With industry predictions of the connection of billions of installed devices and embedded sensors over the next 5-years and the success story in North America, Europe is on the edge of large-scale deployment of this critical technology. Sectors such as automobile, manufacturing, utilities, oil and gas, gaming and retail are turning to Edge technology with Germany boasting a first mover advantage when it comes to regulation, technological adoption and standards.
The focus of at present is in deploying within the aforementioned complex manufacturing plants, and in developing automated car systems and motorways. Smart factories offer a very interesting case study as technologies and devices within a typical manufacturing plant delivering precision engineering, the storage and security of data necessary to facilitate this becomes more and more critical.
With this in mind, the premier gathering of Edge technology manufacturers, early adopters of Edge and the new wave of Edge deployers Edge Europe 2020, will be hosting this year’s European event in Frankfurt, Mainz, Germany 26th March.
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Speaking at the event this year includes; AJ Byers, President International, Compass Data Centers, Mathieu Duperre, Chief Executive Officer, EdgeGap, Jason Rylands, Vice President, Business Development, German Edge Cloud, Eddie Kilbane, Chief Executive Officer, DataPlex, Harald Summa, Chairman, DE-CIX.
The agenda will be a mix of seminar sessions from keynote speakers, panel discussions from thought leaders and early adopters, roundtables and a unique Q&A session. Topics include, Leaders at the Edge, which covers broad strategic priorities for edge, exploring how the market has developed to date and the direction in which it is going. An overview of Enterprise activity and strategy will include speakers from automobile, manufacturing, rail and IoT to give a unique view of their IT strategies.
The roundtables are hosted by an industry expert who will moderate a session between 10 – 15 of your peers while they openly discuss pain points such as budget. This format is an opportunity for you to have a deep dive and interactive examination of the most pressing topics. Injecting life into the ecosystem at the Edge is an insightful examination of the ecosystem.
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By visiting the event this year, you will have insight through a full agenda, access to the roundtables and opportunity to network with Edge professionals and peers to share challenges and offer solutions as we drill down into specific pain points and commercial challenges emerging.
In addition, key edge players you can meet at the event include; DH Capital, Starline, IBM, Rittal and Stulz. The event is a diverse ecosystem of edge players, infrastructure, hardware, software, AI, connectivity, real estate, investors, telecommunications, and end users.
This annual forum will give you clarity on the pathway forward for Edge in Europe.
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