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Seated: Declan Lordan, President ISA Ireland, who opened the Forum, and Eoin Ó Riain, Readout Publications who chaired it.
Back Row: Erhard Muench, Bartec, Chris Allen, Fieldbus Fundation and Fisher-Rosemount, Andreas Schimanski, ProfiBus and Endress + Hauser, and Chris Jenkins, P-Net and Proces-Data, speakers at the Forum. James Winzar of fieldbus.com Ltd was absent when the picture was taken.

• Fieldbus saves you money.
• It helps make your plant run smoothly.
• It informs you better what is going on in your process.
• It gives greater control over what you are trying to do.
• It brings you to your destination more surely and more quickly and with more information than ever before.

This forum will look at applications where fieldbus assists process and manufacturing industries. It will help you, the user, identify how fieldbus is relevant to your own applications and processes. It will show the relevance of different fieldbus platforms for different applications.

The number of fieldbus platforms is confusing to most people. This , the first Readout Forum, will bring industry and suppliers together to clarify the various options and savings available to you. That is why a generous amount of time has been given over for discussion.

Readout, publisher of the award-winning internet resource on fieldbus, is providing this forum to help you know which bus to board and why!

Programme Speakers will include examples of applications in the Food, Dairy and Beverage Industry, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Plants, Textile production, Fuel Management, Marine, Animal Feeding, Cement production, Building Management. etc 9.30: Registration and Coffee 10.00: Brief Introduction 10.10: What is fieldbus anyway? Pat O'Connell, ADM, Ringaskiddy Outlines in broadest detail what fieldbus is and how it can be of use to industry. 10.25: Profibus - Applications/Installations Andreas Schimanski, Endress + Hauser 11.10: Questions& Answers 11.25: Training for Fieldbus James Winzar, fieldbus.com Ltd The need for training - its benefits and look at existing training methods. 11.55: Fieldbus in the hazardous area Erhard Muench, Bartec GmbH Compares the current and future systems which are and will be used to connect actuators and sensors in the Hazardous Area. 12.25: Questions& Answers 12.45: Lunch in the Exhibition Dining Area 14.00: P-Net - Applications/Installations Chris Jenkins, Proces-Data (UK) Ltd 14.45 Fieldbus Foundation - Applications/Installations Chris Allen, Fisher-Rosemount 15.30: Coffee 15.45: A Manufacturer's Viewpoint 16.15: Questions& Answers 17.00: Finish

Speakers Pat O'Connell is with ADM Ltd based in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.He has long years experience in the area of process control and has spoken on aspects of this topic both in Ireland and the United States. He has also had some articles published. Chris Jenkins has been involved in the design and implemention of numerous projects using the P-NET fieldbus. This initially involved systems specific to the Dairy, Brewing and Soft Drinks industries. He is now Technical Director of PROCES-DATA (UK) Ltd, who manufacture P-NET products, and is currently UK Chairman of the International P-NET User Organisation. James Winzer is an executive in fieldbus.com Ltd, a company involved in enabling solutions for fieldbus users. Erhard Muench, Productmanager MODEX (Modular explosion protection), with BARTEC (Germany) Andreas Schimanski is Marketing Manager at Endress+Hauser GmbH+Co Maulburg, Germany Marketing of Engineering Products and Digital Field Communication, Project and Business Development Manager for PROFIBUS-PA Projects, Chairman PROFIBUS-PA Marketing Working Group of PROFIBUS International. Chris Allen is a well known speaker on the Fieldbus Foundation platform. He is with Fisher-Rosemount.

You should plan to attend if you are among this group of professionals:

Engineers in automation, control, quality, instrument, systems, electrical, process, chemical, electronic, software, project, design.
Production managers, supervisors and planners. researchers and lecturers.

Network consultants, system engineers programmers and system analysts will also benefit.

• Cost of Forum including notes, lunch and two years free subscription to Readout £130.00.
• Special price for members of ISA, Inst. MC, or ICS: £110.00
  Payment by cheque or credit card.

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