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 |
| Strategy GIGA-Casting | To be confirmed: Sandy Munro | |
| Market Overwiev GIGA-Casting | Jost Gärtner, Alumag Automotive GmbH |
ASIAN WORLD - STRATEGIES AND CONCEPTS FOR GIGA-CASTING
| 11:15 | Overwiev Chinese Foundry-Industry | Sen. Prof. Libo Zhan, Exec. Vice President, CFA - Chinese Foundry Association |
| GIGA-Casting 2.0 | Gao Zhan, General Manager Europe, LK | |
| Large structural client caster | Contacted: HONGTU / MILLISON / WENCAN / WENFANG / etc. | |
| LUNCH & EXHIBITION | ||
| HONDA GIGA-Casting | Kenichi Kawasaki, GM & Sen. Chief Engineer, Honda | |
| GIGA-Casting Strategy & Globalization | Contacted: BYD / TOYOTA / NISSAN / HYUNDAI / etc. | |
| GIGA-Casting Strategy & Globalization | Contacted: BYD / TOYOTA / NISSAN / HYUNDAI / etc. | |
| COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION | ||
| GIGA Mold Making | Contacted: ZDM / NINGBO / etc. | |
| Mg-Thixomolding/GIGA-Casting | Stefan Fritsche, Chief Strategy Officer for HPDC and Metal Forming, Yizumi | |
| Chinese Magnesium Strategy – up to 45 kg mg-castings per car | Contacted: BAOWU / SAE / etc. |
| 19:00 | Foundry-Evening and conference dinner in the Alte Brüderkirche |
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 AG |
| OEM/Supplier Structural Castings | NN, Volkswagen AG; Stefan Kneer, Head of Engineering and Business Development, Albert Handtmann Metallgusswerk GmbH & Co. KG | |
| OEM Strategy (GIGA-)Casting | Contacted: GM / FORD / TESLA / STELLANTIS / etc. | |
| COFFEE BREAK & EXHIBITION | ||
| Out of the box: move from process to product | Contacted: LINAMAR / NEMAK / BOCAR / MAGNA / etc. | |
| 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 | Considered: SCHAUFLER / COSTAMP / VOLVO / TESLA / etc. | |
| 15:00 | New Tempering Concepts For large HPDC | Alexander Haban, M.Sc. / 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 Gärtner, Alumag Automotive GmbH |
| 16:30 | Final word | Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Fehlbier |