5^th Annual Forum for the Internet of Things – Innovate with IoT

The 5^th M2M/IoT Forum CE will be the center of IoT and M2M communication from 27^th to 28^th of March 2017 in Vienna. With 50 lecturers, 20 practical examples and participants from 20 countries, the M2M/IoT Forum CEE is the largest forum on this topic in Central Europe.

Date: 27.-28.03.2017
Location: Rathaus Wien
Lichtenfelsgasse 2, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Url: http://www.m2m-forum.eu

Visitors will be able to see how the Internet is used in almost every branch of the economy, creating new services, products, marketing opportunities and business models. In addition to well-known names such as Amazon, Uber and Tesla, companies such as Hagleitner, Andritz, Festo, Thyssenkrupp, EnBW, AtlanticGrupa, TeleBase, Red Bull Mediahouse, TTTech and Microtronics rely on intelligent networking. The topics of the conference range form Industrie 4.0, Blockchain over Warables to practical IoT applications. Current insights are provided by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, the BMI Lab at the University of St. Gallen, the Offenburg University of Applied Sciences and Salzburg Research.

Markus Lassnig (Salzburg Research) will be presenting the results of a recent Austrian-wide study on digital transformation by Industry 4.0 in Austria at the 5^th M2M/IoT Forum CE in Vienna on 28 March:

INDUSTRIE 4.0 IN AUSTRIA – A NEW STUDY
Knowledge and Mindset of Austrian Enterprises
Dr. Markus Lassnig, InnovationLab, Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft, AT

Digital transformation through industry 4.0? And new business models

Over the last few months, Salzburg Research has dealt intensively with the digital transformation through industry 4.0 in Austria. A total of 68 Austrian companies were interviewed by means of qualitative interviews.

The objectives of this current study on behalf of BMVIT are:

• Better understanding of digital transformation (“industry 4.0”) in Austria
• Aid for companies in decision-making through their I40 strategy
• Evidence-based support for policy choices

The first two studies have already been published and are available for download (in German):

Erster Studienbericht: Studienkatalog Überblick über Studien in deutscher und englischer Sprache zu den Themenfeldern Industrie 4.0 Industrial Internet Internet of Things / Internet der Dinge Neue Geschäftsmodelle Digitale Transformation Knapp 90 Titel identifiziert, die 14 relevantesten für einen guten Überblick rezensiert Online verfügbar unter: Studienkatalog digitale Transformation

2. Studienbericht: Industrie 4.0 in Österreich Generelles Bewusstsein zur digitalen Transformation Einschätzung der konkreten Auswirkungen der digitalen Transformation auf Unternehmen Laufende Aktivitäten zur Umsetzung der digitalen Transformation in Unternehmen Barrieren, Risiken und Herausforderungen Rahmenbedingungen für die digitale Transformation durch Industrie 4.0 Online verfügbar unter: Industrie 4.0 in Österreich

The third and fourth study reports will be published shortly.