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
Speakers
Program
Scaling Industry: The Lighthouse Operating System as a Blueprint for Transformation
Panel Discussion
Language: English
Anthony Loy
IA Services Digital Consulting VP, Schneider Electric
+ 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
Dr.-Ing. David Kessing
Project Manager Mobility, Initiative Future Germany 2050, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e. V. (VDI)Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Transforming the Energy System Lower Saxony (TEN.efzn)
Panel Discussion
Language: German | Live Translation: English
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
Industrial derivatives for climate transformation: How hydrogen and carbon capture enable market ...
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Sebastian Steul
VDMA Power Systems
+ more speaker
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
The heat transition in industry: How large heat pumps and storage technologies are paving the ...
Panel Discussion
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Dennis Ritter
VDMA Power SystemsHall 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
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Gerd Krieger
Vice Managing Director, VDMA Power SystemsHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Unlocking Value in Green Hydrogen Through Industry Collaboration
Panel Discussion
Language: English
Bhaskar Sinha
Director, Innovation Labs, Schneider ElectricHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Advancing Canadian Forces Capabilities in the Arctic: Clean energy solutions
Lecture
Language: English
Kamiel Gabriel
Director, Strategic Research Projects, UBC-OkanaganHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Powering our energy future:
Lecture
Topic: Energy Infrastructure & Storage Technologies
Language: English
Jochem van Hove
Director, Industry Advisor, 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, ApexSignalHall 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
Dr.-Ing. David Kessing
Project Manager Mobility, Initiative Future Germany 2050, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e. V. (VDI)Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Pecém-Rotterdam-duisport:
Panel Discussion
Topic: Partner Country + more
Language: English
Andre Magalhaes
COO, Port of Pecém, Representing Brazil's emerging hydrogen Hub
+ 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
Joao Carlos Sávio Cordeiro
Director of Energy, IPT - Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas
+ 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
Digitale Produktzwillinge: Lebenszyklusdaten für Produktpässe und weitere Regularien
Lecture
Topic: Sustainability
Language: English
Josepha Anna Pfeiffer
Product Manager Bosch Semantic Stack, 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
Language: English
Anthony Loy
IA Services Digital Consulting VP, 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
Head 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 AllianceHall 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: Deutsche Messe
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
Advisor for Cluster and Network Management, Kompetenzzentrum Klimaschutz in energieintensiven IndustrienHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) 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 StaatskanzleiHall 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: Deutsche Messe
Madhan Mohan Purushothaman
Global Lead, Battery and Energy, Tata Consultancy Services Limited
+ more speaker
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Solving Data Center Grid Connection Constraints with Co-located BESS
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: 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
Joachim 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: Deutsche Messe
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 R. Becker
Scheer IMCHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Green Hydrogen Projects in Latin America
Lecture
Topic: Partner Country + more
Language: English
Organizer: Deutsche Messe
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 Digitalisation Professional, August-Wilhelm Scheer Institut gGmbHHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Circular Economy for manufacturing tools using Manufacturing-X
Panel Discussion
Language: English
Dr. Dominik Rohrmus
CTO, Labs Network Industrie 4.0 e.V.
+ more speaker
Hall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
The transformation of infrastructure into a global carbon sink
Best Practice
Topic: Sustainability
Language: German | Live Translation: English
Frank Albrecht
CEO & Founder, B2SQUARE GmbHHall 12, Solution Lab (F56) Expert Stage
Organizer
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