In 2009 the PROFIBUS technology is celebrating its 20th anniversary. For this occasion, PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) together with PNO (the German Regional PI Association) organises a conference “Excellence in Automation” taking place from March 11-12, 2009 in Karlsruhe/Germany.

This event offers an excellent platform for discussions about new technologies and innovative applications and answers all questions about every aspect of automation. The PI conference covers a wide range of industrial communication solutions, experiences and current trends. It focuses on the technologies PROFIBUS, PROFINET and IO-Link as well as on solutions for Wireless, Safety, Security and device integration. The target groups for the PI conference are end users, developers, system integrators/OEMs and scientists. Languages of the conference are German and English.

PI invites all persons interested in a presentation to hand in their abstracts (German or English). Deadline for the submission is October 15, 2008. All abstracts handed in will be assessed by the program committee chaired by Prof. Dr. Peter Neumann, ifak Magdeburg.

Further information regarding the conference and the call for papers is available at: http://www.profibus.com/pall/events/conferences/article/03281/