The World's Largest Gathering of Power DDS Users
The internet has evolved from connecting people to devices, to connecting devices to devices and systems to systems. And along the way, connectivity has become the critical, cross-cutting function that supports interoperability within and across IIoT systems.
Due to continued demand for information about designing smarter and more secure systems that connect the IIoT, we are bringing the Connext Conference to Singapore for the first time!
Are you looking to:
- Build an IIoT system or update your system's architecture to meet the demands of the IIoT?
- Better understand the software framework that connects the IIoT?
- Learn how to minimize the risk of data in motion in your IIoT system?
- Accelerate the development process for IIoT applications ranging from autonomous driving to energy to healthcare?
- Share your experiences using DDS in your programs with other developers and architects?
Join users, developers and industry partners to learn the latest in technical information and developer experiences in building real-world IIoT systems. In addition to an insider's look into the latest news about Connext DDS, the conference will feature hands-on workshops, keynotes by industry experts, customer implementations of DDS and interactive demos led by RTI customers. Want more Connext DDS fun? There will be RTI technical staff on hand to hear your thoughts and answer your questions. No matter where you are in your Connext DDS journey, there’s something for you!
Event Location
Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay
177A River Valley Road
Singapore 179031
*Due to confidentiality requirements, select ConnextCon presentations are closed to the media.
Please contact press@rti.com for more information.
Featured Speakers
Agenda
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Accelerating Autonomy - Dr. Stan Schneider, CEO, RTI
The smart machine era will be the most disruptive in history. Medical treatment systems, the power grid, process control, and transportation systems work today the same way they did 20 years ago. But in the next few years, clever engineers in every industry will find a way to leverage the amazing change in computing power and networking. That feat will threaten everyone and everything that does not respond.
The biggest impact is autonomy. RTI is a leader in the most exciting autonomy applications: smart medicine, renewable energy, autonomous cars and more. This talk will analyze the IoT market, and explore the common drivers across industries. It will explain RTI’s opportunity and positioning in the market. Finally, it will review some of the latest applications in the exploding Industrial IoT.
9:45 am - 11:15 am
Technical Vision - Connecting Autonomous Systems in the IIoT, Dr. Gerardo Pardo-Castellote, CTO, RTI
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) combines two of the fastest growing technical trends of our time: artificial intelligence and pervasive device networking. Together, these technologies create a massive network of intelligent machines with fundamentally new challenges, such as network connectivity, mobility
RTI, open standards-based architectures and the DDS standard are at the confluence of this industry transformation. This talk will analyze the key technical challenges facing today’s IIoT developers. It will explain the implications on the OMG DDS standard, RTI research
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Break
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Accelerating Robotics and 5G with DDS - Keith Leong, Vice President (Global Delivery), NCS Private Limited
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Networking Lunch
In 2019 RTI will release the next major installment of the Connext product suite: Connext 6. Driven by the challenges of highly-autonomous vehicles, Connext 6 introduces capabilities for optimizing high-bandwidth data distribution and supporting autonomous system development across the supply chain and throughout the life cycle.
In this session, we will introduce the key advancements coming in Connext 6 to improve performance, scalability and developer productivity. We will also discuss themes and directions for future releases of the Connext suite, highlighting the RTI Labs program for developing and incubating future products.
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connext 6 and Beyond: Products and Markets Update - Bob Leigh, Sr. Market Development Director (Autonomous Systems), RTI
In this session, we will discuss the trends and focus areas in RTI’s key industry segments that drive our product roadmap, partner integrations and ecosystem activities. The presentation will highlight Connext 6, the latest installment of the Connext product suite, as well as ongoing product initiatives that support next-generation applications in automotive, aerospace & defense, healthcare, energy and more.
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Apollo Enterprise, Valet Parking with RTI DDS - Dounan Wei, Commercialization Manager, Baidu
Baidu Apollo Open Platform is aiming to link the top venders and developers to build a strong Autonomous Driving Ecosystem. Apollo Enterprise is the other branch focus on the mass production solution and the relationship with OEMs and partners. Valet Parking is nowadays the popular scenario and Baidu IVBU has also dedicated into this solution and leveraged RTI DDS to build strong architecture and stable functions. The presentation will give the audiences the image of Apollo Open Platform and Enterprise, as well as DDS initiatives in Valet Parking solution.
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Break
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4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Implementation of TNB Grid of the Future Middleware - Wan Azlan, Principal Engineer (Real Time Systems - Grid of the Future), Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)
The vision of a TNB Grid of the Future is one that is reliable and cost-efficient delivering a mix of clean and sustainable sources of fixed and distributed generation to meet fast-changing customer demand in uninterrupted manner. All this amidst new patterns of load, difficulty in generation and EHV plant-up, public health and environmental sustainability concerns, as well as, changing regulatory landscape.
This session will describe our experience in implementing a middleware that is based on the Object Management Group Data Distribution ServiceTM (DDSTM) standard variant of the Open Field Message Bus OpenFMB reference architecture. The standard not only provides migration path from our existing proprietary messaging system but also meets emerging requirements for information security, data governance and quality of service monitoring that characterize Grid of the Future resilience and reliability.
5:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Networking Reception
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8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Connecting the Factory of the Future - Carlos Toro Ph.D, Technology Architect, ARTC & A*STAR
The so called fourth industrial revolution is permeating heavily into the manufacturing landscape. In order to deploy these ideas, one needs to consider what is needed to fully support a network of a highly interconnected assets (software and hardware alike).
In the case of the Asia Pacific region, one of the most relevant efforts is Singapore’s own Future of Manufacturing (FoM) Initiative, led by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).
As part of the FoM Initiative, the Model Factory @ ARTC offers opportunities for manufacturers, technology providers and the broader industry to:
- Learn how the technologies are implemented on manufacturing use-cases
- Test process improvements enabled by the technologies at the facility, without disrupting their own operations
- Co-develop technology solutions
- Support the adoption of solutions at their everyday industrial operation.
In this talk, we will elaborate on how Industry 4.0 is being implemented in the real-world scenario of the Model Factory @ARTC. It will be discussed, how the realization of the Smart Manufacturing concept is tackled from the perspective of connectivity. We will provide some application examples and implementation best practices where the use of Data Distribution Service DDS has proven to be pivotal.
10:00 am - 11:00 am
RTI Services: Accelerating Customer Success & Solving Customer's IIoT Architecture Challenges - Enrique Pallares, Sr. Applications Engineer, RTI
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Break
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Building with the Most Trusted Autonomous Vehicle Platform - Bob Leigh, Sr. Market Development Director (Autonomous Systems), RTI
Uncertainty lies ahead for the Automotive market. As the technology matures and we get closer to deploying highly autonomous vehicles, there is a debate about how and where self-driving cars will be monetized. Each market segment – autonomous electric vehicles, shared vehicles, robotaxis, personal vehicles, etc. – must develop a platform suited for Level 4 and Level 5 autonomy.
This session addresses the top trends and challenges in the Automotive industry. We will discuss how each of the market segments is approaching both the business case and technology development efforts to build a trusted platform. We will look at the factors driving change in the underlying electronics and software architectures as well as explore why companies are choosing DDS as the framework to mitigate risks.
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Networking Lunch
I have hinted that I would often jerk poor Queequeg from between the whale and the ship—where he would occasionally fall, from the incessant rolling and swaying of both. But this was not the only jamming jeopardy he was exposed to.
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Technical Deep Dive: Product Advancements for Scaling IIoT Systems - Fernando Crespo, Software Architect, RTI
Complementing our Technical Vision, this presentation highlights advancements that RTI is delivering to help customers address the challenges of distributing data efficiently as their time-critical IIoT systems scale. We will discuss ongoing product innovations and technical considerations in several key areas:
- Layered Databus Architectures - evolving the implementation of our routing service to support the scale of future IIoT applications.
- Large Data in Motion - new capabilities for distributing LiDAR, medical imaging and streaming video data with minimal latency.
- Security - finer-grained options for optimizing performance and capabilities for user-defined access control.
- Resource-Constrained Systems - increased functionality including security features, extensible types and additional transports.
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Early next year, RTI will release the next major installment of the Connext product suite: Connext 6. Driven by the challenges of highly-autonomous vehicles, Connext 6 introduces capabilities for optimizing high-bandwidth data distribution and supporting autonomous system development across industries, their supply chains and throughout the life cycle.