Johannes Diemer has been research coordinator at ARENA2036 since April 2022. One of his focuses is working in Catena-X.

Previously, he worked as Manager Industry 4.0 for Europe, Middle East & Africa at HP, HPE and finally DXC until April 2018. His range of tasks included the cross-departmental planning, execution, and control of the group's own Industry 4.0 program. He then took over the management of Virtual Fort Knox AG and ran his own company.

He has been involved in Industry 4.0 since 2011. He worked in the "Industry 4.0" working group, among other things as a member of the editorial team for the implementation recommendations for Industry 4.0 and was a member of the steering committee of the Industry 4.0 platform.

ARENA2036 stands for „Active Research Environment for the Next generation of Automobiles” and is one of nine research campi of the funding initiative "Research Campus – Public-Private Partnership for Innovations" in Germany. ARENA2036 is supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and is run as a registered association with members from science and industry. Our partners are active in various disciplines – from the automotive industry, aerospace technology, textile and materials research to industrial science.