The event titled Central European Cooperation for Industry 4.0 attracted participants from 14 countries and covered various intriguing topics from human-robot cooperation to the data management and process planning of smart factories.
The Budapest muster of development projects resulting in innovative industrial production methods through the increased convergence of information technology and industrial automation was aimed at encouraging participation and increasing the success rate in international funding programmes.
Domestic businesses and research centres can only stay competitive if they can strengthen their regional and global relationships in the area of industrial production systems and technologies relating to high-added value industrial production – József Pálinkás, President of the NRDI Office stressed in the opening ceremony of the event.
Keynote speakers of the conference included István Lepsényi, State Secretary for Economic Development and Regulation of the Ministry for National Economy, and Vittoria Alliata di Villafranca, Head of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission responsible for structural funds.
The President of the NRDI Office drew attention to the fact that in 2017–18, during the Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrád Group, the promotion of joint projects and consortia of businesses and research centres from V4 countries are one of the most important priorities, and Hungary wishes to move in this direction in the area of industry 4.0 as well. József Pálinkás added: the Budapest event is a networking platform aimed at contributing to the successful participation of businesses and research centres from the countries of the region in international funding programmes. This ambition of the NRDI Office was confirmed by a report published this summer on Horizon 2020, the innovation framework programme of the European Commission, which stated that only 8.5% of participants in funded projects come from EU13 countries, winning only 4.4% of the total available budget.
At the event John Cleuren, senior expert responsible for production technology programmes at DG Research & Innovation delivers a speech on future H2020 calls for the 2018–2020 period expected to be announced in autumn 2017 with a planned total budget of EUR 1.6 billion.
The consortium-building event is attended by around 100 organisations, showing an equal distribution between innovative businesses and research institutions, which are planning new projects in the fields of smart production systems, smart quality assurance systems, virtual reality based simulation technologies, cyber security and cloud services. In addition to raising awareness to funding and networking opportunities, the event is also a place for Central European businesses and research institutions to present specific project ideas and build consortia.
PROGRAMME OF THE EVENT
20 September 2017, Wednesday |
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9:30-10:00 |
Registration |
10:00-10:30 |
Official opening of the event: Prof. József Pálinkás, president of National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) |
Addressing the event: István Lepsényi, state secretary, Ministry for National Economy |
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Smart specialization cooperation in Central Europe initiative, Vittoria Alliata di Villafranca, Director, EU Commission; Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) |
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10:30-10:50 |
INTERREG CENTRAL EUROPE third call for proposals: Thematic focus on regional smart specialisation strategies PDF (612 KB) |
Monika Schönerklee-Grasser, Head of Evaluation and Monitoring Unit, Interreg Central Europe Joint Secretariat |
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10:50-12:30 |
Presentation of relevant funding opportunities of Horizon 2020 and other funding programmes |
Horizon 2020, “Nanotechnologies, Advanced materials, Advanced manufacturing and processing, and Biotechnology” programme in 2018-2020 PDF (1 253 KB) John Cleuren, European Commission, DG Research & Innovation, Senior Expert, NMBP Call Coordinator |
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Presentation of other funding programmes (H2020 ICT, EUREKA, EUROSTARS, ECSEL) NRDI Office speakers |
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Q & A |
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12:30-13:30 |
Buffet Lunch |
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13:30-18:50 |
Industry 4.0 – in practice: |
Keynote panel on future trends, thematic sessions with industry representatives and introduction of project ideas in advanced manufacturing |
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13:30-15:30 |
Future trends of Industry 4.0 - Panel discussion with keynote speakers |
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Moderator: Prof. László Monostori |
Introduction – Industry 4.0: New rooms for cooperation PDF (1 651 KB) Prof. László Monostori, , director of Institute for Computer Science and Control, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; & Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
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Strategies for reindustrialization of European industries PDF (693 KB) Prof. em. Engelbert Westkämper, University of Stuttgart & Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA |
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Industry 4.0: An industrial view PDF (3 154 KB) Mr. Joerg Bauer, President of General Electric Hungary |
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Demanufacturing and Remanufacturing Systems for Circular Economy PDF ( 5 388 KB) Prof. Tullio Tolio: director of Institute for Industrial Technologies and Automation –National Research Council of Italy (ITIA–CNR) & University of Polytechnic, Milano |
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Human centred cyber-physical assembly PDF (930 KB) Prof. Sebastian Schlund, Technical University, Wien; |
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Cognitive Assistance Systems in Manufacturing PDF (1 700 KB) Mr. Lukas Merkel, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology – IGCV |
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15:30-15:50 |
Coffee break |
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15:50-17:30 |
Thematic sessions (in two separate rooms) |
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Human-robot cooperation - from sensors to standards |
moderator: József Váncza, Institute for Computer Science and Control, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (SZTAKI) |
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Panel discussion, including Q & A |
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Smart Factory: processing of production data, maintenance forecasting, manufacturing platforms, industrial internet, cyber-physical systems, High-Performance Manufacturing |
Moderator: Prof. Charaf Hassan, Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
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Participants:
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Panel discussion, including Q & A |
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17:30-18:50 |
Presentation of project ideas by the participants (3 minutes / presentation) |
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18:50-19:00 |
Watify Campaign and opportunities for collaboration and partnerships development – Eleonora Zoboli, Watify, Technopolis Group |
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19:00-22:00 |
Networking Buffet Dinner |
21 September 2017, Thursday |
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8:30-9:00 |
Arrival |
9:00-9:15 |
Wrap up from day one - Brief summary of main conclusions from the Industry 4.0 project generating workshop |
Jack Engwegen – senior advisor DG REGIO, Pierre Padilla – IDEA Consult |
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9:15-10:15 |
Presentation of platforms – examples of existing cooperation; Panel discussion |
Moderator: Vincent Duchene – IDEA consult |
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10:15-10:35 |
Coffee break |
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10:35-10:50 |
Introduction to Industry 4.0 matchmaking session – Eleonora Zoboli, Watify, Technopolis Group |
Presentation of the Watify campaign and practical information on upcoming sessions, setting the scene for the multilateral working group meetings. |
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10:50-11:50 |
Multilateral Working group meetings driven by Watify |
Group 1: Human-robot cooperation from sensors to standards Moderator: Dr József Váncza, Institute for Computer Science and Control, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (SZTAKI); |
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Group 2: Smart Factory: processing of production data, maintenance forecasting, manufacturing platforms, industrial internet, cyber-physical systems, High-Performance Manufacturing Moderator: Eleonora Zoboli, Watify, Technopolis Group |
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11:50-13:00 |
Matchmaking session driven by Watify – Eleonora Zoboli, Watify, Technopolis Group |
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Pre-arranged exploratory one-to-one meetings – based on a personalised agenda (max 30 min / meeting) with participants from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain. |
13:00-14:00 |
Buffet Lunch |