Sebastian Schmitz

Senior Manager of Industrial Practice Industry 4.0 Maturity Center (i4.0MС), Aachen, Germany.

The topic of session: How to start the digitalization process in producing companies.

Following topics will be included:

• - Vision and understanding of Industry 4.0 in producing companies
• - Presentation of the Industry 4.0 Maturity Index
• - Potentials and benefits of the digital transformation
• - Examples of other companies, how they manage their digital transformation
• - Innovative infrastructure: How RWTH Aachen become a thought leader within digitalization

Sebastian Schmitz is responsible for the application of the Industry 4.0 Maturity Index and the further support of manufacturing customer companies. Over the past two years he has played a key role in the development of the Maturity Index and has managed a number of Industry 4.0 Roadmap projects at manufacturing companies in various sectors. Prior to this, he was a project manager and doctoral student at FIR at the RWTH Aachen University in the field of digital networking. He studied Industrial Engineering and Management with a major in Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University and has already gained various project experiences at Voss Automotive and Claas of America.

Salutary word: "I am looking forward to be as a speaker at the Smart Industry Forum in Minsk this year. I would be a great opportunity to discuss with the participants about the potentials and challenges of the digital transformation."

DK.Park

CEO / Wizcore, Republic of Korea

The topic of the session: "Big data in smart manufacturing: How data can improve the efficiency on the shop floor?"

Salutary word:
"The world has been smarter with technology development from Smartphone for personal life to Smart City for country. And now, A.I. is not a term that only be visible in movie, but easily seizable around us in real ilfe. Now, this technology developments are getting into industry level, where we can see Smart Manufacturing. It is the time to absorb the technological skills, to apply to Factory-IoT, and to observe the change on the shop floor. The new era of technology is around us now, and we only need to consider how to capture them in order to be smarter."

Greetings:

Recently, development of digital economy is a subject of government attention. What I can say, today everyone understands digital technology opens opportunity to outsiders the chance to break into leaders. Every country sets its own ambitious tasks for the implementation of a “digit” : electronic governments, fintech, e-commerce, smart cities and autonomous transport.

Smart Industry Expo is an event for those who can see growth and development of their country's industrial potential through the introduction of smart technologies as it driver, also for those who can see that digital transformation is the only way

Ekaterina Karpushenkova

representative of the Ministry of Culture and Science of the land of North Rhine-Westphalia and NRW.INVEST, the Agency for Economic Development of the land of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Keynote: Industry 4.0 in North Rhine-Westphalia. Best practices

Salutary word:
"North Rhine-Westphalia is one of the most technologically advanced regions in Germany. We are pleased to take part in the forum and present opportunities for cooperation in the field of innovation along with German high-tech business development potential for the region. We wish all participants a successful forum!"

Maurits Butter

DIHNET's scientific coordinator

The topic of session: Maurits Butter will present the DIHNET project that aims at enhancing of the European DIH community. His presentation will address the challenges of creating European collaboration and what Digital Innovation Hubs can contribute. He also will introduce this concept, the European strategy and give an introduction to the present European DIH landscape. Some of the present active European funded networks will be presented and possibilities for European collaboration. The European Commission Robotics strategy emphasizes these DIHs and his talk will introduce the robotics activities of the H2020 funded European networks.

Welcoming words:
European collaboration is crucial to maintain our European competitiveness. The present COVI-19 pandemics has shown how important digitalization of our industry is. Digital Innovation Hubs can play an important role to bring together research and industry. The present supporting activities of the European Commission, including those on robotics, enhance the collaboration of key experts to help the industry in their digital transformation. I am looking forward to provide an overview of the added value of this European DIH strategy and inspire you to further become active in our EU DIH network.

Zhang Yu

Professor, Guangdong Academy of Sciences

Keynote: IIoT innovation service platform for industrial clusters of SMEs

Yang Ji

PhD, Guangdong Academy of Sciences

Keynote: Unmanned aerial vehicles remote sensing technology and its industrial application.

Yury Belov

Head of Sales Department SIU System, Russian Federation

Keynote: Additive technologies in modern manufacturing It is a great honor for SIU System to present its experience in the complex integration of 3D technologies for the largest public and private enterprises in Russia and the CIS. In his speech, Yuri will pay special attention to the introduction of additive technologies in foundry, using examples of projects with metal, plastic and sand molds at the stages from prototyping to ready-made solutions. The speaker will also talk about the expertise in the implementation of additive technologies in mechanical engineering using examples before and after, taking into account the economic effect.

Salutary word:
With excitement and joyful anticipation I am looking forward to my speech at the forum in Minsk . We have excellent experience in implementing additive engineering in various production areas on the basis of our own unique Innovation Center, where we daily improve our competencies in the field of 3D printing and service support for 3D equipment. Therefore, we have something to surprise and inspire the participants of Smart Industry Expo. We expect maximum synergy from this event!

Yuval Engelstein

Lead Analyst, Industry 4.0 & Smart Mobility Startup Nation Central, Israel

The topic of session: The emergence of Israel as a leading global hub of Industry 4.0 innovation.

Yariv Lotan

Head of Strategic Sector Development Startup Nation Central, Israel

The topic of session: Ecosystem development and models of innovation between multinationals and startup companies.

The topic of session: The emergence of Israel as a leading global hub of Industry 4.0 innovation.

Following topics will be included:

• - An overview of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem and the role of Startup Nation Central
• - Trends leading the growth of Industry 4.0
• - The Israeli Industry 4.0 sector
• - How COVID-19 has impacted the Israeli Industry 4.0 sector
• - Industry challenges and needs
• - Sample of Israeli solutions

Yariv Lotan is responsible for supporting the development of strategic sectors, Industry 4.0, AgriFood and Digital health, into a leading global hub of innovation. Over the past two years, he has played a pivotal role in building the international ecosystem supporting Israeli Industry 4.0 startups, engineering bridges-of-innovation with multinational corporations, investors, international consulting firms, associations, consulting firms, governments, and academia.

He has developed and runs the Industry 4.0 Global Challenge Survey, and leads the strategy to accelerate the innovation acceleration of Industry 4.0 for German Mittelstand companies.

Salutary word: "I am looking forward to being a speaker at the Smart Industry Forum this year. It would be a great opportunity to discuss the challenges of manufacturers and the innovative Israeli Industry 4.0 solutions to support their digital transformation"