Engineering Interoperability Day 2026 | October 1, 2026 | NH Frankfurt Airport West, Raunheim

Engineering Interoperability Day 2026 – The joint event for industrial interoperability

The Engineering Interoperability Day brings together two established communities for the first time: the STEP AP242 Day and the JT Day. The goal is to unite experts, users, and decision-makers from engineering, IT, and production in a joint format and to strengthen the exchange around standards, data models, and end-to-end engineering processes.
Both events have been well-established meeting points for their respective communities for many years. By merging them, a new, integrated event is created that meets the growing demands for interoperability, data consistency, and digital continuity.
The increasing interconnection of topics such as standardization, data exchange, and product lifecycle processes makes joint dialogue more important than ever. The Engineering Interoperability Day provides the central platform for this—compact, focused, and practical.

Start Topic Speaker(s) Focus
08:30 Arrival & Check-In    
09:30 Welcome & Opening prostep ivip
AFNeT
 
09:40 Transformation to a Model Based Enterprise at MTU Aero Engines Robert Klöppner, MTU JT
10:00 Standards-based Vendor Updates: Siemens Digital Industry Software, Technia Giri Yagnamoorthy, Siemens Digital Industries Software
Arnd Feye, Technia
JT
10:20 Short Break    
10:50 JT as the standard format for tomorrow's digital world Thomas Ott, AUMOVIO
Bernd Watzal, Mercedes-Benz
Jochen Boy, PROSTEP AG
JT
11:10 Standards-based Vendor Updates: Open Design Alliance, Elysium Neil Peterson, Open Design Alliance
Yasuhiro Asano, Elysium
Mixed
11:30 AI For Collision Management Erika Kammi, Mercedes-Benz JT
12:00 Lunch Break    
13:20 Unlocking vendor lock with Multi-CAD PLM Integrations powered by AP242 XML Dan Ganser, Gulfstream Mixed
13:50 Standards-based Vendor Updates: T-Systems, CT CoreTechnologie O. Schneider, T-Systems
Gauthier Wahu, CT CoreTechnologie
Mixed
14:10 Beyond the Silos: Unifying PLM and the Extended Enterprise with Foundational Standards Frédéric Feru, Airbus STEP
14:30 Standards-based Vendor Updates: PROSTEP, PTC, Kubotek Kosmos Carsten Zerbst, PROSTEP AG
Jon Fobert, PTC
Ram Eswaran, Kubotek Kosmos
STEP
15:00 Short Break    
15:30 MBx Interoperability Forum - Enabling the Digital Thread with STEP AP242 Pierre Duchier, Airbus
Jochen Boy, PROSTEP AG
Guillaume Hirel, T-Systems
AFNeT
STEP
16:15 Standards-based Vendor Updates: Dassault Systèmes, Jotne, Datakit Alice Garcia, Dassault Systèmes
Enxhi Ferko, Jotne
Laure Bedu, Datakit
STEP
16:45 Standards-Based Technical Data Package Jeff Holmlund, Lockheed Martin STEP
17:05 Wrap-Up & End of Event prostep ivip
AFNeT
 

Engineering Interoperability Day is organized by


Registration

Experience a day filled with innovation, practical insights, and international exchange—and become part of the combined STEP and JT community.

The Engineering Interoperability Day is FREE for participants.



Contact

Jochen Boy
Tel.: +49 6151 9287 382
E-Mail: jochen.boy@prostep.com