Thanks to the new munich electronics summit on November 10, 2009, productronica, the world's leading trade fair for innovative electronics manufacturing, has strengthened its position as the electronics industry's international innovation platform.

The event consisted of two elements, i.e. the CEO Round Table in Hall A1 and an evening event for the CEOs of international corporations, which was by invitation only. It was hosted by Klaus Dittrich, Managing Director and – beginning January 1, 2010 – Chairman and CEO of Messe München GmbH. The event's mentor was Dr. Jürgen Gromer, member of the Managing Board and former president of Tyco Electronics. Guest of honor was Ram Charan, one of the leading management and business consultants in the world.

This meeting of top decision-makers from the industry will be staged annually in future as part of electronica and productronica.

Videos CEO Round Table:	“Innovations as a driving force for surviving the current crisis”
	A discussion with prominent executives from Assembléon, Aston Martin Lagonda, Marvell Semiconductor, Siemens Electronic Assembly Systems, The Six Sigma Academy and Tyco Electronics.
	Keynote Presentation of Ram Charan	31:56
	CEO Round Table	55:54
	CEO Round Table (summary)	4:51

Further information abut the munich electronics summit are available here.

Whether focal or cutting-edge subjects, specific technologies or special interest areas - under the “productronica University” banner, productronica 2009 is presenting everything that sets new standards in electronics production. 

Foren

productronica 2009 had two forums with about 3.000 visitors in Halls A1 and B3.

Sessions in the productronica forum were on non-sector-specific topics. In the innovation forum all topics were dedicated to specific innovation fields such as e.g. micronano manufacturing, photovoltaic manufacturing or organic electronics.

Organised by ZVEI the productronica forum dealed with non-sector-specific technologies that have special significance as well as topics related to EMS. It examined key trends and features technical lectures on specific themes by participating companies.

The fact that the forums' new concept was worthwhile in every way is reflected by the outstanding marks that both forums received from participants: Visitors had a first-rate impression of the program. 90 percent of the participants gave them ratings of good to excellent.

Further information about the lectures ans speakers are available here


New in 2009: Hand-on Sessions

For the first time ever, exhibitors participating in productronica were able to post information about live demonstrations of their production processes or presentations of their latest developments in the productronica event database. Doing so it gave them an additional channel for calling attention to their exhibit and addressing potential customers.
 
All activities were posted under "Hands-on Sessions" in the event database. The entries included information on times as well as brief descriptions of the various events. This helped visitors to conveniently include hands-on sessions in their plans to visit the fair.


Sonderschau SOPRO

The special show entitled “Self-organizing production” (SOPRO) during productronica 2009 illustrated how production processes will be organized in future. On the stand scientists from the fields of microsystems technology, information technology and production engineering used a production to show for the first time how the intelligent factory of the future could function.


Further information about the special show are available here



Career Information Day

“What job will I do in future?” – Career Information Day during productronica 2009 provides secondary and grammar school students with clear answers

Even during an economic crisis, engineers are urgently sought, especially those with technical knowledge in environmental technology and power engineering. productronica 2009 played its part in this respect by becoming involved in thepromotion of young talent in the electronics industry.

The world’s leading trade fair for electronics production therefore issued an invitation to attend the Career Information Day on November 13, 2009. Under the umbrella ofsuperstudium.de, the Initiative of the German Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers‘ Association (ZVEI), 140 secondary and grammar school students from the final classes at six schools in the Munich, Neubiberg, Holzkirchen and Schongau regions were able to obtain information on job prospects and occupational profiles in the electronics industry.

Further information about the career information Day during productronica 2009 are available here