The program is subject to possible changes. Here you will find the program as of May 9, 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 casual pre eve event within the exhibition area (end by 22:00)
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 | |||
Philipp Wibbing & Susanne Schöne | |||||
10:10 | REVOLUTIONIZING INDUSTRIES WITH SOFTWARE-DEFINED PRODUCTS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | STRATEGY UPDATE OF THE BOARD | |||
Dr. Henrik Weimer (Airbus), Jens Poggenburg (AVL), Prof. Dr. Rainer Stark (TU Berlin), Tomohiko Adachi (Mazda Motor Corporation), Philipp Wibbing (UNITY), Thomas Kamla (VW) | |||||
10:30 | Keynote Premium Partner Volkswagen AG | ||||
Revolutionizing Volkswagens Product Development Process (PDP) | Thomas Kamla, CTO ID.1, Cooperation Projects, MQB classic, Digitalization Volkswagen AG | ||||
11:10 | Keynote Premium Partner Dassault Systèmes | ||||
AI-powered Virtual Twins – the Core of Industrial Transformation | Sabine Scheunert, Managing Director Eurocentral | ||||
11:50 | Start up Pitch Award - your vote counts! |
Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Puntigam | AVL List GmbH
Robert Lokner | Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
Olaf Kramer | Robert Bosch GmbH
Ulrich Wolters | Bosch Connected Industry
Dr. Andreas Soppa | Volkswagen AG
Martin Rühl | dSpace GmbH
Dr. Michael A. Gerber | msg for automotive GmbH
Erik Konietzko | Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik
Anjuli Singh | Dassault Systèmes
Christian Deittert | UNITY AG
Dr. Sebastian Handschuh | Mercedes-Benz AG
Peter Gerber | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Dr.-Ing. Peyman Merat | UNITY AG
Engelbert Loibner | AVL List GmbH
Jerome Brun | BMW AG
Yannick Vogel | Dassault Systemes
Michael Baumann | Karakun
Dr. Ronaldo Nunes | Mercedes-Benz AG
Anjuli Singh | Dassault Systèmes
Christian Deittert | UNITY AG
Dr. Henning Klar | Volkswagen AG
Aron Grünwald | Volkswagen AG
Dr. Hans-Peter Schlegelmilch | Brain of Materials AG
Bernd Feldvoss | Airbus Operations GmbH
Ole Scheller | Dataciders InMediasP GmbH
Manuel Gramlich | Ventum Consulting GmbH & Co. KG
Anjuli Singh | Dassault Systèmes
Christian Deittert | UNITY AG
Dr. Lina Longhitano | Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Yübo Wang | Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Dr.-Ing. Tobias Carsten Müller | Volkswagen AG
Rainer Ganß | 4Soft
Guillaume Hirel | T-Systems International GmbH
Florian Rank | BMW AG
Dr. Marcus Krastel | :em engineering methods AG
Prof. Dr. Rainer Stark, TU Berlin
Olaf Kramer, BOSCH
Dr. Sebastian Handschuh, Mercedes-Benz
Dr. Thomas Dickopf, AUDI
Bernd Feldvoss, AIRBUS
Helena Ebel | Technische Universität Berlin
Dr. Malte Westerloh | Volkswagen AG
Christian Ewertz | Deloitte Consulting GmbH
Dr.-Ing. Erik Claassen | :em engineering methods AG
Till Reymann | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Markus Franke | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Andreas Wernicke | DIN Solutions GmbH
CHALLENGES OF THE SOFTWARE DEFINED ANYTHING WORLD FOR STANDARDIZATION, COLLABORATION AND IMPLEMENTATION
Dr. Marcus Krastel | :em engineering methods AG
Prof. Dr. Rainer Stark, TU Berlin
Olaf Kramer, BOSCH
Dr. Sebastian Handschuh, Mercedes-Benz
Dr. Thomas Dickopf, AUDI
Bernd Feldvoss, AIRBUS
Helena Ebel | Technische Universität Berlin
Dr. Robert Rencher - The Boeing Company
Thomas Förster | SSC Services GmbH
Benjamin Scherer | Daimler Truck AG
Dr. Marcus Krastel | :em engineering methods AG
Prof. Dr. Rainer Stark, TU Berlin
Olaf Kramer, BOSCH
Dr. Sebastian Handschuh, Mercedes-Benz
Dr. Thomas Dickopf, AUDI
Bernd Feldvoss, AIRBUS
Helena Ebel | Technische Universität Berlin
17:45 | Get Together |
17:50 | Closing Keynote: Revolutionizing value creation with data |
Dr.-Ing. Reinhold Achatz, International Data Spaces Association - Chairman of the Board | |
18:25 | End of Symposium Day 1 |
18:30 | Evening Event Ground Floor including Honorary Member Award & Scientific Award |
Dr. Tim Wagner | Volkswagen AG
Véronique-Isabelle Lutz | BHC Consulting GmbH
Thomas Linden | Mercedes-AMG GmbH
Stefan Gregorzik | CONTACT Software
Tobias Rüschhoff-Nadermann | Iqony Solutions GmbH
Scientific Award Winner Doctor Thesis:
Dr. Constantin Mandel
VIRTUAL HOMOLOGATION: A NEW PROSTEP IVIP INITIATIVE
Marius Dupuis | ASAM e.V.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reza Rezaei | IAV
Daniel Siegl | LieberLieber Software GmbH | INCOSE
Dr. Sven Kleiner | :em engineering methods AG
Andrius Armonas | Dassault Systèmes
Dr. Henrik Weimer | AIRBUS
Marco Forlingieri | PTC
Dr. Walter Koch | SCHAEFFLER | GfSE
Bernhard Lange | Daimler Buses GmbH
Philipp Holzner | BHC Consulting GmbH
Jens Krueger | NTT DATA Deutschland SE
Michael Sicker | Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
Arnab Bhattacharya | Dassault Systemes Deutschland GmbH
Andreas Wank | Pepper+Fuchs SE
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Eigner | EIGNER Engineering Consult
Oliver Bleisinger | University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
Josepha Anna Pfeiffer | Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions GmbH
Daniel Siegl | LieberLieber Software GmbH | INCOSE
Dr. Sven Kleiner | :em engineering methods AG
Andrius Armonas | Dassault Systèmes
Dr. Henrik Weimer | AIRBUS
Marco Forlingieri | PTC
Dr. Walter Koch | SCHAEFFLER | GfSE
Dr. Thomas Dickopf | AUDI AG
Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schlichting | Draeger Medical Systems Inc.
Tobias Wigger | UNITY AG
Shaping the Future of Automotive with Collaborative Digital Twins
Philipp Weigert | Volkswagen AG
Daniel Spiess | Accenture
Dr.-Ing. Damun Mollahassani | RPTU
Martin Becker | RPTU
Daniel Siegl | LieberLieber Software GmbH | INCOSE
Dr. Sven Kleiner | :em engineering methods AG
Andrius Armonas | Dassault Systèmes
Dr. Henrik Weimer | AIRBUS
Marco Forlingieri | PTC
Dr. Walter Koch | SCHAEFFLER | GfSE
Dr. Sven Lammers | Dassault Systèmes
Rebecca Richstein | AIRBUS
Kazuya Chijiiwa | NTT DATA ENGINEERING SYSTEMS Corporation
Atsushi Toyama | ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Markus Ripping | Mews Deutschland GmbH
Roberto Riascos | Roche Diagnostics AG
Takao Senko | Honda Motor
Jochen Boy| PROSTEP AG
Peter Ebner | AVL List GmbH
Tomohiko Adachi | Mazda Motor Corporation
Hans-Martin Heinkel | Robert Bosch GmbH
Peyman Merat | UNITY AG
Christian Tschirner | Two Pillars GmbH
Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Martin Heinkel | Robert Bosch GmbH
Martin Geissen | UNITY AG
Dr. Josef Zehetner | AVL List GmbH
Christian Titze | CAIQ GmbH
Rudolf Dotzauer | Continental
Bernd Watzal | Mercedes-Benz AG
Szaby Koppany | Raiqon
Dr. Walther Koch | SCHAEFFLER
Andrea Denger | AVL List GmbH
Robert Lokner | Microsoft
Kenneth Swope | Boeing
Michael Murgai | PDTec
Dr. Dirk Reckwerth | Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
Jens Bertram | Dassault Systèmes
Julian Gebhard | Mercedes-Benz AG
Yübo Wang | Mercedes-Benz AG
Oguzhan Balandi | T-Systems International GmbH
Daniel Jansen | Knorr-Bremse AG
Pina Schlombs | Siemens Industry Software GmbH
Ralf Kalmar | Fraunhofer IESE
Markus Franke | Schaeffler AG
Rik Rasor | AI Marketplace GmbH
Dr.-Ing. Ferdinand Schockenhoff | Capgemini Invent
Sebastian Peck | BMW
Marc Vidal | CADFEM
Marco Wissinger | GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Robert Schulte | Volkswagen AG
Florian Tichla | Hamburg Analytics EDS GmbH
Stefan Gatersleben | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Theresa Riedelsheimer | Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik IPK
Dr. Henrik Hulgaard | Configit A/S
Till Reymann | SCHAEFFLER
Dr.-Ing. Dai Araki | Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reza Rezaei | IAV GmbH
Sahar Ben Hassine | TU Berlin
Dr. Walter Koch | Schaeffler AG
Oliver Rudolph | Robert Bosch GmbH
Tiziano Degaetano | Conweaver GmbH
Juan Carlos Mendo | Boeing
Torsten Schmied | PROSTEP AG
Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Behr | AVL List GmbH
Christian Tschirner | Dentsu Soken Inc - Group company Two Pillars GmbH
Karsten Schmidt-Grethe | VOLKSWAGEN AG
Amadeus Grigor | SIEMENS EDA
Ernesto Mottola | Toyota
Pierre Bodin | Mews Partners
15:50 | Last Keynote: Premium Industry Partner 2026 |
16:30 | Closing the 2025 prostep ivip Symposium |