1. DAY - March 5, 2025
| 09:00 | Registration and Exhibition, Campus Center |
Welcome & Introduction Congress
| 10:00 | Welcome and Opening | Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Fehlbier, GTK - University of Kassel |
| GIGA-Casting Benchmark Insides | To be confirmed: Sandy Munro | |
| Market Overview GIGA-Casting | Jost Gaertner, ALUMAG Automotive |
ASIAN WORLD - STRATEGIES AND CONCEPTS FOR GIGA-CASTING
| 11:15 | GIGA-Casting Strategy & Globalization | Contacted: BYD / NIO / CHERY |
| GIGA-Casting 2.0 | Gao Zhan, General Manager Europe, L.K. Technology | |
| Large structural client foundry | Weinan Du, General Manager, Zhejiang WANFENG Precision Casting | |
| LUNCH & EXHIBITION | ||
| HONDA GIGA-Casting | Kenichi Kawasaki, General Manager & Senior Chief Engineer, HONDA R&D (Tochigi) | |
| Large structural client foundry | To be confirmed: AHRESTY / MILLISON | |
| GIGA-Casting Strategy & Globalization | Contacted: TOYOTA / NISSAN / HYUNDAI | |
| COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION | ||
| GIGA Mold Making | Contacted: ZDM | |
| Mg-Thixomolding/GIGA-Casting | Stefan Fritsche, Chief Strategy Officer, YIZUMI Die Casting and Metal Forming | |
| Chinese Magnesium Strategy | Contacted: BAOWU |
| 19:00 | Foundry-Evening and conference dinner in the "Alte Brüderkirche" (Old Brothers Church) |
2. DAY - March 6, 2025
| 08:30 | Registration and Exhibition, Campus Center |
WESTERN WORLD: Europe / America - STRATEGIES AND CONCEPTS FOR GIGA-CASTING
| 09:00 | OEM Strategy (GIGA-)Casting, Markets | Frank Wimmer, Commodity Leader, BMW |
| OEM/Supplier Structural Castings | NN, Volkswagen AG; Stefan Kneer, Head of Engineering and Business Development, Albert HANDTMANN Metallgusswerk | |
| OEM Strategy (GIGA-)Casting | Klaus Hansen, VCK Area Leader - Mega foundry, VOLVO Car Corporation | |
| COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION | ||
| Out of the box: move from process to product | Contacted: LINAMAR / NEMAK / BOCAR | |
| Out of the box: move from process to product | Contacted: RIVIAN / DYNATOOL | |
| How to convince existing car makers using big structural parts up to megacasting | Cornel Mendler, Managing Director, BÜHLER Die Casting | |
| LUNCH & EXHIBITION | ||
| GIGA Mold Making | Siegfried Heinrich, CEO, SCHAUFLER Tooling | |
| 15:00 | New Die Tempering Concepts: Variothermic-System | Alexander Haban / Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Fehlbier, GTK - University of Kassel |
| 15:30 | Podium discussion - Expert speakers | Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Fehlbier, GTK - University of Kassel; Jost Gaertner, ALUMAG Automotive |
| 16:30 | Final word | Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Fehlbier |