Presidential Committee

The Presidential Committee advises the President on major decisions, the preparation of draft resolutions and assisting in the pre-selection of potential members.

Committee Members

• Prof. Rafiq Ahmad — University of Alberta, Canada — AllFactory — sustainable aquaponics systems, vertical farming, automation, AI.
• Prof. Vera Hummel — Reutlingen University, Germany — Werk150 — human-robot collaboration, autonomous intralogistics, digital twins, 5G.
• Prof. Wilfried Sihn — Vienna University of Technology, Austria — Fraunhofer Austria / Pilot Factory Industrie 4.0 — AI-based production planning, cyber-physical systems, human-centred design, digital assistance systems.
• Dr. Puay Siew Tan — A*STAR, Singapore — Model Factory@SIMTech — adaptive enterprise planning, predictive models, industrial AI, predictive maintenance, digital transformation.
• Prof. Sebastian Thiede — University of Twente, Netherlands — cyber-physical production systems, factory planning, sustainable manufacturing, human factors.