For the 3rd time now Siemens and Microsoft held together the proven concept of the MES Expertise Center, the unique Manufacturing Excellence Days, on the 12th and 13th of March 2008 in Genoa. The overwhelming feedback from our customers has become our proof point to further extend our program and members and bring constantly also new content to our MES Expertise Center. Here are some interesting facts and figures about the conference:

• more than 300 participants;
• roughly 100 customers;
• almost 45 partners;
• 20 breakout sessions with latest technology information and business use cases;
• 8 industry - and business - specific workshops in small but fine groups;
• Executive key notes from Siemens and Microsoft;
• Broad variety of customer testimonials (e.g. Continental, Kraft, Whirlpool);
• a Plenum Session with great interactive discussions;
• 10 innovation booths with hands-on examples as a great face-to-face discussion floor
  

The following statements of Siemens and Microsoft are giving an idea in which directions the manufacturing trends are going to:
“Microsoft is uniquely positioned as a Company that can help bring together the digital lifestyle with the digital work style” Bill Gates.
For details please have a look at the Microsofts’ Manufacturing Strategy in the presentation of Chris Colyer, WW Industry Director, Manufacturing Operation Strategy, Microsoft.

“SIMATIC IT connects the two worlds of business and manufacturing processes - it is fully integrated into Totally Integrated Automation”
See the speech of Ralf-Michael Franke, President Industrial Automation Systems, Siemens which explains why “Siemens has the right answers for today's and tomorrow’s business.”

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