What happened at AspenTech's Optimize 26?

Executive editor Jim Montague talks about how AspenTech is using digitalization and AI in its operations

Control Amplified

June 3, 2026

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Fifteen months after its acquisition by Emerson, AspenTech’s biannual Optimize 26 event on May 11-14 in Houston had a definite Emersonian flavor. Its keynotes and presentations, panel discussions, technical sessions and exhibits retained AspenTech’s cornerstones of innovation, software development, talented personnel and customer focus, but this time they also paralleled the structure and style of Emerson Exchange events.

In this episode of Control Amplified, executive editor Jim Montague discusses what he saw at Optimize 26.

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The Control Amplified Podcast offers in-depth interviews and discussions with industry experts about important topics in the process control and automation field, and goes beyond Control's print and online coverage to explore underlying issues affecting users, system integrators, suppliers and others in these industries.