Rainer Stark brings extensive expertise to the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board's speaker panel: his research focuses on industrial information technology, virtual product creation, digital twins, ASE (Advanced Systems Engineering) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) as well as data engineering and analytics. Professor Rainer Stark has been Head of the Department of Industrial Information Technology at Technische Universität Berlin since 2008. From 2008 to 2021, he was Director of the Virtual Product Creation business unit at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK). Stark is a member of the Scientific Society for Product Development (WiGeP), a Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), an active member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) on the advisory board for product development and project management and a board member for research at prostep ivip e.V.

“The new goals and the further development of Industry 4.0 solutions of the future are fundamentally important for the transformation of Germany as an industrial location,” says Rainer Stark (TU Berlin), Deputy Spokesperson for Science on the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board. ”I am therefore very much looking forward to the responsible work in the team of spokespersons of the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board!” 

“Rainer Stark has already made numerous valuable contributions to the work of the Research Advisory Council in the past,” explains Harald Schöning (Software AG), spokesperson for industry on the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Council. ”With his work at the interface of computer science and industrial production, he is a highly welcome addition to our team of spokespersons.”

“We are looking forward to expanding our collaboration with Rainer Stark as part of the Research Advisory Board's speaker team,” adds Klaus Bauer (TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG). “His expertise and research work on existential topics relating to the industrial product life cycle are a valuable asset.”

Gisela Lanza (wbk Institute for Production Technology at KIT) is leaving the Speakers' Committee at her own request, but will remain a member of the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board.

Peter Liggesmeyer (Fraunhofer IESE), Scientific Spokesperson of the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board, thanks the previous Deputy Scientific Spokesperson - on behalf of all members of the Research Advisory Board - for her commitment and valuable input: “Gisela Lanza is leaving the team of spokespersons at her own request. We would like to express our sincere thanks for her numerous contributions to the work of the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board.”

The current 30 representatives from science and industry highlight research-based solutions for the further development and implementation of Industry 4.0. The topics of sustainability, resilience, interoperability, technological sovereignty and the central role of humans are becoming increasingly important. The Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Council, which is coordinated by acatech, advises the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Industry 4.0 platform in particular.

About the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board        

As a strategic and independent body, the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board makes a significant contribution to identifying research-based solutions for the further development and implementation of Industry 4.0 and thus providing orientation - with the overarching goal of strengthening the German innovation system and value creation. To this end, the Research Advisory Board currently brings together 30 representatives from science and industry with their interdisciplinary expertise, formulates new, pre-competitive research impulses and needs, identifies medium to long-term development perspectives and derives options for action for the successful implementation of Industrie 4.0. Research in the field of Industry 4.0 is increasingly focusing on topics such as sustainability, resilience, interoperability, technological and strategic sovereignty and the central role of people. The work of the Research Advisory Board is coordinated by acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering, supervised by the Project Management Agency Karlsruhe (PTKA) and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).