OPC Day Japan 2023 – Virtual Event – December 8th/9th, 2023
Stefan Hoppe
President & Executive Director OPC Foundation
stefan.hoppe@opcfoundation.org

Dec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day JapanNews Organization: Members / Board Election / Retirement Secretary

OPC UA: 20th anniversary of standardization!

Collaboration: Overview Companion Specifications

Interoperability: OPC UA growing into cloud scenarios◦ OPC UA: Interoperability on Field & Edge
◦ OPC UA: Interoperability from Edge to Cloud◦ OPC UA: Interoperability for IT & CloudNews◦ Certification updates◦ OPC UAcademics◦ OPC UA get adopted in cloud apps
◦ Call for action

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5 open seats for 2024/2025
 Candidates: Nomination period ended Sept 22nd - 7 candidates, including 2 Chinese candidates (first time!)
See candidate profiles here: OPCF-BoD-2024-Candidate-profiles.pdf (opcfoundation.org)
 Election period: November Public announcement during OPCF General Assembly Meeting Dec 6th, 2023
Andreas Faath

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Thomas Hahn

Ziad Kaakani

Holger Kenn

Ridley LeeShinji Oda

Wei Xiong

OPC Foundation Secretaryfor 22(!) years (2001 – 2023)

Official announcement during OPCF General Assembly
Meeting on Wed Dec 6th, 2023

Lynne Fröhlich will continue
to be „the face to members“ foraccounting and member management

Welcome the new OPC Foundation Secretary:Alexander Allmendinger

Dec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day JapanNews Organization: Members / Board Election / Retirement Secretary

OPC UA: 20th anniversary of standardization!

Collaboration: Overview Companion Specifications

Interoperability: OPC UA growing into cloud scenarios◦ OPC UA: Interoperability on Field & Edge
◦ OPC UA: Interoperability from Edge to Cloud◦ OPC UA: Interoperability for IT & CloudNews◦ Certification updates◦ OPC UAcademics◦ OPC UA get adopted in cloud apps
◦ Call for action

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OPC Day JapanCall for action: Please contact me and add Japanese OPC UA history!
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OPC Day Japanstandardization ofDec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day JapanNews Organization: Members / Board Election / Retirement Secretary

OPC UA: 20th anniversary of standardization!

Collaboration: Overview Companion Specifications

Interoperability: OPC UA growing into cloud scenarios◦ OPC UA: Interoperability on Field & Edge
◦ OPC UA: Interoperability from Edge to Cloud◦ OPC UA: Interoperability for IT & CloudNews◦ Certification updates◦ OPC UAcademics◦ OPC UA get adopted in cloud apps
◦ Call for action

Dec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day Japan 151+ groups with domain

experts have defined thesemantics for their verticals

 Largest eco-system for

information models for theautomation world

 Landing page with complete

overview here:
www.opcfoundation.org ->About -> Working Groups->
List of Working Groups Available free of charge

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Jan 1st, 2023 through Nov 14th, 2023••••

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1791Publications (release)
Call for review
Kick-Offs
Call for participationNews Organization: Members / Board Election / Retirement Secretary

OPC UA: 20th anniversary of standardization!

Collaboration: Overview Companion SpecificationsInteroperability: OPC UA growing into cloud scenarios◦ OPC UA: Interoperability on Field & Edge
◦ OPC UA: Interoperability from Edge to Cloud◦ OPC UA: Interoperability for IT & CloudNews◦ Certification updates◦ OPC UAcademics◦ OPC UA get adopted in cloud apps
◦ Call for action

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One harmonized solution for OT and IT
Including:… rich modeling language… flexible transport… security

Do not forget the eco-system with:- Openness (Specs, Sample-code, Lab)- 151+ standardized domain models- Commercial tool chain- 2013: File transfer & Directory Services- 2016: REST Interface
Dec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day Japan• Perception: OPC UA is too big and too powerful!
Question: Do all OPC UA functions always have to be provided in the OPC UA Server?
Answer: No!

Examples:• PLC controllers may not need a REST-Interface• Edge devices may not require Ethernet-APL or TSN functionality• Data Spaces, Digital Twin … may not required TCP, UDP but REST , „OPC UA over MQTT“ and file transfer• ….

Dec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day JapanNews Organization: Members / Board Election / Retirement Secretary

OPC UA: 20th anniversary of standardization!

Collaboration: Overview Companion Specifications

Interoperability: OPC UA growing into cloud scenarios◦ OPC UA: Interoperability on Field & Edge
◦ OPC UA: Interoperability from Edge to Cloud◦ OPC UA: Interoperability for IT & CloudNews◦ Certification updates◦ OPC UAcademics◦ OPC UA get adopted in cloud apps
◦ Call for action

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OPC Day Japan1. Phase 1: Controller-to-Controller (C2C)•••

OPC UA FX Specification Series Part 80-84 released
Certification efforts finalizedFirst products expected 2024

UAFX Multi-Vendor Demos• Controller-to-Controller (C2C)• OPC UA Safety• OPC UA over 5G Demo
More than 20 participating companies
incl. all major automation suppliers

Dec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day Japan OPC UA is the chosen Industrial Interoperability solution

by NOA, OPAF, MTP and MDIS Direct cloud connectivity or utilization of gateways
based on well-defined semantics

OPC UA Integration options: OPC UA as „second channel“ for monitoring & optimization(NOA = Namur Open Architecture) OPC UA as „first channel“for exchange of cyclic process data Communication options:◦ OPC UA over MQTT
◦ OPC UA Client/Server over TCP/IP◦ OPC UA PubSub over UDP/IP or Layer 2 Ethernet

Dec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day Japan FLC Phase 1 (2019 – 2023):◦ Focus on C2C Use Case
◦ UAFX Base Concepts for Controllers(and Field Devices)◦ Online & Offline scenarios OPC Foundation now launches

Phase 2 (2024 – 2027)◦ Focus on C2D and D2D◦ Extend existing UAFX base concepts(e.g. Parametrization, Diagnosis andNetworking)◦ Develop application profiles formotion control, I/O andinstrumentation

 Technical working groups & FLC Steering Committee open to all OPC Foundation members
 FLC Steering Committee members provide extra support (financial contributions & man-power)
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News Organization: Members / Board Election / Retirement Secretary

OPC UA: 20th anniversary of standardization!

Collaboration: Overview Companion SpecificationsInteroperability: OPC UA growing into cloud scenarios◦ OPC UA: Interoperability on Field & Edge
◦ OPC UA: Interoperability from Edge to Cloud◦ OPC UA: Interoperability for IT & CloudNews◦ Certification updates◦ OPC UAcademics◦ OPC UA get adopted in cloud apps
◦ Call for action

Dec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day Japan SPS 2021

◦ 2 OT companies
BECKHOFF / Siemens◦ 1 IT company
Microsoft

 SPS 2022

◦ 18 OT companies◦ 2 IT companies

 SPS 2023

◦ 53 OT companies◦ 2 IT companies

 SPS 2024

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News Organization: Members / Board Election / Retirement Secretary

OPC UA: 20th anniversary of standardization!

Collaboration: Overview Companion SpecificationsInteroperability: OPC UA growing into cloud scenarios◦ OPC UA: Interoperability on Field & Edge
◦ OPC UA: Interoperability from Edge to Cloud◦ OPC UA: Interoperability for IT & CloudNews◦ Certification updates◦ OPC UAcademics◦ OPC UA get adopted in cloud apps
◦ Call for action

Dec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day Japan• Collaboration between OPC Foundation and Digital Twin Consortium – including all OPCF BoD companies• Immersive Condition Monitoring Use Case.
• Leveraging OPC UA as industrial digital twin
github.com/OPCFoundation/UA-CloudMetaverse

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European Union (EU) is preparing couple of administrative rules
Have to be fullfilled, if a machine is operating inside EU (produced inside EU or imported to EU)− DPP (Digital Product Passport)− PCF (Product Carbon Footprint)− CRA (Cyber Resilian Act)
Good news:− DPP and PCF …
… is „just“ a very small OPC UA companion spec which can easy integrated into any OPC UA server
running in the field, in edge, in the cloud…
− CRA …
OPCF started working group „UA for smart elements“ alreadySecurity summit planned for 2024 (status today: June)
Summary:
OPCF takes care and offers easy to implement solutions based on OPC UA

Dec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day JapanDec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day JapanNews Organization: Members / Board Election / Retirement Secretary

OPC UA: 20th anniversary of standardization!

Collaboration: Overview Companion Specifications

Interoperability: OPC UA growing into cloud scenarios◦ OPC UA: Interoperability on Field & Edge
◦ OPC UA: Interoperability from Edge to Cloud◦ OPC UA: Interoperability for IT & CloudNews◦ Certification updates◦ OPC UAcademics◦ OPC UA get adopted in cloud apps
◦ Call for action

Dec, 9th, 2023
OPC Day JapanFuture Logo: New OPC UA Certified Logo

Current versions: Product certification◦ ~20% increase in testing products in 2023
◦ New product types like robot controllers (Seiko Epson) 3 CTT Releases this year

◦ Introducing OPC UA PubSub UDP Testing◦ Introducing first set of UAFX Tests◦ Usability enhancements◦ Bug fixes

 Reduced testing efforts by ~33% Product complexity
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Introduction to OPC UA
 The History of OPC and OPC UA
 The Specifications
 OPC UA Communication
 Security in OPC UA
 OPC UA Address Space Model OPC UA Services
 OPC UA Information Models
 OPC FLC Initiative OPC UA Service mappings OPC UA Profiles
 OPC UA Aggregation & Discovery
 OPC UA Pub/Sub
 Companion Specifications
 Implementation of OPC UA
 Tools and frameworks
 Use cases Architectures
 Introduction to practical exercies
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 Austria
 Brazil Cameroon
 Canada Czech England Finland France Germany India Norway South Korea

 Pakistan

 Switzerland Poland Tunisia Portugal

 USA Spain

Total: 20+
Countries Vietnam

Total: 125+
Professors/Teachers Registration form on OPC Foundation Website:

https://opcfoundation.org/resources/opcuacademic/Dec, 9th, 2023
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- OPC UA is De-facto standard …
- OPC UA Client/Server … is the de-facto standard for PLC/SCADA/MES/ERP interaction- OPC UA PubSub … over MQTT is the de-facto standard for interaction between edge and cloud… and also interaction between digital twins- OPC UA REST …. is the de-facto standard for easy access from IT/cloud tostandardized field information-IT relevant groups realize more and more

- OPC UA’s rich sematic data models and standardized interfaces- Stability over 17 years without any compatibility break- Eco-system with rich commercial offerings but also open source, education etc- World largest pool of standardized domain models- Legal protection umbrella OPC Foundation offer OPC UA as “interoperability for cloud applications” like digital twins OPC UA will grow into CloudDec, 9th, 2023
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− OPC UA success stories− Lot of countries provided success stories from end-users
 What about Japanese success story?
Either from End-user in Japan or international with Japanese products− OPC UA podcast

 what about Japanese podcast edition?

− OPC UAcademic− Finalize Japanese translation− Advertise for Japanese Professors and Universities− Companion specs: Japanese OPC UA products including companion specs− Significant trend from end-users to reuest support of companion specs (like Automotive Industry)− OPC UA get adopted in cloud applications

 who is the Japanese collaboration partner to educate and make cloud community aware?

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Stefan Hoppe
President & Executive Director OPC Foundation
Stefan.hoppe@opcfoundation.org

Looking for more information?
https://opcfoundation.org/

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