Edge_Computing_Forum
Oct. 24, 2019 – Fraunhofer FOKUS Berlin, Germany

09:00-09:30 REGISTRATION

09:30-10:20

Welcome & Opening

Welcome to the Edge Computing Forum
Prof. Dr. Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer FOKUS

Introduction to the Europe Edge Computing Consortium
Dr. Alexander Willner, Fraunhofer FOKUS (PDF)
Dr. Florian Schreiner, Fraunhofer FOKUS (PDF)

10:20-11:35 

Session 1

Co-Location Edge Computing for Manufacturing (PDF)
Dr. Sebastian Ritz, German Edge Cloud

Edge Applications - managing more than just data (PDF)
Gerald Fritz, TTTech Industrial Automation

Edge, AI, 5G, WiFi-6 - Enabling Technologies for Digital Transformation and Importance of Edge (PDF)
Dr. Cesim Demir, HUAWEI

Panel
Panel Chair: Dr. Alexander Willner, Fraunhofer FOKUS

11:35-11:50 SHORT BREAK

11:50-13:05 

Session 2

Standard Firmware, Device Identity and Onboarding (PDF)
Francois Ozog, Linaro

An Operating System for Edge Computing (PDF)
Dennis Lauwers, IBM

Middleware for IoT Edge Computing (PDF)
Andrew Foster, IOTech Systems Limited

Panel
Panel Chair: Varun Gowtham, Fraunhofer FOKUS

13:05-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00-15:15 

Session 3

The evolution on NAND Flash for Edge Computing (PDF)
Reiner Winkler, KIOXIA Europe GmbH

Edge Computing enabling Industry Digitalization (PDF)
Charles Sheridan, Huawei

Looking beyond latency, which Edge applications hold the key to disruption (PDF)
Farid Singh, Take 3 Innovate

Panel
Panel Chair: Dr. Florian Schreiner, Fraunhofer FOKUS

15:15 -15:30 SHORT BREAK

15:30-16:45 

Session 4

Bridging the gap between IT and OT & Digitalization use cases in Industrie 4.0 (PDF)
Jürgen Graf, Fujitsu

Edge Cloud Service in 5G Communication Service Provider Environment (PDF)
Robert Schnell, Ericsson

Edge AI (PDF)
Andreas Vogel, AI Society Life Blog

Panel
Panel Chair: Dr. Alexander Willner, Fraunhofer FOKUS

16:45 -17:00 SHORT BREAK

17:00-18:15 

Session 5

Neutral-host Models for Private Edge Networks (PDF)
Dean Bubley, Director, Disruptive Analysis Ltd.

Accelerating AI at the Edge (PDF)
Dr. Felix Winterstein, Xelera

Moving Data to the Edge - Solving Data Persistence and Synchronization (PDF)
Vivien Dollinger, ObjectBox

Panel
Panel Chair: Peter Hasse, Fraunhofer FOKUS

18:15-21:00 NETWORKING GET-TOGETHER