Leuphana Industry Colloquium 2026
11 Nov
Under the title “Innovation Instead of Crisis – Resilience Through Sustainable Production,” the Leuphana Innovation Community for Sustainable Production invites you to the 3rd Leuphana Industry Colloquium on November 11, 2026, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Innovation Instead of Crisis - Resilience Through Sustainable Production
How can manufacturing companies make their production processes more resilient while also aligning them with sustainability goals? The Leuphana Industry Colloquium 2026 brings together companies, academia, and regional partners to identify and discuss ways out of the crisis using best-practice examples and concrete methods.
Participation is free of charge. Registration is via Eveeno.
What you can expect at the Industry Colloquium
Real-world Perspectives: Three companies offer insights into current challenges and solutions related to resilient and sustainable production.
Deep Dive into Research and Best Practices: During the interactive gallery walk, you’ll have the opportunity to delve deeper into practical ideas, ask questions, and engage in discussions with Leuphana researchers.
Initiate Collaborations: Do you have an idea, a specific challenge, or an interest in a research project? Get to know potential partners and explore opportunities for joint projects and funding.
Expand Your Network: Meet companies from the region, Leuphana researchers, and partners from technology transfer and economic development organizations.
Program
2:00 p.m. Welcome and Introduction
Prof. Dr. Paul Drews (Dean of the Faculty of Management & Technology, Leuphana University of Lüneburg)
Moderated by Prof. Dr. Florian Stamer (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)
2:10 p.m. Real-world perspectives
- Schüco International – Sustainability Goals and Their Impact on Core Business
- Siemens AG – Data Ecosystems and Factory-X
- Ingenics AG – Data-Driven Simulations for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Potential
Followed by Q&A and discussion
3:25 p.m. Interactive Gallery Walk
Together with the participating companies and researchers, you’ll explore individual topics in greater depth and gain insights into opportunities for collaboration with the university.
4:40 p.m. Networking in the Machine Hall
Amid extrusion presses, demonstrators, and additive manufacturing machines, you’ll have the opportunity to engage in conversation with researchers and industry representatives in a relaxed atmosphere.
Real-World Perspectives
Sustainability Goals and Their Impact on Core Business – Lars Knöner, Schüco International
Lars Knöner, Head of Sustainability Consulting – Group Sustainability, has played a key role at Schüco in developing the group-wide Net Zero 2040 goal, the SBTi validation, and the climate and nature transition plans. In his presentation, the expert on climate strategy and transformation in the construction industry will demonstrate how additional costs in the upstream value chain can be transformed into differentiating customer value, thereby turning sustainability performance into competitive advantages and market success.
Data Ecosystems and Factory-X – Dr. Ferdinand Revellio, Siemens AG
Dr. Ferdinand Revellio is Principal Key Expert for Circularity at Siemens AG, where he combines his many years of research on the circular economy with the development and scaling of circular technologies. His starting point: Whether a used machine component continues to operate, is repaired, remanufactured, or recycled is often decided today based on gut instinct. Yet many parts still hold real value that simply isn’t visible because key information about their lifecycle is scattered across various sources. The Factory-X project demonstrates how data rooms enable companies to securely share data along the value chain, thereby making better decisions. This reduces costs, conserves resources, and opens the door to new circular business models.
Operational Resilience through Smart Energy and Production Systems – Bernd Buning, Ingenics AG
Bernd Buning leads the Simulation team at Ingenics Consulting and serves as project manager for material flow simulations and optimizations, drawing on many years of experience in the automotive and mechanical engineering industries. His approach: putting production to the test with data-driven simulation before reality does. Across industries, he considers production, logistics, and energy as an integrated whole, creating transparency and making complexity manageable. His goal: a factory that not only produces efficiently but is also flexible in times of crisis.
Who is the Leuphana Industry Colloquium intended for?
The Leuphana Industry Colloquium 2026 is aimed in particular at:
• Specialists and executives from manufacturing companies
• Those responsible for production, development, sustainability, and innovation
• Small and medium-sized enterprises from Lower Saxony and the Hamburg metropolitan region
• Economic development agencies, chambers of commerce, and other key influencers
• Researchers interested in collaborating with the business community
Registration
Register here for the 2026 Leuphana Industry Colloquium!
Registration takes place via the Eveeno event platform. There, we will collect the information required for your participation. You will receive a confirmation after your registration.
Registration deadline: November 9th
The Leuphana Innovation Community Sustainable Production is committed to a climate-neutral, resource-efficient and economically viable transformation of manufacturing companies and brings together stakeholders from science, industry and society. Shape the future with us and become part of the community!