Program TEST CAMP and Highlight tours
included
in Combo-Ticket MFK+TCI, TCI-Ticket, exhibitor pass, jury ticket
Highlight tour A (60 Minutes)
IFOY AWARD Finalists only. 3 minutes presentation at each booth
Highlight tour B (60 Minutes)
TEST CAMP exhibitors without IFOY AWARD Finalists. 3 minutes presentation at each booth
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Highlight tour A: IFOY AWARD Finalists without IFOY Start-ups |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Highlight tour B: TEST CAMP exhibitors plus IFOY AWARD Start-up Finalists |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Highlight tour A: IFOY AWARD Finalists without IFOY Start-ups |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Highlight tour B: TEST CAMP exhibitors plus IFOY AWARD Start-up Finalists |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Matchmaking (EN) in the Event Dome powered by Economic Development Agency Dortmund: IFOY Finalist Start-ups and scale-ups meet representatives of venture capital companies (Only upon invitation by TEST CAMP Management!) |
| 16:00 | IFOY Panel Start-ups (DE) in the Event-Cube: Challenges and learnings Moderation: Stefanie Nonnenmann, Senior Editor, impact media projects Participants: Massoud Koshan, Co-Founder and COO, Koiotech Daniel Jarr, Co-Founder & CEO, pyck Damjan Miklić, Co-Founder & Director RoMb Technologies Mariya Rajendran, Founder & CEO, AI2Connect |
| 16:30 | IFOY Panel Automation (EN) in the Event-Cube: Automation by default Moderation: Charleen Clarke, Editorial Director, "Focus on Transport & Logistics" Participants: Richard Bormann Group Leader Handling and Intralogistics, Fraunhofer IPA Baret Davidian, Managing Director, Wiltsche Fördersysteme Emil Hauch Jensen, Co-Founder, The Mobile Robot Company Michael Malik, Head of Intralogistic Solutions Deutschland, STILL Dr. Martin Weiglhofer, Managing Director JSL, Jungheinrich Systemlösungen GmbH |
| 17:15 – 23:00 | Networking Night (dinner, drinks & DJ) with IFOY AWARD Finalists, jury members, exhibitors and all visitors TEST CAMP & MFK |
Program Test Arena Stage, April 15, 2026
| 13:00-13:15 | (EN) Tamas Bajtay, Area Sales Representative, Cascade Europe: Cascade unveils what is next in material handling |
| 13:15-13:30 | (EN) Miriam Schmelzer, Research Associate Handling Processes and Dexterity, Fraunhofer IPA: Process handling with humanoid robots |
| 13:30-13:45 | (EN) Pascal Gloeckner, Product Manager, Jungheinrich: Jungheinrich presents AntOn by Jungheinrich in action |
| 13:45-14:00 | (EN) Kevin Kron, Senior Staff Integration Project Manager, Boston Dynamics: Automate sensing and inspection with SPOT – the agile mobile robot |
Program Event Dome, April 15, 2026
| 14:00-14:20 | (EN) Malte Guske, Senior Business Development Manager, Locus Robotics: Rethinking automation investments in a volatile supply chain |
| 14:20-14:40 | (EN) Patrick Schönemann, VP of Sales, Nomagic: Picking the unpickable: Nomagic Shoebox Picker |
Thursday, April 16, 2026
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Highlight tour A: IFOY AWARD Finalists without IFOY Start-ups |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Highlight tour B: TEST CAMP plus IFOY AWARD Start-ups |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Highlight tour A: IFOY AWARD Finalists without IFOY Start-ups |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Highlight tour B: TEST CAMP exhibitors plus IFOY AWARD Start-ups |
| 15:30 – 17:30 | TEST CAMP on tour: Behind the scenes at Arvato in Dortmund: Meeting point for the shuttle bus at the hall exit (limited number of free places) |
Program Test Arena Stage, April 16, 2026
| 13:00-13:15 | (EN) Tamas Bajtay, Area Sales Representative, Cascade Europe: Cascade unveils what is next in material handling |
| 13:15-13:30 | (EN) Miriam Schmelzer, Research Associate Handling Processes and Dexterity, Fraunhofer IPA: Process handling with humanoid robots |
| 13:30-13:45 | (EN) Andreas Holzlehner, Head of Sales, Branch Hamburg/Bremen, STILL: STILL presents the IFOY AWARD Finalist forklift truck for people of short stature in action |
| 13:45-14:00 | (EN) Sven Vorreiter, Head of Product Management and Training, Crown Gabelstapler: Crown presents the IFOY AWARD Finalist WJ 50 in action |