The event will bring together experts from leading companies to discuss how sustainability can become a true value driver and innovation enabler. Topics include the CSRD & ESRS, the Digital Product Passport, data quality and transparency in the supply chain, and the role of digital twins and data spaces.
Participants can look forward to expert presentations, and opportunities for exchange, all aimed at addressing practical challenges and solutions across the product lifecycle.
Location: Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel, Darmstadt
Am Kavalleriesand 6 | 64295 Darmstadt
Date: 3 December 2025
Participation ist FREE!
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Welcome & Motivation | prostep ivip |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | Sustainability as Value Driver - an Innovation Perspective | Dr. Meriem Tazir (e-hoch 3) |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | From Data Chaos to Data Clarity: Standards as Game Changers for the DPP | Stefan Gattersleben (Schaeffler AG) |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Break | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Driving Circularity: Leveraging Digital Twins and DPP for Transparent, Data-Driven Life Cycle Management | Caroline Cassignol & Caroline Rubner (Siemens AG) |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | From Visons to Actions: How our Members Drive Sustainability | |
| 12:00 - 12:10 | EcoDesign: How to make the right choices leveraging PLM? | Pierre Bodin (Mews Partners) |
| 12:10 - 12:20 | Breaking Silos – Holistic Sustainability Data Management | Dr. Alexander Christ (:em engineering methods AG) |
| 12:20 - 12:30 | Ongoing Research Project Decide4Eco | Dr. Mario Leber (PROSTEP AG) |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Capturing the Implicit: Knowledge Formalization for Sustainable Product Development | Gerald Kremer (TU Berlin) |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Evidence, Not Estimates: ESRS Reporting powered by Product Passport Data | Udo Schulz (AVL List GmbH) |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Break | |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | From Visions to Actions: How our Members Drive Sustainability | |
| 15:20 15:30 | Enabling Circular Business through Interoperable Data Spaces! Connectivity, Impact and Value | Lars Holländer & Dr. Jens Standke (UNITY AG) |
| 15:30 - 15:40 | From Vision to Action: How HCLTech is Supercharging Sustainability / Deodatt Bawachkar | Deodatt Bawachkar (HCLTech) |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Wrap-Up & Topic Prioritization | prostep ivip |