Monday
20.04.2026
Daily Program
10:00
Eco-Robotics for Environmental Intelligence:Multi-Sensor Monitoring from Emissions to Ecosystem risk
Lecture
Language: English
Shreyas Mysore Guruprasad
Senior Digitalisation Professional, August-Wilhelm Scheer Institut gGmbH
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - SPOTLIGHT STAGE
Hall 12, booth F56, Spotlight Stage
Pecém-Rotterdam-duisport:
Panel Discussion
Language: English
Andre Magalhaes
COO, Port of Pecém, Representing Brazil's emerging hydrogen Hub
+ more speaker
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
The green revolution: AI turns sustainability into a competitive advantage
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Alexander Trautmann
Director Product Engineering SSG/ERP, Sage
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - SPOTLIGHT STAGE
Hall 12, booth F56, Spotlight Stage
The SAP-Security Blind Spot: When System Risks Become Personal
Best Practice
Topic: IT/OT Security
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Patric Walldorf
Cyber Security Director, Claranet GmbH
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
Calibration of Vision-Guided Industrial Robots
Lecture
Topic: Robotics & Assembly Automation + more
Language: English | Live Translation: German
Prof. Dr. Markus Ulrich
Machine Vision Metrology, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
11:00
Use of AI in Industrial No-Code Machine Vision Systems
Lecture
Topic: Industrial AI
Language: English
Ulf Schulmeyer
MVTec Software GmbH
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
Industrial Embodied AI
Lecture
Topic: Research & Technology Transfer + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Oliver Petrovic
Head of Automation and Control Engineering, Machine Tool Laboratory WZL, RWTH Aachen
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
Accelerating Industrial Transformation: The Power of integrated AI Cobot
Lecture
Topic: Robotics & Assembly Automation
Language: English
Kuan Lin
TECHMAN ROBOT INC.
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
Safe dynamic process value monitoring - using the example of the hydrogen industry
Lecture
Topic: Hydrogen Technologies
Language: English
Pirmin Stahl
Global Services, Engineering, Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
Digitale Produktzwillinge: Lebenszyklusdaten für Produktpässe und weitere Regularien
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: English
Josepha Pfeiffer
Product Manager Bosch Semantic Stack, Robert Bosch GmbH
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
Making Humanoid Robotics Productive: From First Tests to Decisions
Best Practice
Topic: Research & Technology Transfer + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dr. Ing. Martin Rabe
Head of Stratosfare, it's OWL Clustermanagement GmbH
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
Robotic Teleoperation - The Future -
Lecture
Topic: Robotics & Assembly Automation
Language: English
Paul Stafford
Director of Business Development, Haply Robotics
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
Sovereign AI in for Industry: Harnessing Europe's Strengths through Startup-Corporate Collaboration
Panel Discussion
Topic: Industrial AI
Language: English | Live Translation: German
Jakub Zavrel
CEO, Zeta Alpha
+ more speaker
Research & Technology Transfer - SPOTLIGHT STAGE
Hall 11, booth B69, Spotlight Stage
12:00
From Data to Decarbonization: AI-Powered Emissions Modeling Across Manufacturing Value Chains
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: English
Jonas Bürkel
Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
SpaceAI: Mobile Robots for Operations on Extraterrestrial Bodies and in Orbit
Lecture
Topic: Research & Technology Transfer + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dr. Daniel Kühn
Head of Robotics Innovation Center, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
End of Islands: Unified Asset Lifecycle Is the Digital Fabric for Operational Excellence
Panel Discussion
Language: English
Anthony Loy
IA Services Digital Consulting VP, Schneider Electric
+ more speaker
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
13:00
Beyond Industry Boundaries: Why the Future of Maintenance Requires Collaboration
Best Practice
Topic: Research & Technology Transfer
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Alireza Dadashi
Technology manager, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
+ more speaker
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
Intelligent sensors with Single Pair Ethernet - Overview of SPE technology - Practical applications
Lecture
Topic: Automation Systems & Components
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Manfred Walter
JUMO GmbH & Co. KG
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
14:00
Backbone of the Energy Transition: Electricity Grids Between Expansion Drive and System Stability
Panel Discussion
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - SPOTLIGHT STAGE
Hall 12, booth F56, Spotlight Stage
Private 5G networks – a digital backbone in manufacturing intralogistics
Best Practice
Topic: IIoT, Wireless & Cloud
Language: English
Daniel Mai
Siemens AG
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
Why is everyone talking about human robotics?
Keynote
Topic: Humanoid Robots
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karsten Lemmer
Executive Board Member for Innovation, Technology Transfer and Research Infrastructure, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
Center Stage
Hall 25
Synchronous motors with ferrite magnets as high-performance torque motors
Lecture
Topic: Production Technology for Defense
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dr. Jan-Dirk Reimers
CEO, TorqueWerk GmbH
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
15:00
Resilience and Competitiveness: Gas and Hydrogen Networks as a Location Factor
Panel Discussion
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - SPOTLIGHT STAGE
Hall 12, booth F56, Spotlight Stage
Secure electronics: meeting defense industry’s increased requirements.
Lecture
Topic: Production Technology for Defense
Language: English
Peter Schaarschmidt
Head of Sales & Marketing, KSG GmbH
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
Optimization and energy efficiency in DC microgrids: Control of the entire energy infrastructure
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Tobias Lüke
Product Manager, Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
+ more speaker
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
Physical AI 2026 - what do we need to prepare for?
Talk
Topic: Humanoid Robots
Language: English | Live Translation: German
Lara Sophie Bothur
Global Tech Translator & Influencer
+ more speaker
Center Stage
Hall 25
Back to the Future: Managing Foresight Risk for Industrial Competitiveness
Lecture
Topic: Research & Technology Transfer
Language: English | Live Translation: German
Prof. Dr. Heiko von der Gracht
Head of Technology Foresight, CTO Office / Technolgy Service, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
Electrification as a Key to CO₂-Reduction: The efficiency of Precision Metal Deep Drawing
Lecture
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Melwin Richarz
Application Engineering - Head of Special Projects, Hubert Stüken GmbH & Co. KG
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
ULTRACERAMIC® x Magnesium – Energy and Material Efficiency through Functional Lightweight Design
Lecture
Topic: Lightweight Construction
Language: English
Dr. Anna Buling
ELB - Eloxalwerk Ludwigsburg Helmut Zerrer GmbH
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
16:00
OT Cybersecurity Today. Current Threat Landscape and Security Controls
Lecture
Topic: IT/OT Security
Language: English
Phil Tonkin
Field CTO, Dragos
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
17th Innovation World Cup Finale: Opening and Introduction
Opening & Welcome
Topic: Automation Systems & Components + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dr. Maximilian Rupprecht
TECHPRNS
+ more speaker
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
Decarbonising process heat - major contribution to the ecofriendly transformation of industries
Lecture
Language: English
Matthias Heck
Advisor for Cluster and Network Management, Kompetenzzentrum Klimaschutz in energieintensiven Industrien
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
Industry Pitch Session 1: Connected and automated industry
Pitch
Topic: Automation Systems & Components + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
Net-Zero Industry Act - How European regions are pushing ahead on net-zero technology production
Panel Discussion
Topic: Power Engineering & Energy Automation
Language: English
Vanessa Blobel
Consultant, Niedersächsische Staatskanzlei
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
Industrial AI Pitch Session 2: Using AI to make production smarter
Pitch
Topic: Industrial AI + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
Robotic Pitch Session 3: Shaping the future with robotics
Pitch
Topic: Automation Systems & Components + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
17:00
Security Pitch Session 4: Resilience for industry and critical systems
Pitch
Topic: Additive Manufacturing + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
Mobility Pitch Session 5: Transformative solutions for mobility and logistics
Pitch
Topic: Additive Manufacturing + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
Public Vote and Award Ceremony 17th Innovation World Cup
Award Ceremony
Topic: Automation Systems & Components + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
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