Monday
20.04.2026
Energy & Industrial Infrastructure - Spotlight Stage
SOLUTION LAB – Platform for Best Practices, Expertise & Exchange Around Industrial Innovations
20.04. - 24.04.2026
Forum
Language: German, English
Speakers
Program
Process Electrification: Turning Power into Industrial Value
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Antoine Tommasi
Director Process Electrification, SE Advisory, Schneider ElectricThe Amazon Bioeconomy-Innovation Park as a hub for developing the sociobiodiversity production chain
Talk
Topic: Partner Country + more
Language: English
Organizer: Solution Lab Energy & Industry
Guilherme Rodrigues
Key Account Manager for Sustainable Development Projects, CERTI FoundationHow AI can simplify ESG
Live Demonstration
Topic: Sustainability
Language: English
Jean Bauer
Managing Director, ESG-X GmbHAI-Driven Climate Risk Analysis: From Compliance to Process
Lecture
Topic: Industrial AI + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Organizer: Solution Lab Energy & Industry
Maurice Drachenberg Grassee
Senior Business Developer - Sustainability Services, BTC Business Technology Consulting AGRethinking Industrial Process Heat: AI Algorithms for Cost-Effective Electrification
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Tim Engelmann
Celsio GmbHReTool: Enabling Circular Economy for Industrial Tooling through Digital Transparency
Lecture
Topic: Digital Twin + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Jan Wiese
CEO, production.AI GmbHTransformation made in North Rhine-Westphalia:
Panel Discussion
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Gloria Funke
Project Manager and Network Manager, Kompetenznetzwerk Umweltwirtschaft.NRW
+ more speaker
Industry.Zero - Approaches to the Sustainability Transformation from it's OWL
Lecture
Topic: Circular Economy + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Wolfgang Marquardt
Executive Management, it's OWL Clustermanagement GmbHFrom Risk Maps to Ready Measures: AI Planning for Resilient Critical Infrastructure
Best Practice
Language: English
Valentin Antipin
Managing Direktor, BarricadixLead markets for climate-friendly basic materials: Perspectives of the industry
Lecture
Language: English
Ece Oyan
Senior Expert, Think Tank and Strategic Initiatives, Kompetenzzentrum Klimaschutz in energieintensiven Industrien
+ more speaker
The sun as hydrogen supplier - how hydrogen is made from nothing more than water and sunlight
Lecture
Topic: Hydrogen Technologies
Language: English
Paul Kant
Scientist, Karlsruher Institut für TechnologieTrends, Requirements, Reality: What Hydrogen Applications Really Need
Lecture
Topic: Hydrogen Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Halil Üstün
Business Development Manager, KOSTALFrom membranes to fuel cells: From materials research to industrial application
Lecture
Topic: Hydrogen Technologies
Language: English
Andreas Chromik
Head of R&D, RIVA Power Systems
+ more speaker
Open Automation + Advanced Additives: A New Blueprint for Circular Plastics
Panel Discussion
Language: English
Hany Fouda
Schneider Electric
+ more speaker
Data in action for planet resilience: The greatest business opportunity of the 21st century
Talk
Topic: Digital Twin + more
Language: English
Erik Josefsson
CEO, Hexagon / R-evolutionDemand Planning with AI
Best Practice
Topic: Production Logistics
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Fabian Reichwald
Researcher, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbHPowering Intelligence at Gigawatt Scale: ETAP's Blueprint for the AI Factory Revolution
Lecture
Language: English
Shaikh Hossain
Chief Commercial Officer, ETAP Automation DMCCThe electrification of the heating sector requires decentralized CHP backup
Best Practice
Topic: Renewable Energy
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Thomas Gawlowski
2G Rental GmbHIndustry that intelligently manages solar energy
Best Practice
Topic: Renewable Energy
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Clemens Wullenweber
CEO, Outarky GmbHThe Green H2 Hub in Haren - Sector Integration as a Local Economic Driver
Best Practice
Topic: Renewable Energy
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Christoph Pieper
AGROWEA GmbH & Co. KGDecentralized. Intelligently Controlled. How Hydrogen Becomes Economically Viable in Industry.
Lecture
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Paul Hoffmann
schrand.energy GmbH & Co. KGA Crisis-Proof Energy Supply for German Small and Medium-Sized Businesses: The Case of Battery ...
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Paul Ziche
Co-Founder & CCO, Einklang Energy
+ more speaker
Energy as a risk factor for my business
Best Practice
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Uwe Döll
CEO, envyze GmbHAutomating energy flexibility, securing competitiveness
Panel Discussion
Topic: Power Engineering & Energy Automation
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Alexander Sauer
Project spokesperson for Kopernikus SynErgie, Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA Stuttgart
+ more speaker
From data exchange to cooperation - How data spaces enable innovation in the energy industry
Lecture
Topic: Research & Technology Transfer
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Marian Klobasa
Business Unit Management, Fraunhofer ISITurning Power into Security of Supply: Stabilising Industrial Heat Supply and Reducing Costs in Euro
Talk
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies + more
Language: English
Organizer: Solution Lab Energy & Industry
Lars Martinussen
Commercial Director Northern Europe, Kyoto Group ASAI-Powered Multi-Use Optimization: Making Industrial Battery Storage Profitable
Lecture
Topic: Digital Twin + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Lena Sophia Voß
Co-Founder, Lumera EnergyScaling thin-film solid-state batteries using roll-to-roll manufacturing
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Abdessalem Aribia
Co-Founder & CTO, BTRY AGPerspectives of fuelcells in the future energysystem
Talk
Topic: Hydrogen Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Kevin Hares
Research assistant, VDI e.V.
+ more speaker
Eco-Robotics for Environmental Intelligence:Multi-Sensor Monitoring from Emissions to Ecosystem risk
Lecture
Topic: Automation Systems & Components + more
Language: English
Shreyas Mysore Guruprasad
Senior Digitalization Professional, August-Wilhelm Scheer Institut gGmbHDigital environmental solutions from North Rhine-Westphalia:
Talk
Topic: IIoT, Wireless & Cloud + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Kilian Harbauer
Ecosystem Manager, Kompetenznetzwerk Umweltwirtschaft.NRWThe green revolution: AI turns sustainability into a competitive advantage
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Alexander Trautmann
Director Product Engineering SSG/ERP, SageThe electricity hub in the north: How the HeideHub strengthens industrial supply security
Best Practice
Topic: Renewable Energy
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Malte Hentschke-Kemper
TenneT GermanyHow we locally optimize green electricity for SMEs and integrate it flexibly
Best Practice
Topic: Digital Twin + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Alexander Kulesa
Head of Sales, neustrom - Powered by FrequenzEnergy Hub Wilhelmshaven: Green hydrogen as a link between renewables and grids
Lecture
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Kilian Crone
Friesen Elektra Green Energy AGGreen energy as a location factor: transforming municipalities and industrial sites
Best Practice
Topic: Renewable Energy
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Sven Suhr
GETEC green energy GmbHProfitable & low carbon glass manufacturing
Lecture
Language: English
Nona Adili
Next Generation of Automation Director, Schneider ElectricBackbone of the Energy Transition: Electricity Grids Between Expansion Drive and System Stability
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Thomas Dederichs
Head of System Development, Amprion
+ more speaker
Resilience and Competitiveness: Gas and Hydrogen Networks as a Location Factor
Panel Discussion
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Jasmin Kaboni-Voit
RWE Generation SE
+ more speaker
A New Digital Backbone for Water Infrastructure with Open, Software‑Defined Automation
Panel Discussion
Language: English
Sophie Borgne
Water & Environment Seg. PresidentAutomated disassembly of battery systems with administration shell and digital product passport
Lecture
Topic: Circular Economy
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Robert Becker
Data Scientist, August-Wilhelm Scheer Institut gGmbHThe bitumen revolution from the Thermomix
Live Demonstration
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Frank Albrecht
CEO & Founder, B2SQUARE GmbH
+ more speaker
PA66 glass fiber compounds under high friction forces - PTFE and alternative solid lubricants
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Nils Thoben
Research Assistant, Hochschule Emden/LeerDigital Sustainability Passport as an Enabler for Sustainable Product Development
Best Practice
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Ellis Bauer
Digitalization Associate, August-Wilhelm Scheer InstitutWhat industry can learn from Autonomous Driving Systems
Lecture
Topic: Automation Systems & Components + more
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dr. Janine Müller
Teammanager Data Science, BTC AGNeo Energy: The Tech Revolution of the Energy Industry
Lecture
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Steven Rohner
CTO, PLAN-B NET ZERO AGWear-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. KGDecarbonization of the building sector through power-to-gas in energy contracting
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Klaus Schirmer
founder & managing director, CYTOK GmbHIntelligent Energy Automation for Buildings: Flexibilizing Energy with Smart Grids and AI
Lecture
Topic: Power Engineering & Energy Automation
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Robert Becker
Data Scientist, August-Wilhelm Scheer Institut gGmbHInterior Fit‑Out as a Climate Catalyst: CO₂‑Optimized Strategies for CO₂ Reduction & Transparency
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Yerutí Arza Villalba
M.Sc. in Management (Construction, Real Estate and Infrastructure), ESG & Sustainability Expert, apoprojekt GmbH
+ more speaker
Renewable energy as a location factor for municipalities and the economy
Lecture
Topic: Renewable Energy
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Tobias Averbeck
Gemeinde BakumRevitalizing the PPA market as a key to a successful energy transition
Lecture
Topic: Renewable Energy
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Prof. Dr. Kai Gent
EE-Industrie GmbH & Co. KGRenewable energy on site: strengthening the economy, securing supply
Panel Discussion
Topic: Renewable Energy
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Bärbel Heidebroeck
Landwind-Gruppe / Präsidentin BWE
+ more speaker
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 GmbHFrom Vision to Decision: KPI-Led Scenario-Based Energy System Modelling
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Pankaj Sharma
Manager | Expert in sustainable energy solutions, envyze GmbHGreen Transformation as a model for success in northern Germany
Panel Discussion
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Tobias Werner
STADT.ENERGIE.SPEICHER GmbH
+ more speaker
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