Speakers

Dr Merkel studied physics at Mainz University. He worked at CERN in Geneva on data acquisition and control systems for particle detectors before returning to Germany, taking different positions as product owner for industrial communication technologies such as CANopen and ethernet/IP. He has been involved in the CANopen standardization process since 2003 and joined CAN in Automation in March 2024 to take over the position of technical manager overseeing the CiA specification work.