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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