NIDays 2016 was attended by 1,088 French and international visitors. The event, which took place on March 10, was held for the first time at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.
This slightly lower figure can be explained by a drop in international visitors, coupled with a major transport strike on the eve of NIDays. The number of French visitors, on the other hand, held steady, confirming the interest of French engineers and scientists in the event. NIDays also attracted a large number of international groups and leading companies, who were able to take advantage of the 70 exhibition stands and take part in specialized round tables. Prestigious speakers, notably from NXP, PSA and Areva, gave their views at the plenary sessions.
Developing high-performance test systems for the world's largest particle gas pedal
Adriaan Rijllart, Head of Measurement, Test and Analysis at CERN, was the guest of honor at NIDays 2016. He spoke about the technical challenges facing the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), particularly in terms of test and measurement.
" At CERN, physicists and engineers have built the world's largest scientific instrument for studying the fundamental particles of matter. This is the Large Hadron Collider, installed 100 meters underground. We have been building test systems since the beginning of the LHC project to qualify the thousands of superconducting elements, including 35-ton magnets. My team also provides LabVIEW and PXI support for all CERN users.. "
Another key theme of the 2016 edition is the Industrial Internet of Things, as Eric Starkloff, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, explained at the morning plenary session: "Qhe Internet of Things, Industry 4.0 or cyber-physical systems represent tremendous opportunities for all concerned, for creating value within the companies involved, and for developing innovative systems. These opportunities involve adding connectivity to systems, optimizing the use of collected data and implementing more intelligent systems. "
" It is indeed a necessity for NI customers and industry players to have smarter test and measurement systems. NI has made this its mission for over 20 years, through its platform based on LabVIEW, TestStand and PXI hardware, to reduce test time and costs. "added Richard Keromen, Marketing Director for the Mediterranean region and moderator of the plenary conference.
NIDays 2016 was also
- a 70-stand exhibition, to showcase complementary products and solutions offered by NI partners. This exhibition area included five NI hubs dedicated to automatic test and instrumentation, data acquisition and signal conditioning, embedded systems, services and education and research. New this year: a Demo LAB area dedicated to Makers. Demonstrations were held to show how NI products can be used live;
- A total of 44 plenary and thematic conferences dedicated to the Industrial Internet of Things, rapid prototyping, automatic testing, embedded systems, real-time closed-loop simulation and testing, and data acquisition. The program also includes several sector-specific conferences: aerospace and defense, rail, automotive and energy;
- 14 hands-on sessions, including LabVIEW graphical programming, real-time test and validation, data acquisition, control and embedded system design, software-defined radio, embedded systems for education, and automatic test with PXI technology.
For the first time, visitors were also able to practice their skills in an open-access hands-on area, testing products, hardware and software at their own pace.
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