Around 1,100 exhibitors will be showcasing the entire spectrum of automation technology and digitalization at SPS from 8 to 10 November. Interested visitors can now book their trade fair ticket via the trade fair website. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is still not possible to purchase tickets on site. Since the development of the corona pandemic is unpredictable, the organizer, Mesago Messe Frankfurt, emphasizes that the industry meeting will take place in compliance with all legal requirements to protect the health of all participants. The trade fair can currently be held without corona requirements, but should new hygiene regulations or measures to combat the corona virus be introduced in the fall, the protection and hygiene concept will be adapted accordingly and the legal requirements will be complied with.

Digital supplement "SPS on air"

The 31st edition of the industry get-together in Nuremberg will be complemented by the digital platform "SPS on air". Here, participants can not only contact the exhibitors, but also make appointments both on site and digitally, network with each other and find contacts for specific automation issues. The "SPS on air" with the interaction options will remain online until 11.11.2022, the media library and a large part of the recorded lecture program will be available until 15 November. This means that visitors to the presence trade fair will still have the opportunity to watch presentations afterwards or make contacts with purely digital, international participants.

Lecture program and joint stand "Automation meets IT"

In the week before the start of the event, SPS ticket holders will have the opportunity to take part in a pre-heat event with numerous specialist presentations and product previews via the digital platform. During the trade fair in Nuremberg, the supplementary program will be played at the VDMA/ZVEI Forum on the exhibition grounds in Hall 3 and from the "SPS Live Studio" in Nuremberg via "SPS on air". This year, the lecture program with its panel discussions and keynotes is dedicated to the following topics

• Digital Transformation/Industry 4.0,
• Industrial Communications,
• Safety & Security,
• New Logistic Methods and robotic integration,
• Data driven and intelligent concepts for control and visualization,
• Smart Sensors,
• Drives,
• Use cases for AI,
• Sustainability in automation.

In Hall 6, the joint stand "Automation meets IT" with around 16 exhibitors offers comprehensive insights into the topics of

• Asset Management,
• Cloud-based services,
• Data-centered services,
• predictive maintenance,
• OPC UA.

SPS 2023 date and subsequent years

SPS traditionally closes the trade fair year for the industry at the end of November. In future, however, the industry get-together will take place earlier: Next year, SPS will take place in Nuremberg from November 14 to 16, 2023, and will maintain this November timeframe in subsequent years. The following year, the trade fair will therefore take place from November 12 to 14, 2024.