FEM 2012 Congress attracted some 200 participants from 19 countries. Below you will find the presentations given during the Economic and Technical Conferences, as well as during the CEO Breakfast.

• Outcome of the 2011 study on competitiveness of the EU mechanical engineering industry, Hans-Günther Vieweg, IFO Institute
• Holding a steady course in a challenging environment, Ralph Wiechers, VDMA
• Megatrends: impacts on the future of intralogistic and prospective product development, Matthias Klug, Jan-Christoph Sasche, Sascha Jordan, STILL

Technical Conference - Part 1: market surveillance

• Update on EU initiatives, Phil Papard, ICSMS
• Update on FEM initiative, Olivier Janin, FEM

Technical Conference - Part 2: energy & resource efficiency

•  European initiatives to promote energy efficiency, Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission Joint Research Centre
• Impact of materials handling systems on the environment: models and experiences from AS/RS machines, Kai Furmans, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

CEO Breakfast

•   The Euro and the (in)stability of financial markets, Jacopo Matei, Ferrara University