Nowadays it is more and more important that a sustainable and digital production goes alongside with efficient technologies. But how can a company best deal with the constant development of new technologies and which difficulties do companies have to face in the process? Which technologies are promising and sustainable and which one are not? These and other questions will be discussed at the midterm conference of the European project BIFOCAlps. BIFOCAlps’ main objective is to boost collaboration and synergies among main actors of the Alpine Space innovation system for a sustainable, smart and competitive development of the manufacturing value chain towards the Factory or the Future. The conference will take place on the 15th of November 2017 from 3 PM to 5 PM in the Munich Fair Centre, at the booth of Cluster Mechatronik & Automation (hall A2, booth 540) during the fair Productronica, the world's leading trade fair for electronics development and production. The participation at the event is free of charge. Here you can register for the event. With the confirmation of participation, you will get a code to download your day-ticket for entry to the fair “productronica”. You will get further information to this process with the confirmation of participation. The event will be held in english. Agenda 15:00 Welcome Cluster Mechatronik and Automation 15:05 The BIFOCAlps Project Massimiliano Bertetti, Polo Tecnologico Pordenone 15:15 The Alpine Space Innovation System – survey results and mapping Marco Sacco, CNR 15:25 Bavarian activities to foster and transfer FoF technologies into companies Daniel Gottschald, Technische Universität München 15:35 Baden-Württemberg activities to foster and transfer FoF technologies into companies Ralf Kölle, Scitis.io 15:45 Roundtable Discussion Presenter Rudolf Mietzner, bwcon GmbH Participants: Horst Maywald (Elabo), Ralf Kölle (Scitis.io), Klaus Funk (Plattform Digitale Produktion Bayern), Ralf Ziegler (KUKA), Krzysztof Kamiński (ALNEA Sp.z o.o). 16:15 Pitching Who are the companies at the stand? 16:45 Networking and discussion 17:00 Bavarian Stand Party If you have any further questions regarding the event, please don't hesitate to contact Lisa Hornberger.