This page contains the overall report and the plenary presentations from the first Stakeholder Forum for the Digitising European Industry initiative, held in Essen (Germany) on 31/1 and 1/2/2017.

Individual presentations from the workshops held at the Stakeholder Forum can be downloaded here.

Download the report from the event

Presentations from Day 1

Societal challenges in the digitisation of industry – opportunities and challenges

• Christian Decker, CEO, DESMA Schuhmaschinen GmbH

Future visions on digital Industries

• Kerstin Eichmann, Head of Machine Economy Innovation Lighthouse Innogy – Machine Learning for sustainable energy

• Thomas Zeller, CDO UnternehmerTUM GbmH and Dirk Mühlenweg, Head of Sales Global Watson IoT Center – Munich digital eco systems - best practices and outlook

Presentations from Day 2

Highlights from national initiatives

• Mario Buisán, Director General of Industry and SMEs, Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, Spain

• Nigel Edmonson, Managing Director, MADE Denmark

• Jan Stanilko, Deputy Director, Innovation Department, Ministry of Economic Development, Poland

• Carsten Polenz, Vice President Product & Innovations, SAP, representing Plattform Industrie 4.0 Germany

• Stefano Firpo, Director general of industrial policy, Ministry of Economic development, Italy

• Laurent Probst, PwC Luxembourg, representing the European Commission

Report from workshops

• Overall presentation ("report from workshops")

• Individual presentations from workshops