Hannover Exhibition Grounds, Germany
April 20–24, 2026
Image courtesy of Siemens, Accenture, KION, GXO
The next era of industrial AI and software-defined manufacturing has arrived. At Hannover Messe 2026, NVIDIA and our partners will explore the latest breakthroughs in industrial AI. Discover how AI agents, physical AI, and real-time simulation, powered by accelerated computing from the cloud to the edge, are reshaping industrial workflows and driving innovation, automation, and efficiency from design to operations.
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Monday, April 20, 14:30–15:00 CEST, Center Stage, Hall 25
Dr. Ferri Abolhassan, CEO, T-Systems
Dr. Maja Himmer, AI & Sovereignty Strategy Lead, T-Systems
Dr. Horst J. Kayser, CEO Factory Automation, Siemens
Rev Lebaredian, VP Omniverse and Simulation Technology, NVIDIA
Monday, April 20, 11:40 - 12:00 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43 – Expert Stage 1, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization
Jonathan Wu, CTO of Manufacturing Solutions, Lenovo
Timo Kistner, EMEA Business Lead of Industrial and Robotics, NVIDIA
Monday, April 20, 13–13:15 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48
Ales Alajbegovic, Global Program Manager of Industrial Metaverse, Siemens
Neil Ashton, Distinguished Engineer, NVIDIA
Monday, April 20, 13:40 –13:55 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48
Ales Alajbegovic, Global Program Manager, Industrial Metaverse, Siemens
Timo Kistner, EMEA Business Lead Industrial & Robotics, NVIDIA
Monday, April 20, 15:00–15:30 CEST, Deloitte Booth, Hall 15, E72
Dejan Boberic, Senior Manager, Smart Factory, Deloitte
Alex Kusterer, GSI Client Director EMEA, NVIDIA
Monday, April 20, 15:30–15:50 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48
Guillaume Cordonatto, Director of Digital Enterprise Innovation, Siemens
Stuart McCutcheon, Global VP of Industrial Metaverse and Digital Twin, Siemens
Ales Alajbegovic, Global Program Manager of Industrial Metaverse, Siemens
Emad Mankbadi, Principal Partner Solutions Architect, AWS
Mike Geyer, Head of Digital Twins & Industrial Metaverse, NVIDIA
Monday, April 20, 16:00–16:20 CEST, Microsoft Booth, Hall 17, Stand G06
Aaron Weissbart, Principal Technical Program Manager, Microsoft
Ganesh Sivaraman, Director of Omniverse Strategic Partnerships, NVIDIA
Monday, April 20, 16:00–17:00 CEST, EY Booth, Hall 16, B10
Christoph Ross, Vice President Digitization, Schaeffler
Philip Fischer, Industry Advisor Robotics, Microsoft
Marwin Kunz, Strategic Alliances Manager, Wandelbots
Akhil Docca, Head of Robotics Product Marketing
Tuesday, April 21, 10:25-11:10 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43 – Expert Stage 2, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization
Mike Nielson, CMO, RealSense
Roberta Nelson Shea, Global Technical Compliance Office, Teradyne Robotics
Rudy Cohen, CEO, Inbolt
Kartik Sachdev, Solutions Architect Robotics & AI, NVIDIA
Tuesday, April 21, 10:40-11:00 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48
Rainer Brehm, COO of Automation Business and CTO of Digital Industries, Siemens
Rev Lebaredian, Vice President, Omniverse and Simulation Technology, NVIDIA
Tuesday, April 21, 12:05–12:50 CEST, Hall 25, Center Stage
Adrien Bron, Head Advanced Manufacturing & Services Practice DACH, Bain & Company
Michael Schertler, Head Machinery and Metals Practice EMEA, Bain & Company
John Lervik, Founder and Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Cognite
Rainer Brehm, Digital Industries COO for Business Automation and CTO, Siemens Digital Industries
Florian Dörrfuß, CTO, Schaeffler Special Machinery
Timo Kistner, EMEA Business Lead Industrial & Robotics, NVIDIA
Tuesday, April 21, 13:15-13:35 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48
Stuart McCutcheon, Global VP Industrial Metaverse and Digital Twin, Siemens
Hagen Späth, Industry X EMEA Life Sciences Lead, Accenture
Jan Wokittel, Director Smart Manufacturing, Roche
Susan Faust, Global Vertical Strategy & Execution Planning Manager, Siemens
Florian Gantert, Director, Global Business Development for Omniverse and Physical AI, NVIDIA
Tuesday, April 21, 13:30 - 14:15 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43 – Expert Stage 1, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization
Dr. Natan Linder, CEO, Tulip Interfaces
Esther Lee, Industrial AI Agents Marketing, NVIDIA
Tuesday, April 21, 16:45 - 17:45 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43, Masterclass 1, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization
Jon Wilde, VP Product Management, SimScale
Alex Graham, Senior Product Marketing Manager, SimScale
Neil Ashton, Distinguished Engineer and Product Architect, NVIDIA
Wednesday, April 22, 11:20–11:35 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48
Alexander Huber, Head of Portfolio Sales, Siemens
Dharminder Debisarun, Industry Security Architect for Transportation, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Palo Alto Networks
Arik Roztal, Global Head of Business Development Cybersecurity, NVIDIA
Wednesday, April 22, 13:30–14:15 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43 – Expert Stage 1, Solution Lab Automation and Digitalization
Joseph June, DVP General Manager ServiceMax, PTC
David Segal, Global Business Head, Tata Consultancy Services
Guy Bersell, Business Strategy Leader, Microsoft
Vikram Natarajan, Managing Director, NVIDIA
Wednesday, April 22, 14:00–14:30 CEST, Deloitte Booth, Hall 15, E72
Christian Koropp, (Gen)AI Innovation Lead, Director, Deloitte
Alex Kusterer, GSI Client Director EMEA, NVIDIA
Wednesday, April 22, 14:35–15:15 CEST, Hall 25, Center Stage
Arnaud Robert, President of Robotics, Hexagon AB
Ulrich Homann, CVP and Distinguished Architect, Microsoft Corporation
Dr. Michael Nikolaides, Senior Vice President of Production Network, Supply Chain Management, BMW Group
Rev Lebaredian, Vice President of Omniverse and Simulation Technology, NVIDIA
Wednesday, April 22, 15:30–16:10 CEST, SAP Booth, Hall 15, Booth F08 at the Live Forum
Boris Dmitriev, SAP Global Customer Advisor
Ralf Vath, SAP SVP Global Head of Discrete Industries
Christian Souche, Accenture Managing Director
Stefan Biermeier, Kinexon VP Business Development
Timo Kistner, EMEA Industry Lead for Manufacturing and Industrial, NVIDIA
Thursday, April 23, 10:00–10:45 CEST, Halle 26, Solution Lab (E43), Expert Stage 1
Marwin Kunz, Strategic Alliances Manager, Wandelbots
Simon Mathes, Projektleiter Industrial Metaverse, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Michael Baling, Partner, MHP
Uwe Rechkemmer, Senior Sales Specialist Omniverse, NVIDIA
Thursday, April 23, 13:30–13:50 CEST, Hall 26, booth E43, Expert Stage 2
Arun Prasad, Global Innovation Head, Physical AI & Manufacturing Business Group, TCS
Timo Kistner, EMEA Business Lead Industrial & Robotics, NVIDIA
Thursday, April 23, 10:05 - 10:35 CEST, Center Stage, Hall 25
Sam Hiscox, Field CTO, PhysicsX
Dr. Maja-Olivia Himmer, AI Strategy Lead, T-Systems
Christian Piechnick, CEO and Cofounder, Wandelbots
Markus Hacker, Senior Regional Director of Enterprise and Country Lead DACH, NVIDIA
Thursday, April 23, 14:30–14:50 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48
Ben Turner, CEO, LATTICEPT
John Nixon, Group VP, Process Industries, Energy, Life Sciences and Consumer Packaged Goods, Siemens
Neil Ashton, Distinguished Engineer, NVIDIA
Thursday, April 23, 15:35–15:55 CEST, Hall 26, Solution Lab (E43), Expert Stage 2
Azif Saly, VP Business EU, Neurealm
Debraj Sinha, Product Marketing, NVIDIA
Thursday, April 23, 16:25–17:10 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43 – Expert Stage 1, Solution Lab Automation and Digitalization
Jefferson Wang, Senior Managing Director, Chief Strategy Officer Cloud First, Accenture
Regina Andersson, Head of Enterprise Wireless Solutions, Ericsson
Sander Rotmensen, Head of Business Line Cybersecurity Software for OT, Siemens
Kevin Jonczyk, Head of Product, OrbitsIQ
Jai Suri, VP, Software Development, Oracle Fusion Manufacturing, Smart Operations, Oracle
Timo Kistner, EMEA Industry Lead for Manufacturing and Industrial, NVIDIA
Thursday, April 23, 17:15–18:00 CEST, Hall 25, Center Stage
Pierluca Chiodelli, VP Edge Solutions, Dell
Ralf Shulze, VP AIoT, HCLTech
Jessica Bethune, VP Industrial & Process Automation, Schneider Electric
Sean Young, Director, AECO, Geospatial, and AI Solutions Industry Marketing, NVIDIA
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