Program

The program is subject to possible changes. Here you will find the program as of February 14, 2025.

Monday, 12 May 2025:

16:00 General Members' Assembly (only for company representatives with documents sent by prostep ivip) Level A (basement). Registration for the actual Symposium is from the afternoon for participants of the General Member's assembly and exhibitors.

18:00 pre eve get together bcc (end by 22:00)

Program 13 May 2025 | Day One

Room Allocation at the bcc for the prostep ivip Symposium

Level A (Ground Floor): Registration and Check-in area, access to Auditory 4 and 5.
Level B (Main Floor): Exhibition, catering, and access to Auditory 2 and 3.
Level C (First Floor): Main Plenary Hall, exhibition spaces and catering areas.

Luggage drop-off:

Please note that due to the regulations of the city of Berlin, no large items of luggage may be taken into the bcc. For this reason, there is a separate baggage area on the forecourt of the bcc with staff who will take care of your larger items of baggage.

8:30 - 9:55	Registration & Refreshments	Level A & B
10:00	Welcome & Opening (C 01)	All morning sessions on Level C - 1st floor
10:20	Keynote Premium Partner Volkswagen AG
	Revolutionizing Volkswagens Product Development Process (PDP) - Thomas Kamla	CTO ID.1, Cooperation Projects, MQB classic, Digitalization Volkswagen AG
11:00	Keynote Premium Partner Dassault Systèmes
11:40	Start up Pitch Award - your vote counts!

Lunch break from 12:15 to 13:45

Lunch - Networking - Exhibition - Guided Tours on Level B and C

Lectures from 13:45 to 14:15

PLENARY HALL | C 01

GENERATIVE DESIGN: SHORTENING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH AI

Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Puntigam | AVL List GmbH
Robert Lokner | Microsoft Deutschland GmbH

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

DIGITAL TWINS @WORK : EFFICIENCY GAINS AND NEW CAPABILITIES IN LIFECYCLE-MANAGEMENT

Olaf Kramer | Robert Bosch GmbH
Ulrich Wolters | Bosch Connected Industry

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

STANDARDIZATION OF VIRTUAL ELECTRONIC UNITS (V-ECUS)

Dr. Andreas Soppa | Volkswagen AG
Martin Rühl | dSpace GmbH

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

DEVELOPMENT OF DECENTRALISED DIGITAL TWINS AS DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS IN DATA ECO-SYSTEMS

Dr. Michael A. Gerber | msg for automotive GmbH
Erik Konietzko | Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik

Workshop from 13:45 to 15:25

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04

LEVERAGING DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORTS FOR CIRCULAR ECONOMY: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF TRACEABILITY

Anjuli Singh | Dassault Systèmes
Christian Deittert | UNITY AG

Lectures from 14:20 to 14:50

PLENARY HALL | C 01

COLLABORATIVE DIGITAL TWINS – PROJECT OVERVIEW, INTERMEDIATE RESULTS, AND DELIVERABLES

Dr. Sebastian Handschuh | Mercedes-Benz AG
Peter Gerber | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

CODE THE CAR - THE VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH OF THE FUTURE

Dr.-Ing. Peyman Merat | UNITY AG
Engelbert Loibner | AVL List GmbH

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

THE ART OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING: JOURNEY ZUR ENGINEERING PLATFORM

Jerome Brun | BMW AG
Yannick Vogel | Dassault Systemes

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

FDX BASED FUNCTION DATA PROCESS APPLIED IN ENGINEERING PROJECTS - A CRUCIAL APPROACH FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY

Michael Baumann | Karakun
Dr. Ronaldo Nunes | Mercedes-Benz AG

Workshop from 13:45 to 15:25

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04

LEVERAGING DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORTS FOR CIRCULAR ECONOMY: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF TRACEABILITY

Anjuli Singh | Dassault Systèmes
Christian Deittert | UNITY AG

Lectures from 14:55 to 15:25

PLENARY HALL | C 01

REVOLUTIONIZING VOLKSWAGENS SIMULATION WITH AI GENERATED DIGITAL TWINS

Dr. Henning Klar | Volkswagen AG
Aron Grünwald | Volkswagen AG

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

BACK TO THE FUTURE – HOW AI+INPASS BOOST THE COMMUNICATION OF MATERIAL, PRODUCT AND SPECIFICATION DATA

Dr. Hans-Peter Schlegelmilch | Brain of Materials AG
Bernd Feldvoss | Airbus Operations GmbH

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

MANAGING 1D AND 3D SIMULATIONS IN ONE SPDM SYSTEM AS KEY ENABLER FOR DIGITAL TWIN

Dr. Alexander Mahl | PDTec AG
Tbd | BROSE SE

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

CIRCULAR ECONOMY, THE FINAL FRONTIER - A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO CIRCULAR GREEN PLM

Ole Scheller | Dataciders InMediasP GmbH
Manuel Gramlich | Ventum Consulting GmbH & Co. KG

Workshop from 13:45 to 15:25

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04

LEVERAGING DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORTS FOR CIRCULAR ECONOMY: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF TRACEABILITY

Anjuli Singh | Dassault Systèmes
Christian Deittert | UNITY AG

Coffee break from 15:30 to 16:00

Refreshments - Networking - Exhibition: Guided Tours

Lectures from 16:00 to 16:30

PLENARY HALL | C 01

MERCEDES-BENZ’S JOURNEY INTO THE DIGITAL TWIN ERA

Dr. Lina Longhitano | Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Yübo Wang | Mercedes-Benz Group AG

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

NO LECTURES - PREPARATION EVENING EVENT

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

AGILE WIRING SYSTEMS: REVOLUTIONIZING TOOL LANDSCAPE AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES

Dr.-Ing. Tobias Carsten Müller | Volkswagen AG
Rainer Ganß | 4Soft

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

PDM INTEROPERABILITY FORUM: A SPOTLIGHT ON FASTENERS IMPACT AND INNOVATION AT BMW

Guillaume Hirel | T-Systems International GmbH
Florian Rank | BMW AG

Workshop from 16:00 to 17:40

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04

CHALLENGES OF THE SOFTWARE DEFINED ANYTHING WORLD FOR STANDARDIZATION, COLLABORATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Dr. Marcus Krastel | :em engineering methods AG

Presentation from 16:00 to 16:30

Collaboration Corner | B 04

VIRTUAL HOMOLOGATION: A NEW PROSTEP IVIP INITIATIVE

Marius Dupuis | ASAM e.V.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reza Rezaei | IAV

Lectures from 16:35 to 17:05

PLENARY HALL | C 01

REVOLUTIONIZING VOLKSWAGEN PDP WITH E2E TESTING FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED VEHICLES

Dr. Malte Westerloh | Volkswagen AG
Christian Ewertz | Deloitte Consulting GmbH

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

NO LECTURES - PREPARATION EVENING EVENT

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

LONG-TERM ARCHIVING AND DIGITAL TWINS

Dr.-Ing. Erik Claassen | :em engineering methods AG
Till Reymann | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

REVOLUTIONIZING INDUSTRIES WITH DIGITAL TWINS AND AI

Markus Franke | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Andreas Wernicke | DIN Solutions GmbH

Workshop from 16:00 to 17:40

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04

CHALLENGES OF THE SOFTWARE DEFINED ANYTHING WORLD FOR STANDARDIZATION, COLLABORATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Dr. Marcus Krastel | :em engineering methods AG

Presentation from 16:35 to 17:05

Collaboration Corner | B 04

BOSCH BATTERY PASSPORT: SUSTAINABILITY TROUGH TRANSPARENCY-LEVERAGING THE POWER OF DIGITAL TWINS

Josepha Anna Pfeiffer | Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions GmbH

Lectures from 17:10 to 17:40

PLENARY HALL | C 01

PLM DIGITAL TWIN - DIGITAL THREAD BENCHMARK STUDY – LEVEL OF READINESS OF PLM SOLUTION PROVIDERS

Dr. Robert Rencher - The Boeing Company

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

NO LECTURES - PREPARATION EVENING EVENT

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

NO LECTURES - PREPARATION EVENING EVENT

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

AUTOMATED DATA VALIDATION - A GENERAL TOPIC FOR DATA MIGRATION AND DATA USAGE.

Thomas Förster | SSC Services GmbH
Benjamin Scherer | Daimler Truck AG

Workshop from 16:00 to 17:40

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04

CHALLENGES OF THE SOFTWARE DEFINED ANYTHING WORLD FOR STANDARDIZATION, COLLABORATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Prof. Dr. Rainer Stark | TU Berlin
Dr. Marcus Krastel | :em engineering methods AG

Presentation from 17:00 to 17:40

Collaboration Corner | B 04

Shaping the Future of Automotive with Collaborative Digital Twins

Philipp Weigert | Volkswagen AG
Daniel Spiess | Accenture

End of the first day

PLENARY HALL

17:45	Get Together
17:50	Closing Keynote - Day 1
18:25	End of Symposium Day 1
18:30	Evening Event Ground Floor including Honorary Member Award & Scientific Award

14 May 2025 | Day Two

Welcome coffee| last Registration from 08:00 to 8:30

Registration Level A | Refreshments Level B & C

Lectures from 8:30 to 9:00

PLENARY HALL | C 01

REVOLUTIONIZING VOLKSWAGEN: VIRTUAL METHODS AS A BASIS FOR FUTURE CONSUMPTION AND RANGE HOMOLOGATIONS

Dr. Tim Wagner | Volkswagen AG

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

STANDARDIZATION AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE EE/SW DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AT MERCEDES AMG GMBH

Véronique-Isabelle Lutz | BHC Consulting GmbH
Thomas Linden | Mercedes-AMG GmbH

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

BRIDGING THE PRODUCT CONFIGURATION GAP – INTEGRATING ENTERPRISE DATA MANAGEMENT AND DIGITAL TWINS FOR SEAMLESS OPERATIONS

Dr. Henrik Hulgaard | Configit A/S
Joy Batchelor | Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

Award Winner

Workshop from 08:30 to 10:00

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04

FROM DATA TO MODELS: MASTERING DATA MODEL DESIGN FOR MACHINE LEARNING

Helena Ebel | Technische Universität Berlin

The Exchange Hub | B 07- 08

What does SysML v2 mean for MBSE industry?

Lectures from 9:05 to 9:35

PLENARY HALL | C 01

END-TO-END DIGITAL TWIN: TRANSFORMING DAIMLER BUSES’ VALUE CHAIN IN THE DIGITAL ERA

Bernhard Lange | Daimler Buses GmbH
Philipp Holzner | BHC Consulting GmbH

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

AI SHADOW - REDEFINING THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LANDSCAPE WITH GENAI AT CONTINENTAL

Jens Krueger | NTT DATA Deutschland SE
Michael Sicker | Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

MASTERING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: LEADING INNOVATION AT EVERY STEP

Arnab Bhattacharya | Dassault Systèmes
Andreas Wank | Pepper+Fuchs SE

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

INSIGHTS FROM A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW FOR AI APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Eigner | EIGNER Engineering Consult
Oliver Bleisinger | University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

Workshop from 08:30 to 10:10

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04

FROM DATA TO MODELS: MASTERING DATA MODEL DESIGN FOR MACHINE LEARNING

Helena Ebel | Technische Universität Berlin

The Exchange Hub | B 07- 08

What does SysML v2 mean for MBSE industry?

Lectures from 9:40 to 10:10

PLENARY HALL | C 01

THE SOFTWAREUPDATE-DEFINED VEHICLE: HOW SUMS SUPPORTS THE SDV BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION

Dr. Thomas Dickopf | AUDI AG

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

FUNCTIONAL SAFETY MODELLING FOR A PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM

Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schlichting | Draeger Medical Systems Inc.
Tobias Wigger | UNITY AG

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

TRANSFORMING PLM AT SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION: A SEAMLESS MIGRATION TO 3DEXPERIENCE®

Jon Pabst | Sierra Nevada Corporation
Stefan Preuss | PROSTEP INC

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

DYNAMIC KNOWLEDGE GENERATION FOR COLLABORATIVE ENGINEERING OF SMART PRODUCTS IN VALUE NETWORKS

Dipl.-Ing. Damun Mollahassani | RPTU
Martin Becker | RPTU

Workshop from 08:30 to 10:10

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04

FROM DATA TO MODELS: MASTERING DATA MODEL DESIGN FOR MACHINE LEARNING

Helena Ebel | Technische Universität Berlin

The Exchange Hub | B 07- 08

What does SysML v2 mean for MBSE industry?

Coffee break from 10:15 to 10:45

Refreshments - Networking - Exhibition: Guided Tours

Lectures from 10:45 to 11:15

PLENARY HALL | C 01

DIGITAL INNOVATION AND AI: TRANSFORMING THE FUTURE OF AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT

Dr. Sven Lammers | Dassault Systèmes
Rebecca Richstein | AIRBUS

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

UPDATED MODEL EXCHANGE PROCESS GUIDELINE BY JAMBE | Introduction of the updated JAMBE Model Exchange Process Guideline

Kazuya Chijiiwa | NTT DATA ENGINEERING SYSTEMS Corporation
Atsushi Toyama | ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

PLM DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT WITH GENERATIVE AI

Markus Ripping | Mews Deutschland GmbH
Roberto Riascos | Roche Diagnostics AG

AUDITORY 4 (Basement)

STANDARDIZATION FOR SEMANTIC PMI

Takao Senko | Honda Motor
Jochen Boy| PROSTEP AG

AUDITORY 5 - EXPERT CORNER

MASTERING DIGITAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF VIRTUAL VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, AND HOMOLOGATION

Jens Poggenburg | AVL

Lectures from 11:20 to 11:50

PLENARY HALL | C 01

CHALLENGES AND BUSINESS VALUE OF CREDIBLE SIMULATIONS - RESULTS OF INDUSTRY SURVEY “SMARTSE-CHECK 2025”

Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Martin Heinkel | Robert Bosch GmbH
Martin Geissen | UNITY AG

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

1D SIMULATION PROCESS AND DATA MANAGEMENT (1D-SPDM) FOR CONTINUOUS VALIDATION IN VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT

Dr. Josef Zehetner | AVL List GmbH
Franz Kaltseis | CONTACT Software GmbH

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

REVOLUTIONIZING INDUSTRIES WITH JT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION

Rudolf Dotzauer | Continental
Bernd Watzal | Mercedes-Benz AG

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

PUSHING 3D CONNECTIVITY TO ENABLE CROSS-DOMAIN DATA COMPOSITIONS FOR COLLABORATIVE DESIGN WORKFLOWS

Dr. Johannes Behr | Threedy GmbH
Maximilian Juengling | BMW AG

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04 EXPERT CORNER

IS THERE STILL A NEED FOR ACTION REGARDING OPENNESS?

Andrea Denger | AVL List GmbH
Robert Lokner | Microsoft

Members of the CPO Core Team

Lectures from 11:55 to 12:30

PLENARY HALL | C 01

AUTOMATED PROCESS: UNIFIED MODELING AND SIMULATION FOR MORE EFFICIENT COLLABORATION

Jens Bertram | Dassault Systèmes
Jens Bauer | Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

KNOWLEDGE GRAPH-BASED VERSION COMPARISON OF GEOMETRY DATA

Yübo Wang | Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Oguzhan Balandi | T-Systems International GmbH

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

DATA-DRIVEN SUSTAINABILITY: EMPOREWING SUSTAINABLE AND PROFITABLE TRANSFORMATION WITH PLM

Daniel Jansen | Knorr-Bremse AG
Pina Schlombs | Siemens Industry Software GmbH

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

ADVANCING AUTOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING WITH THE FERAL DRIVING SIMULATOR

Adam Bachorek | Fraunhofer IESE

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04 PRESENTATION

Collaborative AI in Engineering: Real-World Applications

Markus Franke | Schaeffler AG
Rik Rasor | AI Marketplace GmbH

Lunch break from 12:35 to 14:00

Refreshments - Networking - Exhibition: Guided Tours

Lectures from 14:00 to 14:30

PLENARY HALL | C 01

APPROACH TO DEVELOP LOGICAL STRUCTURE @BMW

Dr.-Ing. Ferdinand Schockenhoff | Capgemini Invent
Sebastian Peck | BMW

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

AI IN ENGINEERING: APPROACH FOR BUSINESS-RELEVANT USE CASES AND SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION WITH PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Marc Vidal | CADFEM
Marco Wissinger | GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG

AUDITORY 3 | B05/06

BOM CREATION WITH AI

Dr. Robert Schulte | Volkswagen AG
Florian Tichla | Hamburg Analytics EDS GmbH

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

HOW DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORTS WILL CHANGE THE INDUSTRY – FROM A SUPPLIERS PERSPECTIVE

Stefan Gatersleben | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Theresa Riedelsheimer | Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik IPK

Workshop from 14:00 to 15:40

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04

AI ENABLED ENGINEERING SEARCH

Teresa Rock | BMW Group
Jennifer Masek - Accenture

Lectures from 14:35 to 15:05

PLENARY HALL | C 01

AI-SUPPORTED VIRTUAL VALIDATION AND HOMOLOGATION OF AD/ADAS SYSTEMS UTILIZING DISTRIBUTED CO-SIMULATION

Dr.-Ing. Dai Araki | Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reza Rezaei | IAV

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

DIGITAL REACTION PLANS - PRODUCTION PROCESS TRACEABILITY

Dr. Bernd Maar | BMW Group
Philip Hultzsch | UNITY AG

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

ON MERGING THE SLOW-MOVING PROGRESSION OF MANUFACTURING WITH HIGH-VELOCITY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION BY MEANS OF A KNOWLEDGE-GRAPH BASED ABSTRACTION LAYER

Oliver Rudolph | Robert Bosch GmbH
Tiziano Degaetano | Conweaver GmbH

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

ONTOLOGY-BASED SIMILARITY ANALYSIS OF DATA IN ENGINEERING

Sahar Ben Hassine | TU Berlin
Daniel Merk | Schaeffler AG

Workshop from 14:00 to 15:40

AUDITORY 5| A 03/04

AI ENABLED ENGINEERING SEARCH

Teresa Rock | BMW Group
Jennifer Masek - Accenture

Lectures from 15:10 to 15:40

PLENARY HALL | C 01

OMG CASCADE. STANDARDIZING DIGITAL ENGINEERING COLLABORATION

Juan Carlos Mendo | Boeing
Torsten Schmied | PROSTEP AG

AUDITORY 2 | B 09

STREAMLINING FUNCTIONAL SAFETY AND CYBERSECURITY INTEGRATION WITH LEAN TOOLS: IQUAVIS AND COMPLYGUARD

Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Behr | AVL List GmbH
Christian Tschirner | Dentsu Soken Inc - Group company Two Pillars GmbH

AUDITORY 3 | B 05/06

GOAL REALIZED - OEM CAD DATA PACKAGE ALL ISO NOW

Greg Weaver | Gulfstream Aerospace

AUDITORY 4 | A 05/06

Taking the turn in the automotive industry: how to leverage cross-enterprise collaboration?

Ernesto Mottola | Toyota
Pierre Bodin | Mews Partners

Workshop from 14:00 to 15:40

AUDITORY 5 | A 03/04

AI ENABLED ENGINEERING SEARCH

Teresa Rock | BMW Group
Jennifer Masek - Accenture

End of the second day

PLENARY HALL

15:50	Last Keynote: Premium Industry Partner 2026
16:30	Closing the 2025 prostep ivip Symposium