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Unified voice at Munich event
The Lonmark Interoperability Association will hold its autumn general meeting on 13th and 14th October 2003 at the MOC Convention Centre in Munich, Germany.
The Lonmark Interoperability Association will hold its autumn general meeting on 13th and 14th October 2003 at the MOC Convention Centre in Munich, Germany The meeting precedes the Lonworld 2003 exhibition and developer's conference which is taking place at the same venue on 15th and 16th October
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 24 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Lonmark Association will show its strong market presence by being both a sponsor and an exhibitor.
Leading integrators, developers, OEM specifiers, energy providers, utility managers, service providers and end users from around the world who design, specify and integrate open, multivendor control systems based on Lonmark certified products and Lonworks open technology, as well as those completely new to the world of open systems, will be attending both events.
The general meeting will provide an update on all technical and marketing initiatives sponsored by the association.
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Following the general session will be a series of task group meetings to encourage information exchange on the latest functional profiles, technical developments, and marketing initiatives concerning the Lonmark Association.
This year's general meeting is of significant importance as the association's board of directors and the European LonUsers Groups chairmen will meet in series of open dialogues to continue to discuss the possibilities to merge the groups as Lonmark International in order to build a stronger and more distributed Lonmark presence worldwide.
With the creation of this new organisation, the Lonmark Association will move certification beyond devices and into specifying systems.
The first series of discussions took place during the association's 2003 spring general meeting in May in Milan, Italy.
Joint task groups were formed in Milan, comprising Lonmark board members and the chairmen of the individual LonUsers Groups to define a new, collective structure for increased cooperation and local market development.
The combined groups should be better able to pursue common tasks and objectives such as standards, marketing, and profile development.
The groups will report the results of their efforts at the upcoming meeting.
"It is time to end the fragmentation that has hampered demand and availability of lonworks based products", said Barry Haaser, Executive Director of the Lonmark Interoperability Association.
"Now is the time to combine resources to build a larger, more cohesive market for Lonworks products, systems and solutions".
Over 100 exhibitors are expected to exhibit at this years Lonworld fair, including Lonmark members, Apice, Cypress Semiconductor, Capelon, Delmatic, Engenuity Systems, Grundfos Management, Lexel Electric, Plexus Technology, TAC, TLON and Warema Electronic.
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