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General Meeting VDMA Bavaria 2025

Bavaria
Regional subsidiary
Schwangau
Personal Meeting

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Free event

The next general meeting of the VDMA Bavarian Association will take place on November 21, 2025 at the AMERON Hotel in Schwangau.

places available

Free event

Fri. 21.11.25

09:00 - 23:59 hrs.

AMERON Neuschwanstein Alpsee Resort & Spa
Alpseestraße 21
86745 Schwangau

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German

The next general meeting of the VDMA Bavarian Association will take place on November 21, 2025 at the AMERON Hotel in Schwangau.

Diesel engines, refrigeration machines, X-rays - many world-changing developments have their origins in Bavaria. The Free State produces entrepreneurs whose machines, systems and inventions are in great demand internationally. But Bavaria also means self-confident customs and idyllic postcard scenery.

The member companies of VDMA Bavaria live this special feature and harmonize a sense of home with a cosmopolitan outlook. This is exactly what the title of our upcoming members' meeting expresses: "Engineering tomorrow - from KINI to AI".

We cordially invite you to celebrate our unique industry together. The formal members' meeting will take place on November 21, 2025 at the AMERON Neuschwanstein Hotel. We are delighted to announce that Minister President Dr. Markus Söder and HRH Prince Luitpold of Bavaria will be our keynote speakers.

So please make a note of the date in your diary now. You will receive all further details in advance.

Fri. 21.11.25

09:00 - 10:00 hrs.

Reception & Accreditation

10:00 - 10:15 hrs.

Greeting

Tilman Weide, Chairman of VDMA Bavaria

Tilman Weide

Chairman VDMA Bavaria,

Senior Vice President Global Execution, Linde GmbH, Linde Engineering, Pullach, Deutschland

10:15 - 11:30 hrs.

Opening speech

Dr. Markus Söder, Prime Minister of the Free State of Bavaria

Bertram Kawlath

Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter

Schubert & Salzer GmbH, Ingolstadt, GERMANY

Dr. Markus Söder

Ministerpräsident des Freistaates Bayern

Bayerische Staatskanzlei, München, GERMANY

11:30 - 12:45 hrs.

Annual General Meeting

Elgar Straub

Geschäftsführer

VDMA Bayern, München, GERMANY

12:45 - 14:00 hrs.

Lunch

14:00 - 14:20 hrs.

Introduction afternoon

Tilman Weide, Chairman, VDMA Bavaria

Tilman Weide

Chairman VDMA Bavaria,

Senior Vice President Global Execution, Linde GmbH, Linde Engineering, Pullach, Deutschland

14:20 - 14:45 hrs.

Presentation of the workshops

14:45 - 15:00 hrs.

Room changes and

15:00 - 17:15 hrs.

Please note that the selected program item has a date overlap with at least one other program item. Therefore, please do not miss the timely "change of location".

Machine learning and GenAI in production - what works today and what will work tomorrow?

Maximilian Holland

Sebastian Maier

Fraunhofer IGCV, Augsburg, GERMANY

15:00 - 17:15 hrs.

Please note that the selected program item has a date overlap with at least one other program item. Therefore, please do not miss the timely "change of location".

More resilience through AI-supported business models in federated data ecosystems

Dr. Lydia Bühler

Dr. Andreas Hamper

Abteilungsleiter Business Transformation

Fraunhofer-Arbeitsgruppe für Supply Chain Services SCS, Nürnberg, GERMANY

Hannah Wangemann

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Gruppe Business Transformation

Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen IIS, Erlangen, GERMANY

15:00 - 17:15 hrs.

Please note that the selected program item has a date overlap with at least one other program item. Therefore, please do not miss the timely "change of location".

First interim assessment USA - one year after the election

Oliver Richtberg

Stellvertretender Abteilungsleiter

VDMA Abteilung Außenwirtschaft, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY

15:00 - 17:15 hrs.

Please note that the selected program item has a date overlap with at least one other program item. Therefore, please do not miss the timely "change of location".

Flexible, fair, innovative - how to make the labor market fit for the future

Dr. Oliver Stettes

Leiter des Kompetenzfelds Arbeitsmarkt und Arbeitsfeld

Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln (IW), Köln, GERMANY

15:00 - 17:15 hrs.

Please note that the selected program item has a date overlap with at least one other program item. Therefore, please do not miss the timely "change of location".

Clean Industrial Deal and competitiveness - a step in the right direction?

Judith Herzog-Kuballa

Referentin

VDMA Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY

18:00 - 18:30 hrs.

Aperitif with canapés

18:30 - 19:45 hrs.

Festive dinner

Schloss Bräustüberl with Alpseestube and beer garden

19:45 - 20:00 hrs.

Greeting

Tilman Weide, Chairman VDMA Bavaria