AVEVA Brings Together Industry Specialists to Share Knowledge on Emerging Engineering Technologies in Australia

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PERTH, Australia, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- AVEVA Group plc (LSE: AVV) one of the world's leading providers of engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries announces the successful conclusion of its Engineering Information Management (EIM) Conference 2010 series in Perth and Melbourne. This high calibre event attracted over 120 delegates in the two cities where key customers and industry peers shared success stories and exchanged knowledge on emerging technologies.

Among the highlights of the conference were these key customer presentations:

    -- Building a sustainable, fully digital operational Plant by Woodside
       Energy, illustrating how they successfully built a sustainable, fully
       digital operational plant, as well as the benefits in and the future of
       using AVEVA technologies.
    -- The value of P&ID data interfacing with the AVEVA PDMS model by
       WorleyParsons and AVEVA Joint development, where the business benefits
       of interfacing external P&ID's to the 3D Model were demonstrated.
    -- Otway Transition Project -- Managing the migration of Engineering
       Information by Origin Energy focusing on the challenges faced during
       the acquisition of Otway asset and the importance of quick and accurate
       transition of engineering information to Origin's target systems, with
       minimal impact on operations and ownership handover.
    -- Endeavour -- the Project Knowledge Centre by Aker Solutions presented
       the project knowledge and management environment of "Endeavour" which
       enabled secure access of controlled documentation, design data,
       procurement data and 2D/3D CAD data via a browser without the need for
       a locally installed application.

The presentations above and conference as whole demonstrated real benefits of AVEVA solutions to businesses and showcased new technologies capable of driving global projects, reducing lead times and improving productivity and quality.

Richard Beck, Vice President and Country Manager, AVEVA Australasia, said: "We are very pleased with the outcome of EIM 2010 conference series and valuable experiences shared during these two days. I'm assured the knowledge learned will benefit of our business as well as our customers."

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