Symposium on Consumer and Broadcast Technology - Innovation for All (IFA)

IFA 100 - Innovation for all

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the IFA and the 145th anniversary of the ETV Berlin-Brandenburg, a hybrid IEEE CTSoc Symposium will be held in cooperation with the VDE Berlin-Brandenburg (ETV), the VDE Rhein-Main and the IEEE Broadcast Technology BT Society.

Leif Lindner, head of the IFA management company, will speak in his welcoming address about the vision for changing IFA in its global context. IFA is the leading trade fair for consumer electronics and household appliances. Today it is becoming younger, more international and hipper. Lindner: “I believe that we have clearly managed to improve, refine and adapt our brand image and usher in the start of a new era.” This starts with the name IFA. It once stood for “Internationale Funkausstellung” but now this name no longer describes what IFA actually is standing for. Today, IFA stands for “Innovation for all”

Renowned speakers such as Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Brandenburg one of the inventors of the mp3 file format, probably the most important development for the music industry since the vinyl record, will talk about his vision to connect the digital and real world through immersive audio and unlock the full potential of human hearing. “We want to enable everyone to dive deep into any soundscape.”

Architect Mattes Buskies will speak about the intermettent vision of the IFA trade fair, Werner von Siemens idea of “Ingenuity for Life” and the connection between electrical engineering and well being. He will explain how well known buildings in Berlin such as the Radio Tower, the “Haus des Rundfunks” and the “VDE-Haus Bismarckstraße 33” have their own design language and convey a message of the New Objectivity.

The event is organized as a hybrid chapter meeting of the IEEE Consumer Technology Society together with Stefan Mozar, IEEE CT Consumer Technology and Peter Siebert, IEEE BT Broadcast Technology Society. Experience an exciting day with presentations by renowned speakers, institutions and experts.

Registration is requested:

If you intend to attend online or in person, please contact Dr. Christian Groß: cg@blue-energy-group.de, mobile +49 151 14124212

The event is free of charge.

The Online event will be organized by Zoom. Here you find the Zoom link