Events

  • Digitalization & Industrie 4.0
  • Experience Exchange (open to participate)
  • Wien
  • Personal Meeting

Third congress "Digital solutions for mechanical and plant engineering"

You will experience exciting use cases from Google, Siemens, EREMA, Krones, Lenze, Primetals, Scheuch with Odego, the TII Group with SAE and many more.

Thu. 08.05.25 15:00 - 23:00 hrs.
Fri. 09.05.25 08:30 - 17:00 hrs.
  • Novotel Wien Hauptbahnhof
  • Canettistraße 6
  • 1100 Wien
Event language
  • German

You will experience exciting use cases from Google, Siemens, EREMA, Krones, Lenze, Primetals, Scheuch with Odego, the TII Group with SAE and many more.

We will charge a fee for participation in the event: EUR 400 plus 20% VAT for VDMA members or EUR 500 plus 20% VAT for non-members. The price includes participation in the networking and introductory evening on 08.05.2025 and the entire congress on 09.05.2025 including catering.

Thu. 08.05.25

18:00 - 18:45 hrs.

Arrival, registration, aperitif

18:45 - 23:00 hrs.

Dinner with key notes

Christopher-Alexander Unkauf (Siemens Digital Industries Software):
"On the way to the Industrial Metaverse: Shaping the future of industry - How virtual and real worlds are revolutionizing value creation"

Milan Wiezorek (Google Germany):
"The cognitive factory: Using data and AI to create a thinking, learning and adaptable production ecosystem"

Christopher-Alexander Unkauf

Christopher-Alexander Unkauf

Managing Director DACH Strategic Markets

Siemens Industry Software GmbH Austria & Switzerland, Zürich, SWITZERLAND
Milan Wiezorek

Milan Wiezorek

Head of Customer Engineering - Automotive & Manufacturing

Google Germany GmbH, Hamburg, GERMANY

Fri. 09.05.25

08:30 - 09:00 hrs.

Arrival, registration, welcome coffee

09:00 - 09:30 hrs.

Greeting

Dr. Markus Baldinger

Dr. Markus Baldinger

Vorstandsvorsitzender

VDMA Landesverband Österreich, Wien, Österreich
Sebastian Betzin

Sebastian Betzin

Vorstandsvorsitzender

VDMA Fachverband Software und Digitalisierung, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
Prof. Claus Oetter

Prof. Claus Oetter

Geschäftsführer

VDMA Fachverband Software und Digitalisierung, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
Georg C. Priesner

Georg C. Priesner

Geschäftsführer

VDMA Landesverband Österreich, Wien, AUSTRIA

09:30 - 10:00 hrs.

From vision to reality: autonomous and sustainable operations management through AI in plant engineering

Clemens Mann

Clemens Mann

Vice President Marketing Automation

ANDRITZ AG Headquarters ANDRITZ GROUP, Graz, AUSTRIA

10:00 - 10:30 hrs.

From traditional plant engineering to the digital future - building and integrating the necessary skills

Stefan Hötzinger

Stefan Hötzinger

Director Engineering & Technology

Scheuch GmbH, Aurolzmünster, AUSTRIA
Dr. Sandra Szech

Dr. Sandra Szech

Geschäftsführerin

Odego GmbH, Hamburg, GERMANY

10:30 - 11:00 hrs.

Coffee break, networking, visit to the exhibition

11:00 - 11:40 hrs.

Panel discussion: Strategic digitization planning

Sebastian Betzin

Sebastian Betzin

Vorstandsvorsitzender

VDMA Fachverband Software und Digitalisierung, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
Dr. Thomas Paulus

Dr. Thomas Paulus

CDO und Global Executive Officer

KSB SE & Co. KGaA, Frankenthal, GERMANY
Prof. Dr. Eike Permin

Prof. Dr. Eike Permin

Institut für Allgemeinen Maschinenbau

Technische Hochschule Köln, Gummersbach, GERMANY

Moderation

Prof. Claus Oetter

Prof. Claus Oetter

Geschäftsführer

VDMA Fachverband Software und Digitalisierung, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY

11:40 - 12:10 hrs.

From manual processes to end-to-end digitalization: How the TII Group revolutionized its sales and order processes

Susanne Henkel

Susanne Henkel

Managing Director

SAE Applications for Digitalization GmbH, Weng, GERMANY
Jonas Uhlmann

Jonas Uhlmann

Head of Business Development

Transporter Industry International GmbH (TII), Heilbronn, GERMANY

12:10 - 13:20 hrs.

Lunch break, networking, visit to the exhibition

13:20 - 13:50 hrs.

Use of artificial intelligence in the production environment

  Kurt Herzog

Kurt Herzog

Head of Industry 4.0

Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, Linz, AUSTRIA

13:50 - 14:30 hrs.

Panel discussion: Rapid success with AI in demographic change

Dr. Andreas Angerer

Dr. Andreas Angerer

Geschäftsführer und CTO

XITASO GmbH, Augsburg, GERMANY
Eric Brabänder

Eric Brabänder

Senior Vice President Marketing und CPO

Empolis Information Management GmbH, Kaiserslautern, GERMANY
Inga Grosser

Inga Grosser

Product Manager Engraving

Trotec Laser GmbH , Marchtrenk, AUSTRIA

Moderation

Thomas Riegler

Thomas Riegler

Referent

VDMA Fachverband Software und Digitalisierung, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY

14:30 - 15:00 hrs.

Coffee break, networking, visit to the exhibition

15:00 - 15:30 hrs.

NIS2 for mechanical engineering: A challenge and a must!

Dr. Thomas Nowey

Dr. Thomas Nowey

CISO

Krones AG, Neutraubling, GERMANY

15:30 - 16:00 hrs.

The future of service is digital

Klaas Nebuhr

Klaas Nebuhr

Commercial Director Digital Automation

Lenze SE, Bremen, GERMANY

16:00 - 16:15 hrs.

Summary and farewell

Prof. Claus Oetter

Prof. Claus Oetter

Geschäftsführer

VDMA Fachverband Software und Digitalisierung, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
Georg C. Priesner

Georg C. Priesner

Geschäftsführer

VDMA Landesverband Österreich, Wien, AUSTRIA

16:15 - 17:00 hrs.

Conclusion of the event with coffee & snacks

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