The new edition of the IOTSWC returns to Barcelona under the slogan Innovative Technologies for Industry Transformation, with the main objective of strengthening a unique innovation platform that brings together the industry's leading solution providers.
On the first day of the event, which will take place from January 31 to February 2 at Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue, there will be a plenary session followed by a round table with the participation of Sean O'Reagain, Deputy Director of Industry 5.0 in the European Commission, who will explain how Industry 5.0 provides a vision of the industry that goes beyond efficiency and productivity as its sole objectives and reinforces its role and contribution to society.
These days will address key issues such as resilience, offshoring, contracting and the use of renewable energy, essential for the development of an industry 5.0 that places worker well-being at the center of the production process and uses new technologies to provide prosperity beyond employment and growth, while respecting the planet's production limits.
On the same day, Katherine Bennett, executive director of The High Value Manufacturing Catapult, a strategic research and innovation center for UK industry, will explain the state of development of the Internet of Things (IOT) in the UK manufacturing sector.
In addition, on February 1, Amalaye Oyake, senior flight software engineer, and Timmy Mbaya, head of application software at Blue Origin, the American aerospace transportation company founded by Jeff Bezos, will explain the Orbital Reef project to build a space station in low Earth orbit for commercial activities and space tourism uses.
These are some of the more than 250 experts who will participate in the 2023 edition of IOTSWC, organized by Fira de Barcelona in collaboration with Industry IOT Consortium® (IIC™) and Digital Twin Consortium® (DTC) and which will structure its conference program around six themes or stages aimed at offering a new cross-cutting approach: IOT Industry, AI, Digital Twins (DT), Edge Computing, Augmented Reality and 5G. In addition, IOTSWC, which will be held in conjunction with the Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress (BCC), will have an exhibition area where more than 300 companies from all over the world will show the latest trends, products and applications of IOT, AI and DT, among other technologies. Highlights include the participation of Amazon Web Services, ABB, KNX, Relayr and TxOne in IOTSWC and Cloudflare, Fortinet, Knowbe4, ManageEngine and Telefónica Tech in BCC.
Together with ISE
After the success of the first joint edition of IOTSWC and Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in 2022, the two events have decided to continue to be held simultaneously. On the first occasion, both events explored the common ground between two different sets of disruptive technologies and the potential it offers to attendees and exhibitors. Visitors will be able to access the exhibition areas of the two fairs again at no additional cost, IOTSWC delegates will benefit from a 50% discount if they wish to register for any of the ISE conferences, and vice versa.
