Program
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Timetable
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Wednesday, 4 Nov. 2026 |
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| 09:30 | Opening & Welcome |
| 09:45 |
Keynote 1 Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Kulzer Powertrain Systems in a Changing Political and Economic Landscape – Powered by Diversity, Fueled by Sustainability |
| 10:15 |
Keynote 2 Dr. Jonas Johannisson Scaling Trust in Product Carbon Footprints: PCF Verification and PCF Program Certification in the Catena-X Ecosystem |
| 10:45 |
Keynote 3 Dr.-Ing. Klaus Ruhland Sustainability in the automotive value chain |
| 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 12:00 |
Session 1.1
Sustainability & LCA - Carbon Footprint Accounting (Part 1/2)
Life Cycle Assessment Data as Strategic Infrastructure for Smart and Sustainable Industrial Value Chains
Implementing Consistent Market-Based Electricity Accounting in Life Cycle Assessment: A Workflow for Automotive Supply Chains
Product Carbon Footprint Calculation for the Digital Product Passport of the Automotive Wiring Harness
Session 1.2
Automotive Engineering & Hardware Innovation
A Sim-to-Real AI Framework for a Vision-Guided Autonomous Dishwasher Loading using a Cognitive Robot
Scalable Electric Drives with Internally Cooled CFRP Rotor Shafts
XR vs. Reality: Assessing the Validity of Virtual Automotive Interior Lighting Experiences
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| 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 |
Workshop W 1
Digital Product Passports (DPPs) in Practice - From Regulatory Requirements to Value-Creating Use Cases |
| 14:00 |
Session 2.1
Vision & Perception AI in Production
Advancements in 3D Radar Image Classification: Enhancing Accuracy and Robustness with Multi-Layer Image Stacks
Semi-Uncontrolled Zero-Shot Perception for SMEs via Sim-to-Real Transfer in the Industrial Metaverse
Session 2.2
Intralogistics & AGV Routing (Part 1/2)
Context-Aware Edge-Cost Adaptation on Fixed Route Graphs for Multi-AGV Routing in Dynamic Industrial Environments
Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer for Automated Vehicles in Intralogistics: Potential for Cost and Time Savings
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| 15:40 | Coffee Break |
| 16:25 |
Session 3.1
Sustainability, Circularity & Digital Product Passports (Part 2/2)
A Sustainability-Oriented Development Process considering Circularity: An Automotive Case Study
Synchronizing assessments of mechanical and environmental properties for an aluminum beam in product development
Digital Product Passports for Load Carriers and Materials: Bridging QR and AAS Implementation
Session 3.2
Intralogistics Systems & Production Control (Part 2/2)
LoQuaSys – Modularization of Intralogistics Supply Systems with integrated Quality data layers
Smart Order-Based Production Control for Cyber-Physical Production Systems Using Blockchain-Enabled Decision Logic
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| 17:25 | Get-Together & Networking Event |
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Thursday, 5 Nov. 2026 |
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| 09:00 | Welcome |
| 09:05 |
Session 4.1
AAS & Industrial Data Spaces (Part 1/2), Digital Twin & Virtual Commissioning (Part 1/2)
An Ontology for Semantic Data Representation in Automotive Commissioning and Testing
Interoperable Intralogistics for Decentralised Simulation based on Asset Administration Shells and VDA 5050
From Point Clouds to Articulated Digital Twins: An Interactive Workflow for Brownfield Production Plants
Mixed Reality-Based Automated Test Case Generation for Virtual Commissioning of Production Systems
Session 4.2
Robotics & Manipulation (Part 1/2), AI/ML Methods for Engineering & Production (Part 1/2)
From Design to Action: Enabling End-to-End Robotic Wire Harness Assembly
A Collision-Aware Motion Planning and Benchmarking Pipeline for Industrial Manipulation
End-to-End Bill of Process Generation Using Multi-Modal Transformers
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| 10:25 | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 |
Keynote 4 Prof. Jeroen Bergmann From vital signals to workplace design: Using physiological data to shape health requirements in automotive production |
| 11:40 |
Keynote 5 Prof. Dr. Katharina Hölzle Engineering with AI – Why Humans and Organizations Make the Difference |
| 12:10 |
Keynote 6 Dr.-Ing. Agus Atmosudiro Physical AI – The Next Evolution of Industrial Robotics |
| 12:40 | Lunch Break |
| 13:40 |
Session 5.1
Digital Twin & Virtual Commissioning (Part 2/2)
Bridging the Reality Gap: Automated Co-Evolution of Industrial Digital Twins Using Virtual Commissioning System Models
The Digital Component Passport: An SE(3) Deviation Analysis Framework for Per-Part Quality in Robotic Additive Manufacturing
A Hybrid Grey-Box Virtual Sensor for Inline Process Monitoring in Robotic Screw Extrusion Additive Manufacturing
Session 5.2
AI/ML Methods for Engineering & Production (Part 2/2)
LLM-Based Fitness for Automation Assessment of Mechanical Assemblies Using Neutral Product Model Data
A Case Study of Effects of Upstream Feature Selection Procedures in an Automated Framework
Evaluation of Optimal Design Choices for Retrieval-Augmented Systems for Engineering Documentation
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| 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45 |
Session 6.1
AAS & Industrial Data Spaces (Part 2/2)
Decentralized Asset and Service Discovery in Industrial Dataspaces
Intelligent Digital Machine Twin for Automated Feasibility and Cost Assessment in Automotive Bus Production: Integrating Geometric Feature Extraction and AAS Capability Matching
Open Universal Scene Description as a Lightweight Bill-of-Materials Format for SME Digital Value Chains
Data Harmonization and Data Spaces between Physical and Virtual Entities in Resilient Manufacturing
Session 6.2
Robotics & Manipulation (Part 2/2)
Real-time robot programming using gesture recognition
A Software-Driven Smart Hybrid Prototyping Framework for Early Validation of Software-Defined Vehicles
Fast and Robust Mobile Manipulation of Industrial Load Carriers in Semi-Structured Environments
Data-Driven Configuration of Protective Separation Zones in Collaborative Robot Cells from Operator Occupancy
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| 17:05 | Closing & Farewell |
Session Program
approx. 20 min per slot, the underlined authors will present the paper
“Session 1.1 – Sustainability & LCA – Carbon Footprint Accounting (Part 1/2)”
Stefan Albrecht, Robert Ilg, Daniel Wehner, Michael Held, Florian Gehring, Matthias Fischer
Life Cycle Assessment Data as Strategic Infrastructure for Smart and Sustainable Industrial Value Chains
Johanna Luise Meier, Daniel Wehner
Implementing Consistent Market-Based Electricity Accounting in Life Cycle Assessment: A Workflow for Automotive Supply Chains
Markus Rentschler, Jann Warnecke, Yanni Sandro Astono, Johannes Becker, Uwe Prüfer, Klaus Falkenberg
Product Carbon Footprint Calculation for the Digital Product Passport of the Automotive Wiring Harness
“Session 1.2 – Automotive Engineering & Hardware Innovation”
Ateeqa Siddiqui, Kanak Pandit, Ananya Kulkarni, Ons Laroussi, Lateefulla Khan
A Sim-to-Real AI Framework for a Vision-Guided Autonomous Dishwasher Loading using a Cognitive Robot
Michael Schiffner, Sebastian Spitzer, Julian Barth, Maik Gude
Scalable Electric Drives with Internally Cooled CFRP Rotor Shafts
Larissa Kärger, Ansgar Gerlicher, Sara Launer
XR vs. Reality: Assessing the Validity of Virtual Automotive Interior Lighting Experiences
“Session 2.1 – Vision & Perception AI in Production”
Andreas Seitz, Florian Liebgott, Marvin Holder
Advancements in 3D Radar Image Classification: Enhancing Accuracy and Robustness with Multi-Layer Image Stacks
Jose Moises Araya-Martinez, Arjun Vettickal Anilkumar, Michael Johan Hernández-León, Frederik Wulle, Jens Lambrecht, Jörg Krüger, Mathias Hartmann
Semi-Uncontrolled Zero-Shot Perception for SMEs via Sim-to-Real Transfer in the Industrial Metaverse
“Session 2.2 – Intralogistics & AGV Routing (Part 1/2)”
Johannes Scheu
Context-Aware Edge-Cost Adaptation on Fixed Route Graphs for Multi-AGV Routing in Dynamic Industrial Environments
Javier Stillig, Jürgen Grinninger
Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer for Automated Vehicles in Intralogistics: Potential for Cost and Time Savings
“Session 3.1 – Sustainability, Circularity & Digital Product Passports (Part 2/2)”
Julian Barth, Michael Schiffner, Sebastian Spitzer, Maik Gude, Maximilian Peter Dammann, Robert Kupfer, Paul Hoffeins, Kristin Paetzold-Byhain
A Sustainability-Oriented Development Process considering Circularity: An Automotive Case Study
Jonas Keller, Mathieu Vinot, Jochen Wiedemann
Synchronizing assessments of mechanical and environmental properties for an aluminum beam in product development
Ali Bozkurt, Dimitri Petrik, Samed Ajdinović
Digital Product Passports for Load Carriers and Materials: Bridging QR and AAS Implementation
“Session 3.2 – Intralogistics Systems & Production Control (Part 2/2)”
Sebastian Kraft, Robert Schulz
LoQuaSys – Modularization of Intralogistics Supply Systems with integrated Quality data layers
Devis Bartsch, Herwig Winkler
Smart Order-Based Production Control for Cyber-Physical Production Systems Using Blockchain-Enabled Decision Logic
“Session 4.1 – AAS & Industrial Data Spaces (Part 1/2), Digital Twin & Virtual Commissioning (Part 1/2)”
Katja Köhler, Michael Hahn, Hans-Christian Reuss
An Ontology for Semantic Data Representation in Automotive Commissioning and Testing
Harshang Shah, Florenz Graf, Nico Weber, David Dietrich
Interoperable Intralogistics for Decentralised Simulation based on Asset Administration Shells and VDA 5050
Christian Schott, Bernd Lüdemann-Ravit
From Point Clouds to Articulated Digital Twins: An Interactive Workflow for Brownfield Production Plants
Nico Brandt, Oliver Riedel, Alexander Verl, Armin Lechler
Mixed Reality-Based Automated Test Case Generation for Virtual Commissioning of Production Systems
“Session 4.2 – Robotics & Manipulation (Part 1/2), AI/ML Methods for Engineering & Production (Part 1/2)”
Lukas Knak, Jan Olsson, Tom Heitmann, Markus Rentschler, Robert Suess-Wolf
From Design to Action: Enabling End-to-End Robotic Wire Harness Assembly
Lukas Ott, Matthias Marquart
A Collision-Aware Motion Planning and Benchmarking Pipeline for Industrial Manipulation
Ulrich Goehner, Raphael Seliger, Dominik Wiesner, Frank Schirmeier, David Ulrich
End-to-End Bill of Process Generation Using Multi-Modal Transformers
“Session 5.1 – Digital Twin & Virtual Commissioning (Part 2/2)”
Jérôme Pfeiffer, Andreas Wortmann, Sharon-Naemi Stiliadou, Alexander Fay
Bridging the Reality Gap: Automated Co-Evolution of Industrial Digital Twins Using Virtual Commissioning System Models
Pradnil Kamble, Nicolas Unger
The Digital Component Passport: An SE(3) Deviation Analysis Framework for Per-Part Quality in Robotic Additive Manufacturing
Nicolas Unger
A Hybrid Grey-Box Virtual Sensor for Inline Process Monitoring in Robotic Screw Extrusion Additive Manufacturing
“Session 5.2 – AI/ML Methods for Engineering & Production (Part 2/2)”
Mika Schmid, Katharina Barbu, Gesche Held, Florian Strohm
LLM-Based Fitness for Automation Assessment of Mechanical Assemblies Using Neutral Product Model Data
Hendrik von Linde, Matthias Lück, Horst Stühler, Oliver Riedel
A Case Study of Effects of Upstream Feature Selection Procedures in an Automated Framework
Lateefulla Khan, Ilche Georgievski
Evaluation of Optimal Design Choices for Retrieval-Augmented Systems for Engineering Documentation
“Session 6.1 – AAS & Industrial Data Spaces (Part 2/2)”
Nicolai Maisch, Elina Miller, Lukas Wendt, Armin Lechler, Oliver Riedel
Decentralized Asset and Service Discovery in Industrial Dataspaces
Libia Romero Escobedo, Harkiran Sahota, Thomas Bär
Intelligent Digital Machine Twin for Automated Feasibility and Cost Assessment in Automotive Bus Production: Integrating Geometric Feature Extraction and AAS Capability Matching
Rashik Thalappully, Bernd Lüdemann-Ravit
Open Universal Scene Description as a Lightweight Bill-of-Materials Format for SME Digital Value Chains
David Acev, Zakka Ugih Rizqi, Mohsin Raza, Casper Schou, Ole Madsen
Data Harmonization and Data Spaces between Physical and Virtual Entities in Resilient Manufacturing
“Session 6.2 – Robotics & Manipulation (Part 2/2)”
Ronny Porsch, Martin Choitz, Martin Lautsch, Ulrich Berger
Real-time robot programming using gesture recognition
Zhongtian Wang, Xiangwei Cheng, Nedim Kovacevic, Zhongying Wang, Dirk Slama, Rainer Stark
A Software-Driven Smart Hybrid Prototyping Framework for Early Validation of Software-Defined Vehicles
Florian Töper, Purvik Patel, Peter Ohlhausen
Fast and Robust Mobile Manipulation of Industrial Load Carriers in Semi-Structured Environments
Aulon Bajrami, Theo Jacobs, Werner Kraus
Data-Driven Configuration of Protective Separation Zones in Collaborative Robot Cells from Operator Occupancy
