LIST TECH DAY 2019

LUXEMBOURG’S MAIN PLATFORM FOR FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE BUSINESS OF TOMORROW

TECH DAY 19 - WHAT TO EXPECT?

On 20 June 2019, 09:00 - 23:00, at the 'Maison des Arts et des Etudiants' in Belval:

• Outstanding business event with live "made in Luxembourg" technology demonstrations, technology pitches and a technology summit including national and international speakers
• Full business day of inspiration, new contacts and matchmaking opportunities followed by a networking dinner with live music in a new location.

Business leaders, policy makers, entrepreneurs, investors and early adopters from all around Europe: fast-track your innovation process by learning how to collaborate with a research and technology organisation and how businesses have addressed their concrete innovation challenges with LIST.

TEch village

As a centerpiece, you'll experience the TECH VILLAGE with 20 of the latest prototypes, research demos and high-potential solutions by LIST:

• Monitor your health with chemical nano-sensing - Booth 1
• A plasma robot for all situations - Booth 2
• Saving lives with global flood monitoring - Booth 3
• Stop animal testing with lung cell cultures - Booth 4
• Feel as if it was real with new haptics! - Booth 5
• Creating automated maps with robots - Booth 6
• So you think you're a green traveller? - Booth 7
• Digital image correlation: look, but don't touch! - Booth 8
• Anaerobic digestion of biowaste - Booth 9
• Plan constructions reliably with smart data! - Booth 10
• Raw materials for 3d printing - Booth 11
• Seeing more than ever before with mass spec - Booth 12
• Data science for the tire of the future - Booth 13
• Professional training with augmented reality - Booth 14
• Digitally enhanced work environments - Booth 15
• Digital twins for better urban living - Booth 16
• Artificial intelligence for amphibians! - Booth 17
• No time to waste with Polygone! - Booth 18
• Spray less with precision agriculture - Booth 19
• Air quality research on wheels! - Booth 20

>> Discover the detailed demo teasers.

Tech summit PROGRAMME

The other major highlight of the TECH DAY 2019 is without any doubt the 6-hour TECH SUMMIT bringing together renowned speakers and experts from entrepreneurship, industry and governmental institutions all sharing insights on new trends, innovation roadmaps and the research challenges ahead!

SMART CITIES

09:00-09:45	TECH VILLAGE | Door opening at 09:00 and Welcome Coffee
09:45-10:00	Welcome address - Claude Meisch, Minister of Higher Education and Research
10:00-10:15	Introduction - Thomas Kallstenius, LIST CEO
10:15-10:45	Opening Keynote: Peter Hinssen, serial entrepreneur and author of the book: “The Day after Tomorrow”
10:50-11:05	Special Keynote: "Digital Built Environments" - Prof. Yacine Rezgui, Smart Cities Expert, University of Cardiff
11:05-11:20	Partner Pitch: "Smart Logistics for the City" - Franck Becherel, CEO, Tralux / Francesco Ferrero, LIST
11:20-11:35	Partner Pitch: "Reinventing Luxembourg's Waste Management" - Olivier Mulot, Directeur Logistique, Polygone / Djamel Khadraoui, LIST
11:35-11:40	Smart City Partnership - Signing Ceremony

SMART ENVIRONMENT

11:40-13:30	TECH VILLAGE | Lunch break and Live Demos
13:30-14:00	Special Keynote: "Synthetic Biology for the Acceleration of Industrial Biotech", Prof. Inge Van Bogaert, Ghent University
14:00-14:15	Keynote: "LIST's new GreenTech Center" - Lucien Hoffmann, Enrico Benetto, LIST
14:15-14:30	Partner Pitch: "Biological Infrastructures for Life in Space" - Nicolas Faber, COO, Blue Horizon / Lucien Hoffmann, LIST
14:30-14:45	Partner Pitch: "Cleaner Cleaning through Powerful Micro-Organisms" - Martin Schoonbroodt, Business Development Director, Probiotics / Henry Michel-Cauchie, LIST
14:45-15:00	Greentech Partnerships - Signing Ceremony

SMART INDUSTRIES

15:00-16:00	TECH VILLAGE | Coffee break and Live Demos
16:00-16:30	Special Keynote: "Shaping a Future-Oriented Europe through Responsible Industrial AI" - Dr. Radu Surdeanu, Senior Director Digital Economy, Siemens
16:30-16.45	Partner Pitch: "Smart Haptics: Feel What's on Your Screen" - Cédrick Chappaz, CEO, Hap2U / Emmanuel Defay, LIST
16:45-17:00	Partner Pitch: "A Robot for 5-axis Plasma Deposition" - Régis Heyberget, CEO, MPG / Patrick Choquet, LIST
17:00-17:15	Partner Pitch: "New Standards in Nano-Analytical Performance" - Herman Lemmens, Business Development Manager, Thermo Fischer / Tom Wirtz, LIST
17:15-17:30	Partner Pitch: "The LIST/Goodyear PPP as a Model for the Future" - Georges Thielen, Manager Government Relations, Goodyear / Daniel Schmidt, LIST
17:30-17:45	Special Keynote: "Looking Beyond the Tire" - Christopher Queen, Director Innovation Technology, Goodyear Rubber and Tire Company
17:45-18:00	Closing statements - Mario Grotz, Ministry of the Economy
18:00-23:00	TECH GALA | Networking Dinner and Live Music