Inductive Automation Blog

Return of the Dev Panel

Step behind the curtain and meet the minds shaping the future of Ignition. In this lively and interactive panel, you’ll have the rare opportunity to ask the developers who design and build the platform questions directly. From exploring the newest innovations to learning how features take shape, this panel gives you insider access to the visionaries driving Ignition forward. Bring your curiosity and your toughest questions. Our team is ready to share insights, stories, and a glimpse into what’s next for the software transforming industrial automation. Don’t miss this chance to connect with the people who make Ignition possible and be part of the conversation about where it’s headed next.

Achieving Scale With Ignition and Modern DevOps Practices

Get a front-row seat to a real-world project scaling Ignition with DevOps tools like Kubernetes, Helm, Argo CD, and Git-Sync. In this session you’ll get an overview of these tools, examples of automated and GitOps-driven deployments, and practical tips for boosting performance, reliability, and operations in a large-scale, complex, critical systems environment.

Flex Your Knowledge on Perspective Containers

How well do you know your Perspective containers? Come test your knowledge in an interactive session, level up your design game, and maybe even get a new “perspective” on container types!

Ready to Level Up Your Machine Monitoring Game?

Do you have dark, unconnected operational data stranded on the plant floor or in the field? While Ignition excels at connecting PLC-based equipment, many assets without PLCs or smart devices can be far more challenging. Join this session to discover how to use edge industrial I/O to securely link almost any equipment to Ignition – including simple sensors – enhancing your plant's production tracking and operational awareness. You’ll also see real-world case studies, including the story of a Tier 1 automotive supplier that successfully implemented these techniques, improving efficiency, creating a Unified Namespace (UNS), and advancing its digitalization efforts as a result.

Migrating from 7.9 Vision to 8.1 Perspective

Frederick Water has been upgrading its Ignition instances from 7.9 to 8.1. In upgrading one of its water treatment plants, it decided to leverage Perspective for the platform’s easily reproducible styles and end-device flexibility. While Vision is a fantastic platform to work in, this session covers some of the benefits of moving to Perspective.

ISO 9001 Certification Journey

Learn about Inductive Automation’s ISO 9001 Certification journey in this moderated panel session. Panel members will share IA’s reasons for pursuing this certification, an overview of the project, lessons learned during the process, resulting benefits, and the impact on IA’s customers.

Industry Panel: Leveling Up Insights Across the Enterprise

Hear from a panel of industry leaders as they discuss how embracing and integrating the different levels of the enterprise can empower industrial organizations with powerful insights and applications that drive growth. Learn strategies for inspiring innovation, unlocking critical insights, and driving significant productivity gains across your entire operation.

Hello AI, Meet Ignition: Leveraging LLMs in the Ignition Ecosystem

Explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) can enhance the Ignition platform in practical, effective ways. This session will introduce approachable methods for integrating LLMs into your industrial systems — no advanced AI expertise required. Learn how to use LLMs to streamline development, generate insights from historical data, automate repetitive tasks, and improve operator interfaces. We’ll walk through client use cases, development tools, and project management examples to show how LLMs can add value without adding complexity.

Empowering Humanity: Prosthetic Arm and Open-Source Homeless Management System Powered by Ignition

Join HebronSoft and Inductive Automation’s Vice President of Sales, Chris McLaughlin, for an inspiring look at how Ignition is being used to power innovative, socially impactful solutions. This session explores two real-world projects that harness the flexibility and power of the Ignition platform: - Prosthetic Arm Project: Learn how Ignition was used to develop a cutting-edge prosthetic arm that enhances mobility and quality of life for individuals with limb differences — including Ukrainian soldiers who have suffered amputations due to the war. - Homeless Management System: Explore how a volunteer-driven initiative, originally led by Chris McLaughlin during his time at Vertech, evolved into a robust, open-source system — refined in partnership with HebronSoft — to help communities better coordinate support for those experiencing homelessness. Discover how these projects combine cutting-edge technology with social good, setting a new standard for automation in purpose-driven applications.

Technical Keynote: What's Next?

The industrial technology landscape demands constant evolution. As architectural complexity grows, AI advances rapidly, and enterprise management becomes more challenging, companies must have the software tools they need to keep pace. In this keynote, we'll reveal how the Ignition platform's development is addressing these forces. We'll explore our approach to building distributed architectures, the potential for AI in automation, and the new tools we're designing to deliver the best customer experience in the industry. Join us for an exciting presentation and engaging live Q&A session with Ignition experts.