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

Program Overview

Opening (Main Stage)

10:00 - 10:40

Welcome to a new Era

Alberto Zamora, Mathias Jungblut (osapiens)

10:40 - 10:50

Europe's competitiveness

Henna Virkkunen (European Commission)

11:00 - 11:10

Effiecient and Sustainable Operations at Philips

Marco Baren (Philips)

11:20 - 11:30

How Trust-Based Ecosystems Can Win in a New Era

Dr. Thomas Schulte (Bosch)

11:40 - 12:30

Additional Partners & Keynotes

KPMG, GS1, cattwyk, UNIDO

Maintenance Leaders Forum

12:30 - 14:00

Admission & Lunch

Check-in and lunch.

14:00 - 14:30

Opening & Industry Perspective

Daniel Schwarz, Tobias Schlereth

14:30 - 15:00

Strategic Maintenance Management as a Competitive Advantage

Speaker to be confirmed

15:00 - 15:30

System Enablement for Modern Maintenance

Speaker to be confirmed

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee & Networking Break

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

16:00 - 16:30

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

Juliana Duarte (Nordex)

16:30 - 17:00

Manufacturing, Execution and Plant Maintenance for Coca Cola

Pradeep Dalal (CONA)

17:00 - 17:30

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

Robert Mosch (BKW Energie)

17:30 - 18:00

Driving Uptime & Efficiency: Maintenance KPIs in Practice

Speaker to be confirmed

18:00 - 18:15

Maintenance 2035 - The Next Stage

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 - 10:40
Welcome to a new Era
Opening SoS.26 keynote by osapiens.
Speaker: Alberto Zamora, Mathias Jungblut (osapiens)
10:40 - 10:50
Europe's competitiveness
Impulse on Europe's competitiveness from the European Commission.
Speaker: Henna Virkkunen (European Commission)
11:00 - 11:10
Effiecient and Sustainable Operations at Philips
Case perspective from Philips.
Speaker: Marco Baren (Philips)
11:20 - 11:30
How Trust-Based Ecosystems Can Win in a New Era
Perspective on trust-based ecosystems and collaboration models.
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Schulte (Bosch)
11:40 - 12:30
Additional Partners & Keynotes
Further partner and keynote contributions from KPMG, GS1, cattwyk, and UNIDO.
Speaker: Various

Operational Excellence in Maintenance

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

12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
Opening & Industry Perspective: Where does maintenance stand today?
Opening perspective on the current state of maintenance, including operational challenges, structural complexity, and the role of maintenance in modern industrial performance.
Speaker: Daniel Schwarz, Tobias Schlereth
14:30 - 15:00
Strategic Maintenance Management as a Competitive Advantage
Strategic perspective on maintenance as a management discipline, with focus on business impact, organizational steering, and long-term performance contribution.
Speaker: To be confirmed
15:00 - 15:30
System Enablement for Modern Maintenance
How systems, methods, and operational structures enable scalable maintenance execution and support data-driven performance management.
Speaker: To be confirmed
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee & Networking Break
Time to connect, exchange perspectives, and continue conversations across the forum.

Maintenance Execution Case Studies

Practical implementation examples showing how organizations translate strategy into operation.

16:00 - 16:30
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
16:30 - 17:00
Manufacturing, Execution and Plant Maintenance for Coca Cola
Case-based perspective on operational implementation, maintenance practice, and organizational lessons.
Speaker: Pradeep Dalal
17:00 - 17:30
Inspection management at scale: BKW data collection for over 1 million assets in the field
Practical case insights on executing large-scale inspection data collection across distributed assets.
Speaker: Robert Mosch
17:30 - 18:00
Driving Uptime & Efficiency: Maintenance KPIs in Practice
Session details to be announced.
Speaker: To be confirmed

Closing and Dinner

A short closing perspective on the next stage of maintenance and what companies need to prepare today.

18:00 - 18:15
Closing Perspective: Maintenance 2035 - The Next Stage of Maintenance
Closing outlook on how maintenance may evolve in the coming years and which structural capabilities organizations need to build now.
Speaker: 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

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.

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.

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).

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

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