Valuemanagers
Summit 2025
When:
15th – 16th October 2025
Where:
Graz – City of Design, AUSTRIA
Our Topics
Case Studies: Interdisciplinary Success in Value Management
Real-world examples showcasing successful interdisciplinary efforts in value management and product development.
AI Technologies in Value Management
Introducing cutting-edge methodologies that incorporate AI to enhance product value.
Sustainable Value Creation
Implementing sustainable practices to achieve green product value.
Cross-Functional Collaboration in Product Development
Strategies for fostering effective teamwork among diverse departments to drive innovation and value creation.
Design Thinking and Value Management Synergy
Combining design thinking methodologies with value management to develop user-centric and valuable products.
Networking
Exchange thoughts and experiences in the field of Value Management & More
Speaker 2025
Timetable 2024
October 16th, 2024
| 08:00 | 09:15 | registration and Styrian Networking Breakfast | |
| 09:15 | 09:30 | Wellcome Conference host Valuemanagers.org | Christian Katschnig, Manfred Ninaus |
| 09:30 | 10:00 | Best Practice Value Management in Australia – Key Principles, Practices and Case Studies | Gerrard Young |
| 10:00 | 10:30 | Critical Thinking Skills and Role of AI | Bruce Lenzer |
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Network and coffe break | |
| 11:00 | 11:20 | Value Engineering Practice in Construction Industry in Indonesia | Alvin Tehmono |
| 11:20 | 11:50 | Establishing a Best Practice Value Management approach in Capital Investment Planning in Scottish Water. Key lessons learned and practices. | Achilleas Chatzitheocharis |
| 11:50 | 13:05 | Lunch | |
| 13:05 | 13:35 | VE Application to a Major Grand Canyon Water Infrastructure Project | Stephen Kirk |
| 13:35 | 14:05 | Carbon Cost Management as part of Product Lifecycle Costing | Florian Stefan |
| 14:05 | 14:35 | Network and coffe break | |
| 14:35 | 14:55 | Optimizing Value in Medical Device Design and Manufacturing through Value Engineering and Value Analysis | Anilkumar Govindaraju |
| 14:55 | 15:25 | Digitally enabled influencing of technology selection in complex products for increased product profitability decades prior to SOP | Carsten Voss |
| 15:25 | 16:00 | Mapping Value to achieve Maximum ROI | Isolde Kanikani |
| 16:00 | 16:20 | AI and the Future of Value Engineering | Ramesh Ganesan |
| 16:20 | Closing of day 1 |
| 19:00 | 22:00 | Gala Dinner |
October 17th, 2024
| 08:00 | 09:15 | Styrian Networking Breakfast | |
| 09:15 | 09:35 | Improving Major Project Return on Investment using in-depth Value Management / Value Engineering Studies | James D. McCuish / Charles W. Jennings |
| 09:35 | 10:05 | Combining Ratio with Intuition in management of value management projects: a quantum leap in creating engagement as a basis for successful implementation. | Marco Schlimpert |
| 10:05 | 10:35 | Network and coffe break | |
| 10:35 | 10:55 | Clearing the runway. How not to crash when executing VM | German Jimena / Stefan Knieps |
| 10:55 | 11:25 | Systematic Innovation for Value Management: Bridging the Gap Between Solutions and Customer Motivations using trenDNA | Angelika Riedl |
| 11:25 | 11:55 | The VMO – Value Management Office and it’s Tools | Manfred Ninaus |
| 11:55 | 12:05 | Official Closing of Valuemanagers Summit | Christian Katschnig Manfred Ninaus |
| 12:05 | 13:20 | Lunch | |
| 13:20 | 16:20 | Workshop 1 : Function Analysis and Function Analysis System Techniques | Bruce Lenzer, Stephen Kirk |
| 13:20 | 16:20 | Workshop 2 : TRIZ and Trends for Value Engineering | Angelika Riedl |
Speakers 2024
Name: Alvin Tehmono
Speech: Value Engineering Practice in Construction Industry in Indonesia
Company: Value Engineering Academy
Name: Angelika Riedl
Speech: Systematic Innovation for Value Management: Bridging the Gap Between Solutions and Customer Motivations using trenDNA
Company: Mindful Innovation e.U.
Name: Bruce Lenzer
Speech: Critical Thinking Skills and Role of AI
Company: Synergy Value Solutions, LLC
Name: Carsten Voss
Speech: Digitally enabled influencing of technology selection in complex products for increased product profitability decades prior to SOP
Company: Rolls Royce
Name: Florian Stefan
Speech: Carbon Cost Management as part of Product Lifecycle Costing
Company: Horváth & Partner GmbH
Name: Thomas Schaich
Speech: Carbon Cost Management as part of Product Lifecycle Costing
Company: Horváth & Partner GmbH
Name: Felix Zentner
Speech: Carbon Cost Management as part of Product Lifecycle Costing
Company: Horváth & Partner GmbH
Name: Gerrard Young
Speech: Best Practice Value Management in Australia – Key Principles, Practices and Case Studies
Company: Stantec Australia Pty Ltd
Name: Isolde Kanikani
Speech: Mapping Value to achieve Maximum ROI
Company: Plat4mation
Name: Stephen Kirk
Speech: VE Application to a Major Grand Canyon Water Infrastructure Project
Company: Kirk Associates
Name: Achilleas Chatzitheocharis
Speech: Establishing a Best Practice Value Management approach in Capital Investment Planning in Scottish Water. Key lessons learned and practices.
Company: Scottish WaterH
Name: Marco Schlimpert
Speech: Combining Ratio with Intuition in management of value management projects: a quantum leap in creating engagement as a basis for successful implementation.
Company: DI Marco Schlimpert, former Senior Vice President of Executive Committee Lenzing AG
Name: Anilkumar Govindaraju
Speech: Optimizing Value in Medical Device Design and Manufacturing through Value Engineering and Value Analysis
Company: Quest Global Engineering Services Pvt Ltd
Name: James D. McCuish
Speech: Improving Major Project Return on Investment using in-depth Value Management / Value Engineering Studies
Company: Pinnacle Results LLC
Name: Charles W. Jennings
Speech: Improving Major Project Return on Investment using in-depth Value Management / Value Engineering Studies
Company: Pinnacle Results LLC
Name: Muhammad Amin
Speech: Challenges in Value Engineering Application
Company: Asaas Value Engineering Consultants
Name: Stefan Knieps
Speech: Clearing the runway. How not to crash when executing VM
Name: German Jimena
Speech: Clearing the runway. How not to crash when executing VM
Name: Manfred Ninaus
Speech: The VMO – Value Management Office and it’s Tools
Company: VMN Valuemanager Ninaus
Name: Christian Katschnig
Speech: The VMO – Value Management Office and it’s Tools
Company: VMN Valuemanager Ninaus
Name: Ramesh Ganesan
Speech: AI and the Future of Value Engineering
