In Munich HIGHRISE one
WITH 7 TOP SPEAKERS FROM TECHNICAL TOP MANAGEMENT.
More value creation –
less admin in product development.
The targeted use of Artificial Intelligence in the product development process (PDP). Fewer manual tasks, more focus on innovation. Higher quality, better decisions – and faster. Be there when AI meets engineering:

AI meets product development – with impact.
What used to take days now happens in minutes – as soon as AI provides support.
Artificial Intelligence will significantly shape the future of product development, especially through Generative AI. This technology is changing how mechatronic products are created: it accelerates development processes, reduces manual workload, and simultaneously expands the creative solution space.
Generative AI is shifting the rules of the game: automated specifications, data-based decisions, faster variant generation, and completely new solution paths.
The result: less effort, higher quality, and a noticeably higher innovative power in R&D.
On November 27th, leading industrial companies will already be using these potentials today – methodically sound, practical, and with measurable impact. Not as a hype, but as a lever for real competitive advantages.
Pre-event evening

Day 1.
AI 4 R&D
8:00 – 8:40
🔥 Welcome & Warm-up
8:40 – 9:00
Speaker 1


Confirmed.
Sebastian Saft
Product Owner Analytics & AI, BMW.
9:00 – 9:20
💬 Discussion
9:20 – 9:35
☕ Networking
9:35 – 9:55
Speaker 2


Confirmed.
Bernd Schwenk
Product Owner, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH.
9:55 – 10:15
💬 Discussion
10:15 – 10:30
🥨 Exchange Ideas
10:30 – 10:50
Speaker 3


Confirmed
Dr. Janis Kesten-Kühne
Head of Algorithms, Zeiss–SMT.
10:50 – 11:10
💬 Discussion
11:10 – 11:25
☕ Pause
11:25 – 11:45
Speaker 4


Confirmed.
Parag Shah
CEO, Knipping.
11:45 – 12:05
💬 Diskussion
12:05 – 13:30
⛽ Mittagessen
13:30 – 14:30
🧠 SOFTSKILL–Übung.
14:30 – 14:45
☕ Pause
14:45 – 15:05
Speaker 5


Confirmed.
Dr. Michael Mihatsch
Business Development, Customer Success, Bluesolve.
15:05 – 15:25
💬 Diskussion
15:25 – 15:40
☕ Pause
15:40 – 16:00
Speaker 6


Angefragt.
Andreas Spormann
Chief Data Architect, Forvia.
16:00 – 16:20
💬 Diskussion
16:20 – 16:35
☕ Pause
16:35 – 16:55
Speaker 7


Confirmed.
Erke Wang
Simulation and Digital Engineering, CADFEM.
16:55 – 17:15
💬 Diskussion
17:15 – 17:30
🎯 Conclusion & Wrap-up
R&DLEADERSHIP MUNICH 2025.
The event platform for decision-makers in R&D, technology, and innovation.
“Finally an event where everyone speaks the same language.” This is how participants describe the direct exchange – hands-on, focused, and at eye level. Technical Managing Directors, R&D heads, and technology leaders discuss how to increase R&D performance, shape technological change, and strengthen innovative power.
Concrete HARD SKILL topics: AI in R&D, agile scaling, the “breathing” organization, and the third revolution in product creation. Participants develop actionable approaches to future-proof structures, processes, and technologies.
SOFT SKILLS: Leadership, communication, and personal effectiveness. Successful technical decision-makers don’t just master technology; they develop teams for peak performance, initiate change, and communicate convincingly.
Networking here is relaxed, high-level, and professionally relevant. CTOs, Heads of R&D, innovation strategists, and technical visionaries from the automotive, electronics, and mechanical engineering industries come together. Those who make contacts here benefit – professionally, but above all, personally.
R&D Leadership Munich 2025 – the unique event platform with a “goosebumps” feeling.
AI 4 R&D.
CTOs & Heads of R&D & R&D Leaders
AUTOMOTIVE | ELECTRONICS | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Participation
Any questions?
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We look forward to seeing you.
Julia Henny Schröder Managing Director
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