Session presentations may be downloaded by clicking the link in the right column.
Microsoft Briefing : Tuesday, 05 August – Morning Sessions
| 8:30 – 8:45 | Thomas Burke | OPC Foundation President & Executive Director | Welcome & Opening Remarks (Thomas Burke) |
| Rohit Bhargava | Global Technology Strategist, Discrete Manufacturing at Microsoft | ||
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Rohit Bhargava | Global Technology Strategist, Discrete Manufacturing at Microsoft | Microsoft Introduction & Session Overview |
| 9:00 – 10:15 | John Shewchuk | Technical Fellow, Developer & Platform Evangelism at Microsoft | Vision Keynote : Microsoft’s Platform for IoT – Connectivity, Cloud, Big Data |
| Josh Holmes | Senior SDE, Developer & Platform Evangelism at Microsoft | Demonstration and Q&A with Audience (No Presentation Available) | |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Egbert Schroeer | Worldwide Managing Director, Process Manufacturing at Microsoft | Transformational Business Opportunities : Manufacturing Trends – Industry 4.0, Operational Excellence, Connected Enterprise, Industrial IoT |
| Sanjay Ravi | Worldwide Managing Director, Discrete Manufacturing at Microsoft | Discrete Update – Reimagining Manufacturing in a Connected World; Seated Panel : Industry Specific Scenarios (No Presentation Available) | |
| Bill Mitchel | Worldwide Director, Public Sector at Microsoft | ||
| Egbert Schroeer | Worldwide Managing Director, Process Manufacturing at Microsoft | ||
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Vojtech Kresl | Europe Development Director at ICONICS | Connected Operations : Evolving Manufacturing Operations with a New Data-Centric Culture |
| Enrique Andaluz | Director, Manufacturing & Resources at Microsoft | ||
OPC UA In the Information Revolution : Tuesday, 05 August – Afternoon Sessions
| 1:00 – 1:30 | Bernie Anger | GM, Control & Communication Systems at GE Intelligent Platforms | GE Invests in the Future with Controls Convergence Strategy |
| Wes Skeffington | Principal Engineer at GE Global Research | ||
| 1:30 – 2:00 | Stefan Hoppe | TwinCAT Product Manager at Beckhoff; President of the OPC Foundation Europe | The Internet of Things & Industry 4.0 : Their Differences and Why OPC UA is the Solution for Both! |
| (Acatech Final Report, Industrie 4.0e) | |||
| 2:00 – 2:30 | Thomas Hahn | Chief Software Expert at Siemens AG | Future of Manufacturing – View on Enabling Technologies |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Jon Butts | Product Manager, Integration – Manufacturing at IBM UK | The Information Revolution for the Enterprise |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | John Rinaldi | President, Real Time Automation | Breaking Through All the Bits and Bytes to Bring Real Data Modeling to the Factory Floor |
| 4:00 – 4:30 | Thomas Burke | OPC Foundation President & Executive Director | A Contagion of Interoperability – Collaborations with Other Industries |
Security, Discovery & More : Wednesday, 06 August – Morning Sessions
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Bill Lydon | Automation Consultant, Chairman PLCopen North America; Editor Automation.com & InTech Magazine | Business Value of OPC UA |
| 8:30 – 8:45 | Jim Luth | Software Architect at Schneider Electric | OPC UA Working Group – Overview of Security & Discovery |
| 8:45 – 9:15 | Jim Gilsinn | Sr. Investigator, Industrial Cybersecurity at Kenexis Consulting Corporation | Cyber & Process Attack Scenarios for Industrial Control Systems |
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Paul Hunkar | President of DSInteroperability | OPC UA Answers to Attack Scenarios |
| Nathan Pocock | Director of Technology at the OPC Foundation | ||
| Darek Kominek | Strategic Marketing Manager at MatrikonOPC | ||
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Paul Hunkar | President of DSInteroperability | OPC UA Security – How It Works |
| Nathan Pocock | Director of Technology at the OPC Foundation | ||
| Darek Kominek | Strategic Marketing Manager at MatrikonOPC | ||
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Matthias Damm | Executive Director of ascolab GmbH | OPC UA Discovery |
GDS Demo, Intelligent Connectivity, Success Stories : Wednesday, 06 August – Afternoon Sessions
| 1:00 – 1:30 | Randy Armstrong | Chief Architect at Sparhawk Software | Using a GDS for Discovery and Certificate Management (Video link, Part 1; Video link, Part 2; Video link, Part 3) |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | Liam Power | Principal Engineer, Embedded Systems at MatrikonOPC | Enabling Embedded UA Security & Discovery |
| 2:00 – 2:30 | Martin Cavanaugh | Consultant at Cavanaugh Consulting | Drilling for Real-time Data – OPC UA in the Oil Business |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Matthias Damm | Executive Director of ascolab GmbH | New Information Models for BACnet, AutoID and AutomationML |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | Jim Luth | Software Architect at Schneider Electric | OPC UA Working Group – Current Status & Roadmap |
