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
8:30 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, OHM, UTN, Siemens, ZOLLHOF, Fraunhofer, NKubator, a startup, or an industrial player from the ecosystem, you are in the right place!
Agenda
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Arrival & Get Together |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome and Opening Ilaria Carrara Cagni (Siemens) Moderation Sophie Wieser (OHM student, Siemens) |
| 09:10 – 09:25 | Tech is essential for a fundamental sustainability transition Prof. Johan Lilliestam (FAU) Keynote 1 + Q&A |
| 09:25 – 09:40 | Key role of system technologies in the sustainability transformation Prof. Stefan Niessen (Siemens) Cathrin Tenbrinck (Siemens) Keynote 2 + Q&A |
| 09:40 – 10:20 | Connect with peers and share reflections on insights from previous sessions Moderated Speed Networking by Paulina Lorenz (FAU student, Siemens) |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | 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 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | AI and Sustainability Pina Schlombs (Siemens) Prof. Cristian Axenie (OHM) Presentation + Q&A |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | GridAssist: AI in Energy Systems Dr. Holger Müller (Siemens) Dr. Carsten Böse (Erlanger Stadtwerke) Dr. Siming Bayer (FAU) Presentation + Q&A |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Startups in the field of Sustainability Benjamin Bauer (ZOLLHOF) Dr. Timo Fromm (CiX) Dr. Angelo Canzaniello (avoltra) Pitches |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Workstream Teaser: Decarbonization of sites, factories, and buildings – transforming energy, water, and process industries towards resilience and cost-optimization through digitalization Dr. Hans Jörg Heger (Siemens) Leon Kick (FAU) Marco Schanda (FAU / Siemens) Workstream Teaser Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) – Driving sustainability in the supply chain by implementing Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) Dr. Katrin Müller (Siemens) Prof. David Rygl (FAU) Lucas Fochler (Estainium) Sustainable Software Engineering: Evolving sustainable software towards rising carbon awareness and reducing environmental impact Carolin Rubner and Lars Gelbke (Siemens) Carlos Fernandez (DATEV) Dr. Axel Plinge (Fraunhofer IIS) Circularity: Enabling Circular Business: Tech & Innovation in Federated Data Spaces Dr. Ferdinand Revellio (Siemens) Dr. Andreas Hamper (Fraunhofer IIS) Alfred Hock (Schaeffler) |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch & Marketplace |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Workstreams: Decarbonization Life cycle assessment Sustainable software engineering Circularity |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Wrap-up Workstreams Panel moderated by Paulina Lorenz (FAU student, Siemens) |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | 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!