TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS / IFOY TEST DAYS 2025 - PROGRAM (preliminary)

Messe Dortmund / Germany / hall 3
Date: March 26 – 27, 2025
Strobelallee 45, 44139 Dortmund
lunch 12.00 – 14.00

TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS: Wednesday, March 26, 2025

09.00 – 17.00TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS: individual testing for B2B visitors
10.00 – 11.15Highlight tour A (Opening Press and VIP Tour): IFOY AWARD nominees only (3 min. presentations at booth)
10.30 – 11.30Highlight tour C: “Warehouse meets Transportation”
11.00 – 12.00 Highlight tour B: TEST CAMP with special exhibition areas (without IFOY nominees)
12.00 – 13.15Highlight tour A: IFOY AWARD nominees only (3 min. presentations at booth)
14.00 – 15.00Highlight tour C: “Warehouse meets Transportation”
15.00 – 16.00Highlight tour B: TEST CAMP with special exhibition areas (without IFOY nominees)
15.00 – 17.00TEST CAMP on tour: Shuttle to Fraunhofer IML, Dortmund, tour
17.00 – 23.00Get together in hall 3 with drinks, food, DJ XMBA and a surprise show

TEST CAMP Logistics & Robotics Conference

TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS: Thursday, March 27, 2025, 9.00 – 16.00

09.30 – 10.00 Official opening & presentation of the IFOY Certificates “Best in intralogistics” (EN): Anita Würmser, Chairperson of the Jury, IFOY AWARD, Jan Drömer, Chairman of the Board, VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association
10.15 – 10.45Key note (DE): The future of robotics has already started: Prof. Dr. Robert Katzschmann, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Process Engineering, ETH Zurich
10.45 – 11.45Panel discussion (DE): Impulse from Dortmund – enabling innovation, shaping the future: The Innoclub makes it happen: Andrea Schubert, Team Lead Start-up & Investor Support, Economic Development Agency Dortmund, Dominik Stute, Head of Innovation, Industry, International Networks, Dortmund Chamber of Industry and Commerce
11.45 – 12.30Panel discussion (DE): From the warehouse to the customer - how transport is becoming digital and efficient: Prof. Dr. Victor Meier, Founder & Partner, CARGOCLIX, Maximilian Birle, Head of KRONE Telematics, KRONE, Michael van Dijk, International Key Account Manager, RAVAS Europe, David Moog, Strategic Product Manager, TIMOCOM, Host: Volker Kraft, Team Leader Information & Communication Systems in Transport Logistics, Fraunhofer IML
12.30 – 13.00IFOY panel discussion I (DE): Automation changes – faster, cheaper, easier: Saskia Reuter, Founder and CEO, Aluco, Uwe Schildheuer, Director Digital Sales Solutions, Interroll, Thomas Mahringer, Founder and CEO, Plancise, Richard Bormann, Group Manager Handling and Intralogistics, Fraunhofer IPA. Host: Stefanie Nonnenmann, Senior Editor, impact media projects
13.00 – 13.30IFOY panel discussion II (DE): IFOY Start-ups – lessons learnt: Mathias Müller, Founder and CEO, Blickfeld, Christoph Tullius, Managing Director, ecoro, Julian Wadephul, Co-Founder and CEO, enabl Technologies, Julius Lutzer, Co-Founder and CPO, Filics, Marie-Helene Ametsreiter, General Partner, Speedinvest. Host: Stefanie Nonnenmann, Senior Editor, impact media projects
15.30 –16.00 IFOY panel discussion III (EN): Warehouse trucks – future trends: Arjan Vanzanten, Director EP CARE Dealer Support, EP Equipment, Michael Röbig, Head of Product Management, Hubtex, Niklas Wilkowski, Head of Segment Stacker Trucks & Low Level Order Pickers, Jungheinrich, Prof. Dr. Johannes Fottner, Full Professor of Logistics Engineering, TU Munich, Host: Charleen Clarke, Member of the IFOY Jury
16.00 –16.30 Panel discussion (DE): BVL topic group logistics real estate and BUILDINX: Innovative logistics real estate as the key to the future of intralogistics: Kuno Neumeier, Speaker BVL Topic Group Logistics Real Estate & CEO Logivest Group, Dagmar Wolf, Speaker Focus Group BULDINX of BVL Topic Group Logistics Real Estate & Director Corporate Communications, WAGNER Group
9.00 – 16.00Individual testing for B2B visitors and highlight tours (3 min. presentations at the booth)
9.30 – 10.30Highlight tour C: “Warehouse meets Transportation”
10.30 – 11.45Highlight tour A: IFOY AWARD nominees (3 min. presentations at the booth)
12.00 – 13.00Highlight tour B: TEST CAMP with special exhibition areas (without IFOY nominees)
13.00 – 14.00Highlight tour C: “Warehouse meets Transportation”
14.00- 15.15Highlight tour A: IFOY AWARD nominees (3 min. presentations at the booth)
15.00- 16.00 Highlight tour B: TEST CAMP with special exhibition areas (without IFOY nominees)
16.00- 17.00TEST CAMP on tour (EN): Excursion (fully booked)
17.30- 18.30TEST CAMP on tour (DE): Excursion (fully booked)

TEST CAMP Logistics & Robotics Conference

9.30 – 10.00Key note (DE): AI – more A than I: Prof. Dr. Johannes Schildgen, Professor for Databases and Big Data Analytics, OTH Regensburg
10.00 -10.30 Panel discussion (EN): Crisis – what crisis? Where does the industry go to? Markus Schlotter, Managing Director Central Europe & Nordics, Exotec, Simon Houghton, Sales Director Northern Europe, Geekplus, Sascha Jordan, Senior Director Strategy & Solution Portfolio, STILL, Dr. Wolfgang Hackenberg, Member of the Board, VDMA AGV Department, Host: Thilo Jörgl, Managing Partner, impact media projects
10.30 – 10.50Best Practice I (EN): Automation and digitalization as part of the BMW Group’s digital twin: Dr. Thomas Irrenhauser, Technology & Start-up Scouting & 3D Scan, BMW Group
10.50 – 11.10Best Practice II (EN): How Dr. Max optimized vertical warehouse space with tote-to-person solutions from Geekplus: Stefano Verna, Supply Chain Director, Dr. Max Italy
11.10 – 11.30Best Practice III (EN): Why drones? Inventory management at IKEA with a solution from Verity: Ina Wolf, Fulfillment Project Implementation Manager, IKEA
11.30 – 12.00 Panel discussion (EN): The most important learnings and challenges in robotics projects: Markus Schlotter, Managing Director Central Europe & Nordics, Exotec, Benjamin Albrecht, Project Manager Sales AGV & AMR, Jungheinrich, Gitte Kirkegaard, CEO, Logitrans, Max Meister, Co-CEO, Ludwig Meister, Host: Marco Prüglmeier, Host Podcast The Logistics Tribe
12.15 – 13.00Panel discussion (DE): Intralogistics & machine vision: Nico Barthel, Technical Director, AIT Goehner, Mathias Müller, CEO, Blickfeld, Michael Brandt, Head of Logistics & Innovation, EPAL, Host: Dr. Peter Ebert, Editor-in-Chief, inVision
13.00 -13.45Presentation (DE): Project funding - from the idea to successful project implementation: Rebecca Niemann, Head of Regional Development and Digitalization, Forschungszentrum Jülich
13.45- 14.15 Talk (DE): The future of machine vision: Dr.Adrian Böckenkamp, Research Scientist Department of Robotics & Cognitive Systems, Fraunhofer IML, Host: Dr. Peter Ebert, Editor-in-Chief, inVision
14.15 – 14.35Presentation (EN): Freight in the future, Andreas Vogel, Head of Enterprise Commercial, Amazon Freight
16.00 End of the TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS