Industry 4.0 Strategy Dialog connects pioneering CxOs in the fields of corporate strategy, digitalization, technology, R&D, IT and production, as well as scientists and solution providers to discuss ideas and projects on the road to industrial IoT and new digital business models

Leading Industry 4.0 summit in Germany. Key players discuss digitization and business models. Smart factories, connected products and intelligent supply chains revolutionize the economies. From product to service? From bulk production to customization and batch size 1? From owned to shared resources? From humans to robots? You'll find answers at Industry 4.0 Strategy Dialog. Move further on the road to Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 Strategy Dialog is not a typical conference. It’s all about personal meetings with peers, consultants and experts. You may select meeting partners in our internal matchmaking platform, or be selected. The matchmaking shows the overleaps between interests and competencies. A very efficient exchange of experiences, ideas, solutions and strategic aspects. Our networking format delivers business knowledge and relevant contacts in the shortest possible amount of time.

Topics

Connecting customer, product, production and supply chain intelligently
Digital business models and future competition
Positioning in the platform economy / Competing or cooperating with startups?
From product to service – what are the implications of this paradigm shift?
Hunt or being hunted – anticipate and implement digital trends quickly
Big Data, Smart Analytics and Machine Learning
Digital Factory
New production methods and decentralization
Intelligent supply chains
Connected products (advantages, business models)
Customer centricity and batch size 1
Complexity management
Efficiency gains in the value chain through Industry 4.0 and IoT
New credit models in the IoT world (also future trends)
HR challenge: Which skills are needed?
Management concepts for more innovation and creativity (design thinking, agile, holacracy etc.)
Integrating IT legacy into the IoT world (existing ERP, MES, BI, DWH etc.)
Product data, standards, interoperability
Blockchains in IoT
Digital twins
Cyber-physical systems / autonomous systems / robotics

Format

Best practices: Selected business cases
Matchmaking: Interests and competencies of all attendees
Networking: Matched and pre-arranged one on one meetings
Workshops: Confidential peer discussions
High level: Colleagues in similar positions
Decision support: Knowledge of an elite network for your projects, strategies and ideas
Ultra efficient: Personal agenda – optimal time invest
Chill out: Informal networking at after-event bar meeting
Online community: Access new contacts and knowledge after the event

Werner Koestler, Senior Vice President, Vehicle Networking and Information, Head of Strategy, Continental AG

From Product to Service - what are the Implications of this Paradigm Shift?

Automotive industry is facing the largest transition with fundamental changes in terms of market, complexity and mobility
Changes in the product portfolio from pure hardware components to service solutions opens up several challenges
How to master these hurdles successfully and how to manage the rising level of complexity?

Prof. Dr. Imed Boughzala, Dekan der Fakultät für Management-Informationssysteme, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School

Digital Intelligence: A Key Competence for the Future of Work

A new category of intelligence: the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills related to digital technologies
Unlike IQ individuals (and organizations) can built their digital quotient in a progressive and intentional way
How to avoid falling into addiction, digital intoxication, misinformation, and techno-stress
The critical capacity to interact with digital technologies including AI and robots
Building digital intelligence must be a strategic goal for companies

Time	Activity	28. Januar
8:30	Start of registration
9:00	Opening Peer Round Table / Warm up
9:30	Implementation of Induytry 4.0 Concepts at Urenco Digital Strategy IT/OT Integration Augmented Reality in Maintenance Dev-Ops Spotify Models Menno Vlietstra, CIO, Urenco Group
10:00	HR Challenge Digitalization What skills do we need? How to find and keep talents Cultural Change Anett Hötzel, Head of Digitalization, Felix Schoeller Group
10:30	Transforming Stora Enso through Innovation and Digitalization How to structure digitalization in a large corporation Models for cooperating with startups Implementation with lasting value in mind Martin Gercke, Vice President Technical Service, Stora Enso
11:00	Coffee Break / Networking
11:15	Networking Session 1 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
11:45	Networking Session 2 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
12:15	Networking Session 3 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
12:45	Networking Session 4 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
13:15	Lunch / Networking
14:15	AI Application Scenarios in Industry 4.0 Short overview: Feasible machine learning methods Featured use cases: Energy, automotive, machinery Crucial factors making the difference between success and failure Prof. Dr. Ralf Mikut, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), Institute for Automation and applied Informatics (IAI)
14:45	From Product to Service - what are the Implications of this Paradigm Shift? Automotive industry is facing the largest transition with fundamental changes in terms of market, complexity and mobility Changes in the product portfolio from pure hardware components to service solutions opens up several challenges How to master these hurdles successfully and how to manage the rising level of complexity? Werner Koestler, Senior Vice President, Vehicle Networking and Information, Head of Strategy, Continental AG
15:15	Networking Session 5 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
15:45	Networking Session 6 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
16:15	Coffee Break / Networking
16:30	Networking Session 7 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
17:00	Networking Session 8 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
17:30	Digitalization in Steel Trade A new way of digital sales Customer centricity / customer journey Digital roadmap Alexander Neuhardt, Vice President Commercial Excellence, BENTELER Distribution International
18:00	How Digitalisation is Transforming the Logistics Industry APIs Big Data AI Stefan Viehmann, Senior Vice President Global Customer Solutions, Kuehne + Nagel
18:30	A New Regulatory Framework for the Digital Economy - Report from the Federal Commission on Competition Law 4.0 Platforms as gatekeeper - how will the regulator react? How to ensure legal certainty in digital cooperations The legal risks of Industry 4.0 and how to tackle them in an "industrial way" Is there a clash of Industry 4.0 and employment law? Dirk Voges, Partner, Weitnauer Attorneys-at-law
19:00	Afterwork Networking Lounge
Time	Activity	29. Januar
8:30	Strategic Digital Transformation Program at LeasePlan From an analog business into a fully digitally-enabled business New, data driven digital products and services Fully integrated and interactive platform for a strong user experience Anil Nashier, Director of IT Transformation, LeasePlan
9:00	New Smart Factory at Wilo – The Wilo way of Industry 4.0 Optimized and digitalized value-creation chain Consistent planning and control of customer orders in the digital age Dynamic interlinking of production and logistics processes Realtime data analytics enabling autonomous adjustments of the production program Dr. Mahmud Al-Haj Mustafa, Senior Vice President Group Operations, Wilo Group
9:30	Beyond Generic Principles in Digital Transformation Digital Transformation at STC Creating value with Advanced Analytics and AI: Use cases Improving customer loyalty, reducing churn: Digital methodology Luca De Carli, Head of Customer Life Cycle Management, Saudi Telecom Company
10:00	UX 4.0: From Strategy to Digital End-2-End Journey UX as part of corporate strategy Merging onboard and offboard into a seamless customer experience/li> Co-creation as a key element in agile digital transformation Christian Gondek, Director UX & Digital Journey Design, AGCO
10:30	Coffee Break / Networking
10:45	Networking Session 9 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
11:15	Networking Session 10 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
11:45	Networking Session 11 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
12:15	Networking Session 12 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
12:45	Lunch / Networking
13:45	Startups as Parts of Corporate Transformation Understanding the platform economy Found or buy? Incubator models Case studies Matthias Walter, VP / Head of Platform Innovation, FoundersLane
14:15	Digitalization in the Food Industry Gianni Giger, Head of Corporate Development, Hilcona AG
14:45	NA New IoT-based E-Mobility Business Model Why e-mobility so-far is not a success Solution approach of the international MEISTER consortium Current challenges in the energy business E-Mobility in the concept of sector coupling Using electric vehicles to stabilize low voltage Business model: approaches and limitations Cross-sector IoT concept Rainer Bachmann, Head of Platforms & Operations E-Mobility, E.ON
15:15	Digital Intelligence: A Key Competence for the Future of Work A new category of intelligence: the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills related to digital technologies Unlike IQ individuals (and organizations) can built their digital quotient in a progressive and intentional way How to avoid falling into addiction, digital intoxication, misinformation, and techno-stress The critical capacity to interact with digital technologies including AI and robots Building digital intelligence must be a strategic goal for companies Prof. Dr. Imed Boughzala, Dekan der Fakultät für Management-Informationssysteme, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
15:45	Wrap-up Discussion
16:00	End of Event

Time	Activity	28. Januar
8:30	Start of registration
9:00	Opening Peer Round Table / Warm up
9:30	Implementation of Induytry 4.0 Concepts at Urenco Digital Strategy IT/OT Integration Augmented Reality in Maintenance Dev-Ops Spotify Models Menno Vlietstra, CIO, Urenco Group
10:00	HR Challenge Digitalization What skills do we need? How to find and keep talents Cultural Change Anett Hötzel, Head of Digitalization, Felix Schoeller Group
10:30	Transforming Stora Enso through Innovation and Digitalization How to structure digitalization in a large corporation Models for cooperating with startups Implementation with lasting value in mind Martin Gercke, Vice President Technical Service, Stora Enso
11:00	Coffee Break / Networking
11:15	Networking Session 1 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
11:45	Networking Session 2 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
12:15	Networking Session 3 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
12:45	Networking Session 4 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
13:15	Lunch / Networking
14:15	AI Application Scenarios in Industry 4.0 Short overview: Feasible machine learning methods Featured use cases: Energy, automotive, machinery Crucial factors making the difference between success and failure Prof. Dr. Ralf Mikut, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), Institute for Automation and applied Informatics (IAI)
14:45	From Product to Service - what are the Implications of this Paradigm Shift? Automotive industry is facing the largest transition with fundamental changes in terms of market, complexity and mobility Changes in the product portfolio from pure hardware components to service solutions opens up several challenges How to master these hurdles successfully and how to manage the rising level of complexity? Werner Koestler, Senior Vice President, Vehicle Networking and Information, Head of Strategy, Continental AG
15:15	Networking Session 5 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
15:45	Networking Session 6 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
16:15	Coffee Break / Networking
16:30	Networking Session 7 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
17:00	Networking Session 8 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
17:30	Digitalization in Steel Trade A new way of digital sales Customer centricity / customer journey Digital roadmap Alexander Neuhardt, Vice President Commercial Excellence, BENTELER Distribution International
18:00	How Digitalisation is Transforming the Logistics Industry APIs Big Data AI Stefan Viehmann, Senior Vice President Global Customer Solutions, Kuehne + Nagel
18:30	A New Regulatory Framework for the Digital Economy - Report from the Federal Commission on Competition Law 4.0 Platforms as gatekeeper - how will the regulator react? How to ensure legal certainty in digital cooperations The legal risks of Industry 4.0 and how to tackle them in an "industrial way" Is there a clash of Industry 4.0 and employment law? Dirk Voges, Partner, Weitnauer Attorneys-at-law
19:00	Afterwork Networking Lounge
Time	Activity	29. Januar
8:30	Strategic Digital Transformation Program at LeasePlan From an analog business into a fully digitally-enabled business New, data driven digital products and services Fully integrated and interactive platform for a strong user experience Anil Nashier, Director of IT Transformation, LeasePlan
9:00	New Smart Factory at Wilo – The Wilo way of Industry 4.0 Optimized and digitalized value-creation chain Consistent planning and control of customer orders in the digital age Dynamic interlinking of production and logistics processes Realtime data analytics enabling autonomous adjustments of the production program Dr. Mahmud Al-Haj Mustafa, Senior Vice President Group Operations, Wilo Group
9:30	Beyond Generic Principles in Digital Transformation Digital Transformation at STC Creating value with Advanced Analytics and AI: Use cases Improving customer loyalty, reducing churn: Digital methodology Luca De Carli, Head of Customer Life Cycle Management, Saudi Telecom Company
10:00	UX 4.0: From Strategy to Digital End-2-End Journey UX as part of corporate strategy Merging onboard and offboard into a seamless customer experience/li> Co-creation as a key element in agile digital transformation Christian Gondek, Director UX & Digital Journey Design, AGCO
10:30	Coffee Break / Networking
10:45	Networking Session 9 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
11:15	Networking Session 10 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
11:45	Networking Session 11 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
12:15	Networking Session 12 (parallel activities) Meetings with peers, experts and solution providers Workshop Open roundtable discussions
12:45	Lunch / Networking
13:45	Startups as Parts of Corporate Transformation Understanding the platform economy Found or buy? Incubator models Case studies Matthias Walter, VP / Head of Platform Innovation, FoundersLane
14:15	Digitalization in the Food Industry Gianni Giger, Head of Corporate Development, Hilcona AG
14:45	NA New IoT-based E-Mobility Business Model Why e-mobility so-far is not a success Solution approach of the international MEISTER consortium Current challenges in the energy business E-Mobility in the concept of sector coupling Using electric vehicles to stabilize low voltage Business model: approaches and limitations Cross-sector IoT concept Rainer Bachmann, Head of Platforms & Operations E-Mobility, E.ON
15:15	Digital Intelligence: A Key Competence for the Future of Work A new category of intelligence: the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills related to digital technologies Unlike IQ individuals (and organizations) can built their digital quotient in a progressive and intentional way How to avoid falling into addiction, digital intoxication, misinformation, and techno-stress The critical capacity to interact with digital technologies including AI and robots Building digital intelligence must be a strategic goal for companies Prof. Dr. Imed Boughzala, Dekan der Fakultät für Management-Informationssysteme, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
15:45	Wrap-up Discussion
16:00	End of Event

Register as corporate decision maker

You can apply and attend if you are a c-level decision maker and budget owner from a major buying company and want to discuss projects, ideas, solutions and strategies with suppliers and peers in one-on-one and group meetings. Participation is free of charge. Please only apply when you are sure you can make the date. With your registration we start the matching process and other participants will look forward to meeting you. This registration is not for suppliers.

I will attend the dialog.
Both DaysDay 1Day 2

Full name (required)

Email (required)

Phone Number

Job position (required)

Company (required)

Address (Street) (required)

City (required)

Postal code (required)

Country (required)

Turnover or total asstes

Number of employees

Your annual budget

Current or planned projects you would like to discuss

Other fields of interest you would like to discuss

This registration is only valid if confirmed by Cintona Ltd. by e-mail.

Practice Insights

Workshops

Panel Discussions

Round Table Exchange

Solution Room

App-Powered Networking

Global Community

Industry 4.0 Strategy Dialog connects pioneering CxOs in the fields of corporate strategy, digitalization, technology, R&D, IT and production, as well as scientists and solution providers to discuss ideas and projects on the road to industrial IoT and new digital business models

Register as corporate decision maker

Questions/Comments