Siemens Research and Innovation Ecosystem Erlangen-Nuremberg Conference 2025

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Dive into this year´s topic Technology drives Sustainability 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 explore how technologies enable and advance sustainability through decarbonization, life cycle assessment, sustainable software engineering, circularity, and collaborative efforts!

Key Information

Friday, November 28, 2025

9:00 am – 4:00 pm (CET)

Siemens Campus, Auditorium (Siemenspromenade 10, 91058 Erlangen)

Free Entry

Target Group

Whether you are a student, PhD candidate, professor, or employee of FAU, THN, UTN, Siemens, ZOLLHOF, Fraunhofer, a startup, or an industrial player from the ecosystem, you are in the right place!

Agenda

Time	Topic	Speaker	Format
08:30 – 09:00 am	Arrival & Get Together
09:00 – 09:10 am	Welcome and Opening	Ilaria Carrara Cagni (Siemens)	Moderation Paulina Lorenz (FAU student, Siemens)
09:10 – 09:25 am	Big picture on the role of technology for the preservation of the planet	Prof. Johan Lilliestam (FAU)	Keynote 1 + Q&A
09:25 – 09:40 am	Key role of technology in the sustainability transformation	Prof. Stefan Niessen (Siemens) Cathrin Tenbrinck (Siemens)	Keynote 2 + Q&A
09:40 – 10:20 am	Connect with peers and share reflections on insights from previous sessions	All	Moderated Speed Dating by Sophie Wieser (THN student, Siemens)
10:20 – 11:00 am	Open industry-academia discourse	Dr. Roland Busch (Siemens) Prof. Joachim Hornegger (FAU) Dr. Eva Riesenhuber (Siemens)	Moderated Fishbowl by James Schofield (Siemens)
11:00 – 11:30 am	Coffee Break
11:30 – 11:50 am	AI and Sustainability	Pina Schlombs (Siemens) Prof. Cristian Axenie (THN)	Tandem 1 + Q&A
11:50 – 12:10 pm	GridAssist: AI in Energy Systems	Dr. Holger Müller (Siemens) tbd	Tandem 2 + Q&A
12:10 – 12:30 pm	Startups in the field of Regenerative Tech	Benjamin Bauer (ZOLLHOF)	Pitches
12:30 – 13:00 pm	Decarbonization of sites, factories, and buildings – transforming energy, water, and process industries.	Dr. Hans Jörg Heger (Siemens) Leon Kick (FAU)	Workstream Teaser
	Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) – Driving sustainability in the supply chain by implementing Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) and Environmental Product Declarations (EDP).	Dr. Katrin Müller (Siemens) Prof. David Rygl (FAU) Lucas Fochler (Estainium)
	Sustainable Software Engineering: Exploring sustainable software towards rising carbon awareness and reducing environmental impact.	Carolin Rubner (Siemens) Carlos Fernandez (DATEV)
	Circularity: Enabling Circular Business: Tech & Innovation in Federated Data Spaces	Dr. Ferdinand Revellio (Siemens) Dr. Andreas Hamper (Fraunhofer IIS)
13:00 – 14:00 pm	Lunch & Marketplace
14:00 – 15:30 pm	Decarbonization Life cycle assessment Sustainable software engineering Circularity	Workstream Leads	Workstreams
15:30 – 15:45 pm	Wrap-up Workstreams	Workstream Leads	Panel
15:45 – 16:00 pm	Closing & Networking

Collaborating – creating technologies to transform the everyday for billions of people. This is what Siemens stands for.

– Dr. Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens AG, AGM 2025

Exactly! That’s why we warmly invite you to join us in collaborating for a sustainable future – register now and be part of our innovation ecosystem!

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