About the User Forum
The Event for PLANTA Users – Experience project management and the PLANTA software live!
On May 06-07, 2026 at Hotel Novotel in Karlsruhe.
PLANTA is looking forward to a personal exchange with you. Take the opportunity to get to know yet unreleased software features, exchange ideas and connect with other project managers and learn more about the software and PLANTA.
Reserve your room at the Novotel, Arthotel ANA Eden or at Motel One.
Inspiration for your project management
Experience success stories
Find out how other companies successfully use our software – and get inspiration for your projects.
Get more out of PLANTA
Discover new features, practical tips and solutions to make your work more efficient. Test the latest versions on site.
Exciting expert presentations
Be inspired by speakers on current project management trends and expand your specialist knowledge.
Exchange and Networking
Make valuable contacts at exciting presentations, industry tables and networking opportunities.
Program
The program for the User Forum will be published at the beginning of 2026.
Take matters into your own hands and become a speaker at the user forum. Send your idea proposal to anwenderforum@planta.de.
Program
Wednesday, May 6
| 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, Jessica Ochs, Mareike Richers – PLANTA |
| 03:00 pm– 03:45 pm | Coffee break Meeting at the demo counters |
| 03:50 pm | Departure buses to the FZI |
| 04:30 pm – 05:30 pm | Brains for robots? – Natural intelligence versus artificial intelligence Keynote Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Dillmann – FZI |
| 05:30 pm | Accompanying program Guided tour thorugh the robotics labs of the FZI |
| from 07:00 pm | Dinner followed by an evening drink |
Thursday, May 7
| 08:45 am | Welcome coffee at the foyer outside the conference room | |
| Stream 1 | Stream 2 | |
| 09:00 am – 09:35 am | Interface solutions with PLANTA: Insights from the Beznau and Leibstadt nuclear power plants Customer Presentation Shirin Zohrevandi and Thomas Martens – KKW Leibstadt and Beznau | Increased efficiency through compact resource planning – focus on the essentials Live Demo Steven Welke and Tim Radau – PLANTA |
| 09:40 am – 10:15 am | Paperless working with PLANTA Customer Presentation Dr. Holger Schwenk – Vacuumschmelze | Creating structures in project management – From portfolio to project Live Demo Gregor Binder and Mareike Richers – PLANTA |
| 10:20 am – 10:55 am | Effective collaboration in projects: Theoretical principles and practical tips Jochen Geißer – PLANTA | Next Level PM: Experience AI features in PLANTA Live Demo Bastian Bachmann and Marco Hoffmann – PLANTA |
| 10:55 am – 11:40 am | Coffee break Meeting at the demo counters | |
| 11:45 am – 12:45 pm | Data-driven decision-making in project management – from data to decisions with suitable AI applications Expert Lecture Fabian Dill and Dr. Magnus Kandler – lumanaa GmbH & Co. KG | |
| 12:45 pm – 01:45 pm | Lunch together at the hotel restaurant | |
| 01:45 pm – 02:45 pm | The age of geoeconomics and how we can shape our future within it Keynote Dr. Tobias Lindner – Former Minister of State at the Department of State | |
| 02:50 pm – 03:10 pm | Outlook/Roadmap Snezana Spasenovic and Markus Schreyer, PLANTA | |
| 03:10 pm – 04:00 pm | Coffee break Meeting at the demo counters | |
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.
