Rethinking Engineering – Together, Global, Hands-On
Today's complex products are built by connected teams, grounded in digital models, across company boundaries and continents. The Tokyo Systems Engineering Summit brings together the people who shape this change every day: practitioners from Japan and Europe who come to learn from one another, share what works, and move forward together – in a format that allows for depth and creates encounters that genuinely matter.
Programme 2026: From Practice. For Practice.
Industry and academic presentations explore how model-based, software-defined engineering is lived in real-world projects today – across sectors, through both Japanese and European lenses.
Topics and contributions in 2026 include:
| TIME | Topic / Presentation Title | Speaker | Position | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:15 | Reception start | – | – | – |
| 10:00 | Welcome & Opening | – | prostep ivip Board | prostep ivip |
| 10:10 | AI@Engineering | Philipp Wibbing | Member of the Board | UNITY AG & prostep ivip Association |
| 10:35 | OEM Collaboration Using the JAMBE Model Exchange Platform: A Case Study |
Kenji Takeda Takuya Morikawa |
Principal Engineer, MBD Innovation Dept. Group Manager, Vehicle Digital Development Div. |
Mazda Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation |
| 11:00 | From Engineering Automation to Intelligent Systems: The Role of AI and Knowledge Management | Petrus Petrus | Director Digitalization & Software | ARRK |
| 11:25 | Vendor Presentations (5 min × 4) | – | – | AVL, BHC, Contact Software, Dassault Systèmes |
| 11:45 | Lunch, Exhibition & Networking | |||
| 13:00 | Digital Transformation of Aircraft Development toward a Digital Aircraft Lifecycle | Atsushi Hashimoto | Function Manager, Aircraft DX Technology Demonstration Project Team, Aviation Technology Directorate | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) |
| 13:25 | Systems Engineering in the Japanese Maritime Industry: From Autonomous Ships to Digital Shipbuilding | Dr. Hideyuki Ando | Managing Director | MTI Co., Ltd. (NYK Group) |
| 13:50 | Reimagine SDV Development with Agentic AI | Jens Krueger | Executive Consultant – R&D Engineering | NTT DATA |
| 14:15 | Vendor Presentations (5 min × 5) | – | – | JAMBE, Ponoship, Toshiba, Vector, Zuken |
| 14:40 | Coffee Break, Exhibition & Networking | |||
| 15:05 | Keynote Premium Sponsor: DENTSU SOKEN | TBA | – | DENTSU SOKEN |
| 15:30 | Creating a virtual engineering eco-system to develop software defined medical devices | Dr. Thilo Jania | Vice President, Global Center of Development Excellence Head, R&D | Olympus Corporation |
| 15:55 | Insights from Implementing Systems Architecture in Industry | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kreimeyer | Ingénieur ECP, Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design | University of Stuttgart |
| 16:20 | From Playbook to Practice: Digital OEM-Supplier Collaboration at Boeing | Marcel Frommelt | Systems Engineer | Boeing Global Technology Japan |
| 16:45 | Keynote Premium Partner | Christoph Braeuchle | Senior VP, General Manager, ALM | PTC |
| 17:10 | Executive Survey: AI Readiness in Development - Insights and Results | Jens Poggenburg | Chairman of the Board | prostep ivip Association |
| 17:35 | Closing & Gathering Picture | – | – | prostep ivip |
| 18:00 | Social Event: Intensive exchange between participants, speakers and exhibitors over refreshments |
Format: One Day. Full Intensity.
Conference and exhibition are seamlessly connected – in space and in substance. The exhibition forms the natural environment between sessions, close to the topics and close to the people driving them. The conversations that begin here tend to last well beyond the day itself.
Attendance for conference visitors is entirely free of charge.
REGISTER HERE FOR TOKYO SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUMMIT 2026
Who Should Attend
Engineers, architects, technology leaders and strategic decision-makers from industry and academia – who want to understand how their peers in Japan and Europe are implementing Systems Engineering in practice today.
Industries: Aerospace · Automotive · Shipbuilding · Medical Technology · Academia
We are eager to help you with any questions concerning your project or selection of publications
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