Event Details

ARC Industry Forum

Date: 02/10/2025

Location: Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld

6677 Sea Harbor Drive
Orlando
Florida
32821
United States

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The OPC Foundation is a proud Gold Sponsor at the upcoming 2025 ARC Forum in Orlando (FL) from Feb 10-13, 2025.

https://www.arcweb.com/events/arc-industry-forum-orlando

Join our 90-minute OPCF session on Wednesday February 12 at 2:00 PM

How OPC UA is Providing Secure Interoperability to Critical Infrastructure

Details:
OPC UA: assuring secure industrial interoperability. Join representatives from the OPC Foundation, FBI, and Air Liquide in this three-pronged presentation outlining user experiences and their vision for future deployment as well as a security briefing from the FBI.  Learn about the recently released “Secure by Demand” recommendations bearing the seals of 11 Top Security Agencies world-wide.

Presenters:

Amine Benammar

Manager, Operational Technology, Air Liquide Large Industries

Amine is an international technical expert in the field of control system automation, SCADA, operational technology, automated rail/truck loading systems and cybersecurity for Air Liquide based in Montreal Canada. With 19 years of experience in process control and automation, he provides unique and innovative solutions for the Oil & Gas, Pipeline Telecommunications, and SCADA systems. Amine regularly attends conferences on cybersecurity and automation to enhance and share his knowledge with more recent focus on cybersecurity OT solutions in support of operational excellence within Air Liquide. He can be reached via email amine.benammar@airliquide.com

Arnold “Marty” Martin

Director, Process Control Technology, Air Liquide Large Industries

Marty is a global technical leader in control system automation, advanced process control, and operational technology for Air Liquide. He frequently speaks at control industry forums and conferences on practical operational technology and process control applications.

With 39 years of experience in the process control and automation, he provides unique and innovative solutions for air separation, biotech (applying batch and advanced control solutions for mammalian cell culture bioreactors), and specialty and commodity chemical industry sectors.

His recent focus has been on sustainable OT solutions to support ongoing operational excellence efforts within Air Liquide. He was honored by Smart Industry as one of the top 50 Digital Innovators for 2017. He can be reached via email arnold.martin@airliquide.com

 

Aubrey Wetzelberg

 

Intelligence Analyst, Operational Technology Team, Critical Sector Engagement & Intelligence Unit | Cyber Division

Intelligence Analyst Aubrey Wetzelberg has been with the FBI for over three years and is currently an analyst with FBI Cyber Division’s Critical Sector Engagement and Intelligence Unit (CSEIU). CSEIU helps FBI field offices investigate and disrupt threats to Operational Technology and provides briefings for public and private sector partners.

Michael Clark

Director OPC Foundation North America

With over 35 years of experience in the discipline of industrial automation and controls, Mr. Clark is internationally recognized for his expertise in Industrial Control System (ICS) fieldbus protocols. Mr. Clark is also recognized for his contributions as a principal author of the Open Process Automation Standard (O-PAS™).

An impartial advocate for the industrial automation end-user community, Mr. Clark is the Founding Director of BusCorp Inc., a consulting firm dedicated to design, implementation, commissioning, and training in the competencies of ICS networks and fieldbus systems. He has supported industrial sectors across the globe including, refining & upgrading, chemicals, food & beverage, gas exploration, offshore production, water & waste water treatment, power generation, and nuclear remediation.

You can reach Mike at: mike.clark@opcfoundation.org

 

Please join our large booth including 2 demonstrators:

  • Field demo: See an impressive demo including 25 of the world’s top automation companies who are communicating with each other on standardization results of the OPC Foundation’s Field Level Communications Initiative.
  • OPC Foundation Cloud Initiaitive: Learn, why 6 cloud suppliers including Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Sercvices, Google Cloud, Huawei Cloud, Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud work together with the vision to accelerate the interoperability of IT and cloud applications through the OPC UA standard. Learn why 11 end-users joint the initiative to get early insides but also to provide feedback about their needs for their digitalization strategy.

No further adopter and no further subscriber routines need to be implemented: Simply ONE IEC standard providing multi-cloud supplier solutions.