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July 11, 2019

CMS World Summit 2019: A transfer of knowledge at the highest level

On 25 and 26 September the CMS World Summit 2019 is bringing decision-makers from the world’s cleaning industry to Berlin under the main theme of ‘Inject Innovation’

 

Under the main theme of ‘Inject Innovation’ the CMS World Summit 2019 will be bringing decision-makers and creative thinkers from the cleaning industry all over the world to Berlin. The congress will focus on the challenges, opportunities and risks involved with digitalisation and sustainability in the cleaning industry, and will consider the dominant themes, such as the circular economy and artificial intelligence. The two-day conference forms part of the International Cleaning Trade Fair CMS Berlin 2019 – Cleaning.Management.Services. (24 - 27 Sept.) and will take place in Hall 6.3 on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds. The international partner associations of the CMS World Summit 2019 are the European Cleaning and Facility Services Industry (EFCI), European Engineering Industries Association (EUnited) and the International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products (A.I.S.E.). Tickets cost 600 euros, which also includes admission to the CMS Berlin 2019. Registration at www.cms-berlin.com/summit.

 

Heike Hemmer, Project Manager, CMS Berlin: “Sustainability and digitalisation are ever-present in the cleaning industry as major trend-setting factors. AI is the topic on everyone’s lips. With the CMS World Summit 2019 Messe Berlin is providing the international cleaning community with a crash course for the future. The format offers a wealth of opportunities for an individual exchange of information. The programme of papers and discussions ensures a transfer of knowledge at the highest level.”

 

The aspects covered on 25 September under the main heading of ‘Cleanliness and Hygiene in a Sustainable World’ are ‘Challenges AI: Opportunities and Risks’, ‘Circular Economy – Strategies in the Cleaning Industry’, ‘Work 4.0 – Setting the Course for the Future of Employee Development’ and ‘Power Pricing / Price Management’. In conclusion there will be a panel discussion on the subject of ‘Fair Award Criteria of Cleanliness and Hygiene in the General Contracting Practice – How to Do It?’

The main theme on 26 September, ‘Future Technologies and Business Possibilities’ examines a number of issues including ‘Managing Disruptions and Challenges in the Digital Transformation’ Future technologies and business opportunities for the cleaning industry will be outlined firstly from the viewpoint of Microsoft (Part 1), with a focus on the IoT and digitalisation, and then from the aspect of AI strategy by appliedAI (Part 2). HERE Technologies will place the emphasis on concrete digital solutions. The CMS World Summit 2019 will conclude with a panel discussion entitled ‘Inject Innovation: Cleaning 4.0 – We Create Future’.

 

Additional information: www.cms-berlin.com/summit.

 

CMS World Summit 2019 – Provisional Programme

Subject to alteration, Details correct as of: 11 July 2019

 

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Cleanliness and Hygiene in a Sustainable World

 

2 - 2.30 p.m. Opening and greetings

  • Juan Díez de los Ríos de San Juan, President, EFCI
  • Markus Asch, President, EUnited Cleaning
  • Dr. Susanne Zänker, Director General, A.I.S.E.
  • Dr. Christian Göke, CEO Messe Berlin GmbH

 

2.30 - 3 p.m. Opening speech – The Challenge of AI: Opportunities and Risks. Peter Schaar, Chairman, European Academy for Freedom of Information and Data Protection (EAID); former Federal Data Protection Commissioner (retd.)

 

3 - 3.30 p.m. Circular Economy – Strategies in the Cleaning Industry

  • Dr. Peter Hug, Director, EUnited
  • Isabel Yglesias, Executive Director, EFCI
  • Dr. Susanne Zänker, Director General, A.I.S.E.

 

3.30 - 4 p.m. Networking coffee / Communication break

 

4 - 4.30 p.m. ‘Work 4.0 – Setting the Course for the Future of Employee Development’. Dr. Axel Korge, Fraunhofer IAO

 

4.30 - 5 p.m. Power Pricing / Price Management

Thomas Beducker, Partner at Simon-Kucher & Partners

 

5 - 5.45 p.m. Panel discussion: Fair Award Criteria of Cleanliness and Hygiene in the General Contracting Practice – How to Do It?

  • Åsa Degerman, Member of the Reference Group of the Swedish Circular Economy Delegation, appointed by the Swedish Government
  • C. J. Guo, Deputy General Manager, Gadlee Green Cleaning Equipment Corp. (China)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Torben Bernhold, Director of the Masters Course, Real Estate and Facility Management, Professor for Real Estate Management and Real Estate Economics, Department of Oecotrophology · Facility Management, FH Münster
  • Beatriz Soria León, Head of Facility Management Contracting, BASF

 

6 - 10 p.m. CMS World Summit Night

Venue: Marshall-Haus

 

Thursday, 26 September 2019

Future Technologies and Business Possibilities

 

10 - 10.30 a.m. Networking Business Breakfast

 

10.30 - 11 a.m. Keynote subject: Managing Disruptions and Challenges in Digital Transformation. Oliver Tian, Immediate Past President of the Singapore Industrial Automation Association

 

11 - 11.30 a.m. What Will Shape the Future of Cleaning? (Part 1)

Christoph Berlin (requested), Principal Group Program Manager and Proprietor, Manufacturing in the Azure IoT Engineering Division of Microsoft Corporation

 

11.30 a.m. - 12 midday. Digital Solutions. Denis Shamanin, Senior Product Manager at HERE Technologies

 

12 midday - 1 p.m.: Networking Midday Break

 

1 - 1.30 p.m. What Will Shape the Future of Cleaning (Part 2) Philipp Hartmann, Head of AI Strategy at appliedAI

 

1.30 - 2.30 p.m. Panel discussion: Inject Innovation. Cleaning 4.0 – We Create Future!

  • Markus Asch, President, EUnited Cleaning
  • Markus Stojan, Vice President Business Development Professional Hygiene, Essity GmbH
  • Stan Doobin, President, Harvard Maintenance
  • Thomas Dietrich, Federal Guild Association of the Cleaning Trade:
  • Jürg Brechbühl, President of Allpura – Association of Swiss Cleaning Companies

 

2.30 - 3 p.m. Resumé and closing remarks (Dr. Peter Hug & Cathy Smith)

For more information: www.cms-berlin.com

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