And the programme of ITPS on 27 and 28 June 2017 in Düsseldorf is impressive. The morning of the first day will begin with such high-profile speakers as Professor Dr Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (President of the Club of Rome), Dr Paul Rübig (Member of the EU Parliament), Dr Christian Kastrop (Director of the Policy Studies Branch in the Economics Department of the OECD) or Eugen Weinberg (Commerzbank) while the contributions during the afternoon – with the motto “Innovation, digitisation, new business models” – promise to be extremely interesting too. Professor Dr Aldo Ofenheimer (Director Business Development Virtual Vehicle) will be starting with a keynote address entitled “Disruptive developments in the mobility industry and their implications for production”. Virtual Vehicle is an international research institute that is based in Graz, Austria, and aims to develop safe, environmentally sound and affordable cars and trains. He will be followed by Dr.-Ing. Gunther Kegel (CEO Pepperl + Fuchs) and Dr Richard Mark Soley (Industrial Internet Consortium). Both of their presentations will be focusing on the Internet and the impact of digitization on industry as well as the opportunities offered to industry by it. “The Internet has not changed everything – the industrial community continues to refuse to apply Internet technologies” – this provocative statement is made by Soley.
“I am delighted that we have succeeded in arranging another highly interesting programme, that will be dealing not only with scientific and practical aspects but also with the general global, economic and industry policy conditions”, says Dr Timo Würz, VDMA Metallurgy Director and member of the ten-person programme advisory board. The second day will be devoted to “best cases” in the key automotive, aviation and machine manufacturing sectors. The complete programme will probably be published in March 2017, when tickets for the ITPS will also be available (€ 950).
The second main feature of the Thermprocess Summit is the exhibition in the foyer of the InterContinental Hotel Düsseldorf, with the help of which the conference participants can inform themselves about state-of-the-art technologies during the breaks. Companies that are interested can either reserve 6 or 12 m² stands there or book sponsor packages.
The programme is now available online. For further information please visit: www.itps-online.com