Monday
20.04.2026
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Expert Stage
SOLUTION LAB – Platform for Best Practices, Expertise & Exchange Around Industrial Innovations
20.04. - 24.04.2026
Forum
Language: German, English
Speakers
Program
Scaling Industry: The Lighthouse Operating System as a Blueprint for Transformation
Panel Discussion
Language: English
Ahmed A-Zawawi
CEO Advanced Manufacturing Program Center, Ministry of Industry KSA
+ more speaker
Challenges for RFNBO Certification in Practice
Lecture
Topic: Hydrogen Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Christoph Schunke
Manager | Expert in Renewable Energy Systems, envyze GmbHHow to accelerate Hydrogen ramp up in Germany?
Panel Discussion
Topic: Hydrogen Technologies + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Stefan Dr. Scharf
Landesenergieagentur Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH
+ more speaker
TEN.efzn: Energy Research from Lower Saxony - Rethinking the Energy Transition
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Prof. Sebastian Lehnhoff
Chairman of the Board, OFFIS Institut für Informatik
+ more speaker
Lunchtime Talk: "What's next? The energy transition crystal ball"
Talk
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Matthias Zelinger
Head of VDMA CC Climate and Energy, VDMA
+ more speaker
Driver's seat or Fast Follower? How we can drive Europe's Battery Landscape
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Organizer: Volkswagen
Frank Blome
CEO, PowerCo
+ more speaker
Industrial derivatives for climate transformation:
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Sebastian Steul
VDMA Power Systems
+ more speaker
The heat transition in industry:
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dennis Ritter
VDMA Power Systems
+ more speaker
Focus on security of supply: Lessons learned from the power outages in Berlin
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Gerd Krieger
Managing Director, VDMA Power Systems
+ more speaker
Synergies rather than isolated solutions: how companies benefit from a sustainable energy supply ...
Lecture
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dr. Christian Rosskopf
GP JOULE CONSULTUnlocking Value in Green Hydrogen Through Industry Collaboration
Panel Discussion
Topic: Education & Training / Career + more
Language: English
Bhaskar Sinha
Director, Innovation Labs, Schneider Electric
+ more speaker
Advancing Canadian Forces Capabilities in the Arctic: Clean energy solutions
Lecture
Topic: Circular Economy + more
Language: English
Kamiel Gabriel
Director, Strategic Research Projects, UBC-OkanaganPowering our energy future: from smart grids to agentic-accelerated permitting
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Jochem van Hove
Managing Director Energy & Resources Industry, MicrosoftBuilding Resilience for EU Energy Infrastructure: A Scenarios and Stakeholder Study Exercise
Best Practice
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies + more
Language: English
Jan Ole Wulfken
Co-Founder, ApexSignal
+ more speaker
How can industry contribute to energy systems flexibility?
Panel Discussion
Topic: Research & Technology Transfer
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Organizer: Solution Lab Forschung
Franziska Sondej
Fraunhofer-Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung IFF
+ more speaker
Pecém-Rotterdam-duisport: accelerating EU-Brazil energy transition and industrial decarbonization
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies + more
Language: English
Wouter Demenint
Program Manager Hydrogen Supply Chains, Port of Rotterdam
+ more speaker
Energy Transition, Hydrogen, and New Fuels: The Role of Brazil and the Amazon in the Global Agenda
Panel Discussion
Topic: Partner Country + more
Language: English
José Borges Frias Jr.
Corporate Strategic Innovation Head, Siemens Brazil
+ more speaker
Safe dynamic process value monitoring - using the example of the hydrogen industry
Lecture
Topic: Hydrogen Technologies
Language: English
Thomas Braasch
Key Account Manager – Business Development Hydrogen & Combustion Technology, PilzProduct digital twins for lifecycle data for product passports and other regulations.
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: English
Josepha Anna Pfeiffer
Robert Bosch GmbHFrom Data to Decarbonization: AI-Powered Emissions Modeling Across Manufacturing Value Chains
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability + more
Language: English
Jonas Bürkel
Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)End of Islands: Unified Asset Lifecycle Is the Digital Fabric for Operational Excellence
Panel Discussion
Topic: Power Engineering & Energy Automation
Language: English
Carlo Giallombardo
Principal Electrification Consultant, Schneider Electric
+ more speaker
Future power grids - How can we increase resilience?
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Andreas Ulbig
Directorate of Fraunhofer Center for Digital Energy, Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT
+ more speaker
Renewable Fuels as a Game Changer for Europe's Defence Readiness
Panel Discussion
Topic: Hydrogen Technologies
Language: English
Ralf Diemer
CEO, eFuel Alliance
+ more speaker
Optimization and energy efficiency in DC microgrids: Control of the entire energy infrastructure
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies + more
Language: English
Organizer: Solution Lab Energy & Industry
Tobias Lüke
Application Expert Data Center & DC Grids, Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
+ more speaker
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. KGDecarbonising process heat - major contribution to the ecofriendly transformation of industries
Lecture
Language: English
Matthias Heck
Referent, Kompetenzzentrum Klimaschutz in energieintensiven Industrien (KEI)The Infrastructure Behind Ontario, Canada’s Economic Success
Lecture
Language: English
Nicole Simone
Invest OntarioGrid Update - How can power grids remain resilient in times of growing threats?
Lecture
Topic: Power Engineering & Energy Automation
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Frank Borchardt
VDE FNNDIGITECHNET - A service platform as a key to future-proof and resilient low-voltage grid operation
Impulse Lecture
Topic: Power Engineering & Energy Automation
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Martin Wolter
Professor, TU DresdenSmart cities - game changers in the energy systems of the future
Lecture
Topic: Digital Twin + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Mario Kliesch
WestnetzDigital Product Passport 4.0 - End-to-end datachains in the electricity sector
Lecture
Topic: Power Engineering & Energy Automation
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Max Helmig
Siemens AG Smart Infrastructure Electrification & Automation Technology InnovationFuture e-mobility: Presentation of the study
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Konrad Dittrich
PhD candidate, RWTH Aachen, Institut für Stromrichtertechnik und Elektrische AntriebeDiscussion - Resilience in the "All Electric Society"
Panel Discussion
Topic: Digital Twin + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Frank Borchardt
VDE FNN
+ more speaker
No Quick Recovery: How the Energy Shock Is Reshaping Global Supply Chains
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Organizer: EY
Klaus Haberfehlner
EY
+ more speaker
Battery Life Continuum Enabled by AI- Connecting Gigafactories, Electric Mobility and the Grid
Lecture
Topic: Circular Economy + more
Language: English
Organizer: Solution Lab Energy & Industry
Madhan Mohan Purushothaman
Global Lead, Battery and Energy, Tata Consultancy Services LimitedOptimizing Data Center Grid Connections using Battery Energy Storage Systems
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Simon Koch
Arcadis Germany GmbHCyber-resilient battery storage systems: support for integrators and operators with NIS2 & CRA
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Matthias Schröder
Strategic Project Management, Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
+ more speaker
Using Energy Storage to Stabilise Energy Costs in Volatile Markets
Talk
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Jochen Schneider
Managing Director, Wattstor GmbHEnergy 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 - Future Energy Services GmbHInteroperable battery production - the enabler for the European market?
Lecture
Topic: Automation Systems & Components + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Organizer: Solution Lab Energy & Industry
Christopher Liehr
Developer of interoperable interfaces, VDMA e.V.Infrastructure meets industrial ecology: avoiding bottlenecks, building skills
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Baptiste Aguila
Think Tank and Strategic Projects Officer, Kompetenzzentrum Klimaschutz in energieintensiven Industrien
+ more speaker
The Green Climate Day: Making Sustainability Tangible Through Participation
Best Practice
Topic: New Work
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Sven Becker
Co-CEO, Scheer IMCGreen Hydrogen Projects in Latin America
Lecture
Topic: Partner Country + more
Language: English
Organizer: Solution Lab Energy & Industry
Rafael Serpa
Managing Director, NEUMAN & ESSER BRASILWhy do companies need an energy vision and strategy?
Best Practice
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Uwe Döll
CEO, envyze GmbHSensor-based growth monitoring for resource-efficient bioproduction in industrial insect production
Lecture
Topic: Automation Systems & Components + more
Language: English
Shreyas Mysore Guruprasad
Senior Digitalization Professional, August-Wilhelm Scheer Institut gGmbHCircular Economy for manufacturing tools using Manufacturing-X
Panel Discussion
Language: English
Martina Asmuss
Siemens AG
+ more speaker
The transformation of infrastructure into a global carbon sink
Best Practice
Topic: Renewable Energy + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Franz Hage
CIO, B2SQUARE GmbHPartners
Organizer
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