COPA-DATA invites to the Global Partner Academy
COPA-DATA invites its worldwide certified COPA-DATA Partner Community members to the Global Partner Academy (GPA) from June 15-16, in Munich. Focus during the two days is intense and open discussion about the newest technologies and solutions in automation with the software systems zenon and straton. With the motto of “Growing together” international representatives from participating partner companies can expect a comprehensive, cross-industry program with the goal of increasing mutual knowledge from a technological as well as sales driven aspect.
“At this year`s GPA we're expecting over 100 representatives from more than 50 partner companies spanning almost 20 countries. This includes partners from China, South Korea, Taiwan and the UK as well as the rest of Europe. They`re all joining together in Munich to gain first-hand insight into our products and solutions, to have personal discussions with our experts and to give us their valuable feedback”, explains Lisette Lillo Fagerstedt, Partner Program Manager at COPA-DATA. CEO Thomas Punzenberger and numerous COPA-DATA employees from Development, Consulting, Technology Services, Sales and Marketing will be there to share their knowledge during these two days. Participants can choose from various presentation channels. Furthermore, exclusive one-on-one meetings can be arranged with the experts in advance.
Included will be general presentations on strategies for software development and technology trends as well as an in-depth exchange of solutions with zenon. The agenda is divided into two main blocks which are broken down into a variety of sub-topics. Presentations in the “Smart Factory” block take a close look at automated engineering, mobile apps, Predictive Analytics, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), cloud technologies and Big Data integration with zenon. The block covering “Substation Automation” focuses on applications with zenon in the energy industry. Automated engineering is a further focus here, as well as the topics IEC 61850 Edition 2, command sequences, security and general helpful tips and tricks to extend zenon know-how for participating partners. “We will show practice-oriented examples and demos which also deliver a great deal of added value for our Partners` customer projects”, adds Lisette Lillo Fagerstedt. Each participant at the GPA will be given the appropriate credits towards their personal zenon Certification. This shows how valuable the knowledge gained from this event will be.
Networking specialists
In the last five years the COPA-DATA Partner Community (CDPC) has grown to over 160 international Partners in more than 30 countries. It is a worldwide network of certified specialists of system integrators, machine builders/OEMs as well as education and research institutes. With the motto of “Growing together” joint know-how is extended and developed in an open exchange of expertise in product and technology areas, as well as sales and marketing. Members of the COPA-DATA Partner Community must follow clearly defined guidelines and can qualify for three different partner levels: from Registered to Qualified, right up to Expert Partner. According to their portfolio, certified companies contribute to an increase in productivity and ergonomics of automation projects based on COPA-DATA software systems. Several local partner events take place each year and in 2014 the Global Partner Academy was introduced. It occurs every second year and gives Partners from around the world the opportunity to exchange their knowledge beyond regional borders.
source: COPA-DATA