August 23, 2006 - Schneider Electric North America has released the listing of seminars topics and titles for its Initi@tive 2006: the Gateway to the New Electric World - a debut trade exposition in the United States, which will be held September 28-30 in Orlando.At the event, Schneider Electric and its companies are bringing together local and international experts to present a series of diverse seminars on topics to help attendees with their daily business.Seminar topics include: 1. Automation and Control (22 sessions, including: “A Strategic Approach to HMI/SCADA” and “Ethernet for Automation: Ensuring Seamless Implementation”) 2. Electrical Distribution (17 sessions, including: “Arc Flash and Arc Resistant Switchgear” and “Circuit Breaker Selectivity: Minimize Your Outages”) 3.
Energy Efficiency (15 sessions, including: “Benefits of Performance Contracting” and “What Energy Star Means to the Industry”) 4. Critical Power (Five sessions, including: “Power Monitoring: A Must Have for Your Data Center” and “This Isn’t Your Grandfather’s UPS”) 5. OEM (Nine sessions, including: “Automation Solutions for Food and Beverage” and “Global Trends in the Packaging Industry”) 6. Residential (Six sessions, including: “Applying Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters” and “Residential Code Changes You Need to Know”) 7. Water / Wastewater (Four sessions, including: “Control and Data Acquisition: Built for Reliability” and "Reducing Risk and Reliability”) 8.
Total Services (12 sessions, including: “Improving Your Plant Productivity” and “Restoring Power Quickly Following Natural Disasters”) 9. Safety, Codes and Standards (18 sessions, including: “Ask the NEC Expert” and “OSHA Knows Equipment”) 10. Schneider Electric Strategy (11 sessions, including: “Finding Savings in the Manufacturing Cost Base” and “The Ultimate Automation Machine”) Also, with 70,000 square feet of industry-specific trade exhibits and with two walls dedicated to product demonstrations, Initi@tive 2006 will showcase Schneider Electric’s power and automation and control solutions for some of North America’s largest end-users in a variety of industries.
In addition, members of Schneider Electric’s expert staff will be on hand to discuss application problems and solutions.For a complete listing of seminar titles, more information on exhibits and product demonstrations, as well as to view the latest news on the event, visit www.initiative2006.net .

