[Abstracts of conference papers]

Summary form only given. Control systems have been consistently evolving over time with advances in processing capability in devices and controllers as well as evolution of network capability. In general, process control is converging onto a common model of integrated systems. Industries that were once supported by individual autonomous islands of automation are evolving to connected systems. At the other end of the spectrum, process industries considered to be managed by highly integrated Distributed Control Systems (DCSs) are evolving more modular capabilities. The ability to easily integrate equipment control into higher level end-to-end representations is becoming an imperative for manufacturing companies in order to achieve maximum productivity from manufacturing systems. To support this evolution individual control systems face challenges of managing control activities and participating in the broader end-to-end process initiatives. This direction presents new challenges in terms of mapping machine control into operations management environment. A new perspective of automation management and supervision is required to realise the full potential of this approach. Systems that support machine control, supervision with inbuilt metrics that can be mapped into higher level functions are required.