Realize LIVE: Digital transformation in action.

Day one: this is what we experienced!

Realize LIVE Americas 2025 is now finished. Save the dates for 2026, same location June 1 – 4. Check our dedicated Realize LIVE website to stay updated with content.

It is the biggest Realize LIVE ever! And you could feel the excitement at registration this morning as we prepared to welcome 3,000 innovators to Detroit.

Attendees register for the digital transformation conference. — Siemens Realize Live 2025

Demonstrating digital transformation success with Siemens and Workhorse

Tony Hemmelgarn kicked off with a thought-provoking quote, throughout the session he came back to the importance of never standing still, and embracing complexity as a competitive advantage. And with only 5% of industrial data being widely available, the importance of challenging siloes and intelligent use of AI is essential to take digital transformation to the next level.

No man ever stands in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.

Joining Tony, was Jeff Mowry from Workhorse who designed, built and delivered a new EV truck in just 22 months, enabled by Teamcenter X. Jeff shared his lessons learned and proved that you don’t need to be a large business to achieve a competitive advantage from Siemens solutions and expertise. Specifically, he highlighted benefits of speed, cost, out-of-the-box functionality, cybersecurity, and scalability.

You can listen to Jeff’s presentation in our content library – here.

Looking to the future, supporting the next generation of innovators

The Student Design Hack kicked off as five student teams from Wayne State, University of Michigan, Lehigh University, University of Cincinnati and University of York race the 48-hour clock. Sony has set them an immersive entertainment challenge, supported by ABET and Microsoft. Making the best use of collaboration we have some of the team in the Solutions Center working with team members offsite, be sure to drop in to show you support. Judging is on Wednesday, check back at the Community Corner to see their results.

Customer digital transformation stories in the Solutions Center

Five sessions kicked off our Thought Leadership track on the Transformation Stages in the Solutions Center. Siemens Healthineers were first up and explored the benefits from the digital thread, you can hear more from Filip Rosinski in his podcast recorded in the run up to Realize LIVE Americas.

Across the Solution Center are live customer success stories, Arc Boat Company shared how they are accelerating electric boat development, Stoneridge are improving the safety of trucks, and Workhorse are lowering emissions with electric delivery vans. You can take a tour of the Solutions Center to dive into our activations.

Pitstop opening celebration

Andretti wins the race – powered by Siemens

Andretti INDYCAR took on the streets of Detroit and delivered a double-podium with Dennis Hauger and Kyle Kirkwood. A masterclass in street driving before the team heads back to oval racing next week. You can read all about the team success here.

Attendees enjoyed a pitstop themed opening celebration to round off day one of the biggest ever Realize LIVE!

What’s next?

On Tuesday we kick off with our General Session, Joe Bohman, Executive Vice President of PLM Products, who will share what’s ahead for Siemens Digital Industries Software. He will also show how this will enable big gains in speed and productivity.

Adam Shepherd, from Northrup Grumman will share how the global leader in technology weaves a digital thread from first requirements to first flight.

Then choose from almost 200 sessions, from technical to thought leadership, hands-on training to customer success. And don’t forget to drop in on our Innovation Hub and Community Corner to share your thoughts for the future of both our portfolio and this event.