X-CHANGE 2011: A cordial invitation
February 2011
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Have you booked for X-CHANGE 2011 yet? Wonderware Southern Africa’s 19th User Conference will be held from 17 to 20 April 2011 at the Champagne Sports Resort in the majestic Drakensberg as it was in 2008 and 2009. There is no other venue quite like this.
Do not miss out on the leading event of the year for industrial automation, MES and EMI professionals throughout Southern Africa. For 18 years, X-CHANGE has delivered on the promise of information and knowledge exchange between the top professionals of the Southern African mining and manufacturing communities. As a result, X-CHANGE has become the longest running and most successful conference of its type in the world.
* Keep up with industry trends.
* See what evolving technologies will make your life easier and more profitable.
* Check out what is happening with enterprise intelligence and industrial IT.
* Choose between dozens of presentations ranging from technical to business and from SCADA to MES and EMI and everything in between.
* Hear what local and international experts have to say.
* Try some hands-on training and see if our solutions do what it says on the tin.
* Network with your peers.
* If you are a solution supplier, book a stand at the Expo and show southern Africa what you have got.
* Bring your partner who will enjoy a rich programme of entertainment.
Visit www.x-change.co.za if you want to do either of the following:
* Book your attendance at X-CHANGE 2011.
* Book a stand at the Expo.
Alternatively, call Michelle Giammartini at 0861 WONDER (0861 966 337) or +27 (0)11 607 8265 but preferably, e-mail her at [email protected]
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