Past Events

  • ECSO Cyber Investor Days

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    At Cyber Investor Days, emerging cybersecurity start-ups get the chance to show off their solutions to companies from all over Europe. The event connects top investors, forward-thinking companies, and some of the most promising cybersecurity innovators from across Europe for an exclusive day of pitches, networking, and strategic discussions [...]

  • CAR Symposium 2025

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    The CAR Symposium is one of the most renowned automotive conferences in Europe. This year, it is coming to ZESS! Join us and take the opportunity to explore the latest trends in the automotive industry. This year's focus will be on the following topics: Customer-centric vehicle interaction Technology and AI-driven process innovation Material innovation and sustainability Electromobility. Look forward to […]

  • AI Developers Working Group: Trust and AI

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    The HUMAINE AI Developers Working Group is a regular exchange format for the operational application of artificial intelligence, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises. The format offers keynote speeches from science and practice and the opportunity to learn about current trends in AI and discuss problems in one's own development practice […]

    Free
  • Cybersecurity for SMEs: Deepfakes, Attacks & Prevention

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    On October 30 2025, ZESS will open its doors for an exciting event focusing on cybersecurity for SMEs. Take the opportunity to learn from leading experts how to protect your company from the latest threats! The program includes keynote speeches, specialist lectures, and panels with experts from IT security, business, and the police [...]

    Free
  • Digital Product Passport and Digital Twin: Potential and benefits for SMEs

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    The digital product passport serves as a concept for collecting and using product-related information over an entire product life cycle. Digital product passports can not only serve to fulfill regulatory requirements at EU level, but can also be useful as an enabler for entrepreneurial business cases [...]

    Free
  • HUMAINE Ideas Lab XXL: Expert Forum “Human-Centered, Smart Technologies in the Healthcare Professions”

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    On December 9, 2025, we invite you to the Ideas Lab XXL: Expert Forum "Human-Centered, Smart Technologies in the Healthcare Professions." Look forward to exciting ideas, discussions, and workshops on innovative technologies and their role in the healthcare professions [...]

    Free
  • IPSE Symposium 2026

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    The Institute for Product and Service Engineering (IPSE) at Ruhr University Bochum is once again hosting its symposium at ZESS this year! The symposium offers faculty members from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering the opportunity to network and identify opportunities for joint projects. Students gain deeper insight into the institute's research activities [...]

    Free
  • HUMAINE Karrieremesse

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    This year, ZESS will once again host the HUMAINE career fair for jobs of the future involving AI. Are you fascinated by artificial intelligence? Are you looking for a job, an internship or a PhD position? Do you value exciting tasks and the sustainable use of technology? Find your new employer here! […]

    Free
  • BIM-basierte Baugenehmigung NRW – Projektabschluss

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    Der Lehrstuhl Informatik im Bauwesen der Ruhr-Universität Bochum lädt zur Abschlussveranstaltung des Projekts "BIM-basierte Baugenehmigung NRW" ins ZESS ein. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Projektergebnisse und Praxiserfahrungen zur Umsetzung des digitalen Bauantrags mit BIM mit Blick auf Prozesse, Fachmodelle und die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Bauaufsicht und Planungsbeteiligten. Auf folgende Programmpunkte dürfen Sie sich freuen: Begrüßung seitens der […]

    Free
  • Cybersecurity Research Day

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    Der eurobits e.V. lädt zum zweiten Forschungstag Cybersicherheit NRW ins ZESS ein. Die Veranstaltung bietet eine Plattform für wissenschaftlichen Austausch zwischen Forschenden und Vertretenden von Hochschul- und Forschungseinrichtungen und ermöglicht das Vorstellen aktueller und zukünftiger Forschungsvorhaben vor einem qualifizierten Fachpublikum. Dieses kann im Rahmen eines Elevator-Pitches oder einer Poster-Session durchgeführt werden. Nutzen Sie die Gelegenheit, […]

  • Spring Servitization Conference 2026

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    The Spring Servitization Conference is dedicated to understanding how organisations develop and adapt their business models through servitization and advanced services.The 2026 conference will be held here at ZESS, with the overall theme of ‘Servitization as a Multilevel Transformation: Business Models, People, Organisations, and Ecosystems’. The conference will bring together the world’s leading researchers, practitioners and doctoral students [...]

  • Practical Data Science Congress 2026

    ZESS | Zentrum für das Engineering Smarter Produkt-Service-Systeme Hans-Dobbertin-Str. 8, Bochum, Germany

    Another conference about data science? Yes – but: The PDSC is different. This conference focuses on practical solutions [...]