Events

Around 140 members of bavAIRia e.V. gathered for the New Year’s reception of the Bavarian Aerospace Industry Association. The guest of honor was Tobias Gotthardt, Member of the Bavarian Parliament and State Secretary in the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs. Viadoo Change Guides were also represented as bavAIRia members, namely our founder Dr. Dominik Faust. Photo (from left): bavAIRia Advisory Board Claus R. Mayer (MR PLAN Group), Johann Heitzmann, Tobias Gotthardt, Dr. Dominik Faust, Thomas J.M. Bella. (Credit: Claudia Montag from CREYDT.LAW)

The Bavarian Digital Summit will once again be held at the Munich Residenz this year. Among others, Bavarian Prime Minister Dr. Markus Söder, Federal State Secretary Prof. Dr. Luise Hölscher, and Dr. Marianne Janik (Ex-Microsoft, Google) will be providing keynotes. At the Digital Summit and the subsequent state reception, viadoo founder Dr. Dominik Faust will also engage in conversation with other leading experts from business, science, and politics. The invitation was extended by the Bavarian Minister of State for Digital Affairs, Dr. Fabian Mehring.

The German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI) will also be awarding its media prize in 2025. This is the most prestigious industry award in German science and technology journalism. It is presented annually in the categories of print/radio/television and online. viadoo founder Dr. Dominik Faust will attend the award ceremony in the hangar of Deutsche Aircraft in Oberpfaffenhofen.

Credit: BDLI / Markus Reuter

The HI POTENTIAL Career Day organized by the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Munich brings together young talents, companies, and institutions to discuss the professional challenges of the future and to network. We at viadoo GmbH will be present with a booth throughout the day. There, we will explain to visitors our approach of taking the human side into account from the very beginning of projects.

Digitalization, agile methods, and global networking are revolutionizing the way we work and manage projects. This poses immense challenges for the project and portfolio management (PPM) industry. Experts, innovation drivers, and thought leaders will meet on this day at Europe’s largest PPM conference. viadoo GmbH will be attending cplace Day 2025.

Munich Aerospace is the research network for Bavaria’s aerospace sector. Partners are the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the Bundeswehr University Munich (UniBw M), the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Bauhaus Luftfahrt (BHL). The association promotes excellent young scientists and brings research and industry together. This year, the network is celebrating its 15th anniversary. As part of the Science Meets Industry event, viadoo GmbH will also engage in dialogue with the Munich Aerospace research network.

At the German Aerospace Congress of the German Aerospace Society (DGLR) in Augsburg, our founder Dr. Dominik Faust will meet with representatives of Polish companies from the aerospace and defense industries. The “speed dating” event is being organized by the Polish-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Poland). The congress itself is the largest scientific and technical networking event for the aerospace industry in Germany. #DLRK2025

Drinktec is the world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry. Every four years, solution providers and suppliers from all over the world meet national and global producers of beverages and liquid food. viadoo’s founder Dr. Dominik Faust will be on site in Munich to talk to keynote speakers who will be sharing insights from the world of science and current research. #drinktec2025

ZP is Europe’s leading HR trade fair. It offers active access to the entire spectrum of topics in the HR world, such as start-ups, new ideas, solutions, and tools. Above all, however, it opens up space for open exchange, creative networking, and interdisciplinary transfer. viadoo founder Dr. Dominik Faust will be attending this collaborative platform for integrated people transformation. We want to gather valuable insights and inspiration from practitioners to incorporate into our change management and communication offerings. #ZPE2025

Over 500 international speakers will share their insights and address key questions about the future of mobility, its progress, and its challenges. Leading global companies are supporting the IAA mobility Conference as partners and sponsors. We will be on site in Munich to discuss with industry experts from OEMs and suppliers how change management and communication can help them make current change initiatives a success. #IAAmobility25

This event is about the future of military licensing and the national standard procedure for maintaining military airworthiness (DEMAR). Experts from fields such as artificial intelligence, change management, safety management, and quality & compliance management will discuss these topics with representatives from the armed forces. viadoo founder Dr. Dominik Faust will be one of these experts.

How personal experiences strengthen leadership skills: Marcos Mengual Hinojosa is not only an engineer and team leader at Telair International GmbH in Miesbach, Bavaria, but also the father of a son with Syngap1, a rare neurological disorder. In this viadoo ChangeCAST episode, he talks about how this experience has shaped his approach to resilience, assertiveness, and stakeholder alignment – and why personal clarity is often the key to leadership. Watch on YouTube.

Turnarounds often involve making a 180-degree turn in the shortest possible time to drastically reduce costs, to cut jobs, and to redevelope or adapte strategies. How a turnaround can be successfully achieved is the focus of the RETHINKING conference organized by [bu:st] group GmbH in Munich. viadoo GmbH will be represented by its founder Dominik Faust. Speakers include Norbert Leifeld, CEO of Bavaria Yachts, and Mark Trübenbacher, CEO of SGL, among others.

What happens when a team grows rapidly, for example, quadruples in size? In this 30-minute ChangeCAST episode, Stephan Neumann, CEO of BERNS Engineers GmbH & BERNS Engineering Consulting GmbH, reports on how managers and teams can master the challenges this presents. He explains why additional management levels, new communication structures, and a conscious approach to social dynamics are crucial. Verena Schinerl, the psychologist on the viadoo team, explains how she supported BERNS during this transformation. Watch on YouTube.

This week, representatives from the German Armed Forces and defence industry met again at the invitation of CQC Aviation GmbH & Co. KG to discuss the status of DEMAR. This is the new national standard procedure for maintaining military airworthiness. It is based on the European regulation EMAR (European Military Airworthiness Requirements). We at viadoo GmbH are actively supporting the integration of DEMAR with change management methods. As in 2024, we will be represented at this year’s DEMAR conference by our founder, Dr. Dominik Faust.

ACMP’s Change Makers Unplugged is an interactive and thought-provoking virtual event designed to connect, inspire, and inform, hosted by ACMP Board President Rich Batchelor. Together with a limited number of participants, viadoo’s founder and ACMP member Dominik Faust will dive into the most pressing trends and hottest topics shaping the change management landscape. This event will inform a comprehensive white paper about Trends & Hot Topics in Change Management, capturing the collective wisdom of the ACMP community. Read blog post.