NVIDIA at Hannover Messe

Name: NVIDIA at Hannover Messe 2026
Start: 2026-04-20T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-04-24T23:59:00+00:00
Location: Hannover Messe

Hannover Exhibition Grounds, Germany
April 20–24, 2026

Image courtesy of Siemens, Accenture, KION, GXO

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The next era of industrial AI and software-defined manufacturing has arrived. At Hannover Messe 2026, NVIDIA and our partners will explore the latest breakthroughs in industrial AI. Discover how AI agents, physical AI, and real-time simulation, powered by accelerated computing from the cloud to the edge, are reshaping industrial workflows and driving innovation, automation, and efficiency from design to operations.

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The Industrial AI Factory: Powering Europe's Next Era of Innovation

Monday, April 20, 14:30–15:00 CEST, Center Stage, Hall 25

Dr. Ferri Abolhassan, CEO, T-Systems
Dr. Maja Himmer, AI & Sovereignty Strategy Lead, T-Systems
Dr. Horst J. Kayser, CEO Factory Automation, Siemens
Rev Lebaredian, VP Omniverse and Simulation Technology, NVIDIA

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Rev Lebaredian, VP Omniverse and Simulation Technology, NVIDIA

Dr. Horst J. Kayser, CEO Factory Automation, Siemens

Dr. Maja Himmer, AI & Sovereignty Strategy Lead, T-Systems

Monday, April 20
Tuesday, April 21
Wednesday, April 22
Thursday, April 23

Monday, April 20, 11:40 - 12:00 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43 – Expert Stage 1, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization

Jonathan Wu, CTO of Manufacturing Solutions, Lenovo
Timo Kistner, EMEA Business Lead of Industrial and Robotics, NVIDIA

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Monday, April 20, 13–13:15 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48

Ales Alajbegovic, Global Program Manager of Industrial Metaverse, Siemens
Neil Ashton, Distinguished Engineer, NVIDIA

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Monday, April 20, 13:40 –13:55 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48

Ales Alajbegovic, Global Program Manager, Industrial Metaverse, Siemens
Timo Kistner, EMEA Business Lead Industrial & Robotics, NVIDIA

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Monday, April 20, 15:00–15:30 CEST, Deloitte Booth, Hall 15, E72

Dejan Boberic, Senior Manager, Smart Factory, Deloitte
Alex Kusterer, GSI Client Director EMEA, NVIDIA

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Monday, April 20, 15:30–15:50 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48

Guillaume Cordonatto, Director of Digital Enterprise Innovation, Siemens
Stuart McCutcheon, Global VP of Industrial Metaverse and Digital Twin, Siemens
Ales Alajbegovic, Global Program Manager of Industrial Metaverse, Siemens
Emad Mankbadi, Principal Partner Solutions Architect, AWS
Mike Geyer, Head of Digital Twins & Industrial Metaverse, NVIDIA

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Monday, April 20, 16:00–16:20 CEST, Microsoft Booth, Hall 17, Stand G06

Aaron Weissbart, Principal Technical Program Manager, Microsoft
Ganesh Sivaraman, Director of Omniverse Strategic Partnerships, NVIDIA

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Monday, April 20, 16:00–17:00 CEST, EY Booth, Hall 16, B10

Christoph Ross, Vice President Digitization, Schaeffler
Philip Fischer, Industry Advisor Robotics, Microsoft
Marwin Kunz, Strategic Alliances Manager, Wandelbots
Akhil Docca, Head of Robotics Product Marketing

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Tuesday, April 21, 10:25-11:10 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43 – Expert Stage 2, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization

Mike Nielson, CMO, RealSense
Roberta Nelson Shea, Global Technical Compliance Office, Teradyne Robotics
Rudy Cohen, CEO, Inbolt
Kartik Sachdev, Solutions Architect Robotics & AI, NVIDIA

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Tuesday, April 21, 10:40-11:00 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48

Rainer Brehm, COO of Automation Business and CTO of Digital Industries, Siemens
Rev Lebaredian, Vice President, Omniverse and Simulation Technology, NVIDIA

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Tuesday, April 21, 12:05–12:50 CEST, Hall 25, Center Stage

Adrien Bron, Head Advanced Manufacturing & Services Practice DACH, Bain & Company
Michael Schertler, Head Machinery and Metals Practice EMEA, Bain & Company
John Lervik, Founder and Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Cognite
Rainer Brehm, Digital Industries COO for Business Automation and CTO, Siemens Digital Industries
Florian Dörrfuß, CTO, Schaeffler Special Machinery
Timo Kistner, EMEA Business Lead Industrial & Robotics, NVIDIA

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Tuesday, April 21, 13:15-13:35 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48

Stuart McCutcheon, Global VP Industrial Metaverse and Digital Twin, Siemens
Hagen Späth, Industry X EMEA Life Sciences Lead, Accenture
Jan Wokittel, Director Smart Manufacturing, Roche
Susan Faust, Global Vertical Strategy & Execution Planning Manager, Siemens
Florian Gantert, Director, Global Business Development for Omniverse and Physical AI, NVIDIA

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Tuesday, April 21, 13:30 - 14:15 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43 – Expert Stage 1, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization

Dr. Natan Linder, CEO, Tulip Interfaces
Esther Lee, Industrial AI Agents Marketing, NVIDIA

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Tuesday, April 21, 16:45 - 17:45 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43, Masterclass 1, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization

Jon Wilde, VP Product Management, SimScale
Alex Graham, Senior Product Marketing Manager, SimScale
Neil Ashton, Distinguished Engineer and Product Architect, NVIDIA

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Wednesday, April 22, 11:20–11:35 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48

Alexander Huber, Head of Portfolio Sales, Siemens
Dharminder Debisarun, Industry Security Architect for Transportation, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Palo Alto Networks
Arik Roztal, Global Head of Business Development Cybersecurity, NVIDIA

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Wednesday, April 22, 13:30–14:15 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43 – Expert Stage 1, Solution Lab Automation and Digitalization

Joseph June, DVP General Manager ServiceMax, PTC
David Segal, Global Business Head, Tata Consultancy Services
Guy Bersell, Business Strategy Leader, Microsoft
Vikram Natarajan, Managing Director, NVIDIA

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Wednesday, April 22, 14:35–15:15 CEST, Hall 25, Center Stage

Arnaud Robert, President of Robotics, Hexagon AB
Ulrich Homann, CVP and Distinguished Architect, Microsoft Corporation
Dr. Michael Nikolaides, Senior Vice President of Production Network, Supply Chain Management, BMW Group
Rev Lebaredian, Vice President of Omniverse and Simulation Technology, NVIDIA

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Wednesday, April 22, 15:30–16:10 CEST, SAP Booth, Hall 15, Booth F08 at the Live Forum

Boris Dmitriev, SAP Global Customer Advisor
Ralf Vath, SAP SVP Global Head of Discrete Industries
Christian Souche, Accenture Managing Director
Stefan Biermeier, Kinexon VP Business Development
Timo Kistner, EMEA Industry Lead for Manufacturing and Industrial, NVIDIA

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Thursday, April 23, 10:00–10:45 CEST, Halle 26, Solution Lab (E43), Expert Stage 1

Marwin Kunz, Strategic Alliances Manager, Wandelbots
Simon Mathes, Projektleiter Industrial Metaverse, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Michael Baling, Partner, MHP
Uwe Rechkemmer, Senior Sales Specialist Omniverse, NVIDIA

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Thursday, April 23, 13:30–13:50 CEST, Hall 26, booth E43, Expert Stage 2

Arun Prasad, Global Innovation Head, Physical AI & Manufacturing Business Group, TCS
Timo Kistner, EMEA Business Lead Industrial & Robotics, NVIDIA

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Thursday, April 23, 10:05 - 10:35 CEST, Center Stage, Hall 25

Sam Hiscox, Field CTO, PhysicsX
Dr. Maja-Olivia Himmer, AI Strategy Lead, T-Systems
Christian Piechnick, CEO and Cofounder, Wandelbots
Markus Hacker, Senior Regional Director of Enterprise and Country Lead DACH, NVIDIA

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Thursday, April 23, 14:30–14:50 CEST, Siemens Booth, Hall 27, Stand A48

Ben Turner, CEO, LATTICEPT
John Nixon, Group VP, Process Industries, Energy, Life Sciences and Consumer Packaged Goods, Siemens
Neil Ashton, Distinguished Engineer, NVIDIA

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Thursday, April 23, 15:35–15:55 CEST, Hall 26, Solution Lab (E43), Expert Stage 2

Azif Saly, VP Business EU, Neurealm
Debraj Sinha, Product Marketing, NVIDIA

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Thursday, April 23, 16:25–17:10 CEST, Hall 26, Booth E43 – Expert Stage 1, Solution Lab Automation and Digitalization

Jefferson Wang, Senior Managing Director, Chief Strategy Officer Cloud First, Accenture
Regina Andersson, Head of Enterprise Wireless Solutions, Ericsson
Sander Rotmensen, Head of Business Line Cybersecurity Software for OT, Siemens
Kevin Jonczyk, Head of Product, OrbitsIQ
Jai Suri, VP, Software Development, Oracle Fusion Manufacturing, Smart Operations, Oracle
Timo Kistner, EMEA Industry Lead for Manufacturing and Industrial, NVIDIA

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Thursday, April 23, 17:15–18:00 CEST, Hall 25, Center Stage

Pierluca Chiodelli, VP Edge Solutions, Dell
Ralf Shulze, VP AIoT, HCLTech
Jessica Bethune, VP Industrial & Process Automation, Schneider Electric
Sean Young, Director, AECO, Geospatial, and AI Solutions Industry Marketing, NVIDIA

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News and Events

April 28, 2026

Into the Omniverse: Manufacturing’s Simulation-First Era Has Arrived

Manufacturing’s traditional design-build-test cycle rested on a single assumption: Real-world testing was the only reliable test environment.

April 20, 2026

NVIDIA and Partners Showcase the Future of AI-Driven Manufacturing at Hannover Messe 2026

Manufacturing is at an inflection point. Across every major industrial economy, the pressure to do more with less — due to faster design cycles, leaner operations and strain on skilled labor pools — is accelerating the shift to AI-driven production. The question is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how fast and at what […]

April 11, 2026

National Robotics Week — Latest Physical AI Research, Breakthroughs and Resources

This National Robotics Week, NVIDIA is highlighting the breakthroughs that are bringing AI into the physical world — as well as the growing wave of robots transforming industries, from agricultural and manufacturing to energy and beyond. Advancements in robot learning, simulation and foundation models are accelerating development, enabling robots to move from training in virtual […]

NVIDIA Technologies Accelerating the Next Era of Industrial AI

Train Physical AI

The Mega NVIDIA Omniverse™ Blueprint enhances industrial digital twins by enabling the advanced simulation and optimization of physical AI. This simulation-first approach dramatically accelerates development cycles while reducing the costs and risks associated with real-world testing.

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Visual AI agents and co-pilots that analyze large volumes of visual data

Copilots and AI Agents

With NVIDIA Metropolis, developers can boost industrial productivity with visual AI agents and copilots that analyze large volumes of visual data to automate complex tasks and assist operators. Build, customize, and scale these agents to facilitate advanced quality control, enable preventative maintenance, and modernize traditional manufacturing processes.

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Interactive Computer-Aided Engineering Simulations

Real-Time, Computer-Aided Engineering Simulations

With the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint, industry software developers can build solutions that deliver faster simulations and real-time visualizations to their computer-aided engineering (CAE) customers in aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, energy, and other industries.

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Advance Next-Generation Robots and Edge AI Solutions

Robotics and Edge

With NVIDIA’s three-computer solution, developers can build AI robots that can adapt, learn, and perform complex tasks with precision. The NVIDIA Isaac™ robotics platform offers NVIDIA® CUDA®-accelerated systems, libraries, frameworks, and AI models to enhance AI perception, manipulation, and simulation.

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NVIDIA Partners at Hannover Messe

Experience NVIDIA talks and demos in our partner booths on the show floor.

Meet the Innovators of Tomorrow

NVIDIA Inception is helping over 35,000 startups around the world evolve faster, including many working in the field of generative AI. Explore some of our members that exhibited at Hannover Messe 2026.

Agile Robots
Flexiv Robotics
Haply Robotics
Humanoid
Innok Robotics
Invisible AI
Lightwheel
NEURA Robotics
PhysicsX
RealSense
RobCo
Tulip Interfaces
Wandelbots

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The Industrial AI Factory: Powering Europe's Next Era of Innovation

Physical AI: Embodied Intelligence as the Next Leap in Industrial Digitalization

Enabling High-Fidelity CFD for the Next Industrial Revolution

Optimizing AI Infrastructure: An Ecosystem Approach for Large-Scale AI Factory Design

Powering Smart Manufacturing: Real-World Physical AI with Digital Twins and Robotics

From Data Silos to Living Factory: Scaling the Industrial Metaverse With Siemens Digital Twin Composer on AWS

Accelerating Physical AI and Robotics for Autonomous Manufacturing

Physical AI in Practice – How Do We Move From Fixed Automation To Adaptive Systems?

News and Events

NVIDIA Technologies Accelerating the Next Era of Industrial AI

Train Physical AI

Copilots and AI Agents

Real-Time, Computer-Aided Engineering Simulations

Robotics and Edge

NVIDIA Partners at Hannover Messe

Meet the Innovators of Tomorrow

Explore NVIDIA Programs

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