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Innovations & developments around humanoid robots, digital twins and AI-supported production planning.

06. to 07.10.2026

at EY Headquarters Stuttgart Airport

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Timetable

Day 1 | 06.10.2026

10:30 - 11:00

Registration

Welcome Coffee & Networking

11:00 - 11:10 a.m.

Welcome to

Dr Adrian Reisch (EY), Dr Jens Trepte (imk), Dr Miriam Schleipen (EKS) & Heinrich Bolinger (EKS)

11:10 - 11:50 a.m.

Keynote 1 - Industrial Metaverse & AI Cloud

Holger Schultheiss (T-Systems), René Schiller (Wandelbots) & Michael Wagner (NVIDIA & SyncTwin)

11:50 - 12:30

Keynote 2 – ReDriveS: Close the Loop & Stayin' Alive: Electric Drive Units (EDUs) within the Circular Economy

Dr Martin Enders (Schaeffler) & Dr Miriam Schleipen (EKS)

12:30 - 12:45 pm

Introducing the Exhibitors

Presenter: Dr Miriam Schleipen

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch break

With the opportunity to visit the exhibition

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm

Pitch Session & Pitch Coffee

domeba, EDAG, EY, MTM, SuitX by Ottobock & SyncTwin

14:45 - 16:00

Pitch Coffee incl. coffee break

domeba, EDAG, EY, MTM, SuitX by Ottobock & SyncTwin

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee break

With the opportunity to visit the exhibition

16:00 - 16:30

Industry Use Case (EKS): Mastering change rather than managing it – From Werk4.0 to RF::Cereb: resilient change management throughout the entire plant life cycle.

Fabian Schmitt (Mercedes-Benz) & Amadeus Kunke (EKS InTec.)

16:30 - 17:00

Industry Use Case (imk): Digital Industrial Engineering at Scale: From Local Use Cases to Global Production Standards

Christopher Gerstmayr (DRÄXLMAIER Industrial Solutions GmbH)

17:00 - 23:00

Evening event

Social dinner at Motorworld Böblingen, including optional guided tours of the Motorworld exhibition

Day 2 | 07.10.2026

8:45 - 9:00 am

Registration

Welcome Coffee & Networking

9.00–9.20 am

Humanoid robotics in industry - current use cases at Boston Dynamics

Kevin Maximilian Kron (Boston Dynamics)

9.20 – 9.40 am

The Next Workforce: How humanoid robotics and AI are redefining the world of work

Luis Souto Mendez (Terra Robotics)

9.40 am – 10.00 am

Industry Use Cases for Humanoid Robots: Integration and Coordination of Humanoid Robots in Production Environments with AGVs/AGRs

Georg v. Wichert (Siemens)

10:00 - 10:30

Panel discussion: Humanoid robotics & AI

Moderator: Werner Kraus (Fraunhofer IPA) Panellists: Dr Adrian Reisch (EY), Dr Miriam Schleipen (EKS), Sascha Feldhorst (MotionMiners) & Mathias Stach (Auroniq Robotics)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

With the opportunity to visit the exhibition

11:00 – 11:45

Release Workshop: ema Software Suite

Software highlights including new AI features will be presented in workshops

11.45 am – 12.30 pm

Release overview: RF::Suite

Software highlights of the RF::Suite, including new features and functions

12:30 - 12:45 pm

Summary & conclusion

Dr Adrian Reisch (EY), Dr Miriam Schleipen (EKS) & Heinrich Bolinger (EKS)

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch break

With the opportunity to visit the exhibition

14:00 - 16:00

Option 1: FESTO Campus Tour Research & Experience Centre

14:00 - 16:00

Option 2: Lab Tour EY European Industrials AI Innovation Hub

The language of the event is German. Some of the presentations will be in English. Documents will be made available digitally after approval by the speaker.

EY Head Office

The specialist conference will take place in the EY building (Flughafenstraße 61, 70629 Stuttgart).

  • Travelling by public transport: There is a direct S-Bahn service to the Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe station (Directions via Google Maps).
  • Travelling by car:  Either via the A8 (Exit 53a – Stuttgart Airport/Trade Fair Centre) or the main road via the B27, which connects directly to Stuttgart city centre. Unfortunately, there are no parking spaces available for participants in the EY building itself. Please make use of the public car parks in the surrounding airport car parks (such as P6, P8, P9, P11, P12 or P14). Please note that you must not use the McDonald’s customer car park.

 

You can find directions and parking information for the EY headquarters here:

EY Parking Guide

Supporting programme

EY European Industrials AI Innovation Hub „Skyloop“

During the IIC, you will have the opportunity to take part in Guided tours of the EY European Industrials AI Innovation Hub („Skyloop“). Across 200 square metres, industrial companies are testing cutting-edge technologies such as the Industrial Metaverse and Physical AI through more than 20 immersive demos featuring 140 use cases. To do so, please use either the Break times as part of the programme, individual arrangements on site, or the time slot on 7 October from 2.00 pm.

Social Dinner at Motorworld Böblingen

Our joint evening programme on 6 October will take place at Motorworld Böblingen in the Terminal 1 instead of (Graf-Zeppelin-Platz 1, 71034 Böblingen).

  • Timetable: Unless you are taking part in a guided tour, you simply need to arrive at the Terminal 1 from 7.00 pmr. From this point onwards, you can already order drinks on the premises. Dinner starts at 7.30 pm.
  • Travelling by public transport: As an alternative to the shuttle, you can reach Motorworld Böblingen from Sindelfingen by S-Bahn (S-Bahn route via Google Maps). It’s just under 3 minutes’ walk from Böblingen railway station to Motorworld.
  • Parking at Motorworld: If you are travelling independently in your own car, standard parking charges of €1.50 per hour or part thereof will apply.
  • Guided tours at Motorworld: There are two time slots for guided tours: 6.15 pm and 6.30 pm. The guided tours each last around 45 minutes and are usually fully booked in advance. The meeting point is at Gate 2 of the workshop hall at Motorworld Böblingen. After the guided tour, the guides will then escort you to Terminal 1 for dinner. Please note that places are limited and we are unfortunately unable to guarantee a specific time slot.

 

You can find a guide to getting to Motorworld and parking here:

Motorworld: Directions
Festo field trip on 7 October

Following the main programme on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, we are offering a guided tour of the Festo’s Scharnhausen Technology Centre to (Plieninger Str. 50, 73760 Ostfildern-Scharnhausen).
You will make your own way there, either by private car or by public transport (Public transport route via Google Maps).
At the Visitor Centre, we divide visitors into four groups of no more than 15 people. During the tour, you will visit four hands-on interactive stations, each lasting 30 minutes:

  • Innovation, Vision and Technology Strategy (Elias Knubben / Markus Köpschall, Visitor Centre)
  • PUMA: Digital shop floor management (Furkan Güzelkücük, Head of Plant Engineering, Level 3)
  • SMAP system: Flexible production and Industry 4.0 (Ralf Riemensperger / Timo Höhl, Level 3)
  • Festo AX Industrial Insights (Sebastian Werler / Werner Reichelt, Level 2)

 

Here is a map showing how to get to the Technologiefabrik:

Directions to Scharnhausen
Shuttle bus service on 6 October.

An exclusive, free shuttle bus runs between the Holiday Inn Express Sindelfingen and Motorworld Böblingen. Please note that this shuttle only operates between these two stops. No stops are permitted en route, and the shuttle does not serve the Mövenpick Hotel at the airport. There is no need to leave the event venue early.

Journeys from the Holiday Inn Express Sindelfingen hotel to Motorworld:

  • 5.50 pm: The bus will be ready at the hotel
  • 5.55 pm: First trip to Motorworld
  • 6.40 pm: Second trip to Motorworld
  • 7.00 pm: Third coach to Motorworld (only if required)

Return journeys from Motorworld Böblingen to the Holiday Inn Express Sindelfingen hotel:

  • 9.15 pm: The bus arrives at Motorworld
  • 9.30 pm: First return journey
  • 10.00 pm: Second return journey
  • 10.30 pm: Third return journey
  • 11.15 pm: Fourth and final return journey

Please ensure you arrive at the bus on time for departures, as there is no time to wait due to the tight timetable. We particularly ask you to be punctual for the last shuttle service at 23:15, as the bus must leave on time and there will be no further shuttle services afterwards. After 11.15 pm, you will only be able to make your own way home at your own expense.

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