AAS4WH
Asset Administration Shell for the Wire Harness
Development of an interoperable digital twin for the value chain of the wire harness.
Contact person
Christian Kosel
Research Coordinator ARENA2036 e.V.
6th AAS User Meeting on February 26, 2026, in Kaiserslautern
The Asset Administration Shell (AAS) user meeting organized by ARENA2036, IDTA, the VDI Technology Center, and SmartFactory-KL is taking place for the sixth time—once again in Kaiserslautern.
It is already clear in advance that the Asset Administration Shell from the concept phase to industrial implementation. Interoperability, security, and open semantic systems remain key success factors.
The user meeting on February 26 in Kaiserslautern will Asset Administration Shell the specific industrial applications of the Asset Administration Shell . Participants can look forward to exciting keynotes, inspiring presentations, and stimulating discussions about the AAS.
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The number of participants is limited to 90. Places will be allocated strictly according to the time of registration via the website. Unfortunately, we cannot consider older confirmations via Outlook.
Agenda and presentations
| Time | Topic | Who | room |
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| 9:00 | Registration and networking | Noether Foyer | |
| 09:30 | Welcome, compliance notice, presentation of the agenda, schedule, and impetus from the project sponsor |
Christian Mosch
(IDTA)
Georg Schnauffer
(ARENA2036)
Stephan Hamm
(SFKL)
Christian Lindemann
(VDI-TZ)
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Noether |
| 9:40 a.m. | Keynote speech by Prof. Martin Ruskowski |
Martin Ruskowski
(SFKL)
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Noether |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
Market launch of AAS
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Bernd Vojanec
(Wittenstein)
Johannes Geyerhalter
(EPLAN)
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Noether |
| 11:00 | Networking break with poster exhibition; 1st guided tour | Noether Foyer / DFKI Lab | |
| 11:30 | Impulse 1: AAS in practice from Roche's perspective |
René Fischer
(Roche)
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| 12:00 | Impulse 2: The DPP is still so far away, so I still have time... Right? |
Andreas Wick
(Neoception)
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| 12:30 | Impulse 3: No more surprises: Product change notifications with AAS in real-world operation |
Florian Harzenetter
(PTC)
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| 13:00 | Presentation and overview of the workshops |
Stephan Hamm
(SFKL), workshop leader
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| 13:10 | Lunch break including group photo; 2nd and 3rd guided tour | ||
| 14:15 | Parallel workshops on selected topics from the morning session, each with 2 hours of working time | Noether / DFKI Showroom / Bezier / SF Lab | |
| Workshop 1: Agent-based production with VWS |
Henning Gösling
(SFKL)
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| Workshop 2: Idea: Workshop on the topic of DPP |
Jörg Nagel
(Neoception), under review
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| Workshop 3: Industrial Basyx |
Alwin Hoffmann
(XITASO)
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| Workshop 4: From the control cabinet to the digital twin – creating parts lists and product change notifications with AAS submodels |
Frank Scherenschlich
(Classical Engineer)
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| Workshop 5: Building Dataspaces with the IDTA Asset Data Exchange Hub |
Sandeep Rudra
(IDTA)
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| 16:10 | Wrap-up of results: Each workshop presents its results, followed by a Q&A session. |
Stephan Hamm
(SF), workshop representative
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| 16:40 | Farewell remarks / Date of next AAS meeting |
Christian Mosch
(IDTA)
Georg Schnauffer
(ARENA2036)
Stephan Hamm
(SFKL)
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| 17:00 | End of the event |


