{"id":27590,"date":"2026-01-19T11:28:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.x-visual.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=27590"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:53:42","slug":"achema-2027-3","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.x-visual.com\/en\/event\/achema-2027-3\/","title":{"rendered":"VDI Expert Forum 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>VDI Expert Forum \u201cModular Plants in the Process Industry\u201d.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h1>Think Ahead About Automation in P&amp;IDs!<\/h1>\n<p>On <b>April 29, 2026<\/b>, the <b>VDI Expert Forum \u201cModular Plants in the Process Industry\u201d<\/b> invites specialists and executives from the process industry as well as the mechanical and plant engineering sectors. Among other topics, the forum will cover VDI 2776, modular system planning, cost-effectiveness, and practical reports from the operator\u2019s perspective. At the same time, it offers an ideal platform for exchanging ideas with peers and experts and provides practical insights into the flexible planning, automation, and orchestration of modular plants.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the <b>program item \u201cExperiences in Planning, Automating, and Orchestrating Modular Plants\u201d<\/b>, Wolfgang Welscher will speak alongside Dr. Michael Nussbaumer from Pruess about <b>forward-looking automation of modular plants directly in the P&amp;ID<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Experiences in Planning, Automating, and Orchestrating Modular Plants<\/p>\n<p>Moderator: Michael Heeger, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen<\/p>\n<p>Speakers: Wolfgang Welscher, Managing Director, X-Visual Technologies GmbH, Berlin<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Michael Nussbaumer, Managing Director, Pruess GmbH, Sassenberg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thinking Ahead: Automation of Modular Plants in the P&amp;ID<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan and define MTP (Modular Type Package) with all services and parameters directly in the P&amp;ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cColored P&amp;IDs\u201d for visualization<\/li>\n<li>Experience report on the workflow: from P&amp;ID to POL (Process Orchestration Layer) \u2013 planning process and potential<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the presentations, there is an <b>extensive hands-on session<\/b> where visitors can <b>gain their own hands-on experience with the demonstrators<\/b>. 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