Microsoft booth at ACHEMA 2009
I just spent a week working in the Microsoft booth at ACHEMA 2009 in Frankfurt. Microsoft offered several of its software partners the chance to participate in their booth. Accelrys was there along with OSIsoft, Sycor, AspenTech, and others. Accelrys was demonstrating the integration between Pipeline Pilot and Microsoft Sharepoint as a solution for data integration and reporting. Pipeline Pilot provides Sharepoint customers with the means to access large amounts of scientific data, improving the discovery process. At the same time, embedding this within Sharepoint means that Accelrys solutions can be executed in a web environment, which is more familiar to most users than the specialized, “thick clients” normally employed for these applications. Read more about the integration here.
Accelrys station in the Microsoft booth
More about the conference: Held only every 3 years, the “Ausstellungskongress für Chemische Technik, Umweltschutz und Biotechnologie” is similar to the ACS or AIChE national meetings in the US in that it brings together scientists, engineers, and exhibitors from a broad range of chemical industries and universities, but the similarities end there. According to the ACHEMA web site the congress has some very impressive statistics:
- 4,000 exhibitors
- 180,000 participants
- 900 lectures
Many of you will be familiar with national conventions like ACS, AIChE, and MRS so you have an idea what a typical expo looks like. This show was amazing. There were 3 floors of exhibits for pumps, fittings, and valves alone. There’s a total of 140,000 m² of exhibition space (that’s 1.5 million ft² to Americans). Keep in mind that the Germans only get to do this every 3 years, so they really need to make the most of it. I hope to do this again in 2012. See you there!
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