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