What is X-CHANGE?
X-Change is your definitive window to the industrial automation landscape and brings together more industry professionals than any other event in South Africa. System integrators, hardware and software suppliers, end-users and international industrial automation authorities come together to X-Change ideas, network and collaborate at what is widely regarded as South Africa’s premier industrial event.
Twenty years ago, the world’s first Windows-based HMI, InTouch, took its first step into a world it would come to dominate. Notably, few of the other technologies that will be presented at X-Change 2012 existed at the time either in fact or even as wishful thinking.
X-Change has been there at every step of this extraordinary evolution, bringing practical solutions to the South African mining and manufacturing industries who have responded by making it the longest running and most successful event of its type in the region.
In this landmark year of its long history, X-Change 2012 will be host to the entire range of Invensys Operations Management range of solutions thereby appealing to a much wider audience and demonstrating that “sensor to boardroom” is no longer a cliché but a reality.
Celebrating the conference’s 20th anniversary, X-Change 2012 will be held from 15 to 18 April at Sun City and promises to once again add great value to the lives of industrial automation professionals country-wide.
Presentation streams
The presentation streams have been designed to highlight and address the information needs of executives, system engineers, production managers, plant managers and operators involved in the mining and manufacturing industries. That’s because they all need different information in the right context and at the right time – all the time.
The contents of the presentations range from technical to more business-oriented and you can choose those best suited to your current operational or business needs.
Technology Stream
Every year, Invensys Operations Management introduces new and significant products to its wide range of solutions. This is your opportunity to see what these products will do for your bottom line as the presentations highlight the features, advantages and benefits of each solution as applicable to your industry. Among the products that will be presented will be the new InTouch 2012 and System Platform 2012 as well Wonderware Intelligence, Information Server, Historian, ArchestrA Workflow, IntelaTrac, SmartGlance and many more.
Solutions Stream
The solutions stream takes a broader look at ways of addressing your enterprise manufacturing intelligence needs, improving asset effectiveness, streamlining your manufacturing execution system for operational performance excellence, getting you started on the road to enterprise integration, empowering your workforce, corporate energy management and other topics on which the health of your enterprise depends.
Ecosystem Stream
No one company can do it all. The range of information and other solutions necessary to ensure the profitable operation of companies involved in the manufacturing or mining sectors is truly staggering. That’s why Invensys Wonderware forms partnerships with other industry professionals to provide end-users with the best possible combination of solutions available today.
Even the world’s leading supplier of industrial automation information solutions needs help and Invensys Wonderware finds it by working closely with selected software partners. These industry professionals with proven track records provide the tools and support needed for the development of value-added applications that integrate with or complement Invensys Wonderware software.
From system integrators to software developers and hardware suppliers, the list of Ecosystem partners is growing rapidly and this is their opportunity of showing you what they have to offer.
Vertical Industry Stream
These presentations demonstrate how all of the above solutions are applies to address the needs of vertical industries such as mining, manufacturing, food and beverage, utilities, etc. This stream will also feature user presentations compiled by end-users, their system integrators or both allowing you to determine "from the horse's mouth" if Invensys Wonderware products performed as it said on the tin and how they helped end-users achieve their business and operational goals.
Invensys Operations Management Stream
Invensys Wonderware is only one of nine Invensys Operations Management business units, so it’s no wonder that the range of solutions available to you has grown phenomenally and very rapidly since the company started operations in South Africa in 2011.
This stream will demonstrate how hardware and software solution from Avantis, Eurotherm, Foxboro, IMServe, InFusion, SimSci-Esscor Skelta and Triconex all contribute to providing a seamless information continuum from sensor to boardroom.
Keynote Speakers
We are fortunate in having access to some of the leading local and international authorities on subjects as far ranging as how to survive profitably in the current world economic climate to the adoption of new approaches to information and control in mining and manufacturing. Once they leave their pedestals, you can have casual chats with them or book sessions where you have the chance of discussing your production and business issues one-on-one.
Their wide and varied industry experience will save you from reinventing the wheel and cut through complexity to give you fresh, practical insights that you can apply when you get back to the office.
Invensys Operations Management Open and user presentations
We have found that one of the most valuable ways to assess a product and its suitability is to speak to the people who use it. The Invensys Operations Management Open was introduced to encourage both end users and system integrators to document their experiences of successful implementations using Invensys Wonderware solutions. These are people who have used the products extensively and their first hand experiences offer insights not available from any other source.
All user presentations are entered into the Invensys Operations Management Open competition where prizes are awarded for the best presentations in various categories. The presentations are then documented in the form of articles and, after approval, sent to various magazines for publication. These articles also appear in the Wonderware Southern Africa web site and bi-monthly Protocol magazine as well as Invensys Operations Management’s annual international booklet of success stories.
Delegates whose presentations are accepted for X-Change automatically qualify to attend the conference free of charge!
If you are interested in submitting a presentation, please click on the USER PRESENTATIONS tab above.
Expo
System integrators as well as hardware and software partners use this unique venue to showcase their wares and achievements. They do so because nowhere else is there such an opportunity to talk to a more qualified audience eager to see what they have to offer.
Should you wish to exhibit your solutions, please click on the EXHIBITOR tab above for more information.
Hands-on Training
At X-Change 2012 you can look forward to practical hands-on training sessions where you get to test-drive the products for yourself. These practical sessions will allow you to evaluate how and where they may best be applied in your environment.
