The Fieldbus Foundation Middle East Marketing Committee (FFMEMC) and the Foundation fieldbus End User Council-Middle East (FFEUC-ME) will co-host the 6th biennial FOUNDATION Fieldbus Middle East End User Council Conference: Multaqa 2011. The event will be held at Le Royal Méridien, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 12-13 2011.
The two-day event offers end users, system integrators, and engineers an extensive program that includes presentations by end users and implementers of FOUNDATION technology and FOUNDATION technical presentations by worldwide experts. Topics covered may include business cases for FOUNDATION fieldbus, project implementation experiences, FOUNDATION Fieldbus for Safety Instrumented Functions (FF-SIF), wireless systems, CAPEX and OPEX savings, asset Management控制工程网版权所有, commissioning experiences, maintenance and interoperability issues, and diagnostics.
Themed workshops and live technology demonstrations will offer delegates hands-on practical experience and the opportunity to participate in more focused discussions. With the theme "FOUNDATION fieldbus—easier than you thought," one workshop will address three key areas—best practices in FOUNDATION fieldbus installation and commissioning; FOUNDATION fieldbus field device replacement; and diagnostics and asset optimization with FOUNDATION fieldbus. The second workshop will focus on FF-SIF.
Pre-registered delegates receive a 10% discount voucher that can be redeemed against the costs of a certified FOUNDATION fieldbus training course at STC-Group's certified training facility at Brielle, The Netherlands, or locally in the Middle East region by a certified STC-Group trainer.
In addition to the presentations, a table top exhibition featuring products and devices from the 16 event sponsors will offer attendees the opportunity to hear brief product overviews and discuss applications with a number of Fieldbus Foundation member companies. Events sponsors include ABBwww.cechina.cn, Azbil Yamatake, Emerson Process Management控制工程网版权所有, Endress+Hauser, Honeywell, Invensys, Metso Automation, MTL, Pepperl+Fuchswww.cechina.cn, Phoenix Contact, Rockwell Automation, R. Stahl, Samson控制工程网版权所有, Siemens, TurckCONTROL ENGINEERING China版权所有, and Yokogawa.
Register now to  attend!  Delegate fee of USD $135 made by credit card or Paypal is due by Nov. 30, 2011.