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Svet elektronike & Svet mehatronike magazines have organised the 2nd IKTEM Conference which addresses ICT, Electronics & Mechatronics sectors. IKTEM 2019 has moved to Rogla, a beautiful skiing resort in the North of Slovenia.

Main topics of IKTEM 2019 were:

• IKTEM 2019 conference brought top-notch technical presentations and Hands-on workshops for the areas of:
  • ICT
  • Electronics
  • Mechatronics

  At the conference top foreign and home speakers have talked about topics:

  • Security solutions in ICT
  • NB IoT products and solutions
  • Industrial 3D printing with industrial 3D printer
  • Measurements with modern measurement instruments and methods
  • CAD-CAM tools for fields of electronics and mechatronics
  • Case studies from fields of ICT, electronics and mechatronics

After the first day of presentations participants of the conference were tasting several Slovenian beers and competing in Dart.

“2nd IKTEM Conference was again a great success. Despite bad weather we had many visitors from industry. ” said Jurij Mikeln, President of the IKTEM Conference’s Organisational Board. “IKTEM was also very well recognized by the Faculty for Electronics in Maribor, which also participated at the conference. Conference was also supported by the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and the Slovenian Craft Chamber. These and all other partners contributed to IKTEM success. We were very well hosted by Hotel Rogla and Planja, hence decision to have IKTEM 2020 conference at Rogla again.” emphasized Mikeln.

“Most of presentations at IKTEM Conference were non-commercial but technical and practical. This was crucial as participating engineers do not have time to listen commercial presentations. Also non formal gathering was carefully chosen for target audience and we have a plan to continue with this model.” concluded Mikeln.

Conclusion

IKTEM 2019 had over 110 registered participants mainly from Slovenia and neighboring countries. 

About IKTEM Conference

IKTEM Conference is organized by Svet elektronike and Svet mehatronike magazines. Partners that support the conference come from the University and Industry fields. Besides Faculty for Electronics in Ljubljana – Laboratory for Telecommunications and Laboratory for Multimedia. In the 2019 joined Partner from the University in Maribor – Faculty for Electronics from Maribor. Partners from industry were Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia – Chamber for Electronic Industry and Section for Informatics and Telecommunications, Institute Jožef Stefan, and many sponsors and partners from industry.

Svet elektronike & Svet mehatronike magazines have organised the 1st IKTEM Conference which addresses ICT, Electronics & Mechatronics sectors. IKTEM 2018 was held in a beautiful town Kranjska Gora among high Alps in the north of Slovenia.

Main topics of IKTEM 2018 were:

• Communications: IoT, NB IoT, LoRa

• Rapid prototyping: 3D Metal Printing, 3D Scanning

• Electronics: Various Switching Power Supply Topologies, EMC, Advance use of Modern Oscilloscopes

• CADCAM software for electronics and mechatronics

After the first day of presentations participants of the 1st IKTEM Conference were taken to Planica ski centre where they participated in the world’s tallest ZIP Line from Planica ski jumping platform.

The evening was concluded with barbecue dinner which included tasting of 9 different sorts of Slovenian beers.

“1st IKTEM Conference was a great success. Many companies were greatly interested in sponsoring the conference while already preparing it. At one point we had to refuse potential sponsors due to limitations in the schedule, and limited space in the venue that was intended for sponsors.” said Jurij Mikeln, owner of both magazines that organised IKTEM Conference. “IKTEM was also very well recognised by the Faculty for Electronics in Ljubljana, as well as by the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and the Slovenian Craft Chamber. These partners all contributed to IKTEM success already in it’s first iteration. Having very good feedback both from participants and sponsors we see a bright perspective for IKTEM Conference in the following years.” emphasized Mikeln.

“Most of presentations at IKTEM Conference were non-commercial but technical and practical. This was crucial as participating engineers do not have enough time to listen to commercial presentations. Also non formal gathering was carefully selected for target audience and we have a plan to continue with this model.” concluded Mikeln.

Conclusion

IKTEM 2018 had over 140 registered participants mainly from Slovenia and neighbouring countries. The Golden Sponsor was EBV Elektronik accompanied with 7 Silver, 8 Bronze Sponsors, and 6 Conference and 3 Media Sponsors. During the conference there was one true Hands-on Workshop (Android programming) accompanied with many Workshops (EMC, Silent Switcher, LT Spice, Motor drive etc.).

About IKTEM Conference

IKTEM Conference is organized by Svet elektronike and Svet mehatronike magazines. Partners that support the conference come from the University and Industry fields. In the first iteration partner from the university was Faculty for Electronics in Ljubljana – Laboratory for Telecommunications and Laboratory for Multimedia. Partners from industry were Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia – Chamber for Electronic Industry and Section for Informatics and Telecommunications.

IKTEM 2018 was taking place in Kranjska Gora, Venue Ramada Resort from May 31^st to June 1^st 2018.