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cplace Day 2026

Speakers and Sessions

Join the biggest PPM conference in Europe and get inspired by renowned speakers from leading high-tech companies. Gain exclusive insights and valuable knowledge from experts who are shaping the future of project management.

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One Digital Platform – 3000 Projects – the Mission: Saving Lives

What does it take to migrate hundreds of projects to a new project management platform while driving user adoption at scale?

At ZF LIFETEC, a leading global manufacturer of passive safety systems for vehicles, we successfully migrated nearly 700 projects from a legacy system to cplace, laying the foundation for a platform that today supports more than 3,000 projects across our organization.

In this session, we will share our migration approach, key challenges, and the success factors behind the rollout. Learn how early stakeholder involvement, continuous communication, and targeted promotion helped us achieve high acceptance from day one. We will also provide insights into our live system, our reporting and into the next steps and future plans.

cplace Day 2026: ZF
Manfred Alb

Manfred Alb

Manager Program Management PMO & Project Excellence

Eva Kleile

Eva Kleile

Communication & Training Expert PMO & Project Excellence

Sven Yves Hoffmann

Sven Yves Hoffmann

Digital Expert PMO & Project Excellence

From Hype to the Road — Taking the Driver’s Seat on Citizen AI

Everyone talks about AI. But building it into the daily work of enterprise project management? That’s a different story.

At Daimler Truck, the Project Management Office took the driver’s seat. They combined years of project management expertise with cplace and Citizen AI and built intelligent assistants that read project data, generate insights, and feed decisions back into the system. All by themselves.

André Gutjahr and Arthur Chevts take you behind the scenes: from the first idea to a live AI Flywheel on stage. You’ll see how Citizen Developers can level up an entire enterprise PM platform — with AI as a reliable co-pilot.

cplace Day 2026: Daimler Truck
André Gutjahr

André Gutjahr

Daimler Truck Project Management Office

Arthur Chevts

Arthur Chevts

Daimler Truck Project Management Office

How PULSE Connects the Dots

Join us for an inside look at PULSE, BioNTech’s new project and portfolio management solution, and discover how it’s helping BioNTech connect execution, operations, and strategy.

In this session, the speakers will share highlights from the implementation journey and the lessons learned along the way. Learn how operational insights lead to sharper strategic decisions, and see how AI is being built into PULSE: not as a feature, but as a driver of real business value.

BioNTech for cplace Day 2026
Margarete El-Chami, Specialist R&D Program Management Excellence

Margarete El-Chami

Specialist R&D Program Management Integrated Operations

Benjamin Clausing, Specialist R&D Program Management Integrated Operations

Benjamin Clausing

Specialist R&D Program Management Integrated Operations

Mario Zimmermann, Collaboration Manager

Mario Zimmermann

Manager R&D Program Management Integrated Operations

How cplace Is on the Way to Becoming the Single Source of Truth for Project Management at Rheinmetall

Fragmented tools, scattered data, and complex structures across multiple national and international locations. These were the challenges Rheinmetall faced in their project management. This presentation shares their journey towards establishing cplace as the central source of truth.

The project managers take you on an honest journey—from the data chaos of daily operations, through the rollout of cplace within complex, regulated corporate structures, to the integrated planning of composite projects and scenario planning. And they provide concrete insights into how cplace can serve as a key tool to break down silos and standardize processes.

Rheinmetall für cplace Day 2026
Michael Gritz

Michael Gritz

Project Manager – Rheinmetall Digital Solution, Bremen

Dr. Andreas Arend

Dr. Andreas Arend

Team Lead IT Environments, Innovation and Coordination – Rheinmetall Landsysteme, Kassel

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October 29, 2026 | Munich, Germany & Online

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