08.00 - 08.55
Check-In
09.00 - 09.30
Opening Speeches Day II
Prof. Dr. Johannes Walther, CEO, Institute for Production Management
Dr. Ben Möbius, Managing Director, German Railway Industry Association (VDB)
Herbert Zimmermann, Managing Director, ZVEI - Zentralverband Elektrotechnik und Elektronikindustrie e.V.
(German/English)
09.30 - 10.00
Moving towards the digitale Age: Mobility 4.0 for a strong railway sector
Dr. Rüdiger Grube, Chairman and CEO, Deutsche Bahn AG
Railway Company Perspective
(German/English)
10.00 - 10.30
The Digitalization of the RAILWAY Industry
Dieter John, President, Division Central / Eastern Europe & CIS, Bombardier Transportation
Train Manufacturer Perspective
(German/English)
10.30 - 11.15
Coffee Break and Official Deutsche Bahn AG tour through the exhibition
11.15 - 14.15
Expert Lectures
TRACK 1: Global Learnings
(German/English)
Track 2: Innovation showCases
(no live translation, one language per presentation)
11.15 - 11.35
Strategies – Technologies – Innovation: Views from a system manufacturer
Joern Clasen, CEO, Freudenberg Schwab Vibration Control GmbH & Co. KG
Innovative rail head reprofiling
Joerg Radanitsch, Business Development Manager, LINMAG GmbH (English)
11.35 - 11.55
Globalizing technology standards: DB Energie's converter standards used in Australia
Dr. Axel Brandt, Head of Application Engineering, General Electric
Rail Industry 4.0: Innovative Railway Vehicle Monitoring practically tested
Dr. Bernhard Lichtberger, CEO, System 7 - Railsupport GmbH
Benedikt Reithofer, CEO, System 7 - Railsupport GmbH (German)
11.55 - 12.15
Noise Combating through rail head Conditioning
Gerhard Züger, Head of Production and Rolling Stock, zb Zentralbahn (SBB Group)
Volkmar Walz, Engineer Fleet Technologies, zb Zentralbahn (SBB Group)
Innovation barrier Tradition: How the Rail industrie is restraining itself
Stefan Wehinger, CEO, RailExpertsGroup (German)
12.15 - 13.15
Lunch Break and Networking in the Exhibition
13.15 - 13.35
Internet of Trains - How trains will be data-driven
Gerhard Kreß, Director Mobility Data Services, Siemens AG
Passenger of the Future – Challenges for OEMs and Operators in THE connected train
Dr. Alexander Bödcher, Industry Director Aeronautics, Space, Defense & Railway, Altran GmbH & Co. KG (German)
13.35 - 13.55
Supply Chain AGILITY – A Journey TOWARDS INDUSTRY 4.0?
Stefan Treiber, Managing Director, candidus GmbH
Roland Becker, Head of Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Knorr Bremse
Next-Generation Train: Innovations for Rail Vehicles
Dr. Joachim Winter, Project Lead Next-Generation Train, German Aerospace Center (German)
13.55 - 14.15
“Make in India”: Cyient-Rangsons Electronics Manufacturing Service and Opportunities for the Rail Industry
Sanjay Sharma, VP & Head of Product Realization, Cyient
P. S. Gangadhar, First Secretary (Economic & Commercial), Embassy of India, Berlin
MTCS – Faster Rail Services with SIL 4 Open Train Control System
Mathias Beer, Director Global Technical Solutions, MEN Mikro Elektronik GmbH (English)
14.15 - 14.45
Coffee Break and Networking in the Exhibition
14.45 - 15.15
Early Mover Experience
Shadi Malak, Acting CEO, Etihad Rail DB
International Perspective
(German/English)
15.15 - 15.45
Process reliability for the railway infrastructure
Johannes Max-Theurer, CEO, Plasser & Theurer
Infrastructure Perspective
(German/English)
15.45 - 16.15
Increasing competitiveness by applying digital technologies - using the example of rail cargo transportation
Dr. Martin Lange, Member of the Board of Directors, Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
System Supplier Perspective
(German/English)
16.15 - 16.30
Short Bio Break
16.30 - 17.00
Automotive meets Rail – Automotive Technology to meet future Demands of the Railway Market
Bernhard Bihr, President, Bosch Engineering GmbH
Automotive Perspective
(German/English)
17.00 - 17.30
Future Challenges in Quality Assurance for Rail Vehicles, following Aviation Industry learnings
Gorden Falk, Security and Quality Management, Deutsche Bahn AG
Aviation Perspective
(German/English)
17.30
Closing Address
Prof. Dr. Johannes Walther, CEO, Institut für Produktionsmanagement
(German/English)
All content subject to change. Official conference languages: German & English.