3rd Annual Edition · Amsterdam
Digital Twin Tech Summit
Day One
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
📋 Registration & Welcome
9:00
9:25 AM
9:25 AM
Opening Remarks & Keynote 01
Harnessing Digital Twins: A Global Catalyst for Sustainable Transformation and the SDGs
- Sustainability & Resilience: Digital Twin technologies as the primary engine for building sustainable and resilient industrial infrastructures
- Strategic Alignment with SDGs: Intersection of large-scale digital transformation and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- The Global Industrial Future: Cross-sector roadmap for industrial digitalization through emerging AI and IoT standards
Asif Kabani
United Nations — Mentor, Senior Fellow
9:25 – 9:30
Q&A Session
9:30
9:50 AM
9:50 AM
Keynote 02
From Digital Twin towards Citiverse: How to Put Humans Again in the Center of the Digital Transformation
- The changing reality for city and citizens and the importance of trust
- The importance of interoperability so that data can flow through the ecosystem
- Organizing the governance of the ecosystem: who is doing what?
Roland van der Heijden
Municipality of Rotterdam — Chief Citiverse Officer
9:50 – 9:55
Q&A Session
9:55
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Keynote 03
Bringing Digital Twins to Life: Real-Time 3D Visualization for Smarter Industrial Decisions
Michal Ukropec
Twinzo — CEO
10:15 – 10:20
Q&A Session
10:20
10:40 AM
10:40 AM
Keynote 04
Industry-Proven Digital Twin Use Cases: The Missing Spatial Intelligence Layer
- Real-world digital twin use cases across end-to-end industrial operations
- How a spatial, holistic view of operations unlocks operational insight
- Proven results: cost savings, efficiency gains, and improved decision-making
- From dashboards to real-time, actionable operational intelligence
Jani Akkila
Process Genius — CEO
10:40 – 10:45
Q&A Session
10:45 – 11:15
☕ Coffee & Networking Break
11:15
11:35 AM
11:35 AM
Keynote 05
Data as a Strategic Utility: Powering Smart, Resilient and Inclusive Cities
- How to transform a municipality from a reactive organization into a "Cognitive City"
Mustafa Akpolat
Gemeente Amersfoort — Chief Data Officer
11:35 – 11:45
Q&A Session
11:45 AM
12:05 PM
12:05 PM
Keynote 06
Powering the Smart City: Digital Twin Development and Spatial Computing in the City of London
Richard Armstrong
City of London — Head of Enterprise Architecture
12:05 – 12:15
Q&A Session
12:15
12:35 PM
12:35 PM
Keynote 07
Speed Up Urban Planning with Knowledge and Policy Aware Digital Realities
- Shorten the decision-making process drastically
- Integral-shared decision making
- Simulate realities for designing according to policy goals
- Monitor policy goals
Niels van de Graaf
IMAGEM — Marktmanager Overheid
12:35 – 12:45
Q&A Session
12:45 – 1:45 PM
🍽 Lunch Break
1:45
2:05 PM
2:05 PM
Keynote 08
From Data to Decision Power: Scaling The Hague's Digital Twin into a Governance Platform
- The Hague's Digital Twin built as a governance tool — designed to support real policy decisions in climate, mobility, energy, and spatial planning
- How the city moved from isolated pilots to a scalable, decision-embedded platform, with simulations directly shaping policy outcomes
- Real impact happens when decision power and scalability are connected — turning a digital twin from an IT project into a long-term public value engine
Harco de Jager
Municipality of The Hague — Programme Advisor, Digital Twin & Spatial Technologies
2:05 – 2:15
Q&A Session
2:15
2:35 PM
2:35 PM
Keynote 09
Building Interoperable Digital Twins: The FARI Digital Twin Platform
- From data to layered Local Digital Twin
- Interoperable foundations for Local Digital Twins
- A Quadruple Helix approach to digital twin governance
- A Practical On-Ramp for Digital Twin Adoption
Susheel Nath
FARI — Senior Technologist – Digital and Immersive Systems
2:35 – 2:45
Q&A Session
2:45
3:05 PM
3:05 PM
⭑ Keynote 10 — Reserved for Sponsor
3:05 – 3:15
Q&A Session
3:15 – 3:45 PM
☕ Coffee & Networking Break
3:45
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Panel Discussion 01
Unlocking Enterprise ROI with Digital Twins: Challenges, Scalability & Real-World Outcomes
- Measuring digital twin ROI beyond cost savings
- Challenges in scaling prototypes to enterprise adoption
- Best practices from real-world implementations across industries
4:30 – 4:40
Q&A Session
4:40
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Keynote 11
Digital Twins in Action: Driving Efficiency and Sustainability Across Public Sector Estates (UK)
- How Kier and the Ministry of Justice are using digital twins to improve efficiency, sustainability, and asset performance across public sector estates
- Integrating BIM, IoT, and asset information to create intelligent systems enabling informed decision-making and measurable outcomes
- Practical lessons on governance, culture, and interoperability — including challenges of scaling across large, complex public sector portfolios
James Franklin
Kier Construction — Digital Twin Project Director
5:00 – 5:10
Q&A Session
5:10 – 5:30
✦ Closing Remarks — Day 1
5:30 – 6:30 PM
🥂 Cocktail Reception
Day Two
Thursday, 25 June 2026
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
📋 Registration & Welcome
9:00 – 9:10
✦ Opening Remarks
9:10
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Keynote 12
Reimagining Healthcare Infrastructure: Digital Twin Strategies for Hospital Development and Patient-Centric Operations
Mirsad Avdić
Philips — Sr. Design Manager
9:30 – 9:40
Q&A Session
9:40
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Keynote 13
Bridging BIM & Digital Twins: A Lifecycle Approach to Sustainable Built Environments
Mahmoud Faraj-Allah
Siemens — BIM & Digital Twin Manager
10:00 – 10:10
Q&A Session
10:10
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Keynote 14
Using Digital Twins to Analyze Live Systems at Scale Using Generative AI
- Challenges in tracking and analyzing live systems with thousands of data sources
- The role of in-memory computing technology in enabling real-time analytics at scale
- Building a digital twin of a complex, live system by combining in-memory computing and object-oriented design techniques
- Combining generative AI and an in-memory digital twin to continuously analyze a complex, live system and eliminate bottlenecks for RAG
William L. Bain
ScaleOut Software — Founder & CEO
10:30 – 10:40
Q&A Session
10:40 – 11:00
☕ Coffee & Networking Break
11:00
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
Keynote 15
Turning OEE into a Decision Engine: Building Probabilistic Digital Twins for Industrial AI
- Statistical reinterpretation of OEE enables a controlled shift from preventive to predictive maintenance
- Executable Digital Twins combined with Bayesian models for uncertainty-aware maintenance decisions
- Moving from reactive KPI tracking to risk-quantified operational governance
Marc Hermans
University of Miskolc — Digital Manufacturing & Simulation Architect
11:20 – 11:30
Q&A Session
11:30
11:50 AM
11:50 AM
Keynote 16
From BIM to Digital Twin: Unlocking Data Centric Execution for Complex Projects
Jaroslaw Szczepanek
Fluor Corporation — Fellow BIM Design and Digital Twin
11:50 – 12:00
Q&A Session
12:00
12:20 PM
12:20 PM
⭑ Keynote 17 — Reserved for Sponsor
12:20 – 12:30
Q&A Session
12:30 – 1:30 PM
🍽 Lunch Break
1:30
1:50 PM
1:50 PM
Keynote 18
Strengths and Weaknesses of Both GenAI and Narrow AI for Engineering and Production in the Chemical Industry
- Strengths and weaknesses of GenAI (foundation models) and Narrow AI
- Value-adding examples for both GenAI and Narrow AI at Evonik, a specialty chemicals company
- How to potentially combine / stack GenAI and Narrow AI solutions for superior results
Dr. Yves Gorat Stommel
Evonik — Head of Electrical & Process Control
1:50 – 2:00
Q&A Session
2:00
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
Keynote 19
Next Phase in ASML's Digital Engineering
Zafer Turhan
ASML — Group Manager, DUV Mechanical Imaging
2:20 – 2:30
Q&A Session
2:30
2:50 PM
2:50 PM
⭑ Keynote 20 — Reserved for Sponsor
2:50 – 3:00
Q&A Session
3:00 – 3:30 PM
☕ Coffee & Networking Break
3:30
3:50 PM
3:50 PM
Keynote 21
Bridging the Physical and Digital: How Real-Time Digital Twins Are Transforming Industrial Intelligence
Mahad Nadeem Janjua
Harbour Energy — Data Scientist
3:50 – 3:55
Q&A Session
3:55
4:15 PM
4:15 PM
Keynote 22
Scaling Factory Digital Twins: From Generative Simulation to AI-Driven Manufacturing Optimization
- Fully generated Factory Digital Twins based on standardized data covering Products, Processes and Resources (PPR)
- Parameter- and scenario-based Discrete Event Simulations
- Analytics and optimization of factories and the manufacturing network
- Transfer from human-in-the-loop to AI-in-the-loop
- Visualizations with KPI-Dashboards and walk-through in 3D environment
Pavel Gocev
Siemens Energy — Principal Key Expert
4:15 – 4:20
Q&A Session
4:20
4:40 PM
4:40 PM
Keynote 23
Combining Physics / Traditional Modelling and Simulation with Machine Learning to Create High Fidelity Digital Twins — Cheaper, Quicker, and More Representatively
Ted McRobie
Re-orbit — Head of Digital Twin
4:40 – 4:45
Q&A Session
4:45 – 5:00 PM
✦ Closing Remarks — Day 2
