Tuesday, June 16, 2026
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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Opening & Keynote Plenary
Where Virtual Twins meet Industrial AI
9:30 AM - 9:35 AM
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Welcome
Moderation: Petra Bindl
9:35 AM - 10:05 AM
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Keynote: Lead the Future. Virtual Twins meet Industrial AI
Sabine Scheunert, Managing Director EUROCENTRAL | Dassault Systèmes |
Industry is being re-written – not gradually, but right now. In her opening keynote, Sab...
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM
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Keynote: AI for Engineering
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Jacobs | RWTH Aachen, IMSE - Institut for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering
Today, engineers must develop products with high comp...
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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Keynote: Crossing Your Digital Gap
Dr. Lucian Dold, Senior General Manager, Global Account Management EMEA | OMRON B.V.
Digital transformation in manufacturing is no longer optional—it is a stra...
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Food for Thought: Multiple Sprint Stations for Demos & Networking
Digital Thread and Governance | Software Defined Products | AI Generated Data Driven Engineering | Modelling and Simulation with i.e. a showcase of Trier Univer...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
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Plenary Panel Discussion: Managing Complexity and Uncertainty at Speed
with Dassault Systemes Brand Vice-Presidents: Olivier Sappin (CEO CATIA), Morgan Zimmermann (CEO 3DEXPERIENCE), Michelle Ash (CEO SIMULIA) and Guillaume Vendrou...
2:10 PM - 5:05 PM
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Best Practices from the Industries
Track 1: Virtual Twin of Product |
Track 2: Virtual Twin of Operations |
Track 3: Virtual Twin of Organization 1 |
Track 4: Virtual Twin of Organization 2
2:10 PM - 5:05 PM
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Track 1: Virtual Twin of Product
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
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NatureFibreBike5.0: A Platform-Based Digital Thread for Sustainable Product Development
Michael Hoffmann, Lecturer for Digital Product Development and Manufacturing & Martin Gerten, PhD student | Hochschule Trier (University of Applied Sciences)
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
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Physical AI — machines that perceive, reason, and act in the real world
Dr. Timo Kistner, EMEA Business Lead Industrial & Robotics | NVIDIA
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM
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Coffee Break
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM
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Panel Discussion: From Data to Decisions – How MBSE, Virtal Twins and AI are Transforming Engineering
Dr. Nicolas Brossardt, Solution Architect, Head of Integrated Mechatronic Product Development (IMPE) | BMW AG & Dr. Gregor Höpfner, Managing Director and Co-Fou...
4:35 PM - 5:05 PM
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No Digital Twin without Digital Master
Judith Meding, Transformation Manager Digitalization and Product Development & Matthias Klocke, Director Virtual Product Development I Miele
2:10 PM - 5:05 PM
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Track 2: Virtual Twin of Operations
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
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Digital Lean Transformation: Unlocking End-to-End Value through IT/OT Convergence and Digital Twins
Dr. Lucian Dold, Senior General Manager, Global Account Management EMEA | OMRON B.V.Manufacturing is undergoing a profound transformation but many initiatives...
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
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Digital Transformation in ZF Wind Power (Assembly): A Journey Towards Process Excellence with DELMIA
Adegbenga Popoola, Global Assembly Process Engineering Lead | ZF Windpower
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM
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Coffee Break
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM
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From Pilot to Global Scale: The Journey of Implementing Delmia Quintiq Across 31 Countries at Lidl
Tobias Jung, Team Lead | Schwarz Digits
4:35 PM - 5:05 PM
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Geberit robotics and manufacturing optimization
Alexander Meier, Senior IT Application Analyst | Geberit AG
Overview of Geberit's operational focus areas within the 3DExperience environment: industrial...
2:10 PM - 5:05 PM
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Track 3: Virtual Twin of Organization 1
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
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PLM in Action: On the journey from Digital Master to Digital Twin
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Wank, Head of Smart Innovation and PLM Program Lead | Pepperl + Fuchs
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
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Change Management on PLM – our way to historized BoM
Jörn Brinkmann, Vice President Service Function Product Development Excellence | CLAAS
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM
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Coffee Break
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM
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Implementation of 3DEXPERIENCE @ Novoferm Group
Christian Jendrasik, Head of PDM & PLM Solutions | Bechtle PLM // Wolfgang Zondler, Head of Novoferm Group R&D | Novoferm Group
4:35 PM - 5:05 PM
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Building a Future-Proof Engineering Organization
Frederic Horsch, Member Management Board | HorschMaschinen SE & Co. KG
2:10 PM - 5:05 PM
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Track 4: Virtual Twin of Organization 2
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
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Key Success Factors for Complex PLM Programs in Enterprise Environments
Andreas Mäule, Head of Solution Consulting & Michael Bürke, Teamlead Sales Consulting 3DEXPERIENCE Solutions | Bechtle PLM
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
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10 Years of 3DEXPERIENCE: Shaping the Future of High-End Kitchens
Christian Lehmann, Head of Application Engr. | V-Zug AG
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM
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Coffee Break
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM
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Virtual Twin of Organization at Rosenxt - How we effectively map a dynamic business portfolio in 3DEXPERIENCE
Niklas Hoppe, Creation Execution Manager | Rosenxt Creation Center GmbH
4:35 PM - 5:05 PM
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Path to the 21st century
Jan Kalita, Member of the Board | Aircraft Industries
5:05 PM - 5:15 PM
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Break
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
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Closing Plenary
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM
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Welcome back
Moderation Petra Bindl
5:20 PM - 6:05 PM
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Plenary Panel Discussion: Virtual Meets Real - Accelerating competitive advantage through digital transformation
Executive Panel with invited speakers: Sabine Scheunert | Dassault Systèmes, Lars Schubert | Capgemini, Sebastian Bachinger | TDK Electronics, Wolfgang Weber |...
6:05 PM - 6:15 PM
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Closing
Sabine Scheunert & Petra Bindl
6:15 PM - 11:00 PM
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Evening Event