Fabian Sowieja is an engineer and researcher with a background in industrial automation and mechatronic systems. He holds an M.Sc. in “Mechatronic Systems” from Furtwangen University, Germany. During his studies he could expand his professional experience in various industrial companies in the fields of automation, sensor technologies and wireless communication. By working on various engineering and researching topics, he has gained a very good practical understanding in wireless IoT systems, software engineering and the development of automation and test solutions. Since 2021, with his role as senior research engineer at the institute of reliable embedded systems and communication electronics (ivESK), he is responsible for test and measurement projects on wireless IoT systems, embedded software engineering and automation activities, as well as the knowledge transfer from the wireless domain to other projects. In addition, he is preparing and conducting Embedded & Industrial communication systems labs at the University of Offenburg as part of electrical engineering degree program. His technical expertise and knowledge allow him to greatly contribute to the area of training and IoT communication solutions development.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Sikora holds a diploma of Electrical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing., equivalent to M.Sc.) and a diploma of Business Administration (Dipl. Wirt.-Ing., equivalent to MBA), both from Aachen Technical University, Germany. He has done a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the Fraunhofer Institute of Microelectronics Circuits and Systems, Duisburg, Germany, with a thesis on SOI-technologies.   After various positions in the telecommunications and semiconductor industry, he became a professor at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Loerrach in 1999. Since 2011, he is a full Professor at the Offenburg University of Applied Sciences and leads the Institute of Reliable Embedded Systems and Communication Electronics (ivESK). He is also a deputy member of the board to the Hahn-Schickard Association of Applied Research, where he leads the division "Software Solutions". Since 2019, he is also been affiliated to with the Technical Faculty of Freiburg University. Prof. Sikora is the founder and head of the Steinbeis Transfer Center Embedded Design and Networking, which has migrated to STACKFORCE GmbH in 2014, an independent and successful spin-off around IoT connectivity solutions. He is also co-founder and supporter of several other deep tech startups. Prof. Sikora is author, co-author, editor and co-editor of several textbooks and more than 300 peer-reviewed papers in the field of embedded design and wireless & wired networking. Amongst many other duties, he serves as Chairman of the annual embedded world Conference in Nuremberg, Shanghai and Austin – the world's largest events on the topic.