Production at the leading edge of technology: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the German Academic Association for Production Technology (WGP), September 30th - October 2nd, Hamburg 2019

Prof. Bernd-Arno Behrens, studied mechanical engineering at the University of Hannover from 1984 to 1991. He then worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Forming Technology and Forming Machinery in Hannover and received his doctorate in 1997 in the field of solid forming. Subsequently, he took over a leading position in industry. Since October 2003, Prof. Behrens has headed the Institute forForming Technology and Forming Machinery. In addition, he has been spokesman of the board of the Material Testing Institute for Materials and Production Technology (MPA) in Hannover since 2004. In 2005, he also assumed the function of managing partner of IPH - Institut für Integrierte Produktion + Hannover gemeinnützige GmbH. Prof. Behrens is, among others, speaker of the Collaborative Research Center 1153 "Tailored Forming", as well as member of the SFB 653 and location speaker of the TR73. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the AIF, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Umformtechnik and an associate member of the International Academy of Production Engineering (CIRP).