As manufacturers face growing pressure to achieve carbon neutrality and cope with rising energy costs, improving energy efficiency at large-scale factories has become an urgent priority. Optimizing HVAC systems, which account for a significant share of electricity consumption in factories, is particularly challenging because companies must balance two seemingly conflicting goals: maintaining a comfortable working environment and reducing energy use. Toyota Motor Corporation h

Japan possesses some of the most advanced scientific research in the world, yet it has historically struggled to translate this academic brilliance into globally dominant biotechnology giants. To understand this paradox and explore the winds of change sweeping the sector, a high-profile panel of industry leaders recently convened to discuss Japan's growth strategies. The discussion featured Jun Hashimoto, Partner at venture capital firm AN Venture Partners; Mr. Shino from the

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

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 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: 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: 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