Tours
Please register here
Tours are limited to conference participants and their family members. You can register the conference and buy a separate tour ticket from here. It has capacity it. It will be FCFS basis.
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Daimler (Mercedes Benz) Automotive Factory Plant Tour, Stuttgart (2 hours from Augsburg)- July 15, 2024 (Pre-Conference). – bus will leave at 11:30 am and tour will start at 2 pm. Capacity 30, Fee – $50
- Dr.-Ing. Neven Majić will lead the tour on Monday’s Daimler Plant
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KUKA Factory Tour – July 15, 2024 (Pre-conference), Fee – $20
- Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kurze will lead the tour
- Max. size is 58.
- The tour start at KUKA is 3pm and lasts until 4.30 pm
- Meet at the KUKA plant. See below map.
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Daimler (Mercedes Benz) Automotive Factory Plant Tour, Stuttgart (2 hours from Augsburg) – July 19, 2024 (Post Conference) – bus will leave at 11:30 am and tour will start at 2 pm. Capacity 60. Fee – $50
Reserve your tour spot now – https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=LAWNZKX
KUKA Plant Tour Location – Participants will go to KUKA Augsburg Plant Directly.
KUKA location Augsburg – See the below directions
KUKA Aktiengesellschaft
Zugspitzstrasse 140
86165 Augsburg /Germany
T +49 821 797 – 50
kontakt@kuka.com
www.kuka.com
If coming from the direction of Munich or Stuttgart
Leave the A8 autobahn (highway) at the Friedberg exit (no. 74 a). At the roundabout, take the exit towards Friedberg and continue as far as the exit “Gewerbegebiet Business-Park Friedberger See”. Then, at the next roundabout, take the Lechhauser Strasse exit towards Augsburg-Zentrum. This then becomes Blücherstrasse. Turn left into Zugspitzstrasse. This will take you to Zugspitzstrasse 140, KUKA Development and Technology Center, Reception and KUKA College. Visitor spaces are available in the parking garage.
Augsburg Airport
Approx. 15 min. journey time www.augsburg-airport.de
Munich Airport
Approx. 1 hour by car, or approx. 1.5 hours with the Airport Bus, stopping at central railway station (Hauptbahnhof) or Mühlhausen (Augsburg Airport) www.munich-airport.de
Taxi
Approx. 20 min. journey time from central railway station. www.taxi-augsburg.de
Tram
From Augsburg central railway station: approx. 25 min. journey time, first by bus or tram towards “Königsplatz”, and from the “Königsplatz” stop, take tram line 1 heading to “Neuer Ostfriedhof” and get off at the “KUKA/Partnachweg” stop. www.stawa.de
Receiving, dispatch and external companies
From Blücherstrasse turn into the approach road to Gate 5.
Augsburg City Tour
Worthy sights from Augsburg’s long and prestigious history:
- the opulent Renaissance City Hall
- the Fuggerei
- the idyllic artisans quarter with its quaint canals flowing from the rushing Lech river
- the patrician palaces along Maximilian Street, (one of Germany’s loveliest boulevards),
- the Brechthaus museum – the birth house of Berthold Brecht between two Lech canals.
- 16th July Tuesday & 17th July Wednesday
- Start at 6pm (duration 2 hours)
- Meeting Point: in front of T-Building
- Sign in at the information desk!
Exhibition: Augsburg’s Manufacturing Heritage and pioneering research by the AI Production Network
T-Building (on Campus)
An account of manufacturing in Augsburg highlights the rich history of the city, from its origins as a Roman military post to its transformation into the ‘German Manchester’ during the Industrial Revolution, and finally to its current status as a high-tech region and esteemed research hub. In the AI Production Network in Augsburg researchers of the Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg work with industrial partners to apply AI-based innovations.
Opening hours are:
- Monday 15th of July: 12 – 3 pm
- Tuesday 16th of July: 7:30 – 9:00 am and 12 – 3 pm
- Wednesday 17th of July: 7:30 – 9:00 am and 12 – 3 pm
- Thursday 18th of July: 7:30 – 9:00 am
In the AI show-room of the Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg projects of the AI Production Network in Augsburg are shown. photo: Timo Holzmann
Lab visits:
- OITC – Guided Tour and Exhibition
- AI Showroom Tour – On Campus
You can bring your family members and friends for the tours
Contact: info@ieomsociety.org