E2 Forum: Talks, exhibition and networking

On September 21 and 22, 2022, 350 participants and 40 exhibiting companies met at the E2 Forum in Frankfurt am Main. (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

(Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

(Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

(Photo: © Messe Frankfurt / Jochen Günther)

Martin Schmitt, Chairman of the Board of VDMA Elevators and Escalators and Managing Director of Aufzugswerke Schmitt & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG, opened the E2 Forum in Frankfurt am Main on September 21, 2022. (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

from the left: Ebru Gemici-Loukas (VDMA), Iris Jeglitza-Moshage (Messe Frankfurt), Martin Schmitt (VDMA), Roberto Zappa (ELA), Nayla Mecattaf (CroMe Studio), Uwe Behm (Messe Frankfurt), Dr. Peter Hug (VDMA), Kerstin Horaczek (Messe Frankfurt), Christopher Enders (Messe Frankfurt) (Photo: © Messe Frankfurt / Jochen Günther)

Roberto Zappa (l.), President of the European Lift Association, Martin Schmitt (m.) and Uwe Behm from Messe Frankfurt GmbH opened the E2 Forum. (Photo: © Messe Frankfurt / Jochen Günther)

Roberto Zappa, President of the European Lift Association (ELA), during his opening speech at the E2 Forum. (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Uwe Behm, Managing Director of Messe Frankfurt, welcomed the guests on behalf of the trade fair company. (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Achim Hütter, Chairman of the Board of VFA-Interlift e.V., and Henning Könicke, Managing Director of AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen GmbH, as guests at the E2 Forum in Frankfurt am Main. (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

No more seats available at the opening talk by Martin Schmitt (Photo: © Messe Frankfurt / Jochen Günther)

Andreas Hunziker from CEDES during his presentation "Is digitalization the answer to skills shortages?" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Aleatec (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Adrian Gollasch from Telegärtner Elektronik GmbH spoke about campus solutions at the E2 Forum. (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Annika Jamal El-Din from Schindler Deutschland AG & Co. KG gave a presentation on "Green Service: How to sustainably reduce the carbon footprint of elevator operations." (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Arwid Theuer-Kock (LEED AP/DGNB Auditor/BREEAM DE Auditor/1plus Consult GmbH) spoke about "LEED - Trends in sustainability certification for buildings". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: ALGI Alfred Giehl GmbH & Co. KG (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

All exhibitors at the E2 Forum at a glance (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Bosch Service Solutions GmbH (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Bucher Hydraulics AG (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: CEDES AG (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Cobianchi Liftteile AG (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Danfoss GmbH (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

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Bernhard Isler from the BACnet Interest Group Europe on the topic "Bringing together what belongs together: elevators - fire alarm systems - evacuation - energy control. BACnet, the worldwide standard for integration in building automation". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Bernhard Lenk von der Sensotek GmbH bei seinem Vortrag „Radartechnologie im Smart City Umfeld“ (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Björn Kühnemann from Otis GmbH & Co. OHG on "Digital networking of elevators: the new generation" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Bodo Adamus from Bosch Service Solutions GmbH on "Working safely alone on the elevator" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Prof. Dr. Boris Düdder from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen on "Cybersecurity - Challenges in Intelligent Passenger Transport Devices". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Boris Marjancevic from Global1Partners was present as a speaker twice at the E2 Forum: For Fermator Deutschland GmbH he spoke about "The power of nature - from disaster back to production". For Sicor, he spoke on the topic of "From partial automation to full automation". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Dr. Rolf Zöllner (l.) and Jonas Strahberger (both TÜV Süd) shared with the visitors of the E2 Forum their "Lessons learned from building a Monitoring & Diagnostics (RM&D) environment for elevators". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Frank Spickeneder from Telegärtner Elektronik GmbH during his presentation on "Vds-SecurIP (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Fred Kowalsky of Nayarsystems addressed the "Inclusion of IoT, Cloud and Multimedia in the Elevator". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Dr. Gerhard Schiffner (CEN/TC 10) focused on the "Rules and regulations for the design of elevators". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum:: Hydroware GmbH (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Kollmorgen Steuerungstechnik GmbH (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: : Kübler Group (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: : Meiller Aufzugstüren (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Nayarsystems (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum:: NetCom Sicherheitstechnik (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Hagen Schmidt-Bleker from Formitas AG on "Building Information Modeling in elevator construction". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Hans-Wilhelm Dünn from Cyber-Sicherheitsrat Deutschland e.V. during his presentation on "Escalate and Elevate - We need to expand and elevate cybersecurity". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Harald Giehl from Algi Alfred Giehl GmbH & Co. KG on "Planning and digitalization of hydraulic drives and elevator systems". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Heiko Nagorski from Bucher Hydraulics AG during his presentation on "Modern hydraulic drives - modernizing instead of replacing". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Jürgen Blank from Schindler Deutschland dealt with "Digital mobility solutions in practice - connectivity for the future" in his contribution to the E2 Forum (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Klaus Dahlfeld of Otis GmbH & Co. OHG on "Modular Construction - Elevator with Prefabricated Shaft" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Lars Kollmorgen of Kollmorgen Steuerungstechnik GmbH (l.) and Philipp Brüßler of K-solutions Steuerungstechnik GmbH addressed "Destination selection controls in public buildings - acceptance and approaches for new control systems" in their presentation. (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Martin Reichl from UNS GmbH on "Digitalization in elevator emergency calls - worldwide IP projects" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mazen Ayoubi from PohlCon spoke about "Sound insulation in elevator construction with a focus on modernization based on current projects" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Michael Bär from Bosch Service Solutions GmbH on the "Bosch Elevator Cloud - Status quo and outlook" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Dr. Michael Geisinger from the real estate group Vonovia SE spoke about "VAO: Digital elevator management at Germany's largest elevator operator" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Michael Müller from Danfoss during his talk on "The frequency converter as a sensor" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Michael Siegfried from Brugg Lifting AG dealt with the topic "Sustainability of elevator ropes" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Newlift Steuerungsbau GmbH (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Otis (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Permoser & Partner (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: PohlCon (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: RST Elektronik (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Schindler Deutschland (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: Sensotek (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Exhibitor at the E2 Forum: UNS GmbH (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Moderator Renato Turri led through the program in Room 1. He announced the keynote address by renowned architect Nayla Mecattaf from CroMe Studio (Photo: © Messe Frankfurt / Jochen Günther)

Nayla Mecattaf from CroMe Studio during her keynote on "High-rise buildings of the future: sustainability and well-being (Photo: © Messe Frankfurt / Jochen Günther)

After her presentation at the E2 Forum, Nayla Mecattaf took questions from the audience (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

In addition to the presentations, the E2 Forum also featured two panel discussions. Here, Karl Heinz Belser, Hans-Wilhelm Dünn, Boris Düdder and Michael Geisinger exchanged views on the topic of "Digitalization and Cybersecurity" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Panel discussion on "Digitalization and Cybersecurity" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Nicolas Sacherer (l.) and Stefan Permoser from Permoser & Partner during their presentation "Finding skilled workers in 2023 - this strategy works". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Oliver Lossau from Henning on "Machine Learning is written in Phyton - Artificial Intelligence in PowerPoint" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Patrick Schweibl from D+H Deutschland spoke about "Systems for elevator shaft ventilation as a contribution to the energy transition - requirements and opportunities for the industry" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Ralf Balzerowski from NetCom Sicherheitstechnik addressed "Secure data communication of elevator systems in digital networks" in his presentation at the E2 Forum. (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Ricardo Dyroff from Meiller Aufzugstüren informed his audience at the E2 Forum about "Sustainable and resource-saving modernization of old elevator doors" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Sébastien Laurent and Damien Leschevin de Prévoisin (not pictured) from the RATP Group were the first speakers in Room 2 on the second day of the E2 Forum with their presentation "Maintenance monitoring and predictive maintenance of escalators - Paris metro approach". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Stefan Löbig from TÜV-Verband e.V. addressed the topic of "Functional safety on elevator systems". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Tanja Zirnstein from UVIS UV-Innovative Solutions GmbH during her talk "The new normal" - Sustainable technology for more hygiene in elevators and escalators". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Thomas Lernet from Aufzugswerke Schmitt & Sohn presented "The role of elevator doors in the building". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

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Tilman Häuser from Dekra Digital on "Aiming high with data - making intelligent decisions with elevator data" (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

Volker Hager from Hydroware on "Networking of elevators and modern user interfaces on elevator controls - from Nokia 6310 to iPhone". (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)

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Save the Date: The third E2 Forum is scheduled for October 1 and 2, 2024. (Photo: © Bernd Lorenz / LIFTjournal)