Session: The Innovation and Future of Humanoid Robotics through Industry-Academia Collaboration Speakers: Karsten Lemmer, Executive Board Member for Innovation, Technology Transfer and Research Infrastructure, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Alin Albu-Schäffer, Director of the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Dr. Kal Mos, Head of Research and Predevelopment, Siemens AG Session Summary: Driven by severe European demographic labor shortages an

Session: European Defence: How we build the industrial landscape we need Speakers: ・Dr. Michael Schöllhorn　Chief Executive Officer　Airbus Defence and Space ・Jan Hesthaven　President　Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ・Robert de Groot　Vice-President　European Investment Bank ・Sven Weizenegger　Head of Cyber Innovation Hub　Cyber Innovation Hub der Bundswehr, BWI GmbH Session Summary: This panel explores practical strategies to modernize Europe's defense industrial base by

Session: Realizing Industrial AI at Scale with AWS Speakers: Ozgur Tohumcu (AWS Representative) David Reger (Founder and CEO of NEURA Robotics) Florian Lechner (Head of Digital Production and Logistics at Volkswagen AG) Session Summary: This session explores how organizations can successfully deploy and globally scale industrial and physical AI to transform their manufacturing operations. Featuring practical use cases from NEURA Robotics and Volkswagen Group, the presentation

In a rapidly evolving manufacturing landscape, relying on delayed data has become a critical vulnerability. To successfully navigate this new paradigm and absorb supply chain shocks, manufacturers must surface risks early and immediately realign customer demand with operational commitments through instant replanning. Microsoft is addressing this challenge by shifting the industry away from passively providing insights on isolated dashboards. Instead, the strategic focus is on

The global economy has a hidden architecture, and it isn't found in the glass towers of Silicon Valley or the trading floors of London. It is built by the "deskless" workforce—the 80% of global workers who staff our factories, airports, retail floors, warehouses, and construction sites. Yet, for decades, a massive digital divide has persisted: while information workers received a steady stream of productivity tools, the frontline was often left with paper manuals and radio ch

Session: Security Defense Industrial Transformation: Geopolitics and Strategic Realignment Speaker: General Markus Laubenthal Session Summary: General Laubenthal emphasizes the critical need for European societal resilience and a rapid scaling of the defense industry to counter the immediate Russian threat. With the U.S. pivoting its strategic focus toward China, Europe must swiftly take greater responsibility for its conventional security within NATO. Achieving this requires

Session Name: From Automation to Autonomy: How Agentic AI Is Redefining Industrial Operations Speaker: Jürgen Schön, Head of Manufacturing GTM, EMEA, ServiceNow Session Summary: This session explores the critical transition from basic automation to true enterprise autonomy using agentic AI. It highlights how ServiceNow's overarching AI platform orchestrates tasks across hundreds of disconnected IT systems to seamlessly resolve complex business problems. By acting as a unified

Session Name: Humanoid Robotics: The Next Engine of Industrial Growth Speaker: Sven Krause — Moderator Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Schönmann — Professor, Industrial Engineering, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt Andreas Zeug — Project Manager, Humanoid Robotics, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG Sven Parusel — Head of Research Partnerships, Agile Robots SE Session Summary: This panel explores humanoid robotics as Europe's next critical industrial growth engine, analyzing real-w

Session: From Automation to Autonomy: Deploying Humanoid Systems in Real Industrial Environments. Speaker: Darius Wilke, Vice President Commercial, Hexagon Robotics GmbH Session Summary: Hexagon Robotics is deploying wheeled industrial humanoid robots, specifically AEON, to seamlessly integrate into existing human-centric factory layouts and solve critical manufacturing labor shortages. Instead of complex manual coding, these robots are trained through AI and imitation learni

Session: Semantic Stack Unlocking Next-Gen Industrial Value Speaker: Dr. Birgit Boss, Senior Expert for Digital Twins and Standardization at Robert Bosch Session Summary: Dr. Birgit Boss explains how organizations can overcome the "data growth paradox" by adopting a four-step framework to create comprehensible, semantically structured data rather than blindly hoarding unstructured data. By leveraging the Bosch Semantic Stack to generate digital twins, companies establish a ha

Session: Next Level AI and Robotics in Production Speaker: Dr. Michael Nikolaides, Senior Vice President of Production Network, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management, BMW Group Session Summary: This session details the BMW Group's transition toward digitalized manufacturing, emphasizing that establishing a clean, cloud-based data architecture is the fundamental prerequisite for successfully deploying completely autonomous "Physical AI". Dr. Nikolaides showcases four advance

Session: European Defence: Creating the Industrial Landscape We Need Speaker: Michael Schöllhorn (CEO of Airbus Defence and Space; President of the German Aerospace Industries Association / BDLI) Session Summary: Michael Schöllhorn emphasizes that Europe must urgently transition from a security consumer to a sovereign producer by accelerating defense manufacturing and prioritizing a "Made in Europe" strategy. To build this resilient industrial base, he argues that the defense

Session: Startup Tech Race: Founders Fight Host / Moderator Jan C. Küster: The host and moderator of the "Startup Tech Race", who guides the audience and participants throughout the event. Startup Founders (Competitors) Jeronimo von Ah: Head of Business Operations at BTRY, who pitches the world's thinnest solid-state battery in the red corner during the first round. Jan Wiese: CEO of production.AI GmbH, who pitches an industrial data and AI platform in the blue corner during

Session: From Pyramid to Hourglass: How AI is Reshaping Industrial Automation Profit Pools Speaker: Adrien Bron: Partner and Leader of Advanced Manufacturing & Services for DACH, Bain & Company Michael Schertler: Senior Partner, Bain & Company Timo Kistner: EMEA Industry Lead for Manufacturing and Industrial, NVIDIA Dr. John Markus Lervik: Founder, Cognite Rainer Brehm: COO for Automation and CTO, Siemens Digital Industries Florian Dörrfuß: CTO, Schaeffler Special Machinery S

Session: From Components to Colleagues: How Schaeffler is Shaping the Future of Humanoid Robotics Speaker: David Kehr, President of Humanoid Robotics at the Schaeffler Group Session Summary: David Kehr outlines the Schaeffler Group's comprehensive roadmap for integrating physical AI and humanoid robotics into the industrial sector. The strategy positions Schaeffler as a key technology user, component supplier, system integrator, and aftermarket provider within the robotics ec