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Innovative Smart Factory Networking Conference 2015
Preliminary Program, September 23, 2015
Venue: ABB Corporate Research Center, Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland
Moderator: Dr Antonio Maffei, Production Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
| 08:15-09:00 | Registration and Coffee (Foyer) |
| 09:00-09:15 | Welcome & Opening of Conference (Euler-Auditorium) |
| Mr. Stefan Ramseier, Director, ABB Research Center | |
| Mr. Walter Steinlin, President, Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) | |
| 09:15-09:45 | Introduction (Euler-Auditorium) |
| Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative - download Ms. Maja Zoric, Project Manager, Business Sweden |
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| EUREKA/Eurostars - Opportunities for International R&D Collaboration - download Ms. Colette John-Grant, EUREKA NCP Swiitzerland, Swiss State Secretariat of Education, Research and Innovation |
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| Current Smart Factory initiatives in Sweden and Switzerland | |
| "Produktion 2030" in Sweden - download Ms. Cecilia Warrol, Director, Manufacturing and Advanced Production, Teknikföretagen, (Swedisch Association of Engineering Industry) |
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| "Industry 2025" Initiative in Switzerland - download Mr. Beat Brunner, Member of the Excecutive Board, SwissMEM |
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| 09:45-10:30 | Swedish Multinational Enterprise Presentations (Euler-Auditorium) |
| The Smart Aircraft Factory - download Mr. Jens Schönenberg, Director, Head of Airframe Development, Saab AB |
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| Looking Ahead - The Future of Manufacturing - download Dr. Vahid Kalhouri, Manager R&D Intelligent Machining, Sandvik Coromant |
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| Sensing. Thinking. Acting. - download Dr. Knut Siercks, CTO, Hexagon AB |
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| 10:30-10:45 | Networking Coffee (Cafeteria) |
| 10:45-11:30 | Swiss Multinational Enterprise Presentations (Euler-Auditorium) |
| ABB's Internet of Thing's, Services and People Strategy - download Dr. Christofer Ganz, R&D Director, ABB Global Services |
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| The digital Factory - from Vision to Reality - download Mr. Siegfried Gerlach, CEO, Siemens Switzerland |
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| 11:30-11:50 | Academia Presentations (Euler-Auditorium) |
| Smart Automation & Smart People in Smart Factories - download Dr. Johan Stahre, Professor, Head of the Production Systems Division at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, and Chairman of the Swedish Production Academy |
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| The Role of Flexible Robotics in Smart Factory Concepts - download Dr Wernher van de Venn, Professor, Head of Institute of Mechatronic Systems, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) |
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| 11:50-12:30 | Presentations by Small- and Medium Sized Enterprises (Euler-Auditorium) |
| Tacton Systems - download (tacton.com) | |
| RindiPK - download (rindipk.se) | |
| Prindit - download (prindit.com) | |
| ReVibe Energy - download (revibeenergy.com) | |
| YourFlow - download (yourflow.se) | |
| Silex Microsystems - download (silexmicrosystems.com) | |
| XMReality - download (xmreality.se) | |
| 12:30-13:45 | Networking Lunch (Foodorama Pavillion) |
| 13:45-14:30 | Presentations by Small- and Medium Sized Enterprises (Euler-Auditorium) |
| Akselos - download (akselos.com) | |
| NetModule (netmodule.com) | |
| ABCD Technologies - download (abcd-technology.com) | |
| Advanon (advanon.com) | |
| CADCamation - download (cadcamation.ch) | |
| IniVation (inilabs.com) | |
| Novamet (novamet.ch) | |
| 14:30-18:10 | One-to-One Matchmaking Meetings á 20 Minutes (Von-Neumann Seminar & Schottky-Seminar) |
| 17:45-19:45 | After Conference Networking (Cafeteria) |
| Networking, drinks and fingerfood |
Contact person:
Ms. Viktoria Pletikos, Senior Consultant,
Business Sweden Switzerland
Ms. Jessica Rutley, Consultant,
Business Sweden Switzerland
Direct phone: +43 660 215 77 10
E-Mail: viktoria.pletikos@business-sweden.se
Direct phone: +43 660 740 38 86
E-Mail: jessica.rutley@business-sweden.se