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General Meeting VDMA Bavaria 2025

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The next general meeting of the VDMA Bavarian Association will take place on November 21, 2025 at the AMERON Hotel in Schwangau.

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Fri. 21.11.25 09:00 - 16:45 hrs.
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  • AMERON Neuschwanstein Alpsee Resort & Spa
  • Alpseestraße 21
  • 86745 Schwangau
Event language
  • German

The next general meeting of the VDMA Bavarian Association will take place on November 21, 2025 at the AMERON Hotel in Schwangau.

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© AMERON / Anja Schäfer

Diesel engines, refrigeration machines, X-rays - many world-changing developments have their origins in Bavaria. The Free State produces entrepreneurs whose machines, systems and inventions are in great demand internationally. But Bavaria also means self-confident customs and idyllic postcard scenery.

The member companies of VDMA Bavaria live this special feature and harmonize a sense of home with a cosmopolitan outlook. This is exactly what the title of our upcoming members' meeting expresses: "Engineering tomorrow - from KINI to AI".

We cordially invite you to celebrate our unique industry together. The formal members' meeting will take place on November 21, 2025 at the AMERON Neuschwanstein Hotel. We are delighted to announce that Minister President Dr. Markus Söder and HRH Prince Luitpold of Bavaria will be our keynote speakers.

So please make a note of the date in your diary now. You will receive all further details in advance.

Agenda

Fri. 21.11.25

09:00 - 10:00 hrs.

Reception & Accreditation

10:00 - 10:00 hrs.

Start of event

10:00 - 10:15 hrs.

Greeting

Dr.-Ing. Rolf Pfeiffer, Chairman of the Board of VDMA Bavaria and Managing Partner DEPRAG SCHULZ GMBH u. CO., Amberg

10:15 - 11:30 hrs.

Ceremonial speech by the Prime Minister and welcoming address by the VDMA President

Dr. Markus Söder, Prime Minister of the Free State of Bavaria
Bertram Kawlath, President of VDMA and Managing Partner of Schubert & Salzer GmbH; Ingolstadt

11:30 - 12:45 hrs.

Annual General Meeting

Elgar Straub, Managing Director VDMA Bavaria

12:45 - 14:00 hrs.

Lunch

14:00 - 14:20 hrs.

Introduction afternoon

Dr. Rolf Pfeiffer, Chairman of the Board of VDMA Bavaria and Managing Partner of DEPRAG SCHULZ GMBH u. CO., Amberg

14:20 - 14:45 hrs.

Presentation of the workshops

14:45 - 15:00 hrs.

Room changes and

15:00 - 17:15 hrs.

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Workshop 1. Machine learning and GenAI in production - what works today and what will work tomorrow?

Maximilian Holland, Group Leader AI and Digital Engineering, Fraunhofer IGCV Sebastian Maier, Research Associate, Fraunhofer IGCV

15:00 - 17:15 hrs.

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Workshop 2: More resilience through AI-supported business models in federated data ecosystems

Dr. Andreas Hamper, Head of Innovation & Transformation Department, Fraunhofer IIS
Dr. Lydia Bühler, Group Leader Business Transformation, Fraunhofer IIS
Hannah Wangemann, Research Associate, Business Transformation Group, Fraunhofer IIS

15:00 - 17:15 hrs.

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Workshop 3: First interim assessment USA - one year after the election

Andrew Adair, Consultant Foreign Trade - North America, VDMA

15:00 - 17:15 hrs.

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Workshop 4: Flexible, fair, innovative - how to make the labor market fit for the future

Dr. Oliver Stettes, Head of Thematic Cluster Working World and Collective Bargaining Policy, German Economic Institute

15:00 - 17:15 hrs.

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Workshop 5: Clean Industrial Deal and competitiveness - a step in the right direction, or waht remains of the Green Deal ?

Judith Herzog Kuballa, Sustainability Team Leader, VDMA

17:45 - 18:30 hrs.

Aperitif

18:30 - 19:45 hrs.

Festive dinner

Dress code: Evening wear or traditional costume

19:45 - 20:00 hrs.

Greeting

20:00 - 20:30 hrs.

Dinner Speech

HRH Prince Luitpold of Bavaria

23:59 - 23:59 hrs.

Official end

Documents and downloads:

Teilnehmerliste Mitgliederversammlung 21.11.2025
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VDMA_Verhaltenskodex_DE_2025_neu.cleaned
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Agenda MV Bayern 2025
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VDMA-McK_Zukunftsperspektive 2030-35
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25-11-04 PI Verbändebrief_Omnibus
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Begleitprogramm_Mitgliederversammlung_2025-11-21
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Chinaposition_2025_D_final
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Hinweis Verwendung Film und Fotoaufnahmen
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