
Smart Production – Digitalizing Automotive Manufacturing 2024
How will automotive production be organized in the future?
Let’s get together and talk about it! There is no way to predict the answer with certainty, but we do know that the future will be even more digitally driven, both with regard to the product as well as the process level of automotive production.
The overall goal of the industry is to create not only smart, connected vehicles, but also to build comprehensive digital manufacturing infrastructures that significantly increase production and resource efficiency while, at the same time, managing complexity, scalability and cost. The question is, what do some of the most promising future production scenarios look like that enable both smart applications, particularly for EV manufacturing, and smart production concepts for the complete production process?
To discuss these questions and some possible solutions, the Automotive Circle invites experts from all over the world to its Smart Production conference in Bad Nauheim, Germany or online, on November 19-20, 2024.
The conference focuses on digitalization solutions and their implementation across the entire automotive production chain.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Bad Nauheim (Germany) / online next autumn!
Don’t miss any updates by following our hashtag: #ACSmartProduction
Conference Program
8:30 AM |
Conference Registration |
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9:00 AM |
Welcome and Conference Introduction |
Dr. Sibylle Freitag, Automotive Circle, DE |
NO DIGITALIZATION WITHOUT DATA |
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9:30 AM |
How digitalization will support the evolution of automotive manufacturing – today and tomorrow |
Richard Porter, GE Vernova, UK |
10:00 AM |
How common data management empowers the digitalization of production planning at BMW |
Dr. Carmen Listl, BMW Group, DE |
10:30 AM |
Meet the Speakers / Coffee and contacts |
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11:00 AM |
Data analytics and machine learning in automotive production |
Sebastian Findeisen, Mercedes-Benz AG, DE |
FOCUS ON ASSEMBLY SOLUTIONS |
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11:30 AM |
Development of a large-scale automotive assembly work assignment optimization method with sequential constraints using quantum annealing |
Dr. Takeshi Moriya, Nissan Motor Co., JP |
12:00 PM |
AI in Automotive Production |
Michael Schmidt, BMW Group, DE |
12:30 PM |
Lunch Break |
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1:30 PM |
How to use vision AI based for control, traceability and dashboarding |
Gabriel Audry, Groupe Renault, FR; Olivier Gibaru, Buawei, FR |
AI INNOVATIONS |
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2:00 PM |
AI Maintenance Assistant |
Andrew Leyland, Ross Denton, JLR, UK |
2:30 PM |
Ensuring the longevity of developed AI solutions: challenges and solutions in production systems |
Dr. Paulina Prantl, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, DE |
3:00 PM |
Meet the Speakers / Coffee and contacts |
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SMART FACTORY SOLUTIONS I
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3:30 PM |
Improving production and resource efficiency through automated and intelligent robotic laboratory cells |
Andreas Fezer, Materials Testing Institute (MPA) University of Stuttgart, DE |
4:00 PM |
E-SELF – The self-driving electric car in the vehicle factory |
Laura Heister, Ford-Werke GmbH, DE |
4:30 PM |
Get-Together: Meet the speakers |
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6:00 PM |
Networking Dinner |
9:00 AM |
Introduction to Coupled Process Analysis (CPA) |
Patrick Ackert, Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU), DE |
9:30 AM |
From IoT (Internet of Things) to IoM (Internet of Materials): How to bridge the physical and virtual world for tracking material data |
Dr. Werner Aumayr, coilDNA GmbH, AT |
Smart Quality Control |
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10:00 AM |
How to automatically inspect fit and finish in electric vehicle production |
Juan Carlos Garcia, Eines Vision Systems, ES |
10:30 AM |
Meet the Speakers / Coffee and contacts |
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11:15 AM |
Transformation in quality control from manual to automatic with AI support |
Alf Andersson, Volvo Cars, SE |
Industrial Metaverse |
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11:45 AM |
The value of humans in manufacturing & the industrial metaverse |
Martin Weidhas, imk Industrial Intelligence GmbH, DE |
12:00 PM |
Industrial metaverse – the key to efficient engineering |
Jan Berner, Feynsinn – eine Marke der EDAG, DE; Philipp Hummel, EDAG Production Solutions GmbH & Co. KG |
12:30 PM |
Lunch Break |
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Smart Factory Solutions II
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1:30 PM |
Accelerating AI solutions for the shop floor enabled by an Unified Namespace on AWS cloud |
Mauro De Micheli, Amazon Web Services Automotive & Manufacturing, DE |
2:00 PM |
OEE increase through digital connected production systems in laser material processing |
Marco Holzer, Trumpf Laser SE, DE |
2:30 PM |
Factory of the future: Defining a vision & strategy |
Brian Breuhan, General Motors Company, US |
3:00 PM |
Closing Remarks |
OEM Advisory Board |
3:15 PM |
Conclusion & Farewell |
Dr. Sibylle Freitag, Presidium Automotive Circle, DE |
The program is subject to change. Status as of October 16, 2024.
Participants
Exhibition & Sponsoring
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Take advantage of the high coverage of the Automotive Circle and profit from the sponsoring options before and during the events. Show your competence and services, matching the conference subjects, to the numerous car body engineers of international OEM. Thus, you are strengthening your brand awareness in the automotive industry!
Come on board as an exhibitor or sponsor and benefit from this excellent platform to strongly promote your company’s capabilities as a reliable supplier!