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ODVA Elects New Officers and Announces New Initiatives at Annual Meeting

  • March 07, 2006
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Ann Arbor, Michigan USA, March 7, 2006 — ODVA today announced that, during its 2006 CIP Networks Conference and 11th Annual Meeting of Members, the organization elected new officers, announced a variety of new global activities and initiatives for CIP Networks and hosted presentations focusing on several leading-edge manufacturing network technologies. Representatives of 60 member organizations from around the world attended this meeting, which was held from February 20-23 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The newly elected ODVA officers are: President: Doug McEldowney; Executive Director: Katherine Voss; Treasurer: Steve Freedman; Chief Technology Officer: Rich Harwell; and Secretary: Katherine Voss. Elected representatives for the Regular Membership include Dave Dodds and Steve Freedman on the ODVA Board of Directors and Jörgen Palmhager on the ODVA Technical Review Board.ODVA also presented the first in a new series of seminars focusing on the technology and business benefits of implementing EtherNet/IP™. The seminars, titled “EtherNet/IP: The Proven and Complete Solution for Manufacturing Automation,” will be offered at various locations in countries around the world in 2006, including China, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, the United Kingdom, and the USA. An additional series, “EtherNet/IP: Quick Start,” designed for vendors interested in learning the steps required to build an EtherNet/IP product, also will be offered globally this year. It was further announced that the future adaptation of CIP previously known as “Project CipNetSA” has been formally named “CompoNet”. This new CIP Network is targeted at applications dominated by simple sensors and actuators, and an introductory training session was given during the conference’s Training Track.Other newly announced activities include recognizing and supporting ODVA members who, as part of “The CIP Conformity Club™,” have made a commitment to conformance testing their products. And, according to ODVA Executive Director Katherine Voss, new initiatives related to CIP Motion™, EtherNet/IP Safety™ and the US Council for Automotive Research will be announced during the next 6 weeks.Annual Meeting presentations focused on the hot topics of Power Over Ethernet (Phoenix Contact) and Intelligent Networked Manufacturing (Cisco Systems), and included a panel of experts discussing what’s ahead for EtherNet/IP. White papers related to a range of topics including CIP Sync, CIP Motion, CIP Safety on EtherNet/IP, Successfully Designing EtherNet/IP Devices for Harsh Areas, FDT/DTM, and CompoNet were presented during the event’s Technical Track.About ODVAODVA, founded in 1995, is an international association comprised of members from the world's leading automation companies. Collectively, ODVA and its members support network technologies based on the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP™). These currently include DeviceNet™, EtherNet/IP™, CompoNet™, CIP Motion™, CIP Safety™ and CIP Sync™. ODVA manages the development of these open technologies, and assists manufacturers and users of CIP Networks through tools, training and marketing activities. In addition, ODVA offers conformance testing to help ensure that products built to its specifications operate in multi-vendor systems. ODVA also is active in other standards development organizations and industry consortia to drive the growth of open communication standards Learn More

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