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6th September 2024 | Free of charge | Open to all | Online 09:00 BST | Duration: 1 hour

Overview

In the dynamic landscape of industrial process plants, staying competitive means meeting industry standards and continually pushing boundaries to innovate and adapt. Technological innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), edge computing and universal automation have emerged as key drivers of change, offering solutions to enhance productivity and competitiveness but this is not business as usual and the traditional approach to industrial automation just can’t cut it.

Software-defined automation is a new approach to industrial automation that changes the game by decoupling hardware and software so that industrial organisations can work with an automation system that supports their business goals, rather than getting in the way of them.

Discover how open, software-defined automation is the enabler for industrial innovations and operational competitiveness. Explore the concept of “plug and produce” automation software components, decoupling hardware from software to create interoperable industrial automation systems. Learn how these systems drive improvements across the operational lifecycle.

Speaker

Fabrice Jadot, Next Gen Automation SVP, Schneider Electric
Fabrice first joined Schneider Electric in 1997 focusing on motor control within R&D as part of the variable speed drives activity, which became a joint venture with Toshiba in 2000 named Schneider Toshiba Inverter. In 2012, he joined the corporate company as the strategy and innovation platforms VP dealing with cross-business technology platforms in the domain of digital services, supervisory control and embedded control.

In 2014, he was appointed as chief technology officer for Industry business driving automation system architecture, cyber-security and automation digital transformation (Industrial Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, etc.). Today, he is the Industrial Automation Incubator SVP in charge of the next generation control engineering platform ensuring hardware/software decoupling, IT/OT convergence and lifecycle coverage. In 2015, he became a board member of ODVA, an international association comprised of members from the world’s leading automation companies. In 2019, he moved to OPCF, the industrial interoperability standard, as part of the board of directors.

Fabrice has a doctoral degree in mathematical engineering (specialisation in control) and an engineering degree in applied maths (specialisation in automation and systems engineering), both from the Catholic University of Louvain.

Any opinions are the presenters’ own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Process Management and Control Special Interest Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

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