March 4 , 2008 –Dubai, UAE – LonMark International (LMI), a non-profit trade association recognized as the industry authority for certification, education, and promotion of interoperability standards for the benefit of manufacturers, integrators, and end users, today announced the successful completion of its worldwide seminar tour.
Spanning nearly 11 months, the tour visited 52 cities around the world in North America, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East, with nearly 4000 people signing up for the event. The final seminar concluded in Dubai, UAE on March 4, with over 125 people registering.
The one-day comprehensive, educational seminars were aimed at building owners, managers, architects, engineers, system integrators and specifiers, and consisted of in-depth presentations on up-to-date subjects such as “Energy Savings”, “Improving Efficiencies through System Integration”, “Maintenance, Operating, and Training Cost Reductions”, and “Successful Projects and Market Trends”. The seminars also offered sponsoring LonMark member companies an excellent opportunity to present their LonWorks technology-based case studies.
The overall goal of the expansive tour was to provide a current, global educational program designed to help the controls and automation industries continue the transition from proprietary to open, integrated systems.“Throughout the tour, users and end-users came forward with real projects, real budgets, and real opportunities. I predict that within the next two years, we’ll see an entire new collection of successful LonMark projects around the world,” says Ron Bernstein, Executive Director of LonMark International.
