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
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)
Noether
9:40 a.m. Keynote speech by Prof. Martin Ruskowski
Martin Ruskowski (SFKL)
Noether
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Market launch of AAS
  • Relevance of AAS for mechanical engineers
  • Step-by-step model for introducing AAS
  • practical examples
  • Implementation in IT systems using EPLAN as an example
Bernd Vojanec (Wittenstein)
Johannes Geyerhalter (EPLAN)
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)
12:00 Impulse 2: The DPP is still so far away, so I still have time... Right?
Andreas Wick (Neoception)
12:30 Impulse 3: No more surprises: Product change notifications with AAS in real-world operation
Florian Harzenetter (PTC)
13:00 Presentation and overview of the workshops
Stephan Hamm (SFKL), workshop leader
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)
Workshop 2: Idea: Workshop on the topic of DPP
Jörg Nagel (Neoception), under review
Workshop 3: Industrial Basyx
Alwin Hoffmann (XITASO)
Workshop 4: From the control cabinet to the digital twin – creating parts lists and product change notifications with AAS submodels
Frank Scherenschlich (Classical Engineer)
Workshop 5: Building Dataspaces with the IDTA Asset Data Exchange Hub
Sandeep Rudra (IDTA)
16:10 Wrap-up of results: Each workshop presents its results, followed by a Q&A session.
Stephan Hamm (SF), workshop representative
16:40 Farewell remarks / Date of next AAS meeting
Christian Mosch (IDTA)
Georg Schnauffer (ARENA2036)
Stephan Hamm (SFKL)
17:00 End of the event