# Key topics 2017
The 'smart factory' is a reality. It has long since left the stage of abstract principles and concepts. Numerous companies, responding to the needs and desires of their customers, have already developed their factories into 'smart factories.' They are already benefiting from higher productivity, greater efficiency, lower production costs, better quality, and increasing individuality. On top of that, the 'smart factory' generates a sea of data. This data can be automatically recognized, collected, and analyzed using the latest technologies. The added value generated from the 'relevant' data provides companies with additional value creation in entirely new business models.
We want to present in the 4th edition of the Smart Factory Innovation Forum We will present the smart factory in a hands-on, tangible way. Numerous executives from various companies will share their digital transformation journeys. We want to share and discuss the experiences they have had, the obstacles they encountered, and how they overcame them with entrepreneurs, plant managers, startup founders, and experts.
# Participants
The Smart Factory Innovation Forum is aimed primarily at entrepreneurs and decision-makers from medium-sized commercial enterprises. The Innovation Forum aims to:
- illustrate the urgency of transforming production, products, services and business models in light of the new and changing customer needs driven by digitalization;
- Offer and share experiences and learnings from companies already advanced in digital transformation;
- Open up approaches that facilitate the digital transformation of production, products, services and business models.
We also welcome the best startups from Europe and Israel to the Smart Factory Innovation Forum with their exciting innovations for digital production, products, and services. Investors and representatives of applied R&D should also not miss this innovation forum.
Here you can find more information about the event.
