Der Wiener Produktionstechnik-Kongress markiert einen unverzichtbaren Meilenstein für die Produktionstechnikbranche und bietet eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, führende Persönlichkeiten dieses Sektors zu treffen. Traditionell haben wir ein dreitägiges Programm für Sie vorbereitet. Untenstehend können Sie die aktuelle Version davon finden.
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Dienstag, 6. Oktober 2026: Come Together
TU Wien – TUtheSky Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Wien, BA Gebäude, 11. OG (höchstes Gebäude am Campus)
| 18:00 - 22:00 | Come Together |
Mittwoch, 7. Oktober 2026: Kongress – Tag 1
TU Wien – Kuppelsaal, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien, 4. OG
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Welcome Address: From Data-Driven Production to Autonomous Manufacturing Systems |
| Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Friedrich Bleicher (Head of Institute of Production Engineering and Photonic Technologies), TU Wien | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Insights into the Industrial Strategy of the Austrian Government |
| Dipl.-Ing. Roland Sommer, MBA (Managing Director), Verein Industrie 4.0 Österreich – die Plattform für intelligente Produktion | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Challenges in the Age of AI with a Focus on Advanced Manufacturing |
| Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael F. Zaeh (Director of the Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management), TU München | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Kaffeepause |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | TBA |
| Clemens Mann (Vice President Marketing Automation), Andritz AG | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | TBA |
| Laine Mears, Ph.D., P.E., FSME, FASME (Director, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering and SmartState Endowed Professor of Automotive Manufacturing), Clemson University | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Resilient and Autonomous Production Systems – From Model-Based Engineering and AI to Software-Defined Automation |
| Dipl.-Ing. Alois Wiesinger, MSc (Managing Director - CTO), FILL Gesellschaft m.b.H. | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Mittagspause |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | AI in Production: Real AI. Real Factory. Real Impact. |
| Dr.-Ing. Daniel Craiovan (Head of Electronics Factory Erlangen and Operations Plant Manager), Siemens AG | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Machining Transformation and AI |
| Dr. Eng Masahiko Mori (President), DMG MORI CO., LTD. | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Software-Defined Factory: The Potential of Agentic Systems in Manufacturing |
| Dr. Hans Jörg Stotz (Senior Vice President Digital Strategy and Transformation), Robert Bosch GmbH | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Autonomy and AI Application in Digital Aerospace Manufacturing |
| Dr. Phillip J. Crothers (Enterprise Domain Leader – Manufacturing), Boeing Aerostructures Australia | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Kaffeepause |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Enabling Sub-Micrometer Precision in High-Mix, Low-Volume Grinding by Sensor Integration |
| Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Fritz and Jan Hansen (Head of Strategic Development and Systems Engineer), Kern Microtechnik GmbH | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | TBA |
| Dr.-Ing. Matthias Beier (Managing Director), SPACEOPTIX GmbH | |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Space 2.0: Space Industrial Base, In-Space Production for In-Space Operations |
| Dr. Ajay “AJ” P. Malshe (R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and President’s Fellow), Purdue University |
Mittwoch, 7. Oktober 2026: Galadinner
Wiener Rathauskeller, Rathausplatz 1, 1010 Wien
| 19:00 - 22:30 | Galadinner |
Donnerstag, 8. Oktober 2026: Kongress – Tag 2
TU Wien – Kuppelsaal, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien, 4. OG
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Still agile or already modern? The human-centered approach to resilient processes and organizations |
| Clemens Lutsch, M.A. and Mag. (FH) Claudia Bruckschwaiger (Managing Partners), swohlwahr GmbH & Co KG | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | From I4.0 Capability to Full Automation: How EATON Schrems Brings Value Creation Back to Austria |
| Ing. Erich Hengstberger und Dominik Pfeiffer-Vogl (Industry 4.0 Site Leader and Project Manager), Eaton Industries (Austria) GmbH | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Making AI and Physical AI Work for SMEs in Manufacturing |
| Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Florian Pauker (Head of Global Industrial Engineering), EVVA Sicherheitstechnologie GmbH | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Kaffeepause |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Process-informed machining strategy development |
| Dr. Zekai Murat Kilic (Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Manchester | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | TBA |
| Marc Böttger (Head of Supply Chain Management), CERATIZIT Austria GmbH | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Data-Driven and Intelligent Monitoring for Real-Time Quality Prediction and Control in Advanced Manufacturing Processes: Use Cases |
| Prof. Dr. Ir. Bert Lauwers (Full Professor Manufacturing Systems and Processes Academic Director for KU Leuven campuses in the Flanders region), KU Leuven | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Mittagspause |
| 13:00 - 13:15 | TBA |
| Henriette Spyra, MA (Director General), Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure | |
| 13:15 - 13:45 | Advancing Machining Physics for Automated Process Development |
| Oguzhan Tuysuz, Ph.D., P.Eng. (Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering), Polytechnique Montreal | |
| 13:45 - 14:15 | Electroplated Layer Thickness Evaluation Using Modulated Photothermal Radiometry |
| Dr. Sangkee Min (Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering), University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 14:15 - 14:45 | Quantum Computing in Manufacturing: From Today’s Capabilities to Tomorrow’s Impact |
| Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Ihlenfeldt (Director Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming, Technology IWU and Head of the Chair of Machine Tools Development and Adaptive Controls), TU Dresden | |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | Kaffeepause |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Physical AI – A Key Enabler of the Autonomous Factory |
| Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Weigold (Director of the Institute for Production Management, Technology and Machine Tools), TU Darmstadt | |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | BMW Group’s Next Level in WAAM Automation for Series Production |
| Dr. Tobias Hauser and Dipl.-Ing. Christopher Mentrup (R&D project manager in Additive Manufacturing and Doctoral Candidate in WAAM), BMW Group | |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | The Strategic Role of Additive Manufacturing in European Industrial Transformation |
| Dr. (habil) Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Gartner (Assistant Professor of Technology Management), TU Delft | |
| 16:45 | Verabschiedung |
