The Innovation and Networking Days will be hosted by Fraunhofer FIT following the three previous successful editions held in Bonn in 2013 and 2017 as well as in Torino in 2018. The event is co-organized by LINKS Foundation (Italy) and by the Centre for Research and Technology CERTH (Greece).

The Innovation and Networking Days allow innovators from industry, research and public administrations to meet, share, network and discuss different facets of a broad topic(s). In this edition it will be Smart City and Energy as well as Intelligent Processes.

The event unfolds through two consecutive half-days organized around inspirational speeches and technical presentations, informal discussions at World Cafés and networking opportunities. On the evening of the first day, a networking and poster session will be organized to further facilitate connections among participants. If you are interested in presenting a poster about a project or your institution, please indicate this when registering for the event. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

AGENDA

Day 1 – November, 6th 2019: Smart City and Energy

12:00 Registration of participants, Lunch snack

12:30 Welcome and Introduction

12:40 Introduction to Day 1 sessions

12:45 Keynote speech - Smart City

• Smart cities supporting energy transition: Integrated innovative solutions to make sustainable cities a reality - Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos, Research Associate, ITI-CERTH, Greece

13:15 Smart Bonn 2025 - Vision and challenges, Friedrich Fuß, Chief Digital Officer, City Bonn

13:35 Keynote speech - Energy

• The role of monitoring in future electrical grids - Prof. Ferdinanda Ponci, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

14:10 Plenary Session

• Who, How and Why - Engaging and Transitioning Energy Citizens - Beth Massey, Head of Research at International Energy Research Centre in Cork, Ireland

14:30 Networking coffee break

15:00-17:00 World Café sessions running in parallel on 6 topics

17:00 Inspirational Talk

• The future of experience: Sensoring design meets Machine Learning - Alejandro Salgado Montejo, Co-Founder Neurosketch, Colombia

17:30 Wrap-up and highlights of day 1

17:45 Opening Networking-Evening, Host City of Bonn, Speaker: Angelica Maria Kappel, City of Bonn

18:00 Networking and Poster Session incl. drinks

19:30 Closing of Day 1

Day 2 – November 7th, 2019: Intelligent Processes

09:00 Welcome and Introduction

09:10 Plenary Session

• Bridging technologies for Smart Cities and Smart Manufacturing: Private 5G/LTE communication systems for the realization of special requirements in the vertical markets, Steffen Ring, CEO at RING Advocacy, Denmark

09:30 Keynote speech - Process Mining

• Process Mining: Get Real Insights in your Processes! - Sebastiaan van Zelst, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

10:00 Plenary Session

• Towards the Automation of Data Science - Insights into auto-generated Knowledge Discovery - Prof. Christian Beecks, Münster University, Germany

10:20 Keynote speech - Sustainable Manufacturing

• On the implementation of sustainable development principles in manufacturing - Prof. Paolo C. Priarone, Department of Management and Production Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

10:50 Plenary Session

• Challenges and Opportunities for retrofit of wireless IoT devices for Industry 4.0 - Michael Hayes, Senior Program Manager at Tyndall, Ireland

11:10 Coffee Break

11:40-12:40 Fishbowl session

12:40 Wrap-up and outlook to next year

13:00 Networking opportunity with Lunch snack

14:00 Closing of Day 2