[step-manufacturing] Invitation to OMAC symposium

[Martin Hardwick]

All,

OMAC has a STEP-NC interest group and would welcome participation by 
T24 members. See below for registration information.

Martin Hardwick
Team Leader STEP-Manufacturing


The second annual OMAC Integration Symposium will be held at the
Partners in THINC Facility in Charlotte, NC, December 3-4, 2008. The
event agenda has been built around the theme Total System Evolution-a
theme that embraces all industries and is vital to the advancement and
improvement of processes, business functions, and the ability to meet
customers' changing needs.

This year's event will feature optional tours of the Partners in THINC
Facility and Okuma America Corporation headquarters, a keynote
presentation, the Annual OMAC Members' Meeting, insightful presentations
from across industry, hands-on demonstrations in the Partners in THINC
Facility, and various networking.

Symposium attendees can expect to participate in the following
presentations and demonstrations: "Packaging Line Integration with
PackML"; "Robot Bin Picking"; "Integrated Control System Design in a PLM
Context"; "Designing Products to be 'Standards Friendly'''; "The
Interaction of the Various Machine Tools, Accessory Devices, and
Tooling"; 'Utilization of Wireless Sensor Technology and Vendor
Independent Fieldbus Interfaces in Industrial Automation"; 'OPC
Architectures in Manufacturing"; 'Weathering the Storm: Growing and
Automation an Emerging Company in Turbulent Times"; "Model Driven
Embedded Systems Design Environment for Industrial Automation (MEDIA)";
"Advanced Tool Control and Management"; and "CNC and Automation
Integration."

These presentations are being provided by individuals representing many
industries, from companies such as B&R Automation, Wonderware, ABB
Robotics, P&G, GE Fanuc, ChipBlaster, Matrikon, nCoat, O3neida, Caron
Engineering Inc., and Gosiger Automation.

To learn more about the 2008 OMAC Integration Symposium or to register,
visit www.omac.org/systemevolution.