The high number of 190 participants shows the continuing interest in OPC UA technology including the products of Unified Automation. FESTO proved to be excellent hosts and provided a pleasant and productive working atmosphere.

In the keynote speech the auditorium was told about OPC UA as the enabler for Industry 4.0. Further interesting topics of the meeting were new extensions and features of OPC UA, as well as news about the cooperation of AIM and the OPC Foundation.