Program of Hybrid Conference

On the evening before the Hybrid Conference, the Evening Event will take place at 7:00 p.m. in Building 70.21 at KIT Campus East. Directions can be found at the bottom of this page.

Wednesday, February 24, 2027 – Hybrid Conference
Time	Program Item / Session	Contribution / Title	Speaker / Institution	Moderators
ab 08:00	Doors Open
09:00–09:15	Welcome			Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Geimer Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Mobile Machines (Mobima)
09:15–10:00	Keynote	From Slide Rule to Agentic AI: Evolution or Disruption? How Decades of Engineering Tools and Principles are Forging the Future of Mobile Machines	Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Flaig Bosch Rexroth AG	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Geimer Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Mobile Machines (Mobima)
10:00–10:30	Energy-Efficient Vehicle Topologies	HYBRIDIZATION – abgedroschenes Buzzword oder ein nächster großer Schritt zu emissionsärmeren mobilen Arbeitsmaschinen?	Marcus Pfeiffer HYDAC New Technologies GmbH	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Geimer Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Mobile Machines (Mobima)
10:30–11:00	Energy-Efficient Vehicle Topologies	Mobile Arbeitsmaschinen now, next & beyond – innovative energieeffiziente Topologieansätze	Thomas Gellner Bosch Rexroth AG
11:00–11:30	Coffee Break
11:30–12:00	Sustainability Assessment	Vergleich von Treibhausgasemissionen von nachhaltigen Energieträgern für den Einsatz in mobile Arbeitsmaschinen	Steffen Nolte RWTH Aachen University, Institut für fluidtechnische Antriebe und Systeme (ifas)	Dr.-Ing. Benno Pichlmaier AGCO Corporation
12:00–12:30		Quantified reduction levers for use-phase greenhouse gas emissions of hydraulic function drives	Felix Ruthmann Bosch Rexroth AG
12:30–13:00		Bewertungskriterien von technischen Schmierstoffen	Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Schremp Hermann Bantleon GmbH
13:00–14:00	Lunch Break
14:00–14:30	Energy-Efficient Systems and Components	Applicability of hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines in quarry operations	Jonathan Köps TU Braunschweig, Institut für mobile Maschinen und Nutzfahrzeuge (IMN)	Prof. Dr. Gerhard Geerling Bosch Rexroth AG
14:30–15:00		Einfluss hochauflösender Ventilaktorik auf Präzision, Dynamik und Energieeffizienz mobiler Arbeitsmaschinen	Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Sascha Biwersi Hydac Mobilhydraulik GmbH
15:00–15:30		RatioZero - a linkage based, highly efficient, continuously variable transmission	Dr.-Ing. Christoph Kempermann Varionova srl
15:30–16:00	Coffee Break
16:00–16:30	Development Methodology and Optimization	Hierarchische Verifizierungs- und Validierungsstrategie für SPH-Simulationen am Beispiel von Schleppverlusten in Antriebsachsen	Andreas Bauer KESSLER & CO GmbH & Co. KG	Dr.-Ing. Frank Bauer Hydac Technology GmbH
16:30–17:00	Development Methodology and Optimization	Systematische Produktverbesserung durch adaptive, in den Lebenszyklus integrierte Upgrades (SPIRAL-UP)	Patrik Müller GreenIng GmbH & Co.KG	Dr.-Ing. Frank Bauer Hydac Technology GmbH
17:00–17:10	Closing Remarks			Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Geimer Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Mobile Machines (Mobima)

The MOBILE MACHINES program can be found here: KIT - MOBILE MACHINES Program

* Program subject to change.

Route to Evening Event in Building 70.21 at Campus East

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