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		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 - Basis ungenutzter Effizienz- und Nachhaltigkeitspotenziale	Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Schrempp Hermann Bantleon GmbH
13:00–14:00	Lunch Break
14:00–14:30	Energy-Efficient Systems and Components	Influence of the refuelling strategy on the productivity of hydrogen-powered machinery in quarries	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		Systematische Produktverbesserung durch adaptive, in den Lebenszyklus integrierte Upgrades (SPIRAL-UP)	Patrik Müller GreenIng GmbH & Co.KG
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

The language of each presentation is indicated by the corresponding flag in the program. For presentations held in German, live translation into English will be provided via the KIT Lecture Translator.

* Program subject to change.

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