I couldn’t make it to the February forum where the Open Process Automation Forum celebrated its 10th Anniversary. I remember meeting with Don Bartusiak, the instigator, along with Alan Johnston, Tom Burke, Dennis Brandl, and Dave Emerson to discuss standards and interoperability with the new initiative.
OPAF have come a long way. Ten years of developing consensus standards of standards, specification guides, certification testing.
Three engineers from The Wood Group talked with me yesterday bringing the update that I missed last month. Brad Mozisek, Patrick Sloan, and Alex Eaton told me that OPAS is not a science project but a real thing that users are implementing as we speak.
The organization never tried to engineer a new process automation system. They left that where it belonged—with the vendors. The goals included decoupling software and hardware, defining not only open but interoperable systems, and giving owner/operators flexibility to add best-in-class technologies without being locked into a single-vendor situation.
I missed seeing presentations by ExxonMobil, Shell, and Reliance on their projects.
Celebrating 10 years plus seeking to spread the message beyond the US, the organization has scheduled a World Tour. The first is will be March 25, 2026 at 06:00 AM (CDT) | 11:00 AM (GMT) | 16:30 PM (IST).
Speakers: Aneil Ali, The Open Group, Ravi Jagasia, R. Stahl Inc, Jacco Opmeer, Shell, Dominic de Kerf, Cargill, and Luciano Narcisi, ARC
Join us on March 25 for this webinar (hosted by The Open Group) and featuring Members of the Open Process Automation Forum. This webinar will feature European based end user organizations showcasing the business and technical milestones of their O-PAS adoption journeys.
Learn how these organizations are implementing the standard to drive innovation and eliminate vendor lock-in. Register here.
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