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STREAM 1 | CASE STUDY: Digital Transformation Requires Security Due Diligence Analysis

The development of IS/IT strategies has a major impact on the quality of information and the technical mechanisms used to protect information assets, but there are still many ill-defined issues related to achieving effective information security management. Current IS/IT strategies attempt to clarify some of these issues, but most of this literature takes an industrialRead more

Stream 2 | Solution Study: Solving the Shopfloor Data Challenge

Advances in cloud analytics and AI promise significant OEE improvements. What are the prerequisites for producers to profit from these technologies? The first is accessing the data treasure. Extracting quality data from shopfloor assets of different age, type, and manufacture continues to be tricky. Even more so if a large number of globally distributed, heterogenousRead more

Stream 2 | Case Study: Everything smart, but evertything secure? Building secure IoT solutions for home appliances.

Challenges of IoT Security IoT Security Legislations Importance of Creating Policies Red/Blue/Purple Team mappings for IoT SecurityRead more

Solution Study: What’s the potential of I 4.0 /IIoT architectures to enable a self-optimization energy and resource management system?

How can the separation of inherently independent corporate responsibility tasks be overcome? What are possible measures to increase the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)? How can the continuous improvement of sustainability goals through digitalization be ensured? Avoiding common pitfalls: Evaluating measure – or what is the business case? How to ensure energy and resource efficiency throughRead more

Keynote: Digital Transformation enabling Business transformation

There are many digital solutions and so many business challenges. What areas do you focus on? How do you enable tangible benefits? Join Karine Lavoie-Tremblay as she shares the journey of transforming Pratt & Whitney critical customer services to keep customers’ engines on wing longer while offering an optimized digital customer support experience.Read more

(2) Workshop: How to Overcome the Cultural Barriers of IoT

The LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Method is a facilitated meeting, communication and problem solving process where participants use 3D LEGO models to respond to questions. In this introductory session, we will build 3 to 4 models related the cultural elements that are needed to move from IoT use cases scouting to scalable benefits tracking. This willRead more

Case Study: ‘Selling’ innovation – How to intrigue leaders for innovative ideas and communicate the value of the new

Everyone who has ever tried to come up with new concepts and ideas knows, that innovation is not created out of thin air. But nevertheless, in the business world innovative ideas and solutions are often not enough – developers also need to sell their innovation to the relevant stakeholders to see their idea be putRead more

(2) ICEBREAKER ROUND TABLE: Smart and connected products – from the first idea to the actual launch

What are the main hurdles in developing new products?  Does everything need to be smart – where are the limits and what are the benefits?  How to build the necessary expertise to launch and maintain smart products and services? Read more

Stream 2 | Solution Study: Cyber Security in OT and (I)IOT

Is your cyber security program missing critical threats simply by not having visibility into every connected device? Michael Dugent will show you why it’s critical to identify and secure all of the managed and unmanaged devices in your environment, from CCTV cameras and thermostats to building automation systems and PLCs.Read more

CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF DAY 1

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