of CERN's standard technologies. The LHC was commissioned in 2008 to carry out cutting-edge research into particle physics. versiondog from AUVESY is the leading manufacturer-independent software solution for backup, version control and documentation of project data for industrial control systems. It uses standardised workflow and centralised data storage, makes automatic backups and ensures easily comprehensible documentation of each step in the development process.

 Speakers:

Dr. Tim Weckerle
Group Chief Executive Officer 
AUVESY-MDT

Content:

AUVESY-MDT represents the joining of the two world leaders in helping manufacturers and utilities keep their production running by gaining complete control over their digital assets. In combining our products and expertise, and then further expanding our capabilities with a jointly developed solution, we have created a powerful foundation for continually helping our customers overcome ever-changing challenges related to automated production. Let us help you succeed in the next evolution of data driven manufacturing.

Speakers:

Stefan Jesse
AUVESY-MDT

Jonas Kalb
Head of Product
AUVESY-MDT

Speaker:

Jan Petersen
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Siemens Energy AS
 

Content: 

To ensure that drilling rigs can drill and ships can leave port, Siemens Energy relies on services like AUVESY’s versiondog software. Jan Petersen remembers well the challenges before versiondog was introduced. Before a service engineer could leave for the job he had to download the latest zip-fil to his computer. After a successful service visit the updated software was stored on the engineers PC, often due to lack of internet access offshore. These new versions were not always promptly transferred to the central server and thus to engineering. In the worst case, they were never transferred because the files on the server were forgotten.

Before versiondog was introduced to Siemens Energy AS, it was possible to save the current software versions in a zip file and then change the date and time. Due to the number of manual entries, this way carried the risk of incorrect entries. The risk associated with this method disappeared with the introduction of versiondog, because of versiondog automatically shows who changed what, where, when and why. Learn more about how Siemens Energy switched from zip files to a valuable tool like versiondog and how Siemens Energy has now a comprehensive and uniform overview for all projects and versions in production and maintenance.

Speaker:

Sean Robinson
Manager, Software Solutions
Novotek UK

Content: 

The core assets in an industrial operation are understood to require a lifecycle plan, and all of the care and maintenance that implies. But even as the environment around those machines changes, the automation and IT assets that drive them – the assets on the assets – are often only given “keep-it-running” consideration. However, early adopters of more robust technology asset management and version control solutions are finding that the right tools around the equipment base can not only defray the costs involved in maintenance, they can offer meaningful daily value. Whether adapting to constant process and recipe evolution in manufacturing, or the shift to “smart networks” in the utilities space, a good tech asset management solution means industrial firms can improve their capabilities in areas such as error-proofing, proof-of-compliance, project team coordination and more.

To give conferences attendees ideas on where octoplant can positively affect their operations, Novotek will share insights gleaned from engagements with customers across several industry types, including consumer goods production, life sciences manufacturing and water utilities. Those experiences illustrate how technology asset management has become integrated into regular work processes, and how that is delivering value to those operations.

Speaker:

Mor Bikovsky
Global Head of Business Development
Claroty

Content: 

In this session Mor Bikovsky will discuss how to detect cyber security vulnerabilities in your automated production and actions you can take to mitigate risk.

Critical infrastructure operators are adopting new technologies to improve operational efficiencies, but these changes also add risk. Preventative cyber security measures should be implemented when connecting operational technology to enterprise information technology and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Claroty is trusted by the world's largest enterprises to help reveal, protect, and manage their OT, IoT, and IIoT assets.

Speaker:

Georgios Theodoridis
Global Account Manager
AUVESY-MDT

Content:

What is your response on the following questions in your OT environment:

• Do you have a consistent backup strategy? If yes, when was it last performed?
• Where is it stored?
• Does the program that is running on this automation device coming from the latest version of the project?
• Are you able to generate an inventory list of your automation devices and detect if they are running on vulnerable firmware?

If these questions sound familiar to you, don't miss our octoplant product demonstration. In this lecture you can expect the presentation and demonstration of our new platform octoplant, the structure of the system architecture and the essential workflows. Furthermore, we will show you how to put your project data in context to generate information, monitor and analyze the impact of your processes directly in your automation environment.

As a user, you benefit from a central "single source of through" system, a consistent backup strategy and high machine availability by reducing downtimes. You are also able to inventory your automation devices at the push of a button and at the same time increase the security of your systems.