The forum is free of charge, registration is not necessary. The 20-minute lectures will be held in German or English and be interpreted simultaneously into English and German respectively. The VFA Forum interlift ´17 was attended by more than 2,000 listeners, corresponding to more than 10% of all trade fair visitors. The audience is international, as are the speakers: this year, a good half of the approx. 50 presentations are of German origin, 6 are from Italian companies, 3 from UK, others are from Poland, South Africa, USA, Brasil, Turkey, and other countries.
This year´s Forum´s main topics are
- New products and services
- Development and implementation of national, European and international standardisation
- International markets: Great Britain after the Brexit, Future market India, Turkey as the gateway to the Middle East, Poland, South Africa
- Elevator 4.0: smart handling of smart elevators - changed business models
- Building Information Modeling: BIM for the elevator - the new roles, processes and data
- The elevator and its users: design meets emotions
- Qualification of personnel in the elevator industry: blended learning - the future of learning?!