LSE'26- Program Day 2

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen
Room 1100.1 and 1100.2 (1st floor)

 

The event will be held in English.

Status: May 2026

8:30

Check-in
Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)

9:00

Welcome
Dr. Alexander Olowinsky, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)

9:05 Laser-based drying of functional electrodes for PEM fuel cells for e-mobility
Manuella Guirgues, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
9:35 Laser as an enabling technology for reproducible abuse testing and thermal propagation evaluation
Thomas Fedderau, UL International Germany GmbH, Neu-Isenburg(D)
10:05 AI based laser weld monitoring - latest developements and results
Dr. Jan-Philipp Weberpals, Audi AG, Neckarsulm (D)

10:35

Coffee Break

11:05

Countering cost and quality pressure: Increased efficiency and throughput in controlled joining pre-treatment with laser-light
Edwin Büchter, Clean-Lasersysteme GmbH, Herzogenrath (D)

11:35

Dynamic beam shaping enables welding of challenging material combinations: Examples of aluminum diecast and copper-aluminum joints
Dr. Ole Hill, Civan Lasers Europe GmbH, Hannover (D)

12:05

Innovative fiber laser solutions for battery production
Elie Haddad, IPG Photonics GmbH & Co. KG, Burbach (D)

12:35

Lunch Break
Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)

13:50

USP battery processing - making a difference in productivity
Tim Rörig, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)

14:20

Navigating complexity: Data-driven insights for process optimization
Johannes Gaigl, MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart (D)

14:50

Evaluation of the performance of different OCT systems for inline weld penetration depth measurement in remote laser welding for e-mobility
Thibault Bautze-Scherff, iQLASE GmbH, Garching bei München (D)

15:20 Panel Discussion/Outlook
Dr. Alexander Olowinsky, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)

15:50

End

 
The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the program.
TBA= to be announced