ETG Concludes EtherCAT ITW World Series 2024 with Record Participation

Summary

Five weeks, five regions: The EtherCAT International Technology Week (ITW) World Series 2024 has successfully come to an end and embodies a milestone in terms of collaboration, knowledge exchange and dynamics within the EtherCAT developer community in Europe, China, America, Japan as well as Korea with nearly 1,000 participants.

The EtherCAT International Technology Week, a training event from the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG), brings together developers of EtherCAT MainDevices, SubDevices, Configurators, codes and tools to acquire detailed and practical EtherCAT development know-how in numerous, regionally customized webinars. The content covers important topics such as implementation, certification and release processes for EtherCAT devices.

During the webinars, ETG's EtherCAT experts share their experience and expertise to practically address the challenges of EtherCAT device development. The interactive format allows attendees to get involved during the presentations. In addition, special question and answer sessions after each webinar encourage in-depth discussion and a lively exchange of knowledge.

Janett Eibisch, member of the ETG tech team who organizes the EtherCAT ITWs, is delighted with the success of the event: "We really appreciate the response and active participation in this event, as it underlines the global reach of EtherCAT technology and the strong spirit within our community. This time, almost 1,000 developers attended, a number that shows us that there is great interest in this type of development support. We have definitely made an impact with the event format."
 

About EtherCAT Technology Group

The EtherCAT Technology Group is an organization in which key user companies from various industries and leading automation suppliers join forces to support, promote and advance the EtherCAT technology. With over 7,500 members from 74 countries the EtherCAT Technology Group has become the largest fieldbus organization in the world. Founded in November 2003, it is also the fastest growing fieldbus organization.

About EtherCAT

EtherCAT is the Industrial Ethernet technology which stands for high-performance, low-cost, easy to use with a flexible topology. It was introduced in 2003 and has been an international IEC standard and a SEMI standard since 2007. EtherCAT is an open technology: anyone can implement or use it.