Industry 4.0 platform
New head of the steering committee
Dr. Frank Melzer, Member of the Management Board of Festo, takes over the leadership of the steering committee of the Industry 4.0 platform for the digitalization of the German economy. He replaces SAP board member Bernd Leukert.
Melzer has been a member of the Festo Management Board since October 1, 2017. With a doctorate in mechanical engineering, he is responsible for Product and Technology Management, which includes the Digital Business and Corporate Research and Innovation divisions. "During my term of office, I would like to focus on technology development - in particular on the further development of decentralized, autonomous systems and artificial intelligence, which will provide us with excellent tools to optimize industrial production processes in the future," said Melzer at the handover ceremony on 4 December at the Digital Summit in Nuremberg. "Another focus will be the qualification and further training of skilled workers. After all, digitalization is driving skills change in our society faster than any industrial change before," said Melzer. Festo has been involved in the research advisory board and several working groups since the Industry 4.0 platform was founded - particularly in the areas of reference architectures, standards, security of networked systems and qualification.
Once a year, the Digital Summit of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is dedicated to ideas, tasks and concepts to strengthen Germany as a location for digital transformation. The motto of this year's summit on December 3 and 4 in Nuremberg was "Artificial intelligence - a key to growth and prosperity".
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