How the Intelligent Edge May Help Enable the Sustainable Factory of the Future

The anticipation for embedded world 2025 is already high. To bridge the waiting time until the conference programme is announced in spring, we take a look back at Fiona Treacy's great keynote speech at ew24.

Woman in red dress speaks on stage — The keynote speech was held on Wednesday, 10 April 2024 at the embedded world Conference.

Review of ew24 – Keynote Speech from Fiona Treacy

Overview of the presentation

Factory operations are being transformed thanks to data, with next-generation operational insight enabling dynamic production flows and hyper-agile, energy-efficient manufacturing. This session explores how digitizing, connecting, and interpreting data from the factory floor in real-time unlocks the power of the Intelligent Edge.

Fiona Treacy explains how to implement modular system design, demonstrates the impact of localized decision-making, and showcases the benefits of ubiquitous sensing, all in the context of increasing intelligence at the edge.

These innovations are central to the future of industrial system design and will be vital in creating energy-efficient production environments for a more sustainable future.

Would you like to delve deeper into the topic?
At embedded world Exhibition&Conference 2025 from March 11 to 13, 2025,
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Speaker Vita

Fiona Treacy is Managing Director within the Industrial Automation Business Unit at Analog Devices, where she leads an Isolation & Safety Systems business unit, along with a business strategy team focused on accelerating customer development. Previously Fiona held roles in engineering, applications, marketing and business management within the Factory Automation and Process Control, Industrial Connectivity, Precision Converters, and Instrumentation business units. Fiona has a B.Sc. in applied physics and electronics and an M.B.A. from the University of Limerick.

The description of the presentation was taken from the embedded world Conference programme booklet and can be viewed online.