Keynote Speakers
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Luxembourg
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Francine Closener Secretary of State of the Economy, Secretary of State of Internal Security, Secretary of State of Defence, Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
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Marc Hansen Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research, Secretary of State of Education, Children and Youth, Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
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Clara de la Torre Director responsible for “Key Enabling Technologies” in the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation, European Commission
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Werner Hoyer President, European Investment Bank
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Dr. Ömer Sahin Ganiyusufoglu Personal consultant to the Chairman, Shenyang Machine Tool Co., Ltd
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Dr. Greg Ludkovsky Head of Global Research and Development, ArcelorMittal
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Prof. Heinrich Flegel Chairman, ETP ManuFuture
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Michel Wurth Member of the Board of Directors, ArcelorMittal SA
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Panel Speakers
Alexandre Affre Director for the Industrial Affairs department, BUSINESSEUROPE
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Dr. Stephane Amarger Paris Node Director, EIT Digital
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Annamalai Arun Junai EU Manager, TNO Industrial Innovation
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Thomas Bauernhansl Head of Fraunhofer Institute Manufacturing Engineering and Automation and Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Management (IFF), University of Stuttgart
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John Blankendaal Managing Director, Brainport Industries
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Guus Boekhoudt European Vice President, Guardian Glass
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Johnny Brebels Head of Materials and Production Technologies Sector, Luxinnovation
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Rikardo Bueno Director for the Research Programmes Area, Tecnalia
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Jose Carlos Caldeira President, ANI – Agência Nacional de Inovação - the Portuguese National Innovation Agency
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Luis Carneiro Member of the Executive board of INESC TEC and Coordinator of the EXPLORE Project
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Prof. George Chryssolouris LMS Director, Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation (LMS), University of Patras
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Professor Dr. Gabriel M. Crean Chief Executive Officer, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
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Prof. Anne-Françoise Cutting-Decelle Professor of computer engineering Ecole Centrale de Lille, Researcher Université de Genève
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Christophe D’Amico Operations Director , Tarkett
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Chris Decubber Technical Director, EFFRA
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Damien Degros Member of Management Committee and Head of Commercial Banking Luxembourg, ING Luxembourg
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Robert Dennewald Chairman, Fedil
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Jeffrey Dentzer Head of Large Corporates, Public & Project Finance, Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL)
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Shiva Dustdar Head of Innovation Finance Advisory, European Investment Bank
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Axel Eggert Director General, EUROFER
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Lynn Elvinger Member of the executive board, CEBI
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Pascal Fabing Head of National Funding Programmes, Luxinnovation
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Maurizio Gattiglio Chairman, EFFRA & Executive Vice-President, Prima Industrie
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Filip Geerts Director General, CECIMO
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Andrea Gentili Deputy Head of the Unit DG RTD, European Commission
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Yves- Simon Gloy Head of Division - Textile Machine, Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen University
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DR. Christoph Hanisch Research Cooperations, Festo AG & Co. KG
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Romain Hansen Director Technology Projects, Goodyear
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Adrian Harris Director General, Orgalime
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Tomas Hedenborg CEO, FASTEMS
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Marc Hemmerling Member of the Management Board, ABBL
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Dr. Johann Hoffelner Chief Scientific Operator (CSO), Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH
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Marc Hufkens Chairman of the board and President, Flanders’ Bike Valley vzw
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Prof. Francesco Jovane Professor Emeritus of Production Systems, Politecnico di Milano
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Frank Käpper Business Development Manager, CTI
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Martin Kern Interim Director and Chief Operating Officer , European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT)
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Vytautas Kieras Development Director, SoliTek
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Prof. Jens Kreisel Director, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
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DR. Max Lemke Head of Unit for "Complex Systems and Advanced Computing" in Directorate General CONNECT, European Commission
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Klaus Löffler Managing Sales & Services, TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
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Giuseppe Lucisano Effective
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Erik Lund Managing director, co-owner, STRECON A/S
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Kristian Martinsen Industrial Chair, Manufacture Sub-platform of Joining
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Prof. Dimitris Mourtzis Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras
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Gunnar Muent Director of the Innovation and Competitiveness Department, European Investment Bank (EIB)
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Jens Neugebauer Director for European Policy and Business Development, Fraunhofer
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Neophytos Neophytou Project Officer, European Commission, DG for Research & Innovation
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Yves Nosbusch Chief Economist , BGL BNP Paribas
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Željko Pazin Executive Director, EFFRA
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Antti Peltomäki Deputy Director-General of the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Directorate-General, European Commission
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Kai Peters Research &Innovation Manager, European Office of VDMA
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Aurel Laurentiu Plosceanu Member of the European Economic and Social Committee
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Philippe Portalier Standardisation & Technical Policy Manager, Orgalime
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Laurent Probst Partner, Leader R&D and Innovation, PWC
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Marek Przeor Team Leader in the General Directorate for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
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Prof. Dr. Ir. Egbert-Jan Sol Director of Innovation, TNO
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Dr. Albrecht Ricken Head of Industry 4.0 research in Strategic Innovation Enablement, SAP
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Pierre Roubaud Head of Sector, EASME Agency
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Martin Schäfer MEng Senior Key Expert Additive Manufacturing at Research & Technology Center, Siemens AG
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Marc Schronen Chief Strategy Officer, CPPE(Carbon Process & Plant Engineering SA)
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Aurela Shtiza Senior Advisor in Sustainability and Innovation, Industrial Minerals Association (IMA-Europe)
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Dr. Klaus H. Sommer President, SPIRE
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Dr. Rainer Stetter Corporate Technology, ITQ GmbH
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Arnold Stokking Director of applied research, TNO
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Marco Taisch Professor at the Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, Politico Di Milano
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Pr Tullio Tolio Director of Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation, National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
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Prof. Reijo Tuokko Professor Emeritus, Tampere University of Technology
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Claude Turmes Member of the European Parliament
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Cristina Ugarte Project Manager, Innobasque
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Jose-Lorenzo Valles Head of Unit, European Commission, DG for Research & Innovation
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Didier Vanden Abeele Deputy Director for European Affairs, CEA List
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Prof. Dr. Olivier Vassart Executive Director , ArcelorMittal
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Ir. Guy Vekemans Ir./Strategy Officer, KIC InnoEnergy
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Karl Vrancken KIC, Raw Materials
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Marc Wagener Director of Economic Affairs, The Chamber of Commerce of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
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Cecilia Warrol Director of Manufacturing and advanced production,Teknikforetagen and Director, Produktion2030
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Prof. Engelbert Westkämper Em. Director (retired in 2011), Fraunhofer IPA/ IFF and GSaME, University of Stuttgart
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Dr. Thorsten Widmer Vice President Manufacturing Strategies and Investment Planning, Bosch
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René Winkin Secretary General, Fedil
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Dr. Patricia Wolny Project Manager , Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum der Steinbeis Innovation gGmbH, Business support organisation
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Robert Young Professor of Manufacturing Informatics in the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University
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