Trade fairs, conferences and events

At this year's IFAT, the world's leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management, the Fraunhofer IST in collaboration with the Fraunhofer IOSB will be presenting a diamond electrode-based system for the production of ozonized water. Ozonized water disinfection is an efficient and sustainable way of treating water without the addition of chemicals.

The Fraunhofer IST is presenting several exhibits from the field of sensor technology at the Hannover Messe as part of the Fraunhofer Adaptronics Alliance. The focus of the fair this year is on important topics such as AI, sustainable production or 5G.  

This year's Industry Day at the TU Braunschweig will take place under the key topic ”Go Green: Producing active pharmaceutical ingredients sustainably”. The networking-event offers all participants important impulses and opportunities for exchange.

The new conference on lightweight solutions LightCon will be held for the first time in Hannover – a two-day program with excellent keynotes, panels and best practices. Under the motto “Sustainability needs Lightweight Design“, the event will focus on sustainability, climate, resource protection, and CO2 emissions. To launch the conference, Prof. Christoph Herrmann will speak about “Life Cycle Engineering for lightweight structures in mobility applications“ in his keynote lecture.

This year, the 15th International Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies CIMTEC will take place, encompassing two events: The International Ceramics Congress and the Forum on New Materials. There will be many symposia and conferences. The Fraunhofer IST is also participating with a lecture on ”New surface boriding technologies”.

The Fraunhofer IST is participating at this year's International Aerospace Exhibition ILA as part of the Fraunhofer Space Alliance. The trade fair covers the entire value chain in the areas of Aviation, Space, Defence & Support, Supplier and Advanced Air Mobility. Among other things the Fraunhofer IST is presenting additively manufactured components made of plastic for space applications.

The focus of this year's International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering is ”Changes in Plasma Surface Engineering”. The conference is thus devoted to future developments and looks at technologies with high growth potential. This year the Fraunhofer IST is participating again in the joint booth of the network INPLAS and is expanding the program with numerous scientific contributions.

The key themes of the 22nd K in Düsseldorf this year are: “Circular Economy“, “Digitalization“ and “Climate Protection“. The trade show aims to provide impulses for thought and stimulate a dialog in the plastics and rubber industry. The Fraunhofer IST is participating in a joint booth together with many other Fraunhofer institutes and will present topics such as additive manufacturing in combination with plasma technology.

The demand for electrochemical energy storage is steadily increasing. That is why this year's IBPC2022 will again deal with important, production-related topics such as recycling, circular economy and supply chains. The conference offers participants an international exchange and networking platform in the field of battery production.