COAI, 5G ACIA and 5G India Forum
organizes special webinar “Making Industry 4.0 Happen With 5G”
5G
technologies promise to bring along immense opportunities to revolutionize our
lives, it also holds special importance for Industries as 5G can play a key
role in achieving goals of Industrial Automation. In view of the potential
ahead, COAI in partnership with the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and
Automation (5G-ACIA) and 5G India Forum (5GIF) today organized a joint webinar on “Making
Industry 4.0 Happen With 5G” to discuss the Industrial Automation
landscape and opportunities. The event witnessed presentations from Dr. Andreas
Mueller (Bosch), General Chair of 5G–ACIA and Dr. Afif Osseiran (Ericsson),
General Vice-Chair of 5G-ACIA on “5G for Industrial IoT – An overview and
Industrial use cases and requirements”.
The
webinar also witnessed a panel discussion on making Industry 4.0 happen with
5G, the panel included Dr. Nagahanumaiah, Director, CMIT; Ms. Monika Gupta,
Vice President, Global 5G Engineering Lead, Capgemini; Mr. Jayant Moghe, Senior
VP - Network Solutions, Mavenir; Mr. Ankit Bhargava, Principal
Consultant-Industry 4.0, Tech Mahindra and Dr. Sunil Jha, Automation Lab, Dept.
Mech Engg., IIT. The session was moderated by Dr. Sendil Devar, Ericsson.
Automation
with industrial IoT is the ability to connect sensors, devices, equipment,
software applications, manufacturing production processes, workers, and end
consumers and 5G technologies will be even more significant for enterprises to
support the rigorous requirements of critical communications.
The event brainstormed to identify the requirement of
industry verticals and readiness of Indian ecosystem partners to provide the
reliable connectivity, infrastructure and services. The event witnessed
participation from TSPs, Telecom OEMs, Manufacturing industry players, System
Integrations who will play critical role in furthering Industry 4.0 in India to
stimulate and accelerate the digitization road map of the industries.
5G-ACIA
is the central global forum for shaping 5G in the industrial domain. On one
platform, various industries from all over the world jointly create a new ICT
and OT ecosystem and set the frameworks for a highly attractive emerging
market.
New Delhi,
August 24th, 2020
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