XR EXPO 2025 & Virtuelle Welten

XR EXPO & Virtual Worlds - May 8th

Schleyer Convention Center - XR EXPO Stage /Porsche Arena - Main Stage

XR EXPO - May 8th

Schleyer Convention Center Saal 5 & Press Room

XR EXPO - May 9th

Maritim Hotel Convention Center

May 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM — May 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM

Welcome moderation

Porsche Arena - Main Stage

May 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM — May 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Keynote

Porsche Arena - Main Stage

Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut

May 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM — May 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM

Nvidia Metaverse Showcase

Porsche Arena - Main Stage

Dr. Timo Kistner

May 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM — May 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM

Virtual worlds and law [in German]

Porsche Arena - Main Stage

Prof. Dr. Martin Eifert

May 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM — May 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM

From hype to reality: How virtual worlds are

Porsche Arena - Main Stage

Prof. Dr. Katharina Hölzle

May 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM — May 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM

Keynote "Metaverse and Change"

Porsche Arena - Main Stage

Sol Rogers

May 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Lunch

May 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM

Metaverse & Innovaton

Porsche Arena - Main Stage

‘Digital worlds, real opportunities: How immersive technologies are redefining innovation' - Timo Gessmann | Schunk

Panel discussion Innovation - Michael Mack | Europa-Park, Timo Gessmann | Schunk

Timo Gessmann

Michael Mack

May 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM — May 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM

Metaverse & Startups

Porsche Arena - Main Stage

‘The metaverse as a game changer: how start-ups are fuelling innovation’ - Naureen Mahmood | meshcapade

Panel discussion - Naureen Mahmood | meshcapade, Dr. Sebastian Klöss | bitkom, Fabian Weiss | Immersight

Naureen Mahmood

Dr. Sebastian Klöss

Fabian Weiss

May 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM — May 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM

European Perspectives

Porsche Arena - Main Stage

EU Strategy in Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0: achievements and next steps - Anne Bajert | European Commission

Panel discussion: "Metaverse as a European opportunity: How the EU is shaping the digital transformation" - Anne Bajert | european Commission, Matthieu Worm | Siemens, Marco Sacco, Michael Barngrover | Virtual Worlds Partnership Association

Anne Bajart

Matthieu Worm

Marco Sacco

Michael Barngrover

May 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM — May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

KI-Champions Baden-Württemberg

Porsche Arena - Main Stage

awarding KI-Champions BW

May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Networking

Porsche Arena - Main Stage

May 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM

AR in quality assurance

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

Kemal Gider

Dr. Julian Amann

May 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM

From trial to group solution — How Siemens Mobility is redefining quality standards with Industrial AR

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

Lukas Faber

Jens Keil

May 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Enabling industrial-grade XR development with live engineering data

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

Dennis Basgier

Christian Stein

May 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM

Tech Scouting for XR, the Metaverse, and other Hypes

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

Nabil Sven Loghin

May 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM — May 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM

XR as central communication system for mechanical engineering customers

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

Julian Hermle

Frank Schmitz

May 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM — May 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Virtual planning, real results

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

How manfucaturing companies calculate assembly process times from virtual testruns using Halocline and MTMmotion

Dr. Thomas Schüler

May 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM

From vision to value creation

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

XR as a growth driver for SMEs

Tankred Magg

May 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM — May 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM

machineering Cloud

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

Beate Freyer

May 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM — May 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Technical Deep Dive into glasses-free 3D Displays

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

Dr. Matthias Hohenstein

May 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM

RealWear product portfolio for every area of application - AI voice asstistence and controls

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

Paul Uhl

May 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM — May 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM

Scaling instead of failing

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

Augmented reality in technical processes

Udo Corleis

Jan-Luca Kirchler

May 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM — May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

XR Streaming - Performance, Security, Scalability and Device Compatibility for Enterprise XR

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

Luis Bollinger

May 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM

"Paypal" for blockchain in metaverse: in-game payment software for virtual worlds

Schleyer Convention Center - exhibition area - XR EXPO Stage

Holger Koether

May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Get Together

Porsche Arena - Restaurant

18:00 - 20:00 meet & greet

May 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM

Next Level Engineering at AZO

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

How Metaverse sets new standards

Simon Balles

May 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM

Multi-User VR environment in development and on sale

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

N.N. | Matthews Engineering

André Grothus

Christian von Bock

May 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM

BOSCH "Secret Sauce" für das Industrial Metaverse

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Christian Hergt

May 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM

How to Democratize Digital Twins with AI and Spatial Streaming

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress -Saal 5

Jörg Dietrich

Daniel Seidl

May 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM — May 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM

Empowering energy business with XR: Insights from productive use-cases @ Siemens Energy

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

N.N. | Siemens Energy

Malte Geleazzi

Selin Kampa

May 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM — May 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Digital twins - from machines and systems to buildings, cities and regions

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Dr. Uwe Wössner

May 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM — May 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM

coffee break

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

May 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM

Humanoid Robot Digital Twin

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Balazs Barta

Renata Csabai

May 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM — May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Workshop: Demystifing the industrial Metaverse

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Value creation through advanced systems engineering and visual interaction in the industial metaverse

Miriam Koch

Benjamin Schneider

Benjamin Wingert

Franz Falkenau

Peter Schrader

May 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM

Potential of XR-based learning

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Dieter Uckelmann

May 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM

XR- & AI-based product training using the example of Viessmann

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Markus Herkersdorf

May 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Training for Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Tim Deussen

May 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM

Risk analysis for construction work: browser-based interactive experience

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Mauricio Martinez

May 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM — May 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM

Platform for VR training in additive manufacturing

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

N.N. | toolcraft AG

Simon Walk

May 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM — May 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Use of augmented reality in inter-company training

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Emily Schultka

May 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM

coffee break

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

May 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM

The world's largest VR pilot project - how North Rhine-Westphalia is making school lessons immersive

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Jan-Phillip Moritz

May 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM — May 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM

XR training

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Petra Dahm

Theda Ockenga

May 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM — May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Examples for German regulation recognition process for using XR as a substitute for practice in education and training

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

Sabrina Lisa Wisniewski

Oswin Breidenbach

May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Workshop

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Saal 5

"Training in the Metaverse"

Silke Schmidt

Rolf Kruse

May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

SIG Automative SIG MeetUp Opening - Welcome by the organisers

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Press Room

May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Building Future-Proof Product Configurators with SonicAI & NVIDIA's Omniverse

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Press Room

Pierre Grage

May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

SIG Automotive MeetUp - Realität im Wandel

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Press Room

Wie XR und AI neue Realitäten schaffen

Michael Aechtler

May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Automotive SIG MeetUp - Panel Discussion

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Press Room

AI, Data & XR: Shaping the future of Immersive Experiences

Stefan Wenz

Jan Pflueger

Pierre Grage

Jörg Dietrich

May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

wrap up

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress - Press Room

Jan Pflueger

May 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Metaverse Strategy - Panel Metaverse Regulatory Sandboxes

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress

Heike Wohlfeld

Georg Schnauffer

May 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM

Metaverse Strategy

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress

What is standardisation?

What happens at ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 24?

How do I participate?

Johannes Wellhöfer

May 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM — May 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM

XR @ Work: Navigating Risks, Challenges, and Frameworks

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress

Valentino Megale

Johannes Wellhöfer

May 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM — May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM

coffee break

May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Creative Metaverse

Schleyer Conversion Center - XR EXPO Congress

Intro

Pitches 1 - 4

Dscussion | Roundtable | Panel | World Café

Finn Kortenbrede

May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM — May 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Get Together

Schleyer Conversion Center - Restaurant or Foyer or business [tbc.]

meet & greet

May 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM — May 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM

Smart Manufacturing and Social XR

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

Richard Stegmann

Dr. Alexander Kulik

May 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM — May 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM

OLYMPUS Metaverse

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

Oliver Schuler

May 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM — May 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM

Industrial metaverse meets Industrial data spaces

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

Johannes Behr

May 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM — May 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM

Operations Digital Twin / Industrial Metaverse in CVS manufacturing

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

Tobias Ott

May 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM — May 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM

Mercedes' current developments and use cases in the field of virtual worlds

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

Thiemo Kastel

May 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM — May 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM

coffee break

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

May 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM — May 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM

Industrial XR networked collaboration

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

Dr. Ian Biscoe

May 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM — May 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM

Industrial Metaverse in cognitive robotics

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

market potential and development gaps

Gesche Held

May 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM — May 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM

Bridging The Gap: Robotics Meets XR at Roboverse Reply

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

Khaled Reguieg

May 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM — May 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM

Industrial metaverse and the comprehensive digital twin

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

"Industrial Metaverse"

Matthieu Worm

May 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM — May 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM

lunch

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

May 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM — May 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Empathic AI agents in virtual worlds

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

Markus Herkersdorf

May 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM — May 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM

HammerHAI - AI in Metaverse

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

Dr. Andreas Wierse

May 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM — May 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM

XR and AI agent-based product training using Viessmann as an example

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

Markus Herkersdorf

May 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM — May 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Connecting the Metaverse with Gaia-X and AI

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

Concepts and Applications (short)

Dr. Denise Kahl

May 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM — May 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM

coffee break

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

May 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM — May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM

KI, Gamification, Augmented Reality

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

"Artificial Intelligence for the Metaverse"

Prof. Dr. -Ing. Stefan Wagenpfeil

May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM — May 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Workshop

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Hamburg

"Artificial Intelligence for the Metaverse"

Samira Djidjeh

Tobias Kenner

May 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM — May 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM

The Healthcare Metaverse

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Petra Dahm

Theda Ockenga

May 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM — May 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM

Surgical precision in the virtual world

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

How haptics, precise tracking and digital twins will shape tomorrow's trainig

Prof. Dr. Björn Krüger

David Lähner

Dr. med Kristian Welle

May 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM — May 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM

Med Tech 3D

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Dr. Matthias Hohenstein

May 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM — May 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM

Navigation in VR

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Patrik Künzler

May 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM — May 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM

Combing hardware with VR for sport applications

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Lennard Riemann

May 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM — May 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM

coffee break

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

May 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM — May 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM

Virtual worlds in medical education and training

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Dominik Wichmann

May 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM — May 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM

Integration of XR for modern hazardous substance training at Roche Diagnostics

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Sabrina Lisa Wisniewski

Oswin Breidenbach

May 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM — May 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM

Workshop

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

"Healthcare Metaverse"

Caroline Friedmann

May 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM — May 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM

lunch

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

May 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM — May 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM

Safe Metaverse Implementation - The EU AI Act ans Its Impact on XR Technologies

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Moritz Julian Stilz

May 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM — May 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM

Safe Metaverse Implementation - Metaverse Checks

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Current state of development of companies on their way into the metaverse

Peter Schrader

Franz Falkenau

May 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM — May 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM

Safe Metaverse Implementation - World Wide Metaverse

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

The German Society for Computer Science's Grand Challenge

Rolf Kruse

May 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM — May 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM

Metaverse Standardidation - ITU's Virtual Worlds standardisation activities and outlook

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Yining Zhao

May 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM — May 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM

coffee break

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

May 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM — May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM

Metaverse Standardisation - Evolution of OpenXR: Core Specification Updates and Platform Interoperability

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Frederic Plourde

May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM — May 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Metaverse Standardisation - 5G Media Action Group (5G-MAG)

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Driving Standards for Immersive Media Experience

Dr. Louay Bassbouss

May 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM — May 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM

Metaverse Standardisation - Open USD & Apple

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Bonn

Gerhard Schröder

May 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM — May 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM

GovTec Metaverse - Urban digital twin for Cities and Municipalities

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

Volker Coors

May 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM — May 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM

GovTec Metaverse - Berlin Hardenberg Square digital twin

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

Tim Deussen

May 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM — May 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM

GovTec Metaverse - Public participation for Infrastructure Projects

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

Christopher Göpfert

May 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM — May 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Workshop GovTec-Metaverse

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

Martin Reisinger

May 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM — May 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM

coffee break

May 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM — May 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM

Public Data Space - Connecting the Metaverse with Gaia-X and AI

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

Concepts and Applications

Dr. Denise Kahl

May 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM — May 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM

Enhancing XR experiences with interoperable Visual Positioning Systems

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

Alina Kadlubsky

May 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM — May 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM

lunch

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

May 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM — May 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM

Metaverse Content Creation & Delivery

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

How we protect your 3D models with Gaussian Splatting technology

Arnold Pötsch

Moritz Willy Becher

May 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM — May 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM

DigiT4TAF - Digital Twin of the Test Area Autonomous Driving Baden-Württemberg

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

Maximilian Zipfl

May 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM — May 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM

Using OKRs for managing virtual reality projects

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

Simon Arndt

May 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM — May 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Build a collaboration VR app in minutes with live CAD-data using instant3Dhub´s Unreal plugin

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

Dennis Basgier

Tobias Kreckel

May 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM — May 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM

coffee break

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

May 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM — May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM

VR4more data, people and interactive behavior in social XR

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

Dr. Alexander Kulik

May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM — May 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Scalable XR Solutions for Real-World Impact

Maritim Hotel Convention Center - room Köln

How PICO Powers Education, Training, Healthcare, and LBE

Rob Pereira

Program

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