Program of iTEC08 - Your Technology Hotspot

Thursday, Nov 6

08.00am

Registration & Exhibition

10.00am

Panel Discussion: E-Skills in a Globalised World [Video]

Rudolf Strohmeier (European Commission), Andreas Storm (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), Heinrich Hiesinger (Siemens), Reinhard Clemens (Deutsche Telekom)

Moderation: Henrik Müller (manager magazin)

11.30am

Parallel Sessions I

Competencies

Technology

Enterprise Applications

Digital Worlds

Eris@

Games

E-Skills [Video]

Within a knowledge-based society, e-skills contribute to an increase in innovation, productivity and development of knowledge-intense products and services. Learn from international experts how to advance digital competencies continuously.

Chair: André Richier, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission

E-Skills: The Recent US Experience

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Peterson Institute For International Economics, USA

E-Skills in the EU

Jasper van-Loo, CEDEFOP, Greece

E-Skills @ Enterprise: How to define an enterprise learning plan

Hubert Delafon, CIGREF, France

E-Skills @ ICT sector: IT Campus - qualification program for IT specialists

Marius Kwasny, T-Systems

Broadband Future

Today, broadband technologies are essential requirements for successful and prosperous regional development. Experts from science and practice report on current developments and strategies and take a look into the future of broadband in Europe.

Chair: Rolf Riemenschneider, DG Information Society, European Commission

Asian Broadband Developments – Europe´s Future?

Klaus Landefeld, eco, Germany

Mobile Broadband 5 – Who Needs Fixed Lines?

Volker Jungnickel, Fraunhofer-HHI, Germany

Market and Technology Trends in Broadband

Stephan Jay, WIK-Consult, Germany

E-Production [Video]

This workshop on ICT supported manufacturing processes explains what the new processes are, illustrates their applications and covers the advantages of best practices in internationally operating companies. Experts demonstrate how the integration of highly developed ICT enables efficient supply chains or ambitious quality management.

Chair: Vincent Tilman, Eurochambres

N.N.

Eberhard Blümel, Fraunhofer-IFF

Error Intolerance in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Dirk Weitzel, Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany

Online Interactive Automotive Mass Customization

Manfred Dangelmaier, Fraunhofer IAO, Project CATER

E-Traffic [Video]

Integration of traffic carriers and participants as well as of networking infrastructures leads to a more efficient flow of transport and traffic. This is accompanied by an optimised traffic situation, resulting in an overall boosting of mobility. Get to know the most recent technologies and strategies for the development of innovative and intelligent solutions to transport and mobility challenges.

Impact of GNSS /Galileo on Intelligent Traffic Systems

Johann-Dietrich Wörner, DLR, Germany

Intelligent Transport System Technologies in UK

Neal Skelton, ITS, United Kingdom

Car-to-Car und Car-to-Infrastructure in Hessen

Bernd Schuster, Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transport, Urban and Regional Development, Germany

Eris@ Focus Session I: Regional Good Practice: Lessons Learnt from IANIS+ [Video]

The IANIS+ (Innovative Actions Network for the Information Society –Plus) consortium gathered a group of 44 European regions that worked closely together sharing good practice in the implementation of their ICT strategies, to avoid making the same mistakes as others have already made, to speed up the development process and to reduce the development costs.

Chair: George Hall, Patron, eris@

Main lessons learnt from IANIS+

Gareth Hughes, CEO, eris@

Peer Review’s & Work Groups regional experience

Vaclav Jachim, Vysocina, Czech Republic

Intensive Course regional experience

Claudio Inguaggiato, Piemonte, Italy

Games Session I: Serious Games [Video]

Serious games feature more than just entertainment and deliver certain added values like learning, marketing or health effects. Their playful, interactive approaches allow for applications in these and other fields, e. g. in simulation or training.

Chair: Stefan Göbel, Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung e.V., Germany

Immersive Digital Educational Games

Michael Kickmeier-Rust, Universität Graz, Austria

Measuring Players’ Experience of Games and Real-Time Simulations

Lennart Nacke, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlshamn, Sweden

InnoGames Forum

Bodo Zillig, OK-Vital and Roman Müller, didaktech business media, Germany

01.00pm

Lunch

02.30pm

Parallel Sessions II

Competencies

Technology

Enterprise Applicationa

Digital Worlds

Eris@

Games

Knowledge & Learning [Video]

Internet based knowledge infrastructures, semantic technologies, social networks for a global knowledge exchange – just tomorrow’s world? We show today’s technology possibilities and what you can expect to be approaching within the near future. We deliver knowledge for the world of tomorrow.

Chair: Maruja Gutierrez-Diaz, DG Education and Culture, European Commission

Organizing Knowledge in a Global Company

Johannes Müller, Siemens Building Technologies, Switzerland

Theseus – Applied Knowledge Infrastructure

Jörn Lehmann, VDMA, Germany

Mobile Game-Based learning

Brigitte Krenn, RSA Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria

ICT Security: Systems & Trends [Video]

As a result of increasing threat levels, ICT security is a most relevant topic for companies. High-level experts provide interesting insight into current challenges. They will provide answers, especially for SME, on how to tackle these challenges in order to protect their IT infrastructure.

Chair: Louis Marinos, ENISA

Trends and Challenges in ICT-Security

Claudia Eckert, Fraunhofer-SIT, Germany

Security of Critical Infrastructures – Consequences for Enterprises?

Stephan Lechner, Joint Research Center, European Commission

How Much Security Does an SME Need?

Jeremy Ward, Symantec, United Kingdom

Mobile Business

Mobile business (or m-commerce) is a new trend that opens up new business opportunities. Fast mobile connections facilitate internet for mobile devices, which companies can use as personalised distribution channels for new products. Is m-commerce the new internet revolution?

Chair: Klaus David, University of Kassel, Germany

Enabler of today's and tomorrow's mobile networks and applications

Klaus David, University of Kassel, Germany

Mobilisation of Critical Business Client Processes

Markus Lause, Vodafone D2, Germany

Mobile Content, Loyalty, Couponing and Enterprise Services on the iPhone

Dario Melpignano, Neos, Italy

Virtual Engineering & Augmented Reality [Video]

Virtual technologies create considerable opportunities for optimisation and development in industry and science. Take a look at the added value and potential of these emerging technologies for fostering innovation in research, production and marketing.

Chair: Dieter Fellner, Fraunhofer-IGD, Germany

Connecting the brain to the web

Gert Pfurtscheller and Robert Leeb, Graz, Austria

Caves and other virtual environments for product development

Didier Stricker, DFKI, Germany

Semantics and Graphics in Product Lifecyle Management

Jorge Posada, VICOM Tech, Spain

Eris@ Focus Session II: Transformative Uses of ICT

“Benchmarking and Fostering Transformative use of ICT in EU Regions” is a project financed by the EC. It aims to contribute for a greater understanding of the differences among regions in using ICT to bring about transformative change with regard to their economic and social prospects. Learn more about the policy recommendations and policy-making support tools.

Chair: Andy Gillespie, CURDS University of Newcastle

Regional Innovation Culture and Transformative use of ICTs

Sandra Lotti, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy

Measuring & Benchmarking Transformative use of ICT at regional level

Karsten Gareis, empirica GmbH, Germany

TRANSFORM Policy Recommendations

Gareth Hughes, IRISI Ltd., UK

Games Session II: International Games-Hotspot RhineMain [Video]

The concentration of games developers and publishers within the Rhine-Main-Area is second to none in Germany. In this session, enterprises from the cluster provide insights into their work and international projects.

Chair: Joerg Weber, Weber Networking und gamearea FRANKFURTRHEINMAIN, Germany

Narrative- and Character-Driven Gameplay – Possibilities and Perspectives

Sebastian Grünwald, Braingame Publishing, Germany

Music in Games

Pierre Langer, Dynamedion, Germany

How does the Animation and Motion Capture Pipeline Work for Games?

Steven Bender, Crytek, Germany

04.00pm

Coffee break

04.30pm

Parallel Sessions III

Competencies

Technology

Enterprise Applications

Digital Worlds

Eris@

Games

E-Inclusion [Video]

The last few years have seen a rapid digitalisation of our societies. Today, nobody can afford to be cut off from information highways, modern information and communications technology and information flows. How does the internet change us and our societies? What threats does the digital divide pose?

Chair: Rolf Riemenschneider, DG Information Society & Media, European Commission

Age Trends in ICT Usage

Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO

Regional Developments in ICT Uptake

András Szalay, Committee of the Regions and Gabriella Simor, Prime Minister's Office, Hungary

Income Disparities and ICT Affinity

Heino von Meyer, OECD

Frequency Regulation and the Digital Dividend

Digitalisation opens up a coveted scope for further use of frequencies. Which approaches and instruments are available to organise change as win-win-situation for all stakeholders? Where is the limit for an efficient frequency use?

Chair: Bernd Holznagel, University of Münster, Germany

Andreas Geiss, DG Information Society, European Commission
Marianne Treschow, RSPG, PTS, Sweden
Wolfgang Thaenert, LPR Hessen, Germany
Stephan Korehnke, Vodafone

Success for Smaller SMEs [Video]

Smaller companies usually have different IT solutions requirements than large companies. This workshop provides detailed insights into promising strategies and well-proven IT backed up by examples of successful case studies.

Johann Steszgal, UEAPME (PIN-SME), Belgium

E-Business Strategies for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Paula Swatman, University of South Australia, Australia

Marketing Effects in E-Shop – Case Finncontainers

Sarianne Reinikkala, Finncontainers Oy, Finnland

International Success of an Cosmetics E-Shop

Yvonne und Rolf Zapf, kosmetikkaufhaus.de, Germany

Ambient Technologies [Video]

Our occupational and private worlds are becoming increasingly engineered and technical. Things communicate with one another, without any visible technical appliances, to support convenient living. How do we render our environment smart? What uses can this ambient intelligence be put to?

Chair: Ralf Steinmetz, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Ambient Communication in Smart Environments

Norbert Streitz, Fraunhofer-IPSI, Germany

I see, I feel, am I real?

Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, University of Ottawa, Canada

Enabling Networked Knowledge from Sensors and Web Data

Stefan Decker, DERI Galway, Ireland

Eris@ Focus Session III: Digital Ecosystems & Regional Development [Video]

“Promoting Ecosystems and Regional Development in support of Regional Operational Programming” was a project financed by the EC to clarify, disseminate and promote the results of regional deployments of innovative ecosystem and SMEs cluster models. Get comprehensive information and insight into the tools for exploitation and adoption of innovative business paradigms in ICT for Enterprise Networking.

Chair: Gareth Hughes, CEO, eris@

Digital Business Ecosystems: peardrop Toolkit

Patrick Sullivan, CMI International, Ireland

Digital Business Ecosystems in Wales

Geralt Llewelyn Jones, Wales, United Kingdom

Extremadura DBE and Clusters Strategy

Luis Casas Luengo, Fundecyt

Games Session III: [Video]

Computer games came into existence 40 years ago. This round table depicts the development of games over these past 40 years - and forecasts coming innovations.

Chair/Moderation: Sven Stillich, stern /GEE-Magazin, Germany

Reinhard Altenhöner, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Lutz Anderie, ATARI, Germany
Malte Behrmann, G.A.M.E – Bundesverband and EGDF – European Games Developer Federation, Germany
Andreas Lange, Computerspiele Museum Berlin, Germany
Mathias Mertens, Institut für Medien and Theater der Universität Hildesheim, Germany
Olaf Zimmermann, Deutscher Kulturrat, Germany

06.15pm

Evening reception with entertainment

07.00pm

Gala dinner with award ceremony for the European Innovative Games Award

Friday, Nov 7

08.00am

Business Breakfast: IT Made in FrankfurtRhineMain [Video]

– Successful Strategies in a Globalised World (until 9.15am)

Reception

Dr. Uwe Vetterlein, Managing Director Darmstadt Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)

Strategy of internationalisation – how to accomplish the challenge?

Debjit D. Chaudhuri, Regional Manager Infosys Technologies Limited, Eschborn

Innovations and Trends in the ICT-Sector

Wafa Moussavi-Amin, Managing Director IDC Central Europe GmbH

Panel Disussion: IT made in FrankfurtRhineMain – the way to future success

Moderation: Dr. Michael Klein Director Institut für neue Medien, Frankfurt

09.00am

Registration & Exhibition

09.30am

An ICT Outlook for 2019 by Lutz Heuser (SAP Research) [Video]

10.00am

Panel Discussion: ICT-based Innovation Trends [Video]

Andreas Schwarz (European Commission), Horst Westerfeld (CIO of Hessen), August-Wilhelm Scheer (BITKOM), Karl-Heinz Streibich (Software AG), Lutz Heuser (SAP Research)

Moderation: Gregor Honsel (Technology Review)

11.00am

Parallel Sessions IV

Technology

Enterprise Applications

International Regulation Strategies [Video]

The reform of EU regulation strategy of the telecommunications market has effects on the tasks of nation regulation authorities. Which strategy leads to sustainable market development and economic growth? What opportunites and risks lie behind different regulation approaches?

Chair: Joachim Scherer, Baker & McKenzie

Matthias Kurth, Bundesnetzagentur, Germany
Marc Furrer, ComCom, Switzerland
Phil Stubbington, BT Global Services, United Kingdom
Wolfgang Kopf, Deutsche Telekom, Germany

12.15pm

Parallel Sessions V

Competencies

Digital Worlds

Fostering ICT Usage in SMEs

ICT is an important means to increase competitiveness and innovation potential in SMEs. Particularly small and medium sized enterprises depend on an efficient usage of these technologies. Learn from successful projects for this target group how employees and companies can meet these challenges.

Chair: Stephan Pfisterer, BITKOM

ICT Usage in SMEs – Experiences from the East Midlands

Spencer Prewett, The NE Group, United Kingdom

Fostering ICT Usage in SMEs – Experience of the action line Hessen-IT

Gabriele Gottschalk, Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transport, Urban and Regional Development, Germany

E-Learning Projects – Steps, Tools and Qualifications

Sünne Eichler, WEBACAD, Germany

01.30pm

Lunch

02.30pm

End of congress

02.30pm

Bus departure to Tech-Tours “Technology Hotspot Darmstadt” (Software or Research, return at 5.45 p.m.)

06.00pm

Program of iTEC08 - Your Technology Hotspot

Thursday, Nov 6

Registration & Exhibition

Panel Discussion: E-Skills in a Globalised World [Video]

Parallel Sessions I

E-Skills [Video]

Broadband Future

Mobile Broadband 5 – Who Needs Fixed Lines?

E-Production [Video]

N.N.

E-Traffic [Video]

Eris@ Focus Session I: Regional Good Practice: Lessons Learnt from IANIS+ [Video]

Games Session I: Serious Games [Video]

Lunch

Parallel Sessions II

Knowledge & Learning [Video]

ICT Security: Systems & Trends [Video]

Mobile Business

Mobile Content, Loyalty, Couponing and Enterprise Services on the iPhone

Virtual Engineering & Augmented Reality [Video]

Eris@ Focus Session II: Transformative Uses of ICT

Games Session II: International Games-Hotspot RhineMain [Video]

Music in Games

How does the Animation and Motion Capture Pipeline Work for Games?

Coffee break

Parallel Sessions III

E-Inclusion [Video]

Income Disparities and ICT Affinity

Frequency Regulation and the Digital Dividend

Success for Smaller SMEs [Video]

E-Business Strategies for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Ambient Technologies [Video]

Eris@ Focus Session III: Digital Ecosystems & Regional Development [Video]

Games Session III: [Video]

Evening reception with entertainment

Gala dinner with award ceremony for the European Innovative Games Award

Friday, Nov 7

Business Breakfast: IT Made in FrankfurtRhineMain [Video]

Reception

Strategy of internationalisation – how to accomplish the challenge?

Innovations and Trends in the ICT-Sector

Panel Disussion: IT made in FrankfurtRhineMain – the way to future success

Registration & Exhibition

An ICT Outlook for 2019 by Lutz Heuser (SAP Research) [Video]

Panel Discussion: ICT-based Innovation Trends [Video]

Parallel Sessions IV

International Regulation Strategies [Video]

Networks and Distributed Applications [Video]

CIO Trends in 2009

Viessmann: ICT in an expanding, international enterprise

Parallel Sessions V

Fostering ICT Usage in SMEs

E-Learning Projects – Steps, Tools and Qualifications

Digital Communities

Recruitment, Collaboration and Trainign – new applications of virtual worlds

The Anshe Chung Studios in Second Life

YouTube in the Business World

Lunch

End of congress

Bus departure to Tech-Tours “Technology Hotspot Darmstadt” (Software or Research, return at 5.45 p.m.)

Departure to dinner with wine tasting at Bergstrasse

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