This is the first congress of its kind to take place in Spain. The event will be held virtually and will feature more than 20 specialized conferences: six on Profibus on Tuesday the 4th; another six on Profinet on Wednesday the 5th; six more on general topics and cabling on Thursday the 6th; and finally, on Friday the 7th, two conferences on Profisafe, among others.
Among the topics to be addressed in this first edition of the Congress are aspects such as the choice of the most suitable fieldbus for each process; the optimization of engineering in industrial automation; industrial wireless communications for Profinet/Profibus, or motion control technologies, among others.
The talks will last approximately 30 minutes, and afterwards, participants will have the opportunity to participate for 10 minutes via chat (in real time) to ask questions or make contributions to the topic discussed.
The event will feature companies such as ABB, Endress+Hauser, Harting Pushing Performance, Lapp Group, Logitek Competence Center, Murrelectronik, Orbita Ingeniería, Siemens, SMC Automatización Industrial, Pepperl + Fuchs, Phoenix Contact, and Weidmuller. They will all present new solutions and improvements in the field of automation, covering cross-cutting aspects such as energy efficiency, safety, and productivity in the automotive sector, as well as real-world case studies, among other topics.
The Association has set up a specific website (profinext.org) which will be operational from next Wednesday, October 8.
Face-to-face congress in 2015
Following the 1st online Profibus/Profinet & IO Link Congress, the Spanish Association will also hold a face-to-face congress between January and February, which will consist of three sessions and will be held in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao.
