IFAT Munich Solution Tours: Orientation with added value
Tailored to solve your challenges: With the guided Solution Tours at IFAT Munich, you will discover compact, topic-specific answers to key questions in environmental technology.
Whether it's water scarcity, aging infrastructure, or growing waste volumes—the challenges are complex. Trade visitors are looking for answers. Exhibitors at IFAT Munich showcase suitable solutions—bundled in our guided Solution Tours.
How the Solution Tours work
A Solution Tour combines in-depth expertise with targeted exchange: An industry expert guides a group of visitors to four to five selected exhibitors who offer new ideas and concrete solutions to specific issues in the field of environmental technologies. Several Solution Tours take place each day of the trade fair.
The tours start with a short keynote speech to provide context for the topic. At each stop, the exhibitors present their solutions in person—directly at their own booths, in a professional dialogue. This provides a compact overview with real added value for everyone involved.
Important information for visitors:
- Participation is free of charge for trade fair visitors with a valid IFAT Munich ticket.
- Please book your desired tour in advance in the IFAT Munich app (available from April 2026).
- Please bring your own headphones. The audio will be transmitted via your own mobile device.
- The tour language is English.
Tip: Based on past experience, we recommend booking early!
Exhibitor information on the IFAT Munich Solution Tours
Are you an exhibitor looking for information on how to present your solution at one of our Solution Tours? Then find out more on our exhibitor page.
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Solution Tours for Water Management
- Digitalization in Drinking Water Supply
- Analysis and Drinking Water Treatment Methods
- Maintaining Infrastructure & Climate Adaption
- Digitalization in the Wastewater Sector
- Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive
More information about the contents of the Solution Tours
Book Solution Tours in the IFAT Munich appSolution Tours for Waste Management and Municipal Vehicles
- Digitalization in Waste Management
- New Approaches to Plastic Waste Recycling
- Drive Systems of Tomorrow
More information about the contents of the Solution Tours
Book Solution Tours in the IFAT Munich appTop experts from wastewater to circularity: Meet our tour guides
- Head of the Water Supply Systems Unit at DVGW e. V.
- Civil engineer specializing in structural analysis, urban water management, and hydraulic engineering
- Areas of expertise: Drinking water infrastructure, corrosion and corrosion protection, national and international regulation and standardization
- Head of the Water and Waste Management Department at DWA
- Management and coordination of volunteer experts in the development of technical rules in the water sector
- Collaboration in national and European standardization
- Support for DWA policy advice and public relations
- Leadership in the alliance, Together for Water-Conscious Urban Development
- Until 2021, Deputy Managing Director and Head of the Environmental Technology Department at bifa Umweltinstitut GmbH
- Focus: Plastic recycling, mechanical processing, ecological process assessment, strategy consulting for industry and public authorities
- Combines scientific depth and application perspective – especially where technology meets regulatory and economic requirements
- Managing Director of the Association for work machinery and municipal technology in Germany (VAK)
- Focus: Innovative, energy-efficient and resource-saving equipment and municipal vehicles
- Leads tours on solutions for communal drive systems of tomorrow
- Has an overview of technological developments – from digitally networked vehicle diagnostics and smart sensor technology to megawatt charging systems for heavy-duty electric vehicles, and intelligent energy and hydraulic systems
Secure your place on a Solution Tour of your choice!
Registration for the Solution Tours is via the IFAT Munich app (available from April 2026).
The Solution Tours at IFAT Munich 2026 in detail
Find out more about the content of each Solution Tour here. Please note: All tours are conducted in English.
- AI systems for network control, digital twins, building information modeling
- Cybersecurity for critical infrastructures
- Cloud-based monitoring and process control
Tour Guide: Peter Frenz
- Sensors, analytics and monitoring to detect PFAS, pesticides and trace substances
- Process for water treatment and reuse
- Control technology and quality assurance during operation
Tour Guide: Peter Frenz
- Leakage detection and determination of water losses (Infrastructure Leakage Index ILI)
- Refurbishment and repair methods, and condition assessment (life cycle)
- Innovative inspection procedures
- Network documentation
Tour Guide: Peter Frenz
- Building information modeling for wastewater treatment plants and network planning
- Cloud-based data analysis for control & resource efficiency
- Early warning systems for overload, backwater & heavy rain
Tour Guide: Dr. Friedrich Hetzel
- Process for removing micropollutants (4th purification stage)
- Measures to reduce emissions & optimize energy
- Monitoring solutions to comply with new limit values
Tour Guide: Dr. Friedrich Hetzel
- AI-supported systems for sorting, contaminant detection, or process optimization
- IoT and sensor technology for system monitoring, separation quality analysis, and route planning
- Platforms & data management for cross-process coordination
- Digital tools for training, forecasts, or citizen participation
Tour Guide: Dr. Siegfried Kreibe
- AI-supported image processing & sensor technology for sorting and contaminant analysis
- Machine-to-machine communication for improved production and processing of recyclates
- Digital platforms for process management along the recycling chain
- Tools for recycling-friendly design
- Mechanical & chemical processing technology
Tour Guide: Dr. Siegfried Kreibe
- Alternative drives in practice
- Autonomous and semi-automated systems
- System integration & cooperation
Tour Guide: Anna Breimer
Secure your place on a Solution Tour of your choice!
Registration for the Solution Tours is via the IFAT Munich app (available from April 2026).