The countdown has begun!

DIGITAL PLANT 2011: The Center of the Plant Asset Lifecycle & Project IT  Universe opens in just over 68 days, on Monday, December 5th, at the Marriott Westchase in Houston, Texas, for a week of meeting and greeting, learning, building strategy, reviewing new technologies, products, services, and creating the future. DIGITAL PLANT 2011 will be here before we know it, so it’s time to start planning!

At DIGITAL PLANT 2011, host TradeFair Group along with our Co-Hosts ARC Advisory Group, FIATECH and Industrial Info. Resources – IIR, will be offering the most in-depth and timely information for you and your team.  The traditional and cutting edge daily Keynotes, delivered by industry thought  leaders, and annual O/O-Owner Operator and EPC topical based Roundtables will kick off each day, followed by conference tracks, which include:

• Advancing Interoperability
• Asset Performance
• Asset Information Management
• And more…

We will then segue into case studies on technology planning and implementation, 2012 Global chemical and power industry forecasts, as well as a hot session on leading edge technologies such as mobile, cloud computing, real time virtualization and other vital topics.

By popular demand, we’ll reprise the daily Technology Tours. We’ll have expanded content planned for Global Workshare Concepts and Execution, and the Role of Process, Systems and Tools in Program Management Contractor (PMC) Projects. Project Data Handover will be covered in detail, with solutions, case studies, and debate front and center.

This is complemented by Bentley Systems hosted luncheon on Monday, December 5th during the conference. So everyone can be together, Bentley is making this lunch open to all attendees! Our opening Welcome Reception will be held on the exhibit show floor Monday evening, and the McLaren Software Whiskey Tasting and Casino Night, and other networking opportunities will round out a solid week!

Registration is up and running and the final development of panels and events is in full swing.  We are excited this year to offer Technology Vendor Workshops where the leading industry technology providers will showcase their latest offerings in a case study format aimed at delivering best practices and real world implementation of their solutions.
All the while, the DIGITAL PLANT 2011 exhibition hall will be a veritable beehive of activity as hundreds of Plant Asset Lifecycle; Process Plant IT professionals from all points of the compass get the latest news and the newest technology from our leading sponsors & exhibiting companies. Now is the time to secure an exhibit space and/or sponsorship for DIGITAL PLANT 2011, as well as take advantage of all the pre conference promotional benefits extended to DIGITAL PLANT 2011 Sponsors and Exhibitors!

Our team will be waiting to welcome you and your team to Houston, TX for DIGITAL PLANT 2011, as this is one event you will not want to miss. If you haven’t done so already, register online before October 31st to secure the Early Bird discount.

Fortunately we have a tremendous amount of resources gained over the past 17 years to draw on for talent and ideas for the latest in plant asset lifecycle management case studies and best practices.  This year’s DIGITAL PLANT event is where “CAPEX Meets OPEX”.  We are fully involving not only the design/build technology community, but also the operations and maintenance IT side as well.  The full lifecycle of information management is part of this year’s conference and our advisory committee is made up of O/Os and EPCs, Co-Hosts that represent the thought leadership of the Capital & Operations Projects and PDS-Plant Design Software communities.

Announcing the 2011 DIGITAL PLANT Advisory Committee
The 2011 DIGITAL PLANT Advisory Committee is made up of leaders vital to the advancement of the PALM industry. They are each uniquely qualified and play a key role in the molding the program content to address the ever-changing needs of the industry.

Already key technologies such as 3-D Virtualization, BIM, Tablet Computing, Geospatial and Apps are being discussed by the advisory committee in addition to Interoperability, 3-D Laser Scanning, Instrumentation and Automation, PDS and PDMS.

Let us know what you think are the hottest technologies, trends and ideas that you would like to see at DIGITAL PLANT 2011!  Email Cassie Davie, Conference Manager at cassied@tradefairgroup.com with your thoughts and you could possibly win a free conference pass.

Today’s plant and project technology industry is rapidly bridging the asset information needs for both CAPEX and OPEX sides of the business.  Senior technology leaders attend DIGITAL PLANT to look for best practices, new solutions, benchmarks and forecasts to maximize and retain their edge in engineering, construction and operational/maintenance performance.

DIGITAL PLANT is rising to the challenge of the industry’s needs for timely information, forecasts and analysis with a revolutionary new model for our conference and how we communicate with our global audience on a regular basis throughout the year.  This includes bringing together leading co-hosts, such as ARC Advisory Group, FIATECH and IIR-Industrial Information Resources that will deliver exclusive cutting-edge content from the brightest research analysts and industry experts.  To learn more about each Co-Host, please visit us online at www.digitalplantexpo.com. 

It is an exciting time for the DIGITAL PLANT community and we are looking forward to bringing you more concise and focused market intelligence from throughout the industry with our wide variety of brand new digital channels including our website, blog, e-newsletter, webinars, white papers and of course the live event in December!