SoS.26

Maintenance Leaders Forum

June 9th 2026 | Mannheim, Germany

Connect with maintenance leaders, learn from world-class programs, and get an exclusive preview of the latest innovations coming to osapiens HUB.

Maintenance Leaders Forum
Detailed agenda

Program Overview

Opening (Main Stage)

General program before the maintenance-focused track.

10:00 - 11:00

osapiens: Welcome to a new era

Alberto Zamora, Matthias Jungblut, Stephan de Barse

11:05 - 11:25

Philips: Beyond Compliance: From data to actionable insights

Marco Baren, Alberto Zamora

11:25 - 11:35

Forrester: Rethink sustainable supply chains: Why Resilience, Transparency and Effectiveness are the New Imperative

Rethink sustainable supply chains: Why Resilience, Transparency and Effectiveness are the New Imperative - Jeffrey Rajamani, Senior Analyst, Forrester

11:35 - 11:45

Bosch: How Trust-Based Ecosystems Can Win in a New Era

How Trust-Based Ecosystems Can Win in a New Era - Dr. Thomas Schulte, Senior Vice President - Head of Sustainability, Environment, Health and Safety, Bosch

12:30 - 14:00

Admission & Lunch

Check-in and lunch.

Maintenance Leaders Forum

Maintenance-focused agenda.

14:00 - 14:15

Opening, current trends and agenda

Tobias Schlereth

14:15 - 14:40

Measurability of Industrial Asset Management

Dr. Roland Ruppel

14:40 - 15:05

Predictive Maintenance and AI-based Asset Management

Oliver Gnepper

15:05 - 15:20

From Connecting Assets to Automating Maintenance

Carmelo Marín

15:20 - 15:30

How AI Agents Will Shape the Future of Maintenance

Daniel Schwarz

15:30 - 16:15

Coffee & Networking Break

Time to connect, exchange ideas, and continue the conversation.

16:15 - 16:45

Designing an end to end service architecture: Nordex with SAP and osapiens HUB

Juliana Duarte

16:45 - 17:15

Manufacturing, Execution and Plant Maintenance for Coca Cola

Pradeep Dalal

17:15 - 17:45

Inspection management at scale: BKW data collection for over 1 million assets in the field

Robert Mosch

17:45 - 18:15

Maintenance on the moon

Thomas Heller

18:00 - 19:00

Exhibitor Tour

Guided tour of selected exhibitors

19:00 - Open End

Dinner & Party

Networking dinner followed by a party with live music

Opening (Main Stage)

General program before the maintenance-focused track.

10:00 - 11:00
osapiens: Welcome to a new era
Speaker: Alberto Zamora, Matthias Jungblut, Stephan de Barse
11:05 - 11:25
Philips: Beyond Compliance: From data to actionable insights
Speaker: Marco Baren, Alberto Zamora
11:25 - 11:35
Forrester: Rethink sustainable supply chains: Why Resilience, Transparency and Effectiveness are the New Imperative
Speaker: Jeffrey Rajamani
11:35 - 11:45
Bosch: How Trust-Based Ecosystems Can Win in a New Era
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Schulte
12:30 - 14:00
Admission & Lunch
Speaker: -

Maintenance Leaders Forum

Maintenance-focused agenda.

Phase 1 — Strategic Foundation

Starting with today's maintenance reality, followed by strategic and system-oriented perspectives.

14:00 - 14:15
Opening, current trends and agenda
Intro and orientation for Phase 1 with current maintenance trends and agenda overview.
Speaker: Tobias Schlereth
14:15 - 14:40
Measurability of Industrial Asset Management
Effectiveness, Efficiency and the Lifecycle Factor in Light of the New VDI 2887
Speaker: Dr. Roland Ruppel
14:40 - 15:05
Predictive Maintenance and AI-based Asset Management
Practical perspective on predictive maintenance and AI-driven asset management to improve reliability and operational performance.
Speaker: Oliver Gnepper
15:05 - 15:20
From Connecting Assets to Automating Maintenance
Practical perspective on the transition from connected assets to automated maintenance execution.
Speaker: Carmelo Marín
15:20 - 15:30
How AI Agents Will Shape the Future of Maintenance
Perspective on AI agents at osapiens and where we are heading next.
Speaker: Daniel Schwarz
15:30 - 16:15
Coffee & Networking Break
Time to connect, exchange perspectives, and continue conversations across the forum.
Speaker: -

Phase 2 — Execution

Practical implementation examples showing how organizations translate strategy into operation.

16:15 - 16:45
Designing an end to end service architecture: Nordex with SAP and osapiens HUB
In this session, we show how Nordex operates over 12 GW of wind capacity using a SAP based architecture extended by the osapiens HUB to standardize maintenance and service processes globally.
Speaker: Juliana Duarte
16:45 - 17:15
Manufacturing, Execution and Plant Maintenance for Coca Cola
Case-based perspective on operational implementation, maintenance practice, and organizational lessons.
Speaker: Pradeep Dalal
17:15 - 17:45
Inspection- and Asset-Management for 1M Assets in the Field
Practical case insights on executing large-scale inspection data collection across distributed assets.
Speaker: Robert Mosch and Marianne Liniger

Final Outlook

17:45 - 18:15
Maintenance on the moon
What it takes to maintain critical infrastructure beyond Earth
Speaker: Thomas Heller
18:00 - 19:00
Exhibitor Tour
Guided tour of selected exhibitors
Speaker: -
19:00 - Open End
Dinner & Party
Networking dinner followed by a party with live music
Speaker: -

Selected speakers

Key voices across the forum

Robert Mosch

Robert Mosch

Business Engineer, BKW Power Grid

Responsible for the digitalization of maintenance at BKW, with a focus on EAM, system operations, and refinement engineering. Combines SAP solutions, mobile applications, and GIS integration with data-driven condition monitoring to enable scalable maintenance processes. Expertise includes IT project management, process modeling, and service lifecycle management.

Thomas Heller

Thomas Heller

Managing Director, Smart Maintenance Community of the Fraunhofer Society

As a thought leader in the field of Smart Maintenance within the Fraunhofer Society, the mechanical engineer holds a doctoral degree and heads Asset and Service Management at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) in Dortmund. He advises companies on issues related to maintenance, spare parts management, after-sales services, and total productive maintenance (TPM).

Juliana Duarte

Juliana Duarte

Global ITO Mobile Lead, Nordex Group

She is responsible for digital solutions across the value chain at Nordex Group, from production over installation to service and after sales operations. She focuses on the digitalization and integration of operational processes supporting large global wind turbine fleets.

Pradeep Dalal

Pradeep Dalal

Product Director, CONA Services

A manufacturing executive specializing in maintenance and operations transformations, responsible for running the IT platform supporting over $21B in revenue, with a focus on asset performance, efficiency, and end-to-end execution.

Oliver Gnepper

Oliver Gnepper

Senior Engineer, Fraunhofer IIS

Senior engineer at Fraunhofer IIS with a focus on practical industrial innovation and applied engineering for scalable operations.

Daniel Schwarz

Daniel Schwarz

Co-Founder, osapiens

He has more than 15 years of experience in maintenance and SAP EAM projects, including large scale integrations for retailers, food and beverage companies, regulated industries, and pharmaceutical organizations.

Tobias Schlereth

Tobias Schlereth

Co-Founder, osapiens

He has more than 15 years of experience in utilities and SAP projects. His focus areas include workforce management, utilities operations, meter management, and smart meter rollouts. As Co Founder of osapiens AssetOps, he works on building the next generation platform for maintenance and asset operations.

More Speakers will be added soon.

Partners & Academia

More speakers will be announced soon. We are finalizing additional industry leaders, practitioners, and innovators.

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Rosengartenplatz 2

68161 Mannheim


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