Guest Lectures

Once again, Prof. Dr. Kai-Ingo Voigt, Dr. Christian Baccarella and Lukas Maier took up the invitation of the tradition-rich Universidad de Alcalá, nearby Madrid. From the 17th to 19th February they gave the lecture “Technology and Innovation Management” to students of the international MBA program. ... Continue

For his module “Product and Innovation Management” in the Executive Master in Marketing Management, Prof. Voigt was happy to once again welcome Dr. Alexander Vyhnal, Head of Research and Development at STAEDTLER Mars GmbH & Co. KG, for a guest lecture on innovation management in the stationery i... Continue

On January 23 2020, Prof. Voigt, Dr. Christian Baccarella, and Lukas Maier welcomed Daniel Krauss, CIO and founder of FlixMobility, for the final presentations of the first Innovation Seminar. The semester’s seminar was all about the topic of “Shaping the Mobility of Tomorrow”. Twenty ambitious M... Continue

In this semester, a selected group of students from different bachelor and master degree programs like Business Administration, Management and Industrial Engineering had again the opportunity to look into current topics and discuss it with former SIEMENS CEO Prof. Dr. Heinrich v. Pierer. This semest... Continue

In the final lecture before Christmas, the Chair of Industrial Management had the pleasure to welcome Prof. Dr. Björn Eskofier, Head of the Department of Computer Science – Machine Learning & Data Analytics at FAU in Erlangen, for a guest lecture on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. ... Continue

Once again, the Chair of Industrial Management had the pleasure to welcome Dr. Daniel Kiel, Innovation Manager at Schaeffler and Alumini of the Chair of Prof. Voigt, for a guest lecture on the topic of innovation management at Schaeffler. Schaeffler, founded in 1982 in Herzogenaurach is an important... Continue

The Chair of Industrial Management was happy and proud to host our alumna, Dr. Oana Buliga, Solution Architect, Digital Solutions Group at LEONI, for a guest lecture at our university. As part of our Master’s course Global Operations Strategy, Dr. Buliga provided us with hands-on insights and practi... Continue

The Chair of Industrial Management is very proud to announce that our long-time colleague Prof. Dr. PAN Yaling from the University of International Business and Economics Beijing (UIBE) was awarded with the Medal of Honour of the Friedrich-Alexander-University. Directly after Bavaria’s Minister Pres... Continue

On 21th of October, the Chair of Industrial Management successfully launched the new “Innovation Seminar” at FAU together with Daniel Krauss (CIO and founder of FlixBus). This semester’s seminar is about the topic “Shaping the Mobility of Tomorrow”. Four master student groups, each comprising of ... Continue

In close cooperation with Prof. Han from the Tongji University Shanghai, Prof. Voigt was happy to invite the fifth class of the “Siemens Executive MBA” to Shanghai. From October 14th to 18th, the students attended the “Global Leadership” module at the famous Tongji University. The module led by P... Continue