Digitisation and Industry 4.0 - Opportunities for Innovation in Water Management
15. VDMA Water and Wastewater Conference
- German
15. VDMA Water and Wastewater Conference
from 9:30 a.m. Check-in and welcome coffee
10:00 a.m. Welcome and thematic introduction
Dr.-Ing. Marcus Höfken, INVENT Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik AG, Erlangen / Chairman of the Water and Wastewater Technology Department at VDMA
10:10 Key Note:
Meeting the challenges of water management with standardization and digitization.
Axel Lorenz, SIEMENS AG, Nuremberg
10:45 a.m. Modular automation and digitisation - new possibilities for faster construction and more efficient operation of water treatment plants
Dr. Eckhard Roos, Festo AG & Co. KG, Denkendorf
11:15 a.m. Coffee break and exchange of experiences
11:45 a.m. Digitisation in water management - Smart Sensoring
Christian Gutknecht, Endress + Hauser Messtechnik GmbH & Co KG, Weil am Rhein, Germany
12:15 p.m. Intelligent Real Time Process Control for Wastewater Treatment Plants
Ian Trillo, ATC S.A., Barcelona
12:45 p.m. Field report: Intelligent & future-oriented water management with the "Smart Water Platform
Henning Richter, Xylem Water Solutions Germany GmbH, Langenhagen
13:15 Lunch break and exchange of experiences
14:15 Coffee house
Moderated discussion of topics at three theme tables with change of participant groups from topic to topic
Work 4.0 in water management
Chair: Andrea Veerkamp-Walz, VDMA Business Advisory, Frankfurt/M.
Digitisation and technological developments
Moderation: Dr. Gerd Sagawe, EnviroChemie GmbH, Roßdorf / Deputy Chairman of the Water and Wastewater Technology Department at VDMA
IT security
Chair: Steffen Zimmermann, VDMA Competence Center Industrial Security, Frankfurt/M.
Summaries of the moderators
15:30 Clean Water 4.0 - Possibilities of Digitization for the Optimization of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants
Dr. Peter Schmittel, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
16:00 Summary of the conference and closing remarks
Dr.-Ing. Marcus Höfken
Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sven-Uwe Geißen, TU Berlin
The presentations each include 5 minutes for questions and discussion. Discussion and exchange of experiences are expressly welcome.
The conference programme corresponds to the status at the time of going to press. The organizer reserves the right to change the program.Documents and downloads:
