Hannover Messe 2025

Intelligently integrate industry to innovate and transform

Traditional industry lines are blurring. Energy companies, for instance, are becoming hydrogen manufacturers, while pharma companies and automotive or even chemical manufacturers share striking commonalities on the shop floor. Data and artificial intelligence (AI) are the unifying elements of this convergence, making it essential to address adjacent industries through a more holistic, data-driven lens.

We are excited to be at Hannover Messe to discuss and demonstrate how manufacturers can secure growth and achieve tangible business outcomes through intelligent industry integration and collaborative data-sharing ecosystems.

Our experts will share our Unified Manufacturing approach that helps manufacturers intelligently integrate silos, operations and data streams to achieve an insights-led digital continuum.

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Revolutionizing manufacturing: MES in the wake of a technological evolution

Explore the transformative power of digitalization in manufacturing, with a focus on the evolution of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). As MES transitions to cloud-based architectures and integrates across ecosystems, knowing how to adapt to this evolution is challenging for many manufacturers.
This workshop will equip manufacturing leaders, IT specialists and operational teams with a clear roadmap to modernize their systems, optimize performance, and drive sustainable innovation in an era of rapid technological evolution.

Duration: 90 minutes
Dates: April 1 (Tue); 1.30 p.m. & April 2 (Wed.); 10:30 a.m.
Venue: CGI meeting room
Facilitator: Marcel Mourits, Vice-President, Manufacturing Center of Excellence

IT-OT security: Why your operations are more at risk than you realize

Cyber incidents don’t just disrupt operations—they ripple across supply chains, compromise safety, and erode stakeholder trust. By aligning strategy, technology, and governance, it is possible to proactively identify vulnerabilities, defend critical infrastructure, and recover swiftly when incidents occur.
This workshop for security specialists will take you through real-world examples and actionable strategies, while exploring how a cyber-resilient culture can transform your organization from reactive to prepared—protecting what matters most.

Duration: 90 minutes
Dates: March 31 (Mon.); 3 p.m. & April 1 (Tue.); 11 a.m.
Venue: CGI meeting room
Facilitator: Willem Jan de Graaff , Director, Consulting Expert, Manufacturing Center of Excellence

Build It SAFe: Agile hardware development experience with LEGO™

In today's fast-paced digital age, hardware development must embrace agility to stay competitive. This workshop provides a hands-on experience of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) for hardware, demonstrating how agile principles can be effectively applied to hardware engineering to navigate complexity and improve development workflows.

Join SAFe experts from CGI and Scaled Agile Inc. to explore the future of agile hardware engineering and gain practical insights that can transform your approach to product development.

Duration: 180 minutes
Dates: April 3 (Thu.); 10 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. & 2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Venue:CGI meeting room
Facilitator:Harry Koehnemann (SAI), Rune Christensen (SAI), Tanja Osterloh (CGI), Michael Zerweck (CGI)

Innovating faster than the competition: Applying Lean-Agile development to hardware systems

In today's fast-paced digital age, hardware development must embrace agility to stay competitive. Digital disruption now impacts many industries building large, cyber-physical systems, including aerospace, automotive, and medical. This workshop shows how emerging digital technologies are creating a competitive advantage for hardware development and manufacturing organizations and how this change enables a new, Lean-Agile approach to engineering and development. We will explore several Lean-Agile and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices with hands-on exercises.

Duration: 120 minutes
Dates: April 3 (Thu.); 02.00 p.m. – 04.00 p.m.
Venue:CGI meeting room
Facilitator: Harry Koehnemann (SPCT, SAI), Rune Christensen (SPCT SAI), Tanja Osterloh (SPC/LSP Facilitator, CGI), Timo Stadil (SPC, CGI ), Michael Zerweck (SPC/LSP Facilitator, CGI)

Catena-X Onboarding Classroom - ”Quality Management” use case

Catena-X is the largest cross-company digitalization initiative in the automotive industry. It represents strong collaboration between industry players for the exchange of valuable information about products, processes and companies. While Catena-X serves as the standard (or technology stack) that facilitates secure, trusted data exchanges, its real advantages come from utilizing the information gained from these data exchanges to improve business processes. Quality Management is one of the key business processes that benefits greatly from Catena-X. It enables the exchange of data from car fleets in the field, repair shops and faulty parts between car manufacturers and suppliers to identify problems early and prevent reoccurrence.

Duration: 45 minutes
Dates: Apri 2; 09:15-10:00
Venue: CGI meeting room
Facilitator: Mario Reneberg, Director Consulting Expert