Agenda:        
17:45 – 18:30:             Registration and networking cocktail
18:30 – 18:40:             Introduction and start of 3D printing
18:40 – 20:30:             Meeting and presentations
20:30 – 22:00:             Dinner and networking opportunity
 
Meeting chairman:    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Mallon – GBA Board Member
 
Meeting program:
 
1.    Keynote speech about Internet of things and Industry 4.0
Dr.-Ing. Gunther Kegel, CEO of Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH
Dr. Gunther Kegel (born in 1960) studied Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Darm-stadt/Germany and started his professional career at PEPPERL+FUCHS Mannheim – a company producing electronics for factory and process automation. Since 2004 he is CEO of PEPPERL+FUCHS.
He is Board Member of the ZVEI (Central Association of the German electrical and electronics industry), of the FieldComm Group and of eCl@ass e.V., Vice President of the VDE (German Association of Electrical Engineers), member of the advisory boards of several German companies, exhibition organizations and of the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences. Moreover he is co-editor of the magazine a t p.

2.    Connected Automation – Industry 4.0 NOW
Nikolay Kursonov, General Manager of Bosch Rexroth Vietnam
Nikolay Kurnosov has been general manager of Rexroth an industrial division of Bosch in Vietnam since March 2014. Before moving to Vietnam he developed business for Minolta Corporation in Russia and since 2005 industrial business for Bosch in Eastern Europe. Together with Mr. Vo Quang Hue – managing director of Bosch Vietnam he avidly facilitates i4.0 development in Vietnam and introduced the first i4.0 application for education in Vietnam last year.

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4.    Update on upcoming events
      Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Mallon – GBA Board Member
 
Meeting fee:
 
•    Early bird discount for registration by 31 August, 2016:
 GBA/SBA/NORDCHAM/VCCI member: VND 950,000      

Non-member: VND 1,200,000
 
(Please kindly note that registration on early bird discount is binding confirmation. Cancellation of attendance need to be made latest by Thursday, 1 September or you will be charged due to the hotel obligations.)
 
•    For registration after 31 August, 2016:                                            
GBA/SBA/NORDCHAM/VCCI member: VND 1,200,000    

Non-member: VND 1,500,000
 
The whole GBA team looks forward to welcoming you at the meeting.
 
Please be so kind as to register with Ms. Khanh Linh, Tel: 08 38 23 97 72 or linh@gba-vietnam.org to enable us to plan successfully. 
 
   
With best regards,  
GBA Team
 
German Business Association
05th floor – Somerset Chancellor Court
21-23 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street
District 1 – Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam
 
t:   (+84) 8 38 23 97 72 – ext:114
f:   (+84) 8 38 23 89 09
e:   linh@gba-vietnam.org 
w:  www.gba-vietnam.org