Southern Africa scada conference 2003
September 2003
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Presented by IDC Technologies, this conference will be held at the Eskom Convention Centre - Johannesburg - 26-27 November 2003. Papers will be presented on scada implementations, industrial communications, protocols, integration of scada with business systems, software and hardware issues, scada security, risk management and future developments. Case studies and practical applications of scada technologies will be of particular interest.
Scada was traditionally perceived as a window into the process of a plant or gathering of data from devices in the field, but now the focus is on integrating this process data into the actual business and using it in realtime. The emphasis today is on using open standards such as communication protocols (eg, DNP3 and TCP/IP) and off-the-shelf hardware and software to keep the costs down.
This two-day forum will cover a selection of case studies and examples of real world working scada systems in the mining, water, electrical and processing industries and will be an excellent opportunity for engineers to network with their peers as well as gain significant new information and techniques for future scada projects.
Two half-day pre-forum workshops - 25 November 2003:
* The nuts and bolts of scada communications.
* Industrial network security for your automation, process control and scada systems.
These two workshops will set the tone for the two-day conference, which promises to be well attended. The conference will provide information of interest to engineering managers, chief engineers, electrical and instrumentation engineers, plant engineers, automation engineers, scada and control engineers and technicians and anyone actively involved with implementing or optimising a scada system. The emphasis of the conference will be on practical industry topics, case studies and the latest application of scada technologies.
To discuss sponsorship opportunities or for further information contact Cheryl Reyneke, IDC Technologies, 0800 114 160, [email protected], www.idc-online.com
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