About the User Forum
The Event for PLANTA Users – Here you experienced project management and the PLANTA software live!
On May 14–15, 2025 at Hotel Novotel in Karlsruhe.
PLANTA would like to thank you for the valuable exchange. The User Forum is an important event for us every year that we look forward to all year round — and you make it something special. We look forward to meeting you in person again next year.
Program
Wednesday, May 14
| 01:00 pm |
Check-In Welcome aperitiv |
| 01:45 pm
- 02:15 pm |
Opening and Business Development Snezana Spasenovic, Jochen Geißer, Max Kuhn – PLANTA |
| 02:15 pm - 03:00 pm |
New Features of the PLANTA-Software Markus Schreyer, Jana Ganter – PLANTA |
| 03:00 pm
- 03:45 pm |
Coffee break
Meetings at the demo counters and industry desks |
| 03:45 pm
- 04:45 pm |
Project Management in the Era of Disruption: from Controlling to Adaptivity — the Digital Dimension Keynote
Prof. Dr. Helge Fischer – FOM Hochschule für Ökonomie und Management |
| 05:00 pm | Departure tram |
| 05:20 pm | Accompanying program
Guided tour of the old abattoir: historical traces and current use |
| from 07:30 pm | Dinner followed by an evening drink |
Thursday, May 15
| 08:45 am |
Welcome coffee at the foyer outside the conference room |
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| Stream 1 | Stream 2 | |
| 09:00 am
- 09:35 am |
How Can Human-Centered and Transparent AI Design Succeed?
Prof. Dr. Steffen Kinkel – Kompetenzzentrum KARL |
Efficient Budget and Cost Planning with PLANTA Live Demo
Jochen Geißer and David Simmonds – PLANTA |
| 09:40 am
- 10:15 am |
Resource Management – Pilot for IT Capacity Planning at Stadtwerke Rostock Customer Presentation
Anne Plischke – Stadtwerke Rostock |
Intelligent Project Management: KI and Other Helpful Features Live Demo
Irina Zieger – PLANTA |
| 10:15 am
- 11:00 am |
Coffee break
Meeting at the Demo Counters |
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| 11:00 am
- 11:35 am |
Back to the PLANTA Standard: an Update Based on the Greenfield Approach Customer Presentation
Theresa Leite and Benjamin Müller – Julius Blum |
Hybrid Project Management in Practice – Challenges and Solutions Live Demo
Mareike Richers and David Simmonds – PLANTA |
| 11:40 am
- 12:15 pm |
PLANTA – an opportunity for harmonization Customer Presentation
Ueli Huldreich Trafelet – Siegfried AG |
PLANTA Software in Containers: Efficient, Scalable,
Flexibel Live Demo Thiemo Lüthi – PLANTA |
| 12:30 pm
- 01:30 pm |
Lunch together at the hotel restaurant | |
| 01:30 pm
- 02:30 pm |
Platon und Aristoteles – Learning from Project Failures Keynote
Mehrschad Zaeri Esfahani – parsQube GmbH |
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| 02:40 pm
- 03:00 pm |
Outlook/Roadmap
Snezana Spasenovic and Markus Schreyer, PLANTA |
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| 03:00 pm
- 04:00 pm |
Coffee break
Meeting at the demo counters |
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We reserve the right to modify the program.
Copyright: Novotel Karlsruhe City
Location
How to get there by public transport:
There are several trams that take you from the Central Station to Kongresszentrum (ride of approximately 5 minutes).
Parken:
There is a public underground parking garage below the Novotel Karlsruhe City with approx. 500 available parking spaces. Fees: 2€ per hour or part thereof, 24€ per day.
