Introduction and moderation

Kay Matzner,  Project Director “Enabling Kharkiv EDIH”, Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF

Introduction

Kay Matzner,  Project Director “Enabling Kharkiv EDIH”, Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF

Words of Welcome

Valeriya Ionan, Deputy Minister for Eurointegration at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Words of Welcome

Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv

Digital Transformation of SMEs in Eastern Partnerships Countries

Felix Kullmann, Technical Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

EDIH network and its support to digitalisation and resilience

Malgorzata Nikowska, Head of Unit – Digital Transformation of Industries, European Commission – DG CONNECT

Digital Technologies and their importance for the reconstruction of Ukraine

Zero Engineering Robotics in Production

Franz Valdiek, Robot Systems, Research Associate, Service and Industrial Robots 

Drone swarm-based autonomous landmine detection

Hon.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Richter, Production Metrology and Digital, Assistance Systems, Group Leader Digital Logistics Technologies

Reform proposals to improve Ukraine as an investment location

Garry Poluschkin, Project Manager Ukraine, German Economic Team

Panel discussion:  Capacitating and Internationalization of SMEs Sector in Ukraine

Overview and closing remarks

Kay Matzner,  Project Director “Enabling Kharkiv DIH”, Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF

Moderation and outlook for the day

Markus Strehlitz, Editor, elektro AUTOMATION

Drive Technology 4.0 – Theses on Drive Technology 2030

Bernd Wacker, Principal Key Expert Technology & Innovation, Siemens AG Digital Industries, Motion Control

Where is industrial drive technology heading in connection with the Industry 4.0 platform? And if data is the oil of the 21st century: What challenges, but also opportunities, does this present? The German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association in the Drive 4.0 working group has derived theses from these questions, which will be highlighted in the key note.

Part 1: Innovative sensor technology – creating the data basis

Topics: Sensor technology, image processing, identification (RFID), measurement & testing technology

Smart data for the IIoT

Raphael Penning, Product manager Radar and ultrasonic sensors, Turck

Innovative sensors are the basis of modern automation concepts, as they provide the smart data that intelligent fieldbus modules process on site or transfer to the cloud. Turck shows how current sensor developments are making their contribution to Industry 4.0 and IIoT using the example of its new radar sensors for level and distance measurement.

Part 2: Intelligent data preparation and communication
– Focused evaluation and well-founded decisions

Topics: Edge/Fog/Cloud Computing, Industrial Communication, Gateways, Industrial Ethernet/OPC UA, Control Engineering, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence

Get more out of your machines and plants with smart sensors and industrial analytics

Dr. Carlos Paiz Gatica, Product manager Industrial Analytics,
Dr. Sascha Nolte, Head of Smart Connectivity Competence Center, Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG

A practical use case – the monitoring of fans – will demonstrate how easy it is to work with the Weidmüller Industrial AutoML tool. The presentation will show how you can use smart sensors to collect data from machines and systems and create, validate and export your own machine learning models.

Quality enhancement through artificial intelligence in industrial manufacturing

Dr. Stefan Ried, Principal Analyst, IoT Practice Lead, Cloudflight GmbH

Especially in the manufacturing industry, artificial intelligence is currently turning some areas of production upside down. While (mechanical) automation has been an innovation topic for many years, the focus is now increasingly on (intelligent) autonomy. This means that complex systems and processes no longer follow a limited set of deterministic rules, but learn to adapt to different situations.

For example, how does Artificial Intelligence succeed in increasing efficiency & quality in industrial manufacturing?

Smaller, faster, smarter!

Joachim Finke, Head of Global Product Management (Network Interface Connectors), HARTING Electronics GmbH

Networks in industry need a reliable data infrastructure. But which Ethernet solution is favored by industry today? Anyone planning Industry 4.0 applications is relying on new solutions – miniaturized, modular and made for high data rates as well as seamless sensor-to-cloud communication.

Lunch break

Part 3: Automation components for 24/7 operation
– the basis for fail-safe operation

Topics: Control technology, I/O modules, power supply/power distribution, control cabinet technology (esp. cooling/air conditioning), drive technology/motion control, enclosures/components (incl. connectors, etc.)

Software as a ‘Gamechanger’ for 24/7 Operations – Practical Tips for Everyday Use

Roland Wagner, Head of Product Marketing, CODESYS Group

Never more failures! We will probably not be able to achieve this major goal 100%. It is more realistic to make failures in automation systems calculable and to minimize their consequences. Of course, this requires adequate control systems – but the ‘gamechanger’ is the software. In the lecture, three effective levers will be presented to take away the horror of failures.

Increasing machine availability through central asset management

Patrick Bruder, Business Development Digital Automation Solutions, Lenze Sales Europe GmbH

If a machine reports a malfunction, there is only one goal: to rectify the problem and get the machine back into operation as quickly as possible.

Asset management provides a quick overview of the installed base and access to relevant information. Combined with a ticket system for service as well as the documentation of typical error sources, a malfunction can be resolved quickly.

Power Reliability – Reliable power supply for maximum system availability

Nicola Herbst, Product Marketing Power Supplies, PHOENIX CONTACT Power Supplies GmbH

No power supply means no production. No production means no sales.
The power supply of a plant/machine is of essential importance, from the supply, the protection against overvoltages, further over the voltage conversion and buffering (both focus of this presentation), up to the protection of the 24 Vdc and its distribution. Phoenix Contact offers the appropriate solutions for this.

Part 4: Data utilization in the smart factory – focus on the overall system

Topics: Security, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, Edge/Fog/Cloud Computing, MES, SCADA, Control Technology, Industrial Communication (OPC UA over TSN)

The world language of production – OPC UA Companion Specifications

Andreas Faath, Managing Director, VDMA Machine Information Interoperability

How can communication and the exchange of information between different types of machines from different manufacturers succeed? Answer: with a world language for production. The challenge here lies in the definition of “grammar” and “vocabulary” for the exchange of information from machine to machine. OPC UA Companion Specifications are being developed for this purpose. In this presentation, you will learn how this works and how far the world language of machines has already come.

Volume, variance and velocity – perfectly orchestrating data streams with OPC UA FX

Elmar Zimmerling, Product Manager Industrial IoT Network Solutions, B&R Industrial Automation

The machine of the future will be increasingly software-based and require new architectures. Machines will be able to do many things that are familiar from smartphones today. The more open the architectures are, the faster new services will emerge that will further enhance the machine along with its sensors and actuators.
How can machine builders and automation suppliers prepare for this?
The extensions of OPC UA for the field level, OPC UA FX, provides the answer.

Technology in conservative organization

Benno Löffler, Managing Director, Vollmer & Scheffczyk GmbH

German mechanical engineering thinks in terms of mechanics. What is good is what moves. Software is a necessary evil. This conservative culture is based on great successes. This has far-reaching consequences when it comes to converting new opportunities into added value and a competitive edge.

What is necessary organizationally to continue to generate competitive pressure in the future instead of having to endure it?

Summary of the day

Markus Strehlitz, Editor, elektro AUTOMATION

End of the event

All attendees will receive the presentations released by the speakers afterwards and have access to the recording of the Summit.

Moderation and overview of the day

Sabine Koll, Industrieanzeiger

5G in production – overview and best practice

Dipl.-Phys. Niels König, Head of Department Production Metrology, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

The presentation will give an overview of different application areas of 5G in production as well as an inventory of what is currently possible and what is not. Various application examples will be presented as best practice.

5G in the “factory of the future” – a practical report

• Tom Richter, Global Head of Discrete & Process Manufacturing Verticals, Nokia
• Giuliano Persico, Manager, Patents & Research – Tech Patent Management, Demag Cranes & Components GmbH

Demag Cranes & Components GmbH has already been using a private campus network in its research factory at the Wetter (Ruhr) site since 2019.
The research activities focus on use cases of collaborative machine control, such as tandem and smart tandem operation of overhead cranes, M2M communication between different machines from different manufacturers, indoor localization and many more.
This presentation will give an overview of why and how a private campus network is used and it will give an outlook on future activities for the “factory of the future” that require an upgrade to 5G.

Huawei 5GtoB for Industry

Zaheen Khan, Head of Wireless Marketing & Strategy, Huawei Western Europe

The digitization of industry is a huge task, but the development statuses of these digital infrastructures in the various industries are still very different and the application scenarios also vary. In addition, corresponding digital standards are not yet always in place. Industry players are called upon to work together to establish comprehensive 5GtoB standards and an ecosystem, thereby advancing the digitization of the industry.

In this context, Huawei combined the power of 5GtoB with cutting-edge technologies such as network slicing and edge computing to develop the 5G Virtual Private Network solution for various industries.

5G private networks play a key role in integrating 5G into vertical industries. A 5G-powered industry solution will be critical to ensure the efficiency, reliability, and high bandwidth of vertical industries and reduce costs.

The architectures of private 5G networks

Tim Simon Leßmann, Strategic Product Manager, Phoenix Contact

5G promises many innovations for use in the industrial environment. However, it will still take time until all innovations are specified and available in the form of industrial products. Already today, the first industrial 5G routers and other end devices are available that are based on 3GPP Release 15 and enable high broadband connections. Private 5G networks are also available, can be built and tested. However, there are different ways and architectures to build and operate private networks. Then there is the choice of the right provider for your company. Which model suits you? What are the advantages of operating a private 5G network already today? And can I operate a private mobile network at all? This presentation will provide you with a foundation to answer these questions and give you an outlook on how you can develop new concepts for communication in industrial plants for your company.

5G – Importance for Industrial Connectivity; Application, Advantages and Possibilities of the New Mobile Telecommunications Standard 5G in Machine Communication and Industrial IoT

• Dimitri Block, Technology Developer Electronics, Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG

Lunch Break

5G performance from an application perspective – approaches and experiences

Dr. Lisa Underberg, Researcher, Institute for Automation and Communication (ifak Magdeburg)

5G will revolutionize industrial automation – or so we’ve been hearing for years in the media and at conferences around us. Now 5G is finally here, and yet there are more open questions than ever. Especially because, from an industrial application’s point of view, 5G is mostly just one part of a more complex communication network. This presentation will explain why performance testing of a communication network has to start from the application point of view, which approach is target-oriented and which experiences the team “Radio in Automation” of ifak Magdeburg has gained with it so far.

Industrial 5G – for the industry of tomorrow

Sander Rotmensen, Director Industrial Wireless Communication, Siemens AG

Industrial 5G opens the door to comprehensive wireless networking of production, maintenance and logistics. High data rates, reliable high-performance broadband transmission and ultra-short latency times will enable a significant increase in efficiency and flexibility in industrial value creation. Learn more about the current state of the technology for use in industry!

Legal basis and general overview of security requirements in public telecommunications networks

Elena Meiser, German Federal Network Agency

The rapid roll-out of 5G networks is of outstanding political and economic importance for Germany. In the view of the Federal Network Agency, issues relevant to industry and security are of equal importance. With regard to the security as well as the state of the art of networks and services in telecommunications, the Federal Network Agency, in cooperation with the Federal Office for Information Security and the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, has drawn up comprehensive security requirements for public telecommunications networks and publicly accessible telecommunications services. This presentation will provide you with a general overview of the security requirements for telecommunications networks and telecommunications services and their legal framework.

Funding for 5G infrastructure and 5G applications

Roy Göring, Project Manager, hannoverimpuls GmbH

The presentation provides companies with an overview of investment- and innovation-related subsidies for 5G infrastructure and 5G applications within the framework of state- and federal-specific subsidies. It will be shown which goals are pursued with the programs and which requirements companies have to fulfill in order to successfully acquire public grants.

Have a break…

Application scenarios for 5G in the industrial environment

Dr.-Ing. Daniel Knopp, Head of Industrial Trucks, GÖTTING KG

The possibilities associated with 5G are enormous and open up new industrial fields of application. Götting KG set the course early on and, within the scope of the research projects and practical implementations presented, explored the limits of today’s radio systems in order to have a technologically solid jumping-off point for the accompanying optimizations with the spread of 5G.

Panel discussion: 5G or no 5G?

5G campus networks are paving the way for the so-called “smart factory,” in which machines, processes, robots, products, tools and people are reliably and flexibly networked with each other. Unlike wired networking, mobile technology enables more flexible and dynamic production.

The panel will discuss, among other things:

• What added value do 5G campus networks offer to manufacturing companies in Germany?
• For which applications is 5G attractive in the factory of the future?
• How does politics support the development of these campus networks?
• What is the current status of pilot projects? What experience is currently available here?
• What operator models are available – not least for small and medium-sized enterprises?
• What are the costs of setting up a 5G campus network?
• What are the challenges?
• What is the best way to proceed?
• What are the alternatives to 5G for the smart factory?

The panelists are:

• Stefan Muhle, State Secretary at the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Labor, Transport and Digitalization 
• Marcus Eibach, Project Director 5G, Deutsche Messe AG
• Meik Gawron, German Federal Network Agency
• Zaheen Khan, Head of Wireless Marketing & Strategy, Huawei Western Europe
• Tom Richter, Global Head of Discrete & Process Manufacturing Verticals, Nokia
• Sander Rotmensen, Director Industrial Wireless Communication, Siemens AG

Summary and outlook for the future

Sabine Koll, Industrieanzeiger

All attendees will receive the presentations released by the speakers afterwards and have access to the recording of the event.

Moderation and outlook for the day

Markus Strehlitz, Editor Industrieanzeiger

Smart Factory 4.0 – A win for people and companies

Johann Soder, Chief Operating Officer, SEW-EURODRIVE

New technologies and trends have always changed our world and will continue to do so in the future.
This also applies to Industry 4.0. What is important for this is: Willingness to change and speed in implementation!

In order to tap productivity potentials, the “Working World 4.0″ relies on comprehensive digitization and automation of value creation processes. Flexibility, mutability, networking and self-sufficient modules are the buzzwords for the design and construction of new factories. In future smart factories, for example, mobile assistance systems that navigate flexibly through space cooperate with rigidly arranged conveyor technology. A newly designed smart factory and the achievable results will be presented in the lecture.

Panel discussion: Smart Factory International

• Nissrin Arbesun Perez, Technology Transfer & Innovation Management, Fraunhofer IOSB-INA (Industrial Automation Division)
• Denise Rice, President, Peak Performance, Inc. & Director, Tennessee Manufacturers Association
• Prof, Dr.-Ing. Martin Ruskowski, Chairman of the Board of the Technology Initiative SmartFactory KL e.V.
• Sevda Kayhan Yilmaz, Vice President, Turkish Machinery & CEO, Kayahan Hydraulics

Manufacturing companies are setting about making their plants fit for the future. The goal is the smart factory, in which machines and IT systems are networked with each other. But what are the benefits of the smart factory? Product quality, cost savings, efficiency – where are the potential benefits? And how has the digitization of the factory progressed in an international comparison? Are there differences between individual countries in terms of opportunities and challenges in smart manufacturing?

These questions will be discussed by experts on the “Smart Factory International” panel.

With the Smart Data Fabric to the Smart Factory

Peter Dommermuth, Sales Executive, Intersystems DACH

More and more industrial companies are increasing their investments in the digital transformation of their production, aiming for comprehensive networking of IT and OT systems in the sense of the Smart Factory. And this with growing success, as evidenced by the current study “AI in Manufacturing” by IDC, the most important results of which will be presented in this talk.

The presentation will use real use cases to explain the measurable benefits that companies are already achieving in practice with the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) environment. These include, above all, efforts to increase the overall efficiency of the production plant (Overall Equipment Efficiency – OEE), but also the productive use of Digital Twins and the use of predictive maintenance.

Machine Learning in Industry – Increase Quality & Reduce Waste with Automation

Carsten Riggelsen, Head of Data & ML/AI DACH, AllCloud

The Cloud, IoT, Machine Learning – many new technologies can improve your production and quality assurance. How can you concretely benefit from the new technologies in your business? We will present some exciting news from the fields of Machine Learning and Business Intelligence and report from our practice how German companies concretely benefit from the new technologies in the fields of AI and Data Analytics. We also look forward to a discussion about where the AI journey in Germany will take us.

The manufacture of networked products – a transformative challenge

Francis Cepero, Director Vertical Market Solutions, A1 Digital

In this presentation, Francis Cepero highlights the challenges and opportunities that manufacturing companies face if they want to remain competitive with their products and services in a drastically digitizing market. In doing so, Francis Cepero explains the opportunities that IoT technology brings for new products, processes, services and revenue streams.

Lunch break

Industry 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence: From Hype to Reality

• Dr. Michael Jürgens, Head of AGV Solutions  &
• Dr. Christian Liedtke, Head of Strategic Alliances, KUKA Deutschland GmbH

We’re going live to KUKA – to the south of Germany, directly to the company premises in Augsburg. There, Dr. Michael Jürgens and Dr. Christian Liedtke will welcome us in a double interview, moderated by Ulrike Götz, from the in-house Smart Factory. The topic: Industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence: from hype to reality. Where do we stand on these issues? Why are we not yet further ahead? With a view to artificial intelligence, digitalization and data, they will talk specifically about the role of artificial intelligence in a smart factory and where it can provide targeted support, using the KUKA Smart Factory concept as an example. Last but not least, they will touch on the topic of new business models – and look forward to your questions.

Why wait any longer? Eliminate unplanned downtimes with ready-to-install predictive maintenance solutions from igus® – smart plastics

Richard Habering, Head of Business Unit, igus® smart plastics.  igus®GmbH

Especially in the current phase, every minute often counts in production plants. Efficient, intelligent maintenance protects against expensive production losses and unplanned downtimes. The service life of igus® e-chains®, cables and bearings can be precisely calculated thanks to years of test experience in the in-house test laboratory – and this is available online and to everyone. Thus there are no surprises in the customer applications. What’s more: with smart plastics, the sensor-equipped components report at an early stage when they are due for replacement. In this article, I would like to show you what distinguishes our predictive maintenance offering and how we have successfully introduced various predictive maintenance projects at our customers – with the intelligent solutions from smart plastics.

Robot simulations and how they facilitate integration into networked manufacturing environments

Benjamin Völzke, Head of Field Application Engineering Western Europe, Universal Robots

The presentation shows how robot simulations can be used to identify accessibility problems and sources of interference at an early stage and to test finished programs. 3D simulations thus reduce unexpected integration costs. 

Robotics in Smart Factories

Dr. Michael Klos, General Manager, Business Development , YASKAWA Europe GmbH, Robotics Division

From a robotics perspective, the term “smart factory” is discussed in three contexts:

a) the integration of the robot into the digital process chain (programming, simulation, digital twin).

b) the use of IoT and AI to intelligently monitor and control production.

c) the ease of installation and operation of robots (“smart robotics”, often presented as an entry point into robotics for SMEs).

For this smart technology to be a success, our customers need to see the tangible benefits of this technology for their individual businesses.
Vague terms like “unlocking competitive potential” are not enough – we need a (also critical) discussion about the meaning and added value of this new technology of the future – in comparison or in addition to the proven world of automation as we know it so far.
This presentation deals with practice-relevant implementation proposals from all three listed “smart” robotics areas.

Coffee break

Relevant data at the touch of a button – data intelligence from the field to the cloud

Dieter Horst, Head of Industrial Identification, Siemens AG

Modern production facilities provide countless data and information that often remain unused. The presentation deals with the digital production file and the added value that can be created with it. The digital production file provides information individually for each product about production steps, materials used, test results and much more information. It is based on the principles of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). It offers many advantages and can already be implemented today.

AGVs for the flexible interlinking of production plants in the smart factory

Dr.-Ing. Peter Knappe, Head of Software Development Robot/ PC Technology, IBG Automation GmbH

Products are being adapted more and more individually to the needs of end customers. The resulting diversity of variants requires increasingly flexible adaptive manufacturing processes. Optimal flexibility and utilization of machines and employees can be achieved through free flexible linking of automatic processes, manual work steps and logistics processes by means of driverless transport systems. Additional processes or redundant stations to increase capacity can be easily integrated. This presentation explains the concept using a real application example.

The Intelligent Connector as “Enabler” of the Vision Production Level 4 of the SmartFactory Kaiserslautern

Andreas Huhmann, Physiker, Strategy Consultant HARTING & Vorstandsmitglied Smart Factory KL

To support the vision of “Production Level 4” of the SmartFactory Kaiserslautern (SmartFactoryKL), experts from various manufacturers of connectors and software providers as well as scientific staff from the SmartFactoryKL and the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) are jointly developing use cases for an intelligent connector (Smart Electrical Connector, SmEC) with the aim of describing a universal interface for production modules to the supply and communication infrastructure that can also be operated safely by unskilled personnel. These use cases are based on additional functions of the connector that contribute to the realisation of the safety concept of modular production, such as the (self-)locking of the connector under voltage. 

Open discussion and summary of the day

Markus Strehlitz, Editor Industrieanzeiger

Moderation

Markus Strehlitz, Editor Industrieanzeiger

Welcome and outlook for the day

Dr. Jochen Köckler, CEO Deutsche Messe AG

Keynote: Artificial Intelligence – Benefits and Practice in Process Automation and Robotics

 Dr. Jonathan Balzer, CTO Vathos GmbH

Robotics Award 1st place: Beyond Cobot: Artificial intelligence combines human senses

Cobots that learn from humans: AI solutions for industrial practice

Break and networking

Robotics Award 2nd place: Fast robot improves the automatic storage and picking solution “Cube Storage Systems”

Peter Bimmermann, Managing Director AutoStore System GmbH

On the way to the glass robot

Günter Heinendirk, Manager Digital Transformation, Stäubli GmbH

The adaptive machine – A new machine age begins

Break and Networking

Robotics Award 3rd place: Air Grip solution for robot-based bottle handling

Tobias Kieferl, Produktmanager, Yaskawa Europe GmbH

Self-automation made easy – with smart robotics solutions

Matthias Frey, Leiter Robotik und Versuch, J. Schmalz GmbH

Intelligent Industrial Devices

Dr. Martin May, Head of Research / Advanced Technology, Head of Cyber Physical Systems, Schunk GmbH & Co. KG

Break and networking

Sensor technology for factory automation

Speaker n.n., Sensopart Industriesensorik GmbH

Panel discussion: Cobots are getting smarter – AI and machine learning simplify commissioning and integration

Jens Kotlarski, Jonathan Balzer, 2 more participants to follow