EPoSS Annual Forum 2024

Please find below some impressions from the EPoSS Annual Fourm 2024 in Cork, Ireland. We are looking forward to seeing you again in 2025 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland!

Please register here for the event. 

+++Call for Presentations and Posters has been closed.+++

EPoSS will hold its Annual Forum 2024 on June 18-21 in Cork, Ireland. This time, EPoSS member Tyndall National Institute will host the event which follows the motto Sensing the Future of Smart Systems: Bridging Minds and Microelectronics. 

In order to present the latest developments in Smart Systems Integration (SSI), we invite you to send your abstracts for presentations or posters and showcase your latest Smart Systems innovations or technology developments for Smart Systems Integration.

Your contribution could include one or more of the following topic areas: 

Smart Systems Integration research & developments for the following applications:

Next Generation of Smart Systems incl. Sensors and Actuators for e.g.

• Smart and Sustainable Systems
• Mobility and Transport Applications
• Green ECS for decarbonisation
• IoT for environmental monitoring
• Digitisation and Robotics
• Energy Solutions
• Smart Health and Well-Being
• Connectivity
• Internet of Everything Applications

Latest developments and innovative technologies for Smart Systems Integration in the area of New Innovative Technologies e.g.

• New Manufacturing Technologies, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printed Electronics
• Advanced and Sustainable Packaging Technologies
• Photonics and Heterogeneous Integration
• Large Scale Technologies and Flexible and Wearable Electronics
• Artificial Intelligence at the Edge
• Quantum Sensing and Metrology
• Design Methodologies, Security, Safety, Reliability and Resilience
• Bio-Electronics
• RF Technologies for Future Communications
• Energy Harvesting

Brokerage opportunities will be organised to network with especially SMEs, start-ups and young researchers.

If you wish to participate in the Call for Presentations and Posters, please submit your abstract (1,500–3,000 characters) together with your full contact details as well as a short biography to https://ssl.vdivde-it.de/formular/eposs by 26 February, 2024.

Please use the template for abstract submission, which can be found below.

The EPoSS Annual Forum 2024 Technical Committee will select presentations and posters. Invitations for the authors of selected presentations will be sent out until 12 April, 2024.

We particularly thank our great sponsors and supporters!

You wish to support the EPoSS Annual Forum 2024 as a sponsor too? Please get in contact with the EPoSS event team via contact@smart-systems-integration.org

The agenda is now available for download below. 

As proven successful during the last years we will reward a promising start-up in the field of Smart Systems with the EPoSS Start-up Award.

About the EPoSS Start-up Award

Your Benefits

• Become integrated into Europe‘s established Smart Systems community.
• Network with senior players and experts in the field.
• Become immediately a part of the EPoSS community.​​​​​​
• Mentorship: All finalists may approach the jury as mentors to get valuable advice on how to improve concepts and business, if requested.
• Visibility within the Smart Systems community.
• The Winner is granted with additional visibility within the local and the European Smart Systems community – on-site and online via EPoSS channels.
• All finalists will receive a certificate.

Who is eligible?

• European start-up companies founded after January 1, 2020 with innovative business idea, product or service and high growth potential
• Early or mature stages of development, concepts, ideas or business cases
• Relate to Smart Systems technologies for different application areas, such as manufacturing technologies, energy, mobility, flexible electronics, wearables, food, agriculture or medical technology.

How do I apply?

Please find the detailed application guidelines below. Applications must be submitted to the EPoSS office via contact@smart-systems-integration.org.

Finally, if you are invited: Pitch for the Award!

• Pitch with a maximum ten-slide PowerPoint presentation and showcase your product in front of a jury consisting of EPoSS senior experts from industry and research as well as national funding organisers.
• The jury will assume the role of a potential business partner interviewing  you and selecting the most innovative and promising ideas.
• The award will be handed over during the official EPoSS evening dinner.

Good luck! And if you have questions, please contact the EPoSS office via contact@smart-systems-integration.org. 

 

Please find all practical information in one document for download below. 

Venue

Tyndall National Institute

Lee Maltings Complex Dyke Parade
Cork, Cork, T12 R5CP, Ireland
http://www.tyndall.ie/

Cork Airport <--> Tyndall National Institute: approx. 20min by taxi depending on traffic

How to reach Cork?

Airport information: Please check the best options for you from your hometown.

Airport Cork (ORK)

https://www.corkairport.com/

e.g. Germany: direct flights from Frankfurt or via Amsterdam/London-Heathrow | appropriate feeder flights please check
other destinations here.

To & From the Airport

The easiest and best way is to take a taxi (costs to city centre: approx. 20 Euro one-way). There are also buses, but not at very frequent intervals.

How to move in Cork

Cork city is a compact and very walkable city, distances are short.

Cork Tourist Information

https://www.purecork.ie/

Map of Cork

https://www.purecork.ie/plan-your-trip/tips-info/download-a-map-of-cork

Download Cork brochure

https://www.corkconventionbureau.com/

Stay in Cork | Accommodation

UCC Summer beds 

• a favourable accommodation offer from the University Cork
• Four different apartments in Cork - selectable on the website. 
• Please check location and distance to Tyndall in google maps.
• There are 3 or 4 double rooms in each apartment with a communal living room kitchen.
• price example: 4-bedroom-appartement: 400 Euro per night 

https://www.uccsummerbeds.com/en/

Lancaster Lodge
Lancaster Quay, Western Road
Cork, T12 EF10, Ireland
www.lancasterlodge.com

Reservation: info@lancasterlodge.com

approx. 4min walk to Tyndall

The River Lee Hotel

Western Road
Cork T12 X2AH, Ireland

www.doylecollection.com

Reservation: riverlee@doylecollection.com

approx. 4min walk to Tyndall

promo code: TYND180624 (Euro 250,- p.p. excl. breakfast / Euro 270,- p.p. incl. breakfast)

Clayton Hotel Cork City

10 Lapp’s Quay
Cork, T12 RD6E, Ireland

https://www.claytonhotelcorkcity.com/
Reservation: res.corkcity@claytonhotels.com

approx. 23min walk to Tyndall

promo code: TYND180624 
 

Maldron Hotel Cork South Mall

93 South Mall Street
Cork, T12 EE72, Ireland

https://www.maldronhotelsouthmall.com/
Reservation: info.southmall@maldronhotels.com

approx. 20min walk to Tyndall

promo code: TYND180624 (Euro 299,- p.p. incl, breakfast)

Map | congress location & hotels

Please find below images of the pratical information. All information is bundled into one document available for download below. 

Please find all practical information for download below. 

We will organise well-chosen social events. Also, we are preparing unique site visits to local industry and research organisations.

Social Events

We are planning an attractive mix of locations recommended by our host Tyndall. Further details for all evenings will follow.

Executive Committee Evening| Tue June 18, 2024

Franciscan Well Brewery & Brewpub
14 N Mall, Sunday's Well, Cork, T23 P264, Ireland
https://franwellbar.com/

The brewery is a five-minute walk from the Tyndall headquater.

Dinner Event | Wed June, 19, 2024

Restaurant The River Lee
The River Lee Hotel, Western Rd, Cork, T12 X2AH, Ireland
https://www.doylecollection.com/hotels/the-river-lee-hotel

The restaurant is a five-minute walk from the Tyndall headquater.

Dinner Event | Thu June 20, 2024

Cork City Goal
Convent Ave, Sunday's Well, Cork, Ireland
https://corkcitygaol.com/

We travel together by bus from Tyndall to the evening location.

Site Visits

We are organising site visits to local companies on Thursday, 20th June 2024. The tours will take place in the afternoon. 

Note: Please bear in mind that we use this information for further planning and assume your participation. At the registration desk on site, you can sign up for lists of companies you would like to visit and receive more information on e.g. transfers.

Tyndall Labs

We will be onsite - and we will take the chance to visiting the Labs of our host Tyndall National Institute. Tyndall kindly invites our guests to have a closer look at their activities during a guided lab tour. 

The ASSERT Centre, University College Cork

ASSERT provides state-of the-art facilities and cutting-edge technologies that focus on the application of Technology Enhanced Learning, Simulation Based Training and Virtual Reality Based Training for education in, and research on, technical and non-technical skills for healthcare professionals. The facilities in the ASSERT Centre include stations with integrated AV and IT connectivity as well as state of the art high fidelity simulation suites.

Dell Technologies, Cork

Dell Technologies is one of the world’s leading technology companies. The activities of Dell include everything from hybrid cloud solutions to high-performance computing to ambitious social impact and sustainability initiatives. Dell Technologies has been operating in Ireland for over 30 years and is the global hub for Services, Sales, Operations, Software, Finance and Marketing. Dell recently opened a new centre in its Cork plant which provides unique ‘proof-of-concept’ testing for businesses and organisations worldwide to evaluate new technologies and solutions and ensure they unlock new business opportunities. As well as giving Dell Technologies customers the opportunity to test drive solutions with their datasets and workloads prior to deployment, offering the chance to gain valuable hands-on experience before going live, customers will be able to avail of hands-on demonstrations of how complex IT solutions can be implemented within an organisation and in tandem assess the solutions that best meet their business needs.