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- Engineering Summit 2024
- Large Industrial Plant Manufacturing
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- Darmstadt
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Engineering Summit 2024
Executives and top management from all sectors of the European industrial plant engineering industry will meet at the Engineering Summit on 1st and 2nd of October 2024.
Tue. 01.10.24 | 08:55 - 18:00 hrs. |
Wed. 02.10.24 | 08:55 - 16:00 hrs. |
- German
Executives and top management from all sectors of the European industrial plant engineering industry will meet at the Engineering Summit on 1st and 2nd of October 2024.
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Information and registration: www.engineering-summit.de
(The conference will be held in german language)
Date:
Tuesday, 1 Ocober 2024, 08:55 - 22:30 hrs
Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 09:00 - 16:00 hrs
Location
darmstadtium Science and Congress Center Schlossgraben 1, 64283 Darmstadt
Participants
The event is primarily aimed at top management as well as executives, industry experts and experts from the global project business of plant engineering, but also includes the upstream and downstream value chain as well as service companies.
Organizer
CHEMIETECHNIK, Hüthig Fachverlag
VDMA Large-scale Plant Engineering
Maschinenbau-Institut GmbH
Tue. 01.10.24
08:15 - 08:55 hrs.
Admission and registration
08:55 - 09:00 hrs.
Welcome and introduction
09:00 - 09:10 hrs.
Lead 1: Business models and transformation processes: Pathways to greater sustainability and productivity in plant engineering
09:10 - 09:50 hrs.
Large-scale plant engineering in transition - How global framework conditions affect the business model
09:50 - 10:30 hrs.
More competitiveness and productivity - earning money in plant engineering (is possible)!
10:30 - 11:00 hrs.
Coffee break and visit to the trade exhibition
11:00 - 11:40 hrs.
Mastering the turnaround in challenging times! - From hydrogen start-up to major project
11:40 - 12:20 hrs.
Technology cooperation in plant engineering: How BASF, Linde and Sabic realise the first pilot plant for steam cracker electrification
12:20 - 12:35 hrs.
Much ado about nothing - Why the EU Supply Chain Directive is not the yardstick for German companies
12:35 - 13:50 hrs.
Lunch break and visit to the trade exhibition
13:50 - 14:30 hrs.
Business transformation in the VUCA world - The long road from machine manufacturer to solution provider
Member of the Executive Board / Supply Chain & Production, MAN Energy Solutions SE, Augsburg
14:30 - 15:15 hrs.
Summit Talk 1: Geopolitical risks, decarbonization, demographic change, new technologies: How does plant engineering succeed in this environment?
Chief Executive Officer, Linde Engineering & Executive Vice President, Linde plc., Pullach
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Management Board
15:15 - 15:45 hrs.
Coffee break and visit to the trade exhibition
15:45 - 15:55 hrs.
Lead 2: Generation X,Y,Z - Inspiring the next generation for plant engineering
Project Engineer / Subproject Manager, Martin GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik, Munich
15:55 - 16:35 hrs.
Between work-life balance, purpose and new work - how to make plant engineering a 'place to be' for young people
16:35 - 17:15 hrs.
Generation Y, Z and Alpha - Successful talent management as a shared corporate responsibility
17:15 - 18:00 hrs.
Summit Talk 2: Between a classic career and finding a new sense of purpose - what do young talents expect from plant engineering today?
Head of Institute / Vice President Research
Project Engineer / Subproject Manager, Martin GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik, Munich
18:30 - 22:30 hrs.
Special evening event at the Centralstation
Wed. 02.10.24
08:15 - 08:55 hrs.
Admission and registration
08:55 - 09:00 hrs.
Welcome and introduction

09:00 - 09:15 hrs.
Impulse: Why do digitalisation projects regularly fail?
Director Corporate Strategy and Digitalisation
09:15 - 10:00 hrs.
Summit Talk 3: Digitalisation and AI in plant engineering - How do we manage uncertainty and engage organisations and employees in the transformation process?
Director Corporate Strategy and Digitalisation
10:00 - 11:00 hrs.
Networking breakfast and visit to the trade exhibition
11:00 - 11:10 hrs.
Lead 3: On the way to new horizons? The opportunities and risks of digitalisation and artificial intelligence in plant engineering
Senior Vice President / Head of Customer Project Management, KRONES AG, Neutraubling

11:10 - 11:50 hrs.
AI and digitalisation - the opportunities and risks for plant manufacturers and operators in the implementation process
11:50 - 12:30 hrs.
What is already feasible? AI as a productivity driver in plant engineering
12:30 - 13:10 hrs.
How can plant manufacturers protect themselves and their customers from the growing threat of cybercrime?
Head of Corporate Cyber Security / Chief Information Security Officer, KRONES AG, Neutraubling
13:10 - 14:10 hrs.
Lunch break and visit to the trade exhibition
14:10 - 14:20 hrs.
Lead 4: Completing plant engineering projects successfully, sustainably and with stable processes
14:20 - 14:40 hrs.
Impulse: Carbon Management & Removal - a step towards a climate-neutral future
14:40 - 15:10 hrs.
Project example: Carbon capture as a transformation technology for industry and plant engineering
Director Commercial - Decarbonisation D-A-CH, BeNeLux Technip Energies, Frankfurt on the Main
Vice President BD & Sales | KAM, Central & East Europe, T.EN Zimmer GmbH, Frankfurt on the Main
15:10 - 15:40 hrs.
EPC / EPCM: The alliance partnership as a solution
15:40 - 16:00 hrs.
Wrap-up ES24: What have we learnt, what can we implement immediately, what does plant engineering still need to work on?