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Information and training event for the use case “Port of Magdeburg”
On December 5, 2019, the Fraunhofer IFF organized an information and training event for the employees of the port of Magdeburg, ranging from dockhands, middle level management to top level management. The aim of [...]
The PortForward project chosen for 2019 Smart City Catalogue of the Catalan Government
The Agency for Competitiveness of the Catalan Government is creating a catalogue about Smart City and the most innovative solutions with international potential. The aim of the catalogue is to visualize the Catalan technological [...]
Testing of the virtual model of the Port of Magdeburg in Elbedome
Following the transport logistic trade fair in Munich, where the digital interactive model of the port area has been presented, the project partners from the Fraunhofer IFF and Port of Magdeburg have successfully tested [...]
Virtual Fort Knox – a platform for service oriented port management systems
Introduction and integration of cyber-physical systems or Internet of Things (IoT) technology in common lead to disruptive changes and increasing complexity for IT solutions in the field of production and logistics. The use of [...]
PortForward – The Digital Port presented in the Mixed Reality Laboratory Elbedome
The project manager Christian Blobner presents the virtual digital port in the Mixed Reality Lab Elbedome of the Fraunhofer IFF Magdeburg - the biggest of its kind for the presentation of interactive visualisations in [...]
Decision Support System for Ports of the Future
Within the project, the concept for a Decision Support System (DSS) is currently worked out. Based on this concept, applications for the DSS will be implemented in the specific use cases. The Decision Support [...]
PortForward In The Press
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Conferences & Meetings
Here you will learn about the upcoming and past conferences and meetings related to the PortForward Project.
PortForward at IN4PL 2021 on October 25th – 27th, 2021
We're proud to announce that PortForward will be presented at IN4PL 2021: 2nd International Conference on Innovative Intelligent Industrial Production and Logistics. Dr. Olaf Poenicke, PortForward project coordinator, has submitted a paper and will [...]
PortForward at the Pixel Closure event on September 28th, 2021
On September 28th, 2021 the sister project PIXEL will have its Closure event and PortForward is scheduled to participate in it. The Closure event »PIXEL - Port IoT for Environmental Leverage« will take place [...]
PortForward presented at the 4th edition of the »Green Energy Ports Conference«
The 4th edition of the »Green Energy Ports Conference« was held on September 22-23, 2021 in Vigo, Spain. At this international conference on green energy technologies in ports the main specialists and authorities of [...]
PortForward at OR63 Online from September 14th until September 16th, 2021
The OR society’s 63rd annual conference was an online event from September 14th until September 16th The conference covered a wide range of topics. From finance to health and AI to maritime operations, the [...]
PortForward at the 2nd Logistics Conference Central Germany 2021 on September 9th, 2021
PortForward was presented at the 2nd Logistics Conference Central Germany on September 9th, 2021. Central Germany is the hub and junction of many trans-European transport axes in logistics and, with its resident logistics experts, [...]
PortForward at the 31st European Conference on Operational Research on July 13th, 2021
Cihan Butun and Ran Wang from Brunel University have presented the project work as part of the Work Package 5 in the 31st European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2021) on July 13th, 2021. [...]