Look forward to a varied programme at the OVE Innovation Day 2025 with exciting presentations, keynote speeches and panel discussions.
Here you will find the preliminary programme, which will be updated regularly – stay tuned!
| 9:00 am | Registration of participants Get together |
| 10:00 am | Welcoming remarks Gerhard Fida, OVE-Präsident Georg Konetzky, Director General at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourism |
| KEYNOTES | |
| 10:10 am | Leveraging Research for Competitiveness: Austria’s Response to Global Disruptions Brigitte Bach, AIT |
| 10:35 am | Global impact fund Jo Cops, IEC |
| 11:00 am | Regulation and the use of international standards Vimal Mahendru, IEC |
| 11:25 am | Coffee Break |
| STANDARDIZATION | |
| 11:45 am | HAS system dilemma Christian Marek, DKE |
| 12:10 am | Standardization and global issues Bernhard Spalt, OVE |
| 12:30 am | Panel discussion – The future of standardization Brigitte Bach, Vimal Mahendru, Christian Marian, Bernhard Spalt |
| 1:10 pm | Lunch break |
| INNOVATION INSIGHTS – INDUSTRY, START-UPS & RESEARCH | |
| 2:00 pm | Current situation in the lighting industry, with a focus on innovation and standardization/regulation Klaus Vambersky, Zumtobel |
| 2:25 pm | Realizing Embedded AI Applications – from Development to Deployment Nico Teringl, Danube Dynamics |
| 2:50 pm | Voltage & current sensing rethought – with high-tech towards the energy transition Carina Lehmal, Greenwood-Power |
| 3:15 pm | Swarm intelligence as a new optimization tool Melanie Schranz, Lakeside Labs |
| 3:40 pm | Coffee Break |
| INNOVATORS IN THE OVE UNIVERSE | |
| 4:00 pm | Strategic impact of global public funding Karin Ronijak, ams-OSRAM |
| 4:20 pm | OVE Innovation Award – The nominations |
| 4:30 pm | OVE Innovation Award – The winning project |
| 4:40 pm | Girls! TECH UP-Role Model-Award Michaela Leonhardt, Chairwoman OVE Fem |
| 4:55 pm | Closing remarks by OVE Peter Reichel, OVE General Secretary |