On October 18 and 19, 2011, the 1st Digital Plant Congress took place at the Vogel Convention Center in Würzburg. The event was well attended with 150 participants and 20 speakers and will go into its second round next year. The event is organized by the trade journals PROCESS and konstruktionspraxis from the specialist media house Vogel Business Media.



Quotes from the congress:

"The biggest disaster in our projects occurred when we were planning on outdated documentation" commented Dr. Jürgen Kussi, Bayer/BTS.



"There is a need for research and gaps in the digital plant industry," says Dr. Jürgen Kussi, Bayer.



"We want to better integrate suppliers and contractually stipulate the exchange of data" argues Dominik Schlicht, RWE Technoloy.



The Digital Plant Congress 2011 created a platform for the exchange of experience and ideas between plant engineers, process control engineers, planners and plant designers. The two-day congress enabled face-to-face contact with IT decision-makers in the process industry. Experienced practitioners spoke on important topics such as successful IT strategies in the process industry and the role that engineering tools play in the life cycle of a plant. In addition, current requirements for IT and engineering tools in automation and process engineering were discussed and solutions presented.



Further information at http://www.digitalplant-kongress.de



About Vogel Business Media: The specialist media company is one of Germany's leading providers of specialist information with around 100 trade journals and 60 websites as well as numerous international activities. Its headquarters are in Würzburg. The print and online media primarily serve the industrial, automotive, information technology and legal/business/tax sectors. They offer advertisers customized communication solutions ranging from reach and image building to lead generation. Multi-media via print, online, events and services. The company celebrates its 120th birthday in 2011.