Industrial Computing & Commubnications Forum
Industrial Computing & Communications Forum
At SPS/IPC/DRIVES, the Boards & Solutions team is running the Industrial Computing & Communications Forum - a 3-day programme with presentations about technical trends, product innovations, strategies and applications.

The Industrial Computing & Communications Forum is located in Hall 8, Stand 528 close to the gateway to Hall 7. It is a theater-style presentation area with free access for all exhibition visitors.

Forum Programme
Tuesday, Nov 24 Panel PCs
10h30-10h50
11h00-11h20
11h30-11h50 Panel PCs in Network-centric Maritime Applications
Speaker: Hermann Berg, MOXA
12h00-12h20
Industrial Computing
13h30-13h50 More measurement capacity for PLCs with intelligent Ethernet systems
Speaker: Dominik Reißner, ADDI-DATA
14h00-14h20 Industrial mainboards made in Germany
Speaker: Peter Hoser, Fujitsu Technology Solutions
14h30-14h50 Customize Industrial PCs with Qseven
Wolfgang Eisenbarth, MSC

Tools & Software 
15h00-15h20 Hardware prototyping & emulation (Hpe) platforms and tools - rapid prototyping of industrial control solutions
Speaker: Andreas Schwarztrauber, MSC/Gleichmann
15h40-16h00 Real-Time Hypervisor for Microsoft Windows Embedded Systems
Gerd Lammers, Real-Time Systems
16h10-16h30 Creating Embedded Industrial Applications with a modern UI
Speaker: Damian Barnett, Elektrobit Automotive
16h40-17h00 i
Speaker: Tres Hill, Microsoft
17h10-17h30 Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Solutions with Embedded Windows Server 2008 R2
Speaker: Tres Hill, Microsoft
Wednesday, Nov 25 Small Form Factor Boards
10h30-10h50 Small Form Factor for Big Ideas
Speaker: Josef Fromberger, Kontron
11h00-11h20 Faster! Smaller! Cooler!
Speaker: Ms. Eunice Adesagbon/European Portwell Technology
11h30-11h50 APIX industrial -- connectivity for distributed industrial control panel applications 
Speaker: Christian Eder, congatec
12h00-12h20 Advanced Technology in Small Form Factors
Speaker: Tiziano Albani, VIA Technologies
Industrial Communications
13h30-13h50 EtherCAT - High Performance for industrial Power Architecture applications
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Egon Sommer, (MicroSys) University of Applied Sciences in Munich
14h00-14h20 Ethernet Networking for Critical Embedded Systems
Speaker: Herr Alois Goller, TTTech Computertechnik
14h30-14h50 Integrate more performance into your EtherCAT network
Speaker: Vollrath Dirksen, E4U/N.A.T.
15h00-15h20 PROFINET – international market standard for Industrial Ethernet
Speaker: Carsten Kolodziej, KW-Software
Box PCs
15h40-16h00 Compact Systems for the Embedded Market
Speaker: Tiziano Albani, VIA Technologies
16h10-16h30 IO-Link with Arrow Embedded Platform Concept
Speaker: H. Kowalsky, Arrow
16h40-17h00 IPIOS® – The New Rugged Modular Computer Family
Speaker: Detlev Schaadt, MEN
17h10-17h30
Thursday, Nov 26 Tools & Software
10h00-10h20 Detect errors earlier – using virtual prototypes
Speaker: Cem Kurutas, The MathWorks
10h30-10h50 Wind River's Hypervisor and selected usage scenarios
Speaker: Michael Gaudlitz, Wind River
11h00-11h20 Software aspects of IEC61508 Safety certification
Speaker: Michael Gaudlitz, Wind River
11h30-11h50 New generation of embedded virtualization: the way to reduce costs
Jacques Brygier, SYSGO
Industrial Computing
12h30-12h50 Panel PC Concept - Modularizing Panel PC Design
Speaker: Tiziano Albani, VIA Technologies
13h00-13h20 Compact Systems for the Embedded Market
Speaker: Tiziano Albani, VIA Technologies
13h30-13h50
14h00-14h20
Small Form Factor Boards
14h40-15h00 Optimize cost using commercial CPU-Modules in high volume products
Speaker: Ralf Fachet, NetModule
15h10-15h30
15h40-16h00
16h10-16h30