Nov 17, 2017   SOURCE: BusinessWire

IIoT World Tour Stops in San Francisco on December 8

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and Plattform Industrie 4.0 are stopping for an IIoT World Tour event in San Francisco, California, to continue their partnership to accelerate the digitalization of industrial production. The two organizations have partnered with the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) to co-host the event at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Hotel on December 8, 2017, from 9:00am -1:40pm PST. In addition, the German American Chamber of Commerce West serves as a further local partner for the event. Identity and secure transaction technologies solution provider, Entrust Datacard, is the Gold Sponsor of the event.

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“Central prerequisites of successful digitalization such as standards and IT security need an approach beyond national borders. Therefore, our IIoT World Tour brings the discussion on these issues to an international level,” said Henning Banthien, Secretary General, Plattform Industrie 4.0. “We are happy to have our next stop in the Bay Area and discuss our ideas and approaches with local companies in a vibrant tech environment.”

“We’re delighted to leverage the cross-industry knowledge of the IIC and the manufacturing expertise of Plattform Industrie 4.0 at the third stop of our 2017 IIoT World Tour to continue our mission of helping to advance the digitalization of industrial systems and smart manufacturing,” said Dr. Richard Soley, Executive Director, IIC. “We’ve received some great results from our testbeds and the IIoT World Tour is a great place to showcase those best practices and lessons learned with the Industrial Internet community.”

“Smart manufacturing can help enhance U.S. productivity, global competitiveness, and reinvestment,” said Jim Wetzel, CEO of CESMII and former Global Reliability Director, General Mills. “Our mission is to ensure that smart manufacturing delivers real-time business and energy improvements in U.S. manufacturing and the IIoT World Tour is the perfect opportunity for us to share our vision.”

The IIoT World Tour event in San Francisco features executive speakers (in the order of the program), including, among others:

  • Henning Banthien, Secretary General, Plattform Industrie 4.0
  • Dr. Richard Soley, Executive Director, Industrial Internet Consortium
  • Dr. Shi-Wan Lin, CEO & Co-Founder, Thingswise, LLC
  • Christian Decker, CEO of the German family-owned SME DESMA Schuhmaschinen GmbH
  • Jim Wetzel, Director, CEO, Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute
  • Gold Sponsor: Josh Jabs, Entrust: VP, Office of the CTO and GM IOT Solutions, Entrust Datacard

The event will also offer panels featuring industry experts on testbeds, standards and reference architecture, and IT security as well as testbed demonstrations and networking opportunities. A light lunch will be served.

The event is free of charge. Please click here to register.

About the Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute

A member of the Manufacturing USA initiative, CESMII’s mission is to radically accelerate the development and adoption of advanced sensors, controls, platforms, and models for U.S. manufacturing through integrated industry-led Smart Manufacturing (SM) technical, business and educational methodologies. To learn about CESMII, visit www.cesmii.org.

About the Plattform Industrie 4.0

Plattform Industrie 4.0 is the central network to advance digital transformation towards Industry 4.0 in Germany. In close cooperation with politics, industry, science, associations and trade unions, it develops and coordinates information and networking services in order to make Industrie 4.0 solutions better known among companies and to deploy them on site. As one of the largest international and national networks, it supports German companies – particularly medium-sized companies – in implementing Industrie 4.0. It provides companies with decisive impulses through examples of company practices from across Germany as well as concrete recommendations for action and test environments. The platform’s numerous international co-operations underscore its leading role in international discussions on Industrie 4.0. For further information, visit www.plattform-i40.de.

About the Industrial Internet Consortium

The Industrial Internet Consortium is the world’s leading membership program transforming business and society by accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The IIC delivers a trustworthy IIoT in which the world’s systems and devices are securely connected and controlled to deliver transformational outcomes. The Industrial Internet Consortium is a program of the Object Management Group (OMG). For more information, visit www.iiconsortium.org.

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