Tuesday, 10 October 2023
09:30 - 13:00 Admission
10:00 - 13:00 Expo & Networking
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 13:25 Welcome & Opening of the EuProGigant Open House Day 2023
- Jens Schneider, Rector, TU Wien
- Matthias Oechsner, Vice President, TU Darmstadt
- Florian Tursky, State Secretary, Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance - Video Message
- Reinhard Posch, Chief Information Officer, Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance
- Marco‐Alexander Breit, Head of Task Force Artificial Intelligence, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
- Michael Wiesmüller, Head of Department: Key Enabling Technologies for Industrial Innovation: ICT, Manufacturing and Nano Technologies, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
13:25 - 13:50: Data spaces and edge technology as key to European economic sovereignty
What are data spaces and why do we need them to strengthen Europe in its economic sovereignty? What are the specific requirements to achieve this, especially for the manufacturing industry, and what is needed to bring production back to Europe?
In this panel discussion, the experts will answer those questions and will explain how Europe can realise the transformation to a digitally networked industry. Companies should be able to use data sovereignly and jointly across the entire manufacturing and supply chain. This makes digital innovations for more resilience, sustainability, and competitive strength possible. Solutions must be developed on a European and global scale right from the start.
- Ernst Stöckl-Pukall, Head of Unit Digitisation and Industrie 4.0, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
- Kai Sandmann, Policy Advisor of Unit "Development of Digital Technologies", Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
- Sebastian Schneider, Head of R&D Processes, DECKEL MAHO Pfronten GmbH
- Torsten Dehnert, Chief Technical Officer, IGH Infotec AG
13:50 - 14:10: Gaia-X Update
Get to know Gaia-X, the initiative to develop a federated secure data infrastructure for Europe, and to ensure European digital sovereignty. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Gaia-X will give an update about the status of the initiative and recent developments, as well as the role of clearing houses. Learn more about the benefits of Gaia-X for the European manufacturing industry and its roadmap for the future.
- Roland Fadrany, COO, Gaia-X AISBL
14:10 - 15:00: Five innovative projects for a data & service ecosystem in manufacturing
Get to know the five European projects for a manufacturing data and service ecosystem: AMIDS, DIONE-X, ESCOM, EuProGigant and Flex4Res. The project representatives will introduce the individual projects, their problem statements, goals and solutions, and in addition will discuss how the outcomes of their research can be beneficial for the other projects in the ecosystem and how to exploit the results.
- Matthias Weigold, Head of Institute for Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools, TU Darmstadt
- Claudia Schickling, Head of Pilot Factory Industrie 4.0, TU Wien
- Thomas Moser, Director of Innovation, Berger
- Kosmas Alexopoulos, Senior Research Engineer, Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS), University of Patras
- Gerald Ristow, Senior Research Manager, Software AG
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break & Networking
15:30 - 15:45: Research and business relevance in data sharing
In this session, the keynote speakers will elaborate on the importance of data availability for advanced analytics, the necessity and significance of different domain knowledge as well as the pioneering work in European data spaces.
- Jens Schneider, Rector, TU Wien
- Matthias Oechsner, Vice President, TU Darmstadt
15:45 - 16:30: The potential of digital business models
The rise of cross-company and cross-border collaboration through data spaces and data & service ecosystems between businesses along the entire value and supply chain opens up numerous opportunities for innovative, data-driven business models. In this panel discussion, the experts will talk about the impact data sharing has on existing business models, how they can be adapted and which new forms of business can arise from these developments.
- Felix Hoffmann, Head of Research Group MiP/CiP, Institute for Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools, TU Darmstadt
- Wolfgang Kniejski, Senior Project Manager, EIT Manufacturing East
- Thomas Komenda, Business Development, deltaDAO AG
- Jürg Meierhofer, Head of Expert Group Smart Services & Director of Studies Industry 4.0 & Smart Services, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
16:30 - 17:00: The importance of decentralised ecosystems
The keynote will explore the “what”, “why”, and “how” of business ecosystems. Borrowing from biology, we will explore key characteristics of ecosystems and how they relate to classical forms of the organization of labor (i.e., in firms or in markets). The talk also indicates the conditions under which ecosystem participants will enjoy the (significant) benefits, and when not: Contrary to common folklore, ecosystems do not solve every problem of today’s world. Most importantly, the exposition will expound on the crucial role of trust (and integration) and how the three most prominent architectural patterns are able to ensure the – varying levels of sovereignty.
- Christoph Strnadl, Deputy CTO, Software AG
17:00 - 17:30: Closing of Day I
- Matthias Weigold, Head of Institute for Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools, TU Darmstadt
- Friedrich Bleicher, Head of Institute of Production Engineering and Photonic Technologies, TU Wien
17:30 - 19:00 Expo & Networking - incl. Expert Tables
19:00 - 23:00 Get-Together
Moderation: Martin Puscher
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Wednesday, 11 October 2023
08:30 - 09:00 Admission
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome to Day II of the EuProGigant Open House Day 2023
- Matthias Weigold, Head of Institute for Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools, TU Darmstadt
09:10 - 10:00: Gaia-X Hubs & Knowledge transfer into industry
What are Gaia-X Hubs and what do they do? Get to know the work of the Gaia-X Hubs in different countries in Europe and learn about their activities, especially for and in the manufacturing domain. How can companies benefits from the activities of the Gaia-X Hubs and what are first points of contact? Representatives of the Gaia-X Hubs will explain their activities and give insights into their work.
- Martina Malakova, Hub Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Slovakia
- Jan Fischer, Hub Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Germany
- Mario Drobics, Member of the Management Board, Gaia-X Hub Austria
- Kosmas Alexopoulos, Senior Research Engineer, Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS), University of Patras
10:00 - 10:45: Sustainability
Sustainability is a topic that concerns everybody. To comprehensively drive the vision of climate neutrality in Europe, the panellists look at the topic of mutual data utilisation in manufacturing from different industries and various angles. How can manufacturers track and prove the environmental effects of their products along the entire value chain and minimise their impact? Generating overarching product carbon footprints in common data spaces seems to be the solution. In this discussion, experts from diverse sectors elaborate on the current status of the topic and speak about overlaps between the industries and companies.
- Ruth Markut-Kohl, Teamlead Development Digital Injection Moulding, ENGEL
- Beatrix Kemfelja, Head of Center of Expertise, A1 Digital International
- Astrid Al-Akrawi, Junior Scientist, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology
- Jens Schneider, Rector, TU Wien
- Michael Heiss, Principal Consultant Digital Enterprise, Siemens
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break & Networking
11:15 - 12:00: Value Chain
The focus of this panel discussion is on cross-company value chains, joint value creation, and the connection of suppliers, as well as value creation within machine processes. How flexible are equipment suppliers, how can machines and systems be connected via external sensors and how can companies be linked to one another via MES or ERP systems? These and more questions around the topic of integrating players along the value chain will be touched upon in this session.
- Markus Weber, Manager Research and Development Spindle Technology, GMN Paul Müller Industrie GmbH & Co. KG
- Konrad Pfadenhauer, Managing Director, Concircle Austria
- Klaus Straka, Researcher, Institute of Polymer Injection Moulding and Process Automation, Johannes Kepler University Linz
- Florian Pauker, Area Manager ProdTEC Operations & Quality Management, EVVA Sicherheitstechnologie
12:00 - 12:45: Asset Administration Shell
The asset administration shell enables the standardised acquisition of meta information for various products. Furthermore, the asset administration shell enables cross-company digital twins, allowing access to any information about the asset in a structured manner. In this panel discussion, the experts elaborate on how the asset administration shell can support data and service ecosystems, how companies can benefit from it, and which requirements and conditions must be fulfilled to establish it.
- Christian Stürmer, Project Engineer IoT and Industry 4.0, CONTACT Software
- Yukitaka Nezu, Co-Founder & CFO/COO, Datarella
- Dominik Rohrmus, CTO, Labs Network Industry 4.0 e.V.
- Thomas Trautner, Assistant Professor, Research Group Control Technologies and Integrated Systems, Institute of Production Engineering and Photonic Technologies, TU Wien
12:45-13:00 Closing of the EuProGigant Open House Day 2023
- Christian Bölling, Managing Director, EIT Manufacturing Central
13:00-14:30 Expo & Networking, Lunch
Moderation: Martin Puscher
