OUR PREMIER PI SYSTEM EVENT!
Make the most of the conference by choosing what makes sense for you.
There will be a wide spectrum of presentations, discussion forums, partner and product demos, hands-on training labs, and interactive evening events to choose from. This is your opportunity to learn more about the PI System from those who do it best and have fun while doing it!
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NEW TO THE PI SYSTEM

As someone new to OSIsoft and the PI System, PI World offers a great opportunity to network and learn from the extensive PI System community. At PI World, you can attend training classes, have your questions answered by experts at the partner & product expo, and learn through customer presentations how various companies around the world may provide innovative approaches to meet your process and operational goals.
 
Recommended Agenda:
  • Hear from our keynotes at the Day 1 General Session
  • Attend our “PI System 101” track for presentations and demos about the basics of the PI System
  • Sign up for a Discussion Forum for more in-depth discussions
  • Attend specific Day 2 industry sessions to learn how others in your industry have deployed and extended the use of the PI System across their organizations
  • Visit our product pods at the expo
  • Sign up for a basic training labs to improve your technical understanding

PI SYSTEM ADMIN

As an established PI System User, PI World is the best place for you to gain access to leading industry knowledge available nowhere else by meeting OSIsoft product experts and industry peers. Share best practices, influence change and understand how to use the latest tools and developments from OSIsoft. Learn how to accelerate time to deployment, lower administrative effort and maximize customer satisfaction.
 
Recommended Agenda:
  • Pre-Conference: Enterprise Summit – Contact your Account Manager if your company is interested in participating in a candid conversation with an existing EA Customer about the value an Enterprise Agreement brings to their organization and PI System implementation.
  • Attend the Day 1 General Session to hear from guest keynote speakers and OSIsoft executives around the overall value of the PI System
  • Sign up for a Discussion Forum for more in-depth discussions
  • Attend specific Day 2 industry sessions to learn how others in your industry have deployed and extended the use of the PI System across their organizations
  • Attend the PI System User track on Day 3 to learn more technical details about product capabilities and what’s coming from engineering
  • Sign up for a TechLab in the User and/or System Admin Tracks to expand your knowledge and fine tune your skills
  • Visit our product and partner pods to learn about expanding your use of the modern PI System and discover what third party vendors can benefit your environment

partner

PI World brings together over 200 partners from all over the world and three days of a vibrant partner and product expo. This year's expo will feature over 70 exhibitors, some of which are OSIsoft booths staffed by our most talented engineers and others staffed by our current partners. Also for current and potential partners is our annual Partner Meeting, taking place on Monday afternoon to update the partner community on the latest OSIsoft news. PI World will also hold a Marketplace Showcase later in the week containing four presentations from the event's top sponsors regarding their latest offerings.
 
Recommended Agenda:
  • Pre-Event: Attend the Partner Meeting to get on update on the Partner Program and benefits to your organization
  • Participate as an Exhibitor or Sponsor sharing your company with our attendees at the Partner & Product Expo
  • Day 1: Learn from visionary keynotes and see potential of the PI System deployed across our users organizations (Expo is closed during General Session)
  • Submit a presentation jointly with your customer System and present on Industry Day
  • Attend the Mature PI User Track at TechCon to learn more about the PI System through technical presentations and demos
  • Sign up for a TechLab in the Developer track to expand your knowledge and fine tune skills

executive

OSIsoft has created a special Executive Track at PI World, which includes access to our Day 1 keynote and general session followed by an invite-only Executive Lunch & Forum in the afternoon. In the Executive Forum, attendees will be invited to participate in an moderator-led discussion with other executives (including some from the OSIsoft Executive Team) around the cultural and organizational aspects of implementing digital business transformation at their organizations. Executives may also find value in the following days by hearing from our very own customers in the Day 2 Industry Presentations as well as the Product Talks on Day 3.
 
Recommended Agenda:
  • Attend the Day 1 General Session to hear from guest keynote speakers and OSIsoft executives around the overall value of the PI System
  • Participate in the Day 1 Exclusive “Executive Forum” in the afternoon
  • Attend specific Day 2 industry sessions to learn how others in your industry have deployed and extended the use of the PI System across their organizations
  • Visit our product and partner pods to learn about expanding your use of the modern PI System and discover what third party vendors can benefit your environment

developer

This will be the second year that OSIsoft offers a Developer Track at the Users Conference. In this track, developers will find a rich agenda filled with developer-oriented presentations, hands-on labs, and targeted networking opportunities to network with and learn from visionary thought-leaders in the industrial software and analytics world. We also will be hosting our annual Hackathon the day before the conference begins (starts on Monday morning).
 
Whether you are a PI System developer, software architect, or data scientist, you will have the opportunity to gain access to leading industry knowledge available nowhere else by meeting OSIsoft developers and industry peers. Understand the latest developments from OSIsoft and share best practices.
 
Get hands on experience on how to “get it right the first time” and accelerate deployment of high value code.
 
Recommended Agenda:
  • Pre-Conference: Participate in the Hackathon to learn about PI Developer Technologies, make connections, and win prizes
  • Attend the Day 1 General Session to hear from guest keynote speakers and OSIsoft executives around the overall value of the PI System
  • Submit a presentation jointly with your customer and present on Industry Day
  • Attend a TechCon session on Day 3 in the Developer Track receive content around OSIsoft products in a way that is tailored to developers
  • Sign up for a Developer Lab on Day 3 and/or Day 4 to expand your knowledge and fine tune your skills
  • Visit – or if you are a partner, exhibit at – the Partner & Product Expo

DATA ANALYST / DATA SCIENTIST

For those responsible for operational support through advanced analytics, PI System data is one of the most valuable sources of production data. PI World is the best place for you to learn and share how your organization can achieve benefits from the PI System Analytics, advanced analytics and machine learning. PI World features dedicated tracks for data analysts and scientists with Industrial Analytics tracks on day 1 and 3 and analytics themed sessions on days 2 & 4. Visit PI World’s product expo, keynotes and customer presentations and/or interactive discussion forums and labs to gain cross-functional insights into how the PI System and analytics can support digital transformation.

Recommended Agenda:
  • Pre-Conference: Enterprise Summit – Contact your Account Manager if your company is interested in participating in a candid conversation with an existing EA Customer. Participate in the Hackathon to learn about PI Developer Technologies
  • Attend the Day 1 General Session to hear from guest keynote speakers and OSIsoft executives around the overall value of the PI System
  • Attend Day 1 Afternoon Industrial Analytics sessions to learn more about real world, value driven applications of analytics and data science using PI System data
  • Attend specific Day 2 industry sessions to learn how others in your industry have deployed and extended the use of the PI System across their organizations
  • Attend the PI System Analytics track on Day 3 to learn more technical details about product capabilities and what’s coming from engineering
  • Sign up for a Developer Lab on Day 3 and/or Day 4 to expand your knowledge and fine tune your skills
  • Visit our product pods to learn about expanding your use of PI System Analytics and related tools to benefit your environment

it professional

As an IT Professional working with your organization’s PI System, PI World offers a great opportunity to network, share best practices and learn from fellow users. Presentations in the Industrial IT Track will show specific examples and cases of how others have applied the PI System. You also will have the option of attending training classes and discussing potential solutions with OSIsoft experts and partners.
 
Recommended Agenda:
  • Attend the Day 1 General Session to hear from guest keynote speakers and OSIsoft executives speak about the overall value of the PI System
  • Sign up for a Discussion Forum for more in-depth discussions
  • Attend the Industrial IT Track on Day 2 and learn how others have deployed and extended the use of the PI System across their organizations
  • Visit the Partner & Product Expo to get answers to technical questions plus learn about new products and partners
  • Sign up for a TechLab in System Admin track
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