Digital Connectivity for Future Proof Critical Operations

Join us for the first 26 seminar: Building the Connectivity Digital Infrastructure for Future Proof Critical Operations

As part of the PRIMMA initiative, we continue the programme for '26 with a first seminar. We invite international and regional partners to an immersive full-day programme in the Drechtsteden region, exploring how future-proof digital connectivity enables critical operations in ports, maritime industry, logistics, and industrial innovation for eg. drones and autonomous vehicles use cases. Drechtsteden is part of the Rotterdam conglomerate and houses many maritime industries and shipyards. The event is organised as part of the DigitalZH programme in cooperation with Techbinder.

The day combines an inspiring morning site visit to leading maritime and industrial innovators with an interactive afternoon session at the Duurzaamheidsfabriek in Dordrecht - a living innovation environment showcasing sustainability, smart industry, and advanced digital infrastructure.

Participants will explore the risks of innovating without a resilient connectivity strategy, learn how to design and ascertain robust digital infrastructure, and examine real-world use cases in industrial IoT, private wireless networks, sensors, autonomous operations, and mission-critical communications. Industry experts from Viavi, LS Telcom, Techbinder, and PRIMMA partners will share hands-on insights into network performance, operational excellence, and connectivity decision-making.

A key part of the programme is interactive collaboration where participants will map their own - or their clients - wireless connectivity challenges and their requirements for criticality, resilience and availability. This in turn will then point at wireless connectivity alternatives and roadmaps for digital infrastructure for critical operations.

The day concludes with a networking reception and live demonstrations, offering space to connect, exchange ideas, and explore next-step collaboration within the PRIMMA ecosystem.

Agenda: “Building the Connectivity Digital Infrastructure for Future Proof Critical Operations”

10.00 - 12.00 Location: Drechtsteden, a shipbuilding hotspot in the realm of port of Rotterdam

In the morning we will visit an inspiring shipbuilding company active in Drechtsteden that provides an environment with used cases.

With opening by Bram vd Boom of Techbinder

12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch at Duurzaamheidsfabriek, Dordrecht

13.00 – 13:20 | Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Opening by the management of the Duurzaamheidsfabriek and regional ecosystem and innovation landscape like Drechtsteden in cooperation with Port of Rotterdam and DigitalZH
• Brief overview of the PRIMMA initiative: past events, current status, plans forward
• Relating the morning visit to the wireless connectivity challenge

13:20 – 13:50 | Setting the Stage: main challenges, trends and current status in wireless enterprise networks

• Deployment of private networks, trends in digital connectivity, recent market stats, development of the ports and logistics vertical·
• Connectivity alternatives for automation and process control for critical communication
• Digital infra for future proof development of process automation and autonomous transportation

13.50-14:30 | Use cases and mapping of requirements to solutions

• Use cases from ports already deploying private 5G like Valencia, Algeciras, Tyne, Thames Freeport, Hutchinson.
• Eg. Drones and control options for drone control, operational consequences of control options·
• How to map use case requirements and challenges to architectures and wireless solutions and introduction to the workshop

14:30 – 15:00 | Break

15:00 – 16:00 | Workshop / breakout sessions

• Workshop on mapping use case requirements to wireless solutions using a canvas
• Presenting and discussing the results of the workshop

16:00 – 16:30 | Quality assurance & operational excellence for Advanced usage of private networks

· LSTelcom: relevance of KPI’s for private mobile networks and/or TCCA or standardisation body.

- Viavi: methods to ascertain network performance for critical operations

16.30 - 16.45 | Wrap-up, conclusions, take-aways and next steps

• Wrap-up of the day, main conclusions.
• Agenda of follow-up PRIMMA activities.

16:45 – 18:00 | Networking in the demo environment

• Informal networking with all partners and participants In the setting of the demo environment at Duurzaamheidsfabriek-
• Demo’s on IoT and 5G in the Duurzaamheidsfabriek.
  
  We are looking forward to seeing you there!
  
  Team PRIMMA