June 10 & 11, 2026
Hall 1 Köln Messe, Germany

2025 Summit Program

See below for the 2025 summit program

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Plenary - Day 1
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    Mining companies will electrify their operations by integrating renewable energy. Wind and solar, in combination with battery storage systems,...
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    What role can hydrogen play in the decarbonization of off-highway vehicles? Hear about some of the case studies funded...
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    For off-highway, the CO2 reduction legislative roadmap is neither defined nor yet proposed. Looking to non-road mobile machinery (NRMM),...
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    The presentation will provide an introduction to Bobcat's EV and innovation activities, with a summary of public projects to...
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Electrification, powertrains and alternative fuels
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    The presentation explores the current challenges and advances in electric mobility, focusing on motor controller efficiency. It evaluates the...
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    Conventional hydraulic systems with a central power supply often have much potential for increasing energy efficiency. The use of...
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    Modern electric powertrain components generate extensive data, which can be logged by the machine control units and used for...
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    Almost every sector is pressured with tremendous emission reduction goals, up to complete elimination in inner-city applications. However, the...
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    Optimized pulse patterns (a unique 'frequency-less' modulation scheme) combined with dead time compensation significantly reduce distortion and harmonics in...
Evolution of autonomous industrial vehicles
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    The agricultural, construction and mining industries are facing very similar challenges: a constantly growing pressure on productivity, quality and...
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    The technological push is becoming increasingly stronger with faster innovation cycles. Technology in agriculture is taking off rapidly: the...
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    Machine learning is revolutionizing autonomous machines by significantly increasing their efficiency, enabling them to adapt to new conditions and...
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    Recent technological advances make it easier to adopt autonomy in heavy equipment, yet challenges remain. Autonomous off-road vehicles must...
HMI, design and ergonomics
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    The presentation shows how Kalmar has solved IoT connected machine data visualization, data analysis and advanced data driver challenges....
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    Adding intuitive human-machine interface (HMI) systems into mobile machinery introduces groundbreaking operator assistance functionalities. Intuitive HMI enables context-sensitive decision...
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    Find out how good UX and UI design in the HMI sector makes industrial machines not only easier to...
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    This presentation disseminates the results of the EU-funded THEIA-XR R&D project, which explored and applied a set of extended...
Plenary - Day 2
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    European Innovation Council EIC is the EU's €10bn flagship innovation funding instrument. As a program manager for architecture engineering...
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    Volvo CE is driving innovation in construction, developing electric machines while improving conventional ones. Ahcène Nedjimi will highlight how...
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    After more than two years of extensive testing and validation, Vermeer launched its new D20x22 S3E electric horizontal drill....
Digitalization and smart machines
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    Software must rapidly become the defining element of off-highway machinery, driving complexity in system integration, functional safety and lifecycle...
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    Modern off-highway vehicles rely on a variety of advanced software systems that are critical for seamless operation. From touch...
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    The development of autonomous machines is changing the way we interact with them and requires new development methods and...
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    As digitalization transforms mobile machinery, safeguarding data and operational integrity is critical. But achieving robust cybersecurity doesn’t have to...
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    The requirements for cybersecurity in industrial vehicle technology are increasing and becoming mandatory with the EU Cyber Resilience Act,...
Artificial intelligence
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    The panel will discuss AI-safety for highly automated vehicles; enhancing risk perception with AI-driven reasoning; AI in automation and...
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    Sensmore brings embodied intelligence to heavy machinery. We pioneer the development of embodied AI and VLAM for heavy machinery...
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    This white paper aims to explore the potential impact AI (Artificial Intelligence) on the power electronics industry for the...
Electrification, powertrains and alternative fuels (continued)
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    Electrically powered construction machinery is emission free and sustainable if charged using green energy resources such solar and wind...
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    This presentation focuses on optimizing and validating the performance of a 20-ton wheel loader through electrification by leveraging a...
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    Electrification of off-highway equipment such as excavators presents unique challenges, particularly regarding system efficiency. Low efficiency necessitates larger battery...