Automation Conference Second Season

The late summer and fall conference season is about to take off (I'd say heat up, but it's been almost as hot in Ohio as in Austin, where I'll be in 10 days). If any of these appeal to you, there is still time to register. See you there. Don't forget to shout out if you see me.

The first week in August feature National Instruments' NI Week. Also that week is the PTO annual general meeting. I'll be in Austin with NI. Automation World's digital managing editor Grant Gerke will be covering the US Profibus event in Phoenix.

This year appears to be a little slender in events. The next one I'll be at is Emerson Exchange, this year in San Antonio, Sept. 27-Oct. 1.

Then is mid-October (18-20) is the Invensys Ops Manage Conference in Orlando.

The first week of November features duelling events. I'll be in Orlando at Rockwell Automation's Process Systems User Group Nov. 1-2 and Automation Fair Nov. 3-4. Meanwhile Managing Editor Wes Iversen and the rest of the staff will be at Chicago's McCormick Place at Pack Expo.