Conference Agenda
The program will include speeches by invited experts from universities or leading companies, interactive discussions on various issues concerning production training as well as visiting the new learning factory of the Vienna University of Technology.
| Conference Agenda | |
| 08:00 | Check-in |
| 09:00 | Opening of the conference Rector of the Vienna University of Technology, Prof. Sabine Seidler Chairman: Vice president of the “Initiative on European Learning Factories” Prof. Wilfried Sihn (Vienna University of Technology) |
| 09:15 | Session 1 Potential of Learning Factories as education and innovation centres for universities and the production industry Speaker: Prof. Kurt Matyas (TU Vienna) |
| 09:45 | Session 2 Hands-on Training Center for Industrial Engineering in Higher Education Speaker: Prof. Jochen Deuse (TU Dortmund) |
| 10:15 | Session 3 5 years Process Learning Factory CiP at TU Darmstadt - Concept, Results, Experiences and still new Challenges Speaker: President of the “Initiative on European Learning Factories” Prof. Eberhard Abele (TU Darmstadt) |
| 10:45 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 | Session 4 Green Factories Bavaria Speaker: Prof. Gunther Reinhart (TU Munich) |
| 11:45 | Session 5 Multi-Dimensional Networked Learning within the ESB Logistics Learning Factory – Innovative approach, teaching-learning concept and engineering project games Speaker: Prof. Vera Hummel, Prof. Harald Augustin (Reutlingen University) |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 | Session 6 Education for the 21st century - impacts for teaching and learning Speaker: Dr. Markus Tomaschitz (Magna International Europe AG) |
| 13:45 | Session 7 Excellent Qualified and Trained Employees - The Key for the successful Implementation of Lean Production Speaker: Frank Werz (Volkswagen Slovakia, a. s.) |
| 14:15 | Coffee Break |
| 14:45 | Session 8 Sometimes cold or wide, sometimes fast or dark - boosting changeability by learning factories Speaker: Holger Regber (Festo Didactic GmbH) |
| 15:15 | Session 9 Learning shopfloor – continuous improvement Speaker: Rudolf Hamp (Opel Wien GmbH) |
| 15:45 | Session 10 Vision and implementation of the Learning and Innovation Factory of the Vienna University of Technology Speaker: Prof. Wilfried Sihn, Prof. Friedrich Bleicher, Prof. Detlef Gerhard (TU Vienna) |
| 16:10 | Closing of the conference |
| 16:20 | Transport to the Institute for Production Engineering and High Efficiency Laser Technology |
| 17:00 | Visit and inspection of the Learning Factory of the Vienna University of Technology |
| 18:00 | Transport back to the Vienna University of Technology |
| 19:30 | Dinner event at the Vienna city hall |