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Focus on innovations and trends in industrial communication - Review of the KommA 2023

The annual colloquium "Communication in Automation - KommA" of the two institutes, the Institute for Industrial Information Technology (inIT) of the TH-OWL in Lemgo and the Institute for Automation and Communication (ifak e.V.) in Magdeburg, is the forum for science and industry in German-speaking countries for all technical/scientific issues relating to industrial communication.

KommA 2023 in Magdeburg

Professor Dr. Ulrich Jumar and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Jasperneite have been organizing the annual colloquium for more than 14 years now.

Professor Dr. Ulrich Jumar opens KommA 2023

Guided tour of the Gruson greenhouses

The 14th edition of KommA once again offered the more than 40 participants in Magdeburg a broad spectrum of contributions and discussions on the topic of industrial communication.

After the welcoming address by conference co-chair Professor Dr. Ulrich Jumar (ifak e.V.), Frank Hakemeyer (Phoenix Contact) kicked things off with his plenary lecture on "Industrial Wireless - between research, marketing and practice".

This was followed by short poster presentations, including topics such as the real-time capability of industrial 5G systems, simulations of 5G TSN bridges, LoRaWAN range extensions, localization techniques in industrial environments and more.

The event also included presentations on various aspects of wireless communication in industry, the implementation of asset administration shells, as well as possible applications of 5G in automated monorail vehicles (MonoCAB) and factories.

The keynote presentation by Dr. Lisa Underberg (ifak e.V.) on "Towards Wireless Communications in Automation: An Overview", highlighted the various facets of wireless communication.

The presentations were followed by a guided tour of the Gruson greenhouses on the first evening, followed by an evening event in the Elbelandhaus, which provided an opportunity for informal discussions. The Gruson Greenhouses are a botanical garden in Magdeburg and contain an important collection of plants dating back to the 19th century.

The conference ended with a closing speech and an invitation to KommA 2024 in Lemgo by the conference co-chair Professor Dr. Jürgen Jasperneite (inIT of TH-OWL/Fraunhofer IOSB-INA).

Overall, KommA 2023 provided a comprehensive platform for the exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of current industrial communication topics.

The contributions can be found as open access under the DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/111633

The 15th annual colloquium will take place on November 6, 2024 at the Innovation Campus in Lemgo. Further information can be found at: www.jk-komma.de