Manufacturing Summit at MWC Barcelona 2022
Smart manufacturing IoT connections will reach 1.5 billion by 2025. 5G IoT has the potential to play a significant role in the future of manufacturing, accounting for 17% licensed IoT connections by then (GSMA Intelligence). At MWC22, the GSMA has partnered with some of the most reputable and knowledgeable industry experts from mobile operators, manufacturers and vendors to discuss and share the latest insights in the current status and future of 5G IoT Manufacturing in Industry 4.0.
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Session 1: Advanced Analytics and Robotics for 5G IoT in Manufacturing
11:00 – 11:45
There are billions of real-time data points collected by manufacturing IoT devices and sensors in an industrial setting and this is expected to increase. This session studies integrated data analytics & services, advanced data algorithm with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and the applications of automated guided vehicles (AGV) and autonomous mobile robots (AMR).
| Topic | Speakers |
| Opening Keynote: Wisdom Unleashed alongside Shop Floor | Lan Guan, Senior Managing Director – Applied Intelligence, Solutions.AI Lead, Accenture |
| Industry 4.0 and 5G Human Machine Interaction | Jacob Groote, EVP Innovation & Partnerships, KPN |
| Panel | Moderator: Lan Guan, Strategy & Consulting Senior Managing Director, Solutions & AI Global Lead, Accenture
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Session 2: Private & Dedicated Networks for Industry 4.0
12:00 – 12:45
5G networks offer low-latency and high bandwidth wireless connectivity and are also highly capable of delivering private and dedicated networks – networks that are for the exclusive use of the particular manufacturer or enterprises’ devices. This session explores how private and dedicated mobile networks can meet the industrial enterprise key business drivers with 5G IoT technologies.
| Topic | Speakers |
| Opening Keynote: Private and Dedicated Networks for Industry 4.0 | Elise Neel, Senior VP New Business Incubation, Verizon |
| Evolution of Smart Manufacturing Enabled by Private Networks | Catherine Gull, Consultant, Cellnex |
| Panel | Moderator: Kevin Kapich, North America Private Networks Lead, Principal Strategy Director, Accenture
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Session 3: Kickstarting 5G for Manufacturing
13:45 – 14:30
This session gathers experts from across the manufacturing and mobile network sector to share their most valuable insights and experience for getting started with 5G IoT manufacturing integrations. Real-life use cases will show how to start adopting 5G into their manufacturing processes and models, their benefits and challenges.
| Topic | Speakers |
| Fireside Chat | Jo Gilbert, Technical Director & Manufacturing Lead, GSMA & Sylvia Lu, Head of Technology Strategy, u-blox & Board Member, 5G-ACIA |
| Smart Factory: How 5G & Digital Technologies deploying uses cases in the real world | Andres Escribano, New Business & Industry 4.0 Director, Telefonica |
| Panel | Moderator: Cedric Foray, TMT Leader Europe West, EY
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