Automation Brunch 2025

Trends in the Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Industries

02.09.2025 @ Mövenpick Hotel Egerkingen

Current automation topics, practical application examples and direct exchange with professionals from the chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.

Automation Brunch 2025 brought together end users, system integrators, distributors and manufacturers. In just a few hours, concise technical presentations, practical reference projects and personal networking provided a focused insight into current industrial automation technologies and solutions.

Agenda

Look forward to an engaging morning covering current cleanroom and ATEX solutions, successful zenon projects from our partners and valuable insights into software and cybersecurity. The event concludes with a standing lunch and networking session.

08:30

Check-in with welcome coffee
09:00

Welcome

Welcome, information on the day’s schedule, parking ticket and overview of the hardware on display.
Daniel Studhalter and Elger Gledhill, SATOMEC AG
09:10

Latest Developments in Cleanroom & ATEX Applications

Trends in production and maintenance presented by:
- CAITRON IPC & mobile solutions for cleanrooms
- i.safe Mobile Solutions for ATEX Zones 1+2
- EATON (GECMA/MTL) Connectivity & HMI solutions for ATEX Zones 1+2
- SENSEVEN Valve leak testing
10:00 - 10:25

Coffee break
10:25

Our Partners and Their zenon Projects

Successful zenon projects in pharmaceutical environments presented by:
- ControlTech Engineering AG, Liestal
- RETEL AG, Schaffhausen
- NETZHAMMER, Basel
- MEMO3, Zurich
11:15

zenon Software Insights

Bernhard Korten & Sebastian Lhotka, COPA-DATA
- MTP: current status and future direction
- Process automation with pre-validated PLC function blocks
- zenon Historian 360
11:45

Secure Remote Maintenance for Your Plants

Why should you implement Zero Trust in your OT infrastructure?
- Compliance with NIS2, the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Experience SECOMEA’s new PRIME features
11:55

Q & A followed by a standing lunch & networking

Why Automation Brunch

Automation Brunch combines technical expertise, practical examples and personal exchange in a compact format. The focus is on current challenges and solutions for the chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.

Practical Technical Expertise

Concise technical presentations, concrete applications and experience reports provide knowledge with direct relevance to day-to-day industrial operations.

Peer-to-Peer Exchange

End users, system integrators, distributors and manufacturers come together to exchange experiences, requirements and perspectives.

Compact and Free of Charge

The technical event is deliberately concise, easy to integrate into a working day and free of charge for participants.

Speakers

In this section, we introduce experts from the chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. These specialists will share their knowledge and perspectives on current industry topics. Further details about our speakers will be added shortly, and the list is not yet complete.

Fabian Meury

Senior Automation Engineer

CTE

Josef Trapl

Managing Director

MEMO3

Sven Brändlin

CEO

NETZHAMMER

Tino Rüedi

Automation Solution Architect

RETEL

Manufacturers

The following manufacturers support us in organizing the event and make a significant contribution to the success of Automation Brunch 2025 through their expertise, innovations and on-site presence. Together, we create a platform for knowledge transfer, inspiration and personal interaction, bringing practical experience directly to the industry.