About This Webinar
In this 55-minute live webcast, Torey Penrod-Cambra will moderate a discussion between Aron Semle, CTO at HighByte, and Ulf Yngvesson, CTIO at Novotek. Attendees will receive both a theoretical and practical introduction to the concept of the Unified Namespace (UNS). The key message: UNS is crucial, but it is only one part of a complete data architecture.

The webcast will begin by exploring the UNS as a concept: Why it has grown in popularity, what it actually means, and why it matters. Aron and Ulf will clarify its purpose and implications, and explain the limitations of a UNS-based approach.

The discussion will then dive into more technical details, architectural examples, and practical use cases that illustrate how UNS fits into a larger Industrial DataOps strategy.

Office Hours are recommended for manufacturing IT professionals, data engineers, and system architects at industrial companies.
Agenda
  • Define and provide a brief historical background on UNS as a concept and architecture
  • Clarify how technologies like MQTT, APIs, MCP, and AI are related to and impacted by a UNS-based approach
  • Discuss why UNS is important for modern industrial data architectures
  • Debate the current limitations of common UNS deployments
  • Demonstrate how to build a UNS, including different architectural approaches
  • Present several practical use cases
Presenters
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    Aron Semle
    Chief Technology Officer
    Aron Semle is the Chief Technology Officer of HighByte, focused on guiding the company’s product strategy through research and development and technical evangelism. Aron has served in a variety of roles in his 18-year career in industrial technology, including software engineer, product manager, R&D lead, and director of solutions management, building innovative software solutions for the manufacturing operations market. Aron received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Maine.
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    Ulf Yngvesson
    Chief Technology Innovation Officer at Novotek
    Ulf Yngvesson is the CTIO at Novotek, where he leads technical innovation and serves as Lead Architect for several of the company’s largest customers. With over 30 years of experience in Operational Technology (OT), Ulf combines deep expertise in SCADA, MES, and IIoT with a strong interest in more recent methodologies such as DataOps and Unified Namespace (UNS).
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    Torey Penrod-Cambra
    Co-Founder and Chief Communications Officer
    Torey Penrod-Cambra is the Chief Communications Officer of HighByte, focused on the company's messaging strategy, market presence, and operations. Torey applies an analytical, data-driven approach to marketing that reflects her academic achievements in both chemistry and ethics. Torey received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and completed post-graduate studies in Bioethics Ethics and Health Law at the University of Pittsburgh.