Simultaneous English translation will be provided for all keynotes, presentations and discussions in the main auditorium. Available languages for all sessions included in the program.
08.00 - 08.45
CHECK-IN & NETWORKING IN The Exhibition
Estrel Congress & Messe Center, Sonnenallee 225, 12057 Berlin
Opening (🇩🇪/🇬🇧)
Convention Hall A
Prof. Dr. Johannes Walther, CEO, Institute for Production Management
09.00 - 09.15
09.15 - 09.35
Keynote: New technologies (🇩🇪/🇬🇧)
Drive technology of the future: Innovations for efficiency and economy
Convention Hall A
Dr. Jörg Nikutta, Managing Director, Alstom
09.35 - 09.55
Keynote: DIGITIZATION (🇩🇪/🇬🇧)
Cyber Security Solutions for Safer Railways
Convention Hall A
Krishna Bodanapu, CEO, Cyient
Amir Levintal, CEO & Co-Founder, Cylus
Christian Kern, Investor & Advisor, Cylus / former CEO, ÖBB / former Federal Chancellor, Austria
09.55 - 10.15
Keynote: Digital Transformation
Smart Data Management in Rail 4.0
Convention Hall A
Stefan Gladeck, Member of the Management Board, SKF GmbH
10.15 - 10.35
Keynote: International Markets
More traffic on the rails: how politics, rail and industry should work together to turn traffic around
Convention Hall A
Berthold Huber, Management Board passenger transport, Deutsche Bahn AG
Coffee break & networking in the exhibition
Exhibition tours of the DB procurement divisions
10.35 - 11.30
11.30 - 12.15
Track 1: (🇩🇪/🇬🇧)
Digital Transformation
Convention Hall A
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Matthias Tomenendal, Berlin School of Economics & Law
Track 2: (🇬🇧)
International markets
Hall Europe
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Berlin School of Economics & Law
11.30 - 11.45
WITH AI & IOT TO EFFICIENT PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
Dr. Thomas Böhm, Chief Data Scientist, KONUX GmbH
Quality management & certification: how IRIS Certification™ helps rail customers
Dr. Stefan Siegler, VP Quality Siemens Mobility and Chairman IRQB
11.45 - 12.00
Digital rail - intelligent sensors for future-oriented infrastructure monitoring
Renate Bay, CEO, ASC GmbH
Dr. Klaus Ulrich Wolter, fleet management, Consulting, Digitalisation, DB Systemtechnik GmbH
Do you want a steering wheel?: digital chassis control and wear reduction (🇩🇪)
Paul Hofbauer, Produktmanager Hydraulik, Liebherr Transportation Systems
12.00 - 12.15
ATO LEARNINGS: THE COPENHAGEN CASE
Peter Aarkrog, Senior Director, Ramboll
Jakob Keinicke Sørensen, Chief Project Manager, Metro Copenhagen
DIGITAL VISION: DB goes CLOUD
Matthias Andiel, Principal Account Manager, Amazon Web Services
Oliver Krülle, CIO, DB Vertrieb GmbH
Dietmar Topp, Senior Program & Project Manager ICT,
DB Systel GmbH
12.15 - 12.45
Track 3: (🇩🇪/🇬🇧)
Automation
Convention Hall A
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Matthias Tomenendal, Berlin School of Economics & Law
Track 4: (🇬🇧)
New Technologies
Hall Europe
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Berlin School of Economics & Law
12.15 - 12.30
Robotics & Cobotics: where they will enter the railway sector
Ronald Naderer, CEO, FerRobotics Compliant Robot Technology GmbH
Transportation 4.0: Local manufacturing minimizes warehousing costs & times
Lisa Widmann, Business Development Manager DACH, Ultimaker
12.30 - 12.45
"RFID" the future for a better technical infrastructure
Günter Rössler, Senior Sales Manager, KATHREIN Solutions GmbH
THE TRAIN OF THE FUTURE IN THE CONNECTED WORLD OF TOMORROW
Jürgen Hahnrath, Head of IoT Germany, Cisco Systems GmbH
Lunch & networking in the exhibition
12.45 - 14.00
14.00 - 14.30
Start-Up Pitches
5 minutes, 5 startups, 1 stage
Convention Hall A
Moderation:
Onno Szillis, Startup Relations & DB Mindbox, Deutsche Bahn AG
Startups:
Vincent Genz, CEO, SIUT GmbH
Sebastian Kaluza, CEO, ABAUT
Thomas Knauer-Arnold, Co-Founder & MD, Viscopic
Puneet Chhabra, Co-Founder & CTO, HeadlightAI
Markus Wernet, Managing Director, RRS Rhein-Ruhr Systemtechnik UG
14.30 - 15.30
Masterclass: (🇩🇪/🇬🇧) Substitution of the diesel engine
Convention Hall A
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Matthias Tomenendal, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Masterclass: (🇩🇪)
Innovative freight transport
Hall Europe
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
14.30 - 14.50
The electrification of secondary lines will replace the diesel engine
Dr. Wolfgang Klebsch, Senior Project Manager, VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e. V.
Improved economic efficiency through new technologies
Jens-Erik Galdiks, Head of Rolling Stock Technology & Innovation, SBB Cargo
14.50 - 15.10
Hybrid, hydrogen drive and battery-powered solutions replace diesel engines
Dr. Tobias Fischer, Head of Technology Vehicles and Infrastructure, Deutsche Bahn AG
New Silk Road & Co: Innovative transport corridors for the freight traffic of the future
Vincent Blateau, Leiter Engineering Signaltechnik, Alstom Deutschland
15.10 - 15.30
Open discussion
Open discussion
Coffee & Refreshment Break
15.30 - 15.45
15.45 - 16.30
Executive Outlook (🇩🇪/🇬🇧)
Railway Revolution 2025: how innovations cycles can be accelerated
Convention Hall A
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Stephan M. Wagner, ETH Zürich
Uwe Günther, CPO, Deutsche Bahn AG
Rolf Härdi, CTIO, Deutsche Bahn AG
Nadine Grüneberg, Head of Customer Services Mobility Management, Siemens Mobility GmbH
Beatrice Lippus, Associate Vice President Transportation BU, Cyient
