The “ISTMA Europe Meeting 2025” will be held in Berlin on November 3-5, 2025.
Transformation, networking, and a look to the future – the main themes are electrical equipment and form. The ISTMA Europe Meeting 2025 will bring together industry, science, and associations in Berlin to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the industry.
Monday, November 3
(free of charge)
13.00 – Welcome Address by Stephan Berz (President ISTMA Europe)
13.10 – ISTMA Europe Activities 2025/26:
• ISTMA Europe Position Papers and Press Release
• Relationship with EU
• Membership Enlargement
• Next Meetings
• Others
13.45 – ISTMA World Activities
14.00 – Introduction to new ISTMA Global Partners:
IKOffice, Knarr, Tebis, WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie
14.15 – Country presentation EU members
15.00 – Coffee Break
15.45 – Visit to Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology
17.00 – Hotel Transfer
19.00 – Evening Event
Tuesday, November 4
(free of charge)
9.00 – Welcome Address by Stephan Berz (President ISTMA Europe)
9.15 – Automotive Trends
• Al Bedwell (GlobalData)
9.45 – Automotive Expert Talk
• Jakob Manhart (Lucid Motors)
• Dr. Andreas Blankl (Brose)
10.45 – Coffee Break
11.15 – Non-Automotive Expert Talk
• Dr. Mathias Dunkel (BSH)
• Torsten Kersting (Creaemer)
12.15 – Transformation: Real Case Studies
• Jan Beutnagel, Johannes Peter (tooling cooperation)
• Luis Febra (Socem)
13.15 – Lunch
Additional Networking Program
Tuesday, November 4
(€ 295,–)
14.30 – City (River) Tour Berlin, incl. visit to the Reichstag, and much more
19.00 – Networking Dinner
Wednesday, November 5
9.00 – Berlin Backstage
13.00 – End of Tour
Registration: https://www.istma.org/en/istma/news/istma-europe-fall-meeting-heads-to-berlin-in-november-2025-542