On Thursday 2 November 2017, Techwatch, in close cooperation with Flanders Make and the Software and Systems Academy organizes Bits&Chips Smart Systems 2017. With a completely new concept, the event will now be hosted at Van der Valk Eindhoven. Offering a buzzing exhibition floor full of demonstrations, an in-depth conference programme with renowned speakers from both industry and academia and an interactive student programme for high tech professions in the making, it promises to be an inspiring day.

Bits&Chips Smart Systems is a meeting place for academia, researchers, designers, engineers and technical management. Visitors are active in the domain of networked and technical information systems, from smart lighting to advanced production machinery. They participate in the development from sensor to actuator, from antenna to system, from hardware to software. They work at product development companies, project bureaus, service providers, component suppliers, tool suppliers, test and measurement specialists, providers of EMS and assembly services and research institutes, amongst others.