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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Forum
Language: German, English
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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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Challenges for RFNBO Certification in Practice
Lecture
Topic: Hydrogen Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Christoph Schunke
Manager | Expert in Renewable Energy Systems, envyze GmbHHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
How 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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
The heat transition in industry:
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dennis Ritter
VDMA Power Systems
+ more speaker
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Synergies rather than isolated solutions: how companies benefit from a sustainable energy supply ...
Lecture
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dr. Christian Rosskopf
GP JOULE CONSULTHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Unlocking 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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Advancing Canadian Forces Capabilities in the Arctic: Clean energy solutions
Lecture
Topic: Circular Economy + more
Language: English
Kamiel Gabriel
Director, Strategic Research Projects, UBC-OkanaganHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Powering 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, MicrosoftHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Building 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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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, PilzHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Product digital twins for lifecycle data for product passports and other regulations.
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: English
Josepha Anna Pfeiffer
Robert Bosch GmbHHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
From 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)Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) 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. KGHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Decarbonising process heat - major contribution to the ecofriendly transformation of industries
Lecture
Language: English
Matthias Heck
ReferentHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
The Infrastructure Behind Ontario, Canada’s Economic Success
Lecture
Language: English
Nicole Simone
Invest OntarioHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Grid 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 FNNHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
DIGITECHNET - 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 DresdenHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Smart cities - game changers in the energy systems of the future
Lecture
Topic: Digital Twin + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Mario Kliesch
WestnetzHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Digital 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 InnovationHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Future 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 AntriebeHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Discussion - Resilience in the "All Electric Society"
Panel Discussion
Topic: Digital Twin + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Frank Borchardt
VDE FNN
+ more speaker
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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 LimitedHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Optimizing Data Center Grid Connections using Battery Energy Storage Systems
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Simon Koch
Senior Project Manager, Arcadis Germany GmbHHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Cyber-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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Using Energy Storage to Stabilise Energy Costs in Volatile Markets
Talk
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Jochen Schneider
Managing Director, Wattstor GmbHHall 12, Solution Lab (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 - Future Energy Services GmbHHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Interoperable 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.Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
The Green Climate Day: Making Sustainability Tangible Through Participation
Best Practice
Topic: New Work
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Sven Becker
Co-CEO, Scheer IMCHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Green Hydrogen Projects in Latin America
Lecture
Topic: Partner Country + more
Language: English
Organizer: Solution Lab Energy & Industry
Rafael Serpa
Managing Director, NEUMAN & ESSER BRASILHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Why do companies need an energy vision and strategy?
Best Practice
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Uwe Döll
CEO, envyze GmbHHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Sensor-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 gGmbHHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Circular Economy for manufacturing tools using Manufacturing-X
Panel Discussion
Language: English
Martina Asmuss
Siemens AG
+ more speaker
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
The transformation of infrastructure into a global carbon sink
Best Practice
Topic: Renewable Energy + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Franz Hage
CIO, B2SQUARE GmbHHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
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