Day 1 – Tuesday 17th of May 2022

07:30 – 08:45

Registration

09:00 – 09:15

Opening
Speech President TU BS
Welcome Speech Mayor Wolfsburg 
PROF. DR.-ING. KLAUS DRÖDER
PROF. DR. ANGELA ITTEL 
DENNIS WEILMANN

09:30 – 10:00

1st Keynote: Dr. Vollmer (Markenvorstand Volkswagen)

„Gamechanger Trinity – Approach to a new generation of electromobility vehicle production“

10:00 – 10:20

Coffee Break

10:15 – 11:35

INNOVATIVE AND SMART PRODUCTION
  • Innovative plant and tool technologies 
  • Machine Learning/KI
  • Digital innovation at plant level

11:20 – 11:50

2nd Keynote: Dr. Ilzhöfer (Covestro AG)

11:50 – 12:50

Lunch and Exhibition

13:10 – 14:30

Technologies for Circularity
  • Information follow
FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES
  • Function integration
  • Adaptronics/ Sensor Integration
  • Hybrid components and technology demonstration
  • Concepts for the production of function-integrated structures

14:10 – 14:40

Coffee Break

15:00 – 16:20

LIFE-CYCLE ENGINEERING
  • Life cycle optimised component design/component concepts
  • Recycling concepts and processes
BIO-BASED INNOVATIONS
  • Material substitution through sustainable materials
  • Production processes for biologically based materials
  • Design concepts for biological materialsBiodegradable materials
  • Bio-based materials

Day 2 – Wednesday 18th of May 2022

08:00 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:10

Opening
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Vietor

09:10 – 09:40

3rd Keynote: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Ihlenfeldt (TU Dresden)

„Challanges and solution strategies for bio-inspired factories of the future“

09:40 – 10:00

Coffee Break

10:00 – 11:20

GENERATIVE MANUFACTURING
  • Use of additive manufacturing with potential for industrial application
  • Simulation of production processes and components
  • Generative production systems
  • Design of additively manufactured structuresProcess chain of additive manufacturing
FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE
  • Networked production systems
  • Digital technologies in the production process
  • Self-optimizing production systems
  • Digital process chain replication (digital twin)

11:20 – 11:40

Coffee Break

11:40 – 13:00

Design and Simulation
  • Innovative approaches to component design
  • Optimization approaches for lightweight structures
  • Design for production
  • Simulation
Reports from the Research Clusters
  • Reports from clusters
  • Outlook on research clusters
  • Presentations on current research

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 16:10

Start-Up Session
  • Start-ups present their latest research