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Dr. Maximo A. Roa works since 2010 as Group Leader on Robotic Planning and Manipulation in the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics at DLR – German Aerospace Center. In 2015 he also joined Roboception, a DLR spin-off working on 3D perception solutions for robotics, as a Senior Expert on Grasping and Manipulation. Dr. Roa obtainedRead more

I’m a hands-on Architect responsible for the IoT agenda and Integration Strategy of the BP Group with more than 15 years of experience in the integration domain, who loves engineering distributed systems.Read more

Dr.-Ing. Thomas Usländer holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and a PhD in Engineering of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. He is head of the department “Information Management and Production Control” at the Fraunhofer IOSB, Karlsruhe, Germany. His research interests include reference models and reference architectures forRead more

Mr Jens Kaatze is heading the Commercial Operations in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America of the Business Unit Polycarbonates within Covestro (formerly Bayer Material Science). Before this position he was responsible for the Global Product Management In the same segment. After graduating in mathematics and business administration from the University of Mannheim (Germany),Read more

Michael Riesener was born in 1986 in Aachen. From 2006 until 2011 he studied mechanical engineering and business administration with major subject in production technology at RWTH Aachen university. Mr. Riesener gathered practical experience during his internships in the automotive industry and consulting as well as during his time as a student assistant at theRead more

She has been responsible for Industry 4.0 in the Volkswagen Group since March 2016. Before this, she was in management functions in operative as well as in strategic positions at Volkswagen plants, in the Brand and in the Group level for many years. She started her career at Volkswagen as an international trainee in theRead more

Sebastian Barg studied mechanical engineering and business administration with major subject in production technology at RWTH Aachen university from 2008 until 2014. Mr. Barg gathered practical experience during his internships in the energy and production industry as well as during his time as a student assistant at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production EngineeringRead more

Jesper is heading up Elements and Moulds – Engineering. He has delivered organizational footprint and technology strategies within Element design and Mould Manufacturing – establishing Engineering centers in LEGO manufacturing sites in Mexico and Denmark. Responsibilities include delivering innovation to support product development and leading engineering on manufacturing sites.  During his work Jesper has profoundRead more

PostNord AB provides communications and logistics solutions in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and internationally. The company provides logistics services in parcels, pallets, full and part-loads, mixed cargo groupage, thermo, third-party logistics, air and ocean, and express and courier; marketing, warehousing, and secure payment solutions for e-commerce businesses; and consulting services. It also provides distribution, mailRead more

The ZF IoT-Lab is a group of excited young professionals from R&D and Informatics that develop IoT prototyps and support the company on their way towards intelligent products. My main challenges are: – Definition of Digital Business Models – Interfacing and Partnering – Advanced Data Analytics / Big Data – Backend functions – Change ManagementRead more