Till Schmiedeknecht

Co-CEO / Managing Partner | Salamander

Salamander Industrie-Produkte GmbH is one of the leading European system providers for highly energy-saving window and door systems made of plastic.  Till Schmiedeknecht heads the majority family-owned company as co-managing director and is responsible for IT, systems engineering, product and tool management, production and technology, among other things. Salamander employs around 1,580 people worldwide and sells its profile systems in over 85 countries.

www.salamander-windows.com

Andreas Danler

Member of the Executive Board | Lighting Design / Bartenbach

Andreas Danler has been working in the lighting design office of Christian Bartenbach since 1989. After a technical education in daylight and artificial lighting technology as well as psychology of perception, he has been involved in numerous daylight and artificial lighting projects as a project manager for more than a decade. He was a lecturer at the University of Stuttgart (Institute for Interior Design) and has been a member of the management team at Bartenbach for the Lighting Design division since 2003. Since 2004, Andreas Danler has been a lecturer at the Bartenbach Lighting Academy. He is a speaker at numerous specialist conferences and training courses and has been head of the extended Lighting Applications division since 2012.

www.bartenbach.com

Ralf Kern

CEO | RADEMACHER / Delta Dore Group

As Head of Development, Key Account Manager and CTO at Rademacher Geräte-Elektronik GmbH, Ralf Kern played a key role in driving the growth strategy of the medium-sized company for many years and helped develop pioneering smart home products. Since March 2019, he has been CEO and spokesman for the Rademacher management board.

Since 2021, RADEMACHER has been part of the DELTA DORE Group, a French smart home system provider that is particularly strong in France, Spain and Italy. DELTA DORE’s goal is to establish itself in the European market as an “open” smart home system provider that significantly improves energy efficiency in privately used buildings with a focus on heating and privacy & sun protection.

www.rademacher.de

Lars Oberwinter

CEO / Managing Partner | Plandata GmbH

Lars Oberwinter is managing partner of Plandata GmbH and specialises in advising and supporting leading companies in the field of interdisciplinary BIM implementation and digital construction and planning process optimisation. His activities include research work, publications, university teaching and specialist lectures in the areas of interdisciplinary construction data management, BIM implementation, interface and process optimisation and digital information management.

www.plandata.eu

Frederik Lehner

CEO | Interconnection Consulting

For more than 20 years, Dr. Frederik Lehner has been managing the marketing and market research institute Interconnection Consulting, which develops individual solutions in the field of strategy, sales optimization and B2B marketing and whose core competencies include pricing and customer segmentation. In the field of B2B market research, Interconnection is one of the leading institutes for window and sun protection markets in Europe.

www.interconnectionconsulting.com

Günther Ohland

Chairman of the Board | SmartHome Initiative Deutschland e.V.

Günther Ohland is Chairman of the Board of the SmartHome Initiative Deutschland e.V. He is a trade journalist and author on the subject of smart living, including “Das SmartHome Kochbuch”, “Der neue SmartHome Bauherrenratgeber”, “keine Angst vorm smarten Heim” and “Smart Living”.

In 2009, Günther Ohland founded the SmartHome Initiative Germany together with other SmartHome pioneers as a cross-trade federal association. Ohland is chairman of the association. The main focus is on the application integration of building technology, multimedia, telemonitoring and SmartHome security. With lectures and workshops, Ohland informs consumers, industry, trade, commerce, politics and administration about the benefits of smart technology and the realisation of smart projects.

www.smarthome-deutschland.de

Armin Leinen

Speaker | Trainer | Coach

Industry expert for living customer enthusiasm and brand development in the skilled crafts sector

Armin Leinen, speaker and enthusiast by passion, is the expert for living customer enthusiasm and brand development in the skilled crafts sector as a decisive competitive advantage for customers and skilled workers. Under his responsibility, one of the most successful European handicraft companies with 100 employees has received several international awards, among others for its customer inspiring excellence EFQM® and as the second best GREAT PLACE TO WORK® in Europe. More than 26 years of practical experience make him a driving force for masterful corporate management. His clients include well-known organisations and companies from the trades, service and supply industries. He conveys in an authentic and absolutely practice-oriented way how to enforce prices, increase closing ratios and profits, optimise processes, inspire customers with punctuality and cleanliness and thus turn them into active recommenders. At the same time, how to strengthen the corporate culture and thus find and retain skilled workers. He inspires companies and their employees with practical impulses and concrete solutions so that they can successfully implement customer enthusiasm in a sustainable way to expand their customer brand and employer brand.

www.arminleinen.com

www.rockdeinhandwerk.com

Prof. Jörn P. Lass

Institute Director | ift Rosenheim

Prof. Jörn P. Lass is the Institute Director of ift Rosenheim and has been active in the window, door and facade industry for over 40 years. As a trained glazier and window builder, he graduated in wood technology and held leading positions at a system provider, several window and facade manufacturers and 14 years at ift Rosenheim in the areas of research, testing, quality monitoring, standardisation and certification. For six years, he led the “Building Envelope” field of study as a professor at the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences and has been back at ift Rosenheim as Institute Director since January 2020. He makes his extensive experience and expertise available nationally and internationally in a variety of committees and standardisation bodies as well as an expert, technical advisor, author and lecturer. He is convenor of the European standards committee CEN/TC 33/WG 1 “Windows and doors” as well as chairman of the national mirror committee NA 005-09-01 AA_SpA “Doors-Windows-Closures-Building hardware-Curtain walling”.

www.ift-rosenheim.de

Wolfram Quast

Sales Director | ALUKON

Wolfram Quast is the overall sales manager at Alukon KG. He has many years of sales and marketing expertise. He worked successfully for 20 years for a German manufacturer of high-quality sanitary products in various positions in sales and marketing, including many years at an international location. Wolfram Quast masters the challenges in different sales channels from specialized trade to contract business. Before joining ALUKON, Wolfram Quast was Business Development Director at the German market leader for digital technologies in the construction industry.

www.alukon.com

Dr. Matthias Fahland

Specialist | Fraunhofer Institute FEP

Matthias Fahland studied physics at the Technical University of Dresden. In 1994, he completed his dissertation at this institution with a thesis in the field of low-temperature physics. Since then he has been working at the Fraunhofer Institute FEP. He is a specialist in the field of plasma-based surface modification of plastic films. Since 2018, he has been head of department for roll-to-roll technologies.