LOOKING BACK TO THE FIRST EDITION

The first edition of the Automation Instrumentation Summit took place at the Castle of Belgioioso (Pavia) on July 5 and 6, 2017. The summit began with a keynote speech by Dr Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO of Tecnimont and th welcome speeches of Claudio Montresor, President of AIS and Ugo Baggi, President of ISA Italy section which officially started the two days of meetings and debates that took place in an international atmosphere.

More than 40 speakers presented papers and case studies on the following topics:

• ADVANCES IN CONTROL SYSTEMS
• CONTROL AND PLANT COMMUNICATION
• THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THING 4.0
• CYBERSECURITY
• INSTRUMENTATION AND ANALYZERS TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION

Official language of the congress was english.

Congress delegates met 70 exhibiting companies presenting their own automation and instrumentation products and services related to oil&gas, petrochemical, power generation and automation sectors.

The first edition of the summit also saw the participation of a working and study group of Italian and Spanish students from high schools, who presented projects related to the automation world. Among the presented projects three have been awarded: Spanish students received the first prize whereas the Italian group won the second prize.

Thanks to the commitment of exhibiting companies, Tecnimont, media sponsors, as well as under the patronage of the Lombardy Region, the Chamber of Commerce of Pavia and industry associations such as ANIPLA and ANIMP we are proud to plan the second edition to be held again in the unique atmosphere of the Castle of Belgioioso on July 4 & 5, 2018.