Berlin, 3 September 2015 – The smart home, data security, the Open Roberta Lab (an initiative aimed at teaching people programming skills in entertaining ways) and the Education Technology Startup Day – those are the topics of the IFA TecWatch Forum on 5 September 2015.
This year’s TecWatch programme features 80 exhibitors and partners from 15 countries, including from the US, France, the UK, Netherlands, Japan and Israel, as well as some 45 startups whose exhibits will be the focus of individual theme days.
IFA TecWatch in Hall 11.1 will present the ideas for the markets of tomorrow. The IFA Innovation Exchange brings together researchers, young entrepreneurs, industry representatives and retailers, enabling a dynamic transfer of knowledge, information and business ideas. From 4 to 9 September the TecWatch Forum - the TecWatch programme of papers at IFA - will discuss the latest industry topics with international guests.
Monday, 7 September 2015
10.30 a.m.
“My smart home data belongs to me“ - WD MyCloud NAS - the smart home centre
Chris Bertko, product marketing manager, Z-Wave Europe
11.00 a.m.
Mobilsicher.de – the information portal for better smartphone and tablet security
Heiko Maas, Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
Heidrun Mollenkopf, member of the board, BAGSO
Matthias Spiegelkamp, chief editor, mobilsicher.de
12 noon
I LOCK IT – the world’s first fully automatic bicycle lock
Maria Leye, co-founder, I LOCK IT
12.30 p.m.
Creating with the Slate – the smart notepad
Lydie Roure, Marketing + Communication, iskn
Language: English
1 p.m.
Digital learning reprogrammed – with Open Roberta
Dr. Wieland Holfelder, engineering director, Google Germany
Thorsten Leimbach, head of the Roberta initiative of Fraunhofer IAIS, Anja Tempelhoff, school head and Roberta coach
Gesche Joost, Germany’s internet ambassador (invited)
Lena Sophie Müller, managing director, D21 initiative (invited)
A panel of experts will discuss new ways of furthering technical knowledge and introducing young people to programming by providing them with an innovative platform such as Open Roberta at a young age.
At 11.30 a.m. Open Roberta will be presented on the stage of Young IFA in Hall 15.2. Fraunhofer and Google developers will demonstrate how to programme a driverless car using the Open Roberta Lab.
1.30 p.m.
Don’t play music, be music
Hainiandry Nicolas Rasamimanana, CEO, Phonotonic
Language: English
2 p.m.
Education Technology Startup Day
Full details of the programme of the IFA TecWatch Forum 2015 can be downloaded here: http://bit.ly/1Kta926
Exhibitors at IFA TecWatch
3D Sound Labs, Akdemia, aiFi, Allseen Alliance, alphaEOS, Beuth Hochschule Berlin, Bird Home Automation, botspot, Brewie, Brinell GmbH, Brinno, Bundesverband Deutsche Startups, Chipolo, CosmoKey GmbH, Deutsche TV-Plattform, dihva GmbH, Digitalstrom, exelonix, Eliq, Evrythng, Formlabs, Fraunhofer Institute Fokus, Fraunhofer Institute Heinrich Hertz, Fraunhofer Institute IIS, Gla Gla International-Digitsole, Green Pocket, Hardware Club, Homido, Home Detection Sensor Network, Kaputt.de, Kibbi, LudInc GmbH, LUUF Forward GmbH, Made in Sense, manualONE, MedLango GmbH, Media Broadcast, HDMI Licensing, Matrix 3D Solutions, HZO, IDA Indoor Advertising GmbH, igo3D, Info Tip, Insightfully, IMEC, invoxia, nodOn, Panono, Parce, Primera Technology Inc., Projektron, quofox GmbH, Sensibo, Smart Atoms Ltd., Smarter Applications Ltd., smartions AG Berlin, SoS Ventures, Spin Digital, SPIN remote, Sonnenrepublik, Tado, TU Berlin Science Marketing, Technical University Berlin, The Connected Lighting Alliance, University of Kyoto, University of Potsdam, Vbox, VDE, Vkansee, Worldline, WakaWaka, Winner Fly Industrial Products, Wistiki, yetu AG, yubico, ZP Zuhause Plattform GmbH, ZVEH, ZVEI and Z-Wave.
You can find more information on IFA TecWatch at www.ifa-tecwatch.de.
Source: Press release
