Interview with Sylke Schulz-Metzner
"Like coming home"
Makeathon, Young Talents Day, IT/OT convergence - you can experience all of this at SPS 2024. Sylke Schulz-Metzner talks in an interview about trade fair highlights, new formats and SPS 2025.
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