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Martin Landherr has some deep insights in the field of cyber-physical systems and digitizing manufacturing systems. After finishing his doctoral studies in the field of integrated configuration of prod ucts and manufacturing systems he was responsible for the successful development and operation of the Application Center Industry 4.0 at the Fraunhofer IPA in Stuttgart. InRead more

Urs Zimmerli is Site Manager at CABB Chemicals plant in Pattern, Switzerland.Read more

19+ years experience. Worked extensively with upper and middle management of major corporations in Europe, India, Middle East, South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Africa to plan and implement strategies for a superior competitive position. Currently working with a European multinational specialty chemicals company leading the digital transformation journey in Operations.Read more

Johan Frisk, founder and CEO of OpiFlex. OpiFlex solves the challenge of automating high mix and low volume and helps small companies to global groups to create increased flexibility and competitiveness while creating stimulating tasks. Johan is a serial entrepreneur with a background from ABB and Ericsson. He is an expert advisor for the OECD,Read more

After 15 years in the chemical industry, Melanie Weber joined Microsoft Germany in 2019 as a Sen. Industry Advisor for LifeSciences and Chemicals. Before joining Microsoft, Melanie was COO of Kisling Germany, an adhesive company of the Würth group. Before this she spent several years in business development, innovation and business transformation at 3M andRead more

Susanna Voges studied Process Engineering at Hamburg University of Technology, where she also obtained her PhD in Process Engineering from the Institute of Thermal Separation Processes in 2008. She started her career in chemical industry joining BASF late 2007. At BASF she had different functions in technical development, working on the design of key equipmentRead more

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Thaddeus Anim-Somuah is a chartered chemical engineer who is passionate about sustainability. During his career he has led the development of the global decarbonization roadmap to reduce Croda’s emissions by 50% from 2018 to 2030 and has been a Future Energy Leader at the World Energy Council. In 2020, he was listed by Forbes asRead more

Dr. Petra Hildebrandt is heading the department for production platforms and technologies at Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co KG. There she is responsible for development and allocation of automated production systems and processes as well as for the testing sites for all production sites. Additionally, she is leading the team “Intelligent PCB Testing”. A demonstratorRead more