Siemens RIE Conference 2024

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The Siemens RIE Erlangen-Nuremberg aims to elevate collaboration and innovation to new heights. Over the past few years, we have built a robust network of key industry partners, startups, and universities within the region. Together, we have driven numerous innovation projects and exciting events, demonstrating that collaboration is essential for creating an innovative and sustainable world.

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Siemens RIE Erlangen-Nuremberg Conference 2024

Dive into the world of Circularity Enabled by Technology and gain valuable insights from both university and industrial perspectives. Key representatives, including FAU President Prof. Joachim Hornegger and Siemens AG CEO Dr. Roland Busch, along with many others, will introduce you to concepts of circularity, technological innovations, and collaborative efforts!

Key Information

	November 29, 2024
	09:30 am – 14:30 pm
	Eventspace, ZOLLHOF, Zollhof 7, 90443 Nürnberg
	Free entry

Target Group

Whether you are a student, PhD candidate, professor, or employee of FAU, THN, Siemens, ZOLLHOF, Fraunhofer, or Josephs, a representative of a startup, or anyone else from the ecosystem, you are in the right place!

Agenda

Take a look at our agenda and see who is waiting to share their visions and knowledge with you!

Bridging Industry and University Perspectives

Join us as leading experts from Siemens and FAU share their insights on circularity in sustainable materials and provide a comprehensive overview of sustainability from both industry and academic perspectives. Additionally, we are excited to welcome several innovative startups that will pitch their groundbreaking contributions to a circular and technological future.

Exactly! That is why we warmly invite you to join us in collaborating for a circular and technological future. Take a look at our agenda and start your free registration. We are excited to meet you at ZOLLHOF!

Agenda

Time	Topic	Speaker	Format
08:45 – 09:30 am	Welcome and Get Together
09:30 – 09:35 am	Welcome	Moderator: Johanna Wille, Partner Manager & Talent Program Lead @ZOLLHOF	Short Welcome
09:35 – 09:50 am	From Waste to Wealth: How Technology and Innovation Can Create Eco-Systems for Circularity	Prof. Markus Beckmann, Professor of Corporate Sustainability Management, School of Business, Economics and Society @FAU	Keynote
09:50 – 10:05 am	Overview from an Industry Perspective	Andreas Mehlhorn, Global Head of Sustainability @Siemens Mobility	Keynote
10:05 – 10:25 am	Industry-University Perspective on Challenges in Sustainability	Prof. Joachim Hornegger, President of FAU Dr. Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens AG Moderator: Johanna Wille	Interview
10:25 – 10:50 am	Break
10:50 – 11:15 am	Tandem 1 – Learning from Nature: Towards a modern circular process industry	Prof. Bastian Etzold, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering @FAU Dr. Christoph Kiener, Principal Key Expert Functional Product Design & Realization @Siemens	FAU – Siemens Tandem
11:15 – 11:40 am	Tandem 2 – Harnessing Technology for a Sustainable Battery Lifecycle: Digitalization, Automation, and AI	Prof. Susanne Lehner, Chair of Electrical Power Engineering @FAU Dominik Budday, Product Owner @Siemens Battery Solutions – Adaptive Recycling	FAU – Siemens Tandem
11:40 – 11:55 pm	Resilience in value creation systems	Ruben Fritzsch, Head of Supply Chain – Logistics Europe @Siemens	Keynote
11:55 – 12:15 pm	Break
12:15 – 12:30 pm	Driving circularity through collaborative innovation	Cathrin Tenbrinck, Program Manager Sustainability & Clusterlead Circularity Siemens CCTs @Siemens	Keynote
12:30 – 12:45 pm	AI Application Hub on Plastic Packaging – AI-supported optimization of plastic packaging life cycle from end of use to recycled material	Mirjam Mantel, Head of Research Group Mechatronic Systems & System Integration @Siemens Matthias Gerlich, Principal Key Expert for New Business Models and Ecosystems in Power Electronics @Siemens Prof. Andreas Maier, Group Leader Operator-based Learning @Fraunhofer IIS	Keynote
12:45 – 12:55 pm	Startup & Entrepreneurship Session	Matthias Trost, Co-Founder & CEO of AMPERIAL Gianluca Pauletto, Co-founder & CEO of SYPOX	Startup Pitches
12:55 – 13:15 pm	News from the Ecosystem Presentation Sustainability MBA Earning a doctorate from the Ohm	Roland Gamböck, Head of Product Development @Siemens Professional Education Prof. Tilman Botsch, Vice President for Research and Transfer @Nuremberg Tech	Update
13:15 – 14:30 pm	Lunch, Zollhof Open House Tour & Marketplace	Startups and Ecosystem Partners	Poster Sessions and Demonstration

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