CiA groups

CAN in Automation (CiA) is a nonprofit organisation made up of members from around the world. The CiA General Assembly (GA) is the overarching organ and ultimate authority of the organization.

The CiA Business Committee establishes Marketing Groups (MG) for special topics and the CiA Technical Committee establishes Interest Groups (IG) with dedicated scopes. The MGs organize joint marketing activities. The IGs develop and maintain technical documents and may establish Special Interest Groups (SIG) and Task Forces (TF). Any CiA member may participate in any MG, IG, SIG, or TF meeting.

Contributors are welcome

CiA members may participate in any technical group or comment any technical document. They just need to register at the CiA office. Also not-registered members may comment technical documents. Here you can find the CiA comment form.

Additional information

Marketing groups

The business decisions are take care of by the Business Committee (BC) governing the Marketing Groups (MG).

The CiA Business Committee (BC) chaired by the CiA Business Director comprises up to five elected members and representatives of established marketing groups (MG). It manages and decides on commercial and financial issues.

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Technical groups

The management of the technical work is taken care of by the Technical Committee (TC) governing the Interest Groups (IG).

The CiA Technical Committee (TC) chaired by the CiA Technical Director comprises up to five elected members and representatives of established interest groups (IG). It manages the development, the release, and the maintenance of CiA technical documents.