Monday
20.04.2026
Daily Program
10:00
The bitumen revolution from the Thermomix
Live Demonstration
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Frank Albrecht
CEO & Founder, B2SQUARE GmbH
+ more speaker
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - SPOTLIGHT STAGE
Hall 12, booth F56, Spotlight Stage
Open Source meets Industry: A recipe for success?!
Lecture
Topic: Embedded Systems
Language: English
Jan Altenberg
Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL) eG
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
PA66 glass fiber compounds under high friction forces – PTFE and alternative solid lubricants
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
M.Eng. Nils Thoben
Research Assistant, Hochschule Emden/Leer
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - SPOTLIGHT STAGE
Hall 12, booth F56, Spotlight Stage
How will we fly in the future? - Economic, social, and environmental sustainability
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Prof. Dr. Stephan Staudacher
Head of the Institute of Aviation Propulsion/Co-spokesperson TRR364, Universität Stuttgart
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
Driving Digital Business Transformation | The CLAAS approach for International Production Networks
Keynote
Topic: Industrial AI
Language: English | Live Translation: German
Jan Godesaer
Vice President Service Function Digitalization and Processes Manufacturing, CLAAS
+ more speaker
Center Stage
Hall 25
From Automation to Humanoids: Rokae’s Next Leap
Lecture
Topic: Humanoid Robots
Language: English
Gavin Han
Rokae Robotics
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
Automation Takes Flight: Addressing aircraft manufacturing ramp up with direct laser scanning
Lecture
Topic: Research & Technology Transfer
Language: English | Live Translation: German
Aziz Tahiri
VP Aerospace & Defence, Hexagon
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
11:00
WATER AI: Wilo's Path into the AI Era of Water Technology
Keynote
Topic: Industrial AI
Language: English | Live Translation: German
David Graurock
Head of AI Competence Center, Wilo SE
Center Stage
Hall 25
Breaking out of the niche – Space from a manufacturing perspective
Lecture
Topic: Research & Technology Transfer
Language: English | Live Translation: German
Matthias Freitag
Research assistant & consultant, Fraunhofer IPT
+ more speaker
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
Build a Bridge Between AI Intelligence and the Physical World
Lecture
Topic: Robotics & Assembly Automation + more
Language: English
Jeremy Lee
Overseas Sales Manager, PaXini Tech
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
Our journey from MANUfacturing to SMARTfacturing: Miss the shift, miss the future!
Keynote
Topic: Industrial AI
Language: English | Live Translation: German
Prof. Dr. Michelangelo Canzoneri
Global Head of Group Smart Manufacturing, Merck KGaA
Center Stage
Hall 25
Wear-Protection of stainless-steel components: Surface hardening, an optimization of future vehicles
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Olga Apelt
Research and Development, Hubert Stüken GmbH & Co. KG
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Spotlight Stage
12:00
Absolute, non-contact linear position sensors for reliable motion control in defence productions
Lecture
Topic: Automation Systems & Components
Language: English
Josef Albano
Product Manager Mobile Hydraulics Sensors, Temposonics GmbH & Co. KG
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
Decarbonization of the building sector through power-to-gas in energy contracting
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Klaus Schirmer
CEO, CYTOK GmbH
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - SPOTLIGHT STAGE
Hall 12, booth F56, Spotlight Stage
Creating The Future of Sportwear: Inside On's LightSpray Manufacturing Revolution
Best Practice
Topic: Robotics & Assembly Automation
Language: English | Live Translation: German
Dr. Pablo Erat
Director LightSpray, On AG
Center Stage
Hall 25
Intelligent Energy Automation for Buildings: Flexibilizing Energy with Smart Grids and AI
Lecture
Topic: Power Engineering & Energy Automation
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bleistein
Head of Data Science & Digital Twin(s) Cluster, August-Wilhelm Scheer Institut gGmbH
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - SPOTLIGHT STAGE
Hall 12, booth F56, Spotlight Stage
Best in digital Integration
Keynote
Topic: Industrial Software
Language: English | Live Translation: German
Dr. Hans Krattenmacher
Management Board - Innovation Mechatronics, SEW-EURODRIVE
Center Stage
Hall 25
Interior Fit‑Out as a Climate Catalyst: CO₂‑Optimized Strategies for CO₂ Reduction & Transparency
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Yeruti Alheli Arza Villalba
M.Sc. in Management (Construction, Real Estate and Infrastructure), ESG & Sustainability Expert, apoprojekt GmbH
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Spotlight Stage
13:00
Physical AI: Intelligent Systems for Individual Rehabilitation and Healthcare
Lecture
Topic: Research & Technology Transfer + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Prof. Dr. Elsa Andrea Kirchner
Team Leader Intelligent Healthcare Systems, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
From discovery to patient impact in BioPharma and MedTech
Lecture
Topic: Research & Technology Transfer
Language: English | Live Translation: German
Dr. rer. Nat. Claus Hermannstädter
Head of Customer Segments Metal Products and Medical, ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions
+ more speaker
Research & Technology Transfer - Stage Program
Hall 11, booth B69, Expert Stage
14:00
Future power grids - How can we increase resilience?
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Prof. Andreas Ulbig
Head of Fraunhofer Center for Digital Energy, Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT
+ more speaker
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
15:00
AI Act: What providers and deployers really need to do now
Best Practice
Topic: IT/OT Security
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Sven Venzke-Caprarese
CEO, datenschutz nord GmbH
Automation & Digitalization - Stage Program
Hall 26, booth E43, Spotlight Stage
Solving Data Center Grid Connection Constraints with Co-located BESS
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Dr.-Ing. Simon Koch
Senior Project Manager, Arcadis Germany GmbH
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
Cyber-resilient battery storage systems: support for integrators and operators with NIS2 & CRA
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Matthias Schröder
Strategic Project Management, Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
+ more speaker
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
Energy systems of the future: Pathways to a climate-neutral energy supply
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dr. Alexander Bedrunka
Head of the Energy Systems and Infrastructure Department, Klimaschutz- und Energieagentur Niedersachsen GmbH
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - SPOTLIGHT STAGE
Hall 12, booth F56, Spotlight Stage
16:00
Using Energy Storage to Stabilise Energy Costs in Volatile Markets
Talk
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Joachim Schneider
Managing Director, Wattstor GmbH
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
Energy purchasing like a corporate: how SMEs save 30% energy costs, without their own energy team
Best Practice
Topic: Power Engineering & Energy Automation
Language: German | Live Translation: English
David Budde
CEO & Co-Founder, trawa
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
Interoperable battery production - the enabler for the European market??
Lecture
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Christopher Lier
Developer of interoperable interfaces, VDMA e.V.
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Stage Program
Hall 12, booth F56, Expert Stage
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