19:00 - 22:00 | WARM-UP
Rooftop bar (inside & outside) at Maritim Hotel | Ingolstadt
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MARCH 26TH
07:30
Registration & Morning Coffee
08:30
Welcoming Remarks
Team CAR & VAIVA
Dirk Wollschläger
Director
CAR – Center for Automotive Research
Ole Harms
Chief Executive Officer
VAIVA
Beatrix Keim
Director
CAR – Center for Automotive Research
08:40
No Slow Lane: AI’s Acceleration Year for Automotive
Ole Harms
Chief Executive Officer
VAIVA
09:00
tba.
Enrico Salvatori
Senior Vice President & President
Qualcomm Europe
09:15
Software Defined by Design: How AI and Cloud Shape BMW’s Next Gen Vehicle Services
Dr. Celine Laurent-Winter
Vice President Connected Vehicle Platforms
BMW
09:35
How Edge Native High Performance AI and SoCs Transform How We Interact With Cars
Dr. Holger R. Scholl
Vice President Sales Engineering & Product Marketing
Cerence
Dr. Stephan Hoenle
Vice President Strategy Automotive
SiMa.ai
9:55
tbd.
Remco Timmer
Senior Vice President Product & Technology
HERE Technologies
10:15
Panel Discussion
moderated by: Dirk Wollschläger and Ole Harms
Giuseppe Serio
VP Market Development
Upstream
10:35
Break
11:05
tba.
11:20
The Software Imperative: Why Every Company Must Think Like a Tech Company
Markus Rettstatt
Vice President Software Defined Car
Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation
11:40
Trusted AI in Automotive Industry: How Agentic AI drives mobility through intelligent Automation
Salvatore Romeo
Director Automation Software
IBM
11:55
The Next Developer Workplace: Achieving Productivity, Scaling AI
Patricia Rennert
Head of Processes, Methods and Tools
CARIAD
12:15
Autonomy in Agriculture – AI as an Enabler beyond Driving and Steering
Christian Poschmann
Senior Vice President Global Engineering Technology
CLAAS
12:35
Panel Discussion
moderated by: Dirk Wollschläger and Accenture
Augustin Friedel
Senior Manager SDV
MHP
12:55
Lunch Break
13:55
Software-Defined Vehicles: Today and the vision for the future
Augustin Friedel
Associated Partner
MHP – A Porsche Company
14:10
AI Enabled Shift to Software Driven Engineering
Rahul Prathap
Vice President
Tata Technologies
Hanno Wolff
Executive Director
Synopsys
14:25
Perfect Match – AI Meets ECU Configuration as Code
Marco Wierer
Senior Manager Software Development
Vector
14:35
From Buzzword to Imperative: AI Reinvents Automotive Cybersecurity
Giuseppe Serio
Vice President Market Development
Upstream Security
14:55
Panel Discussion
moderated by: Dirk Wollschläger and Augustin Friedel
Michaela Fleischer
Vice President, Business Development Executive Automotive
Kyndryl Deutschland
15:15
Break
15:45
Closing the Looming Automotive Technology Gap Through AI, Open Source, and Collaboration
Ahsan Shamim
Senior Principal Technical Marketing Manager
Red Hat
16:00
Pure Storage | tbd
Harald Ruckriegel
Area Vice President, Systems Engineering, Strategic Accounts EMEA
Pure Storage
Jan Hoscan
Vice President Head of Industrial
Pure Storage
16:15
From Imperative to Impact: Delivering Mission Critical AI for Automotive
Dr. Boris Nowak
Consulting Partner and Automotive Sector Leader
Kyndryl
Dr. Frank Becker
Consulting Partner and Data & AI
Kyndryl
16:30
Panel Discussion
moderated by: Augustin Friedel
Dr. Stefan Poledna
CTO & Co-Founder
TTTech Auto
16:45
Break
17:15
AI and Quantum
Dr. Alessandro Curioni
Vice President Europe and Africa
IBM Fellow & Global Research VP
IBM
17:30
Panel Discussion: Agentic AI / Agentic Enterprise
moderated by: Dirk Wollschläger
Dr. Alessandro Curioni
Vice President Europe and Africa
IBM Fellow & Global Research VP
IBM
Special Guests
18:00
tba.
tba.
18:20
Summary Day 1
18:30
Break Buffet & Drinks
19:30
Discussion
Geoffrey Bouquot
Member of the Board of Management for Technical Development
Audi AG
19:40
Fireside Chat
Dr. Mario De Felice
VP SW Engineering & Digital Vehicle Platforms
Audi AG
Christoph Hartung
President Cross-Domain Computing Solutions Bosch Mobility
BOSCH
Ole Harms
CEO
VAIVA
20:10
Evening Get-Together & Networking
22:00
End of Day 1
08:45
Welcoming Remarks & Review Day 1
Dirk Wollschläger
Director
CAR – Center for Automotive Research
Ole Harms
Chief Executive Officer
VAIVA
Augustin Friedel
Associated Partner
MHP – A Porsche Company
09:00
tbd.
Florian Kraft
Chief Executive Officer
Renault Germany
09:20
tbd.
Phil Klaack
Head of Communication
Instavalo
Kaan Ernst Güner
Head of Sales
Instavalo
09:40
AI-Enhanced User Experience
Werner Koestler
Executive Officer Europe and Americas Automotive Electronics Division
Pioneer
09:55
tbd.
tbd.
10:10
Panel Discussion
moderated by: Dirk Wollschläger
Arndt Hüsges
Chief Executive Officer & Founder Hüsges Group and Founder
Instavalo
Werner Koestler
Executive Officer Europe and Americas Automotive Electronics Division
Pioneer
10:30
Break
11:00
tbd.
tbd.
11:15
AI-Driven In-Cabin Simulation
Dr. Matthias Haringer
Principal Virtual Development
VAIVA
11:30
Best Practices of an AI-infused Company
Timo Schreiber
Managing Director
eSolutions
11:50
tbd.
Poorab Samrah
Senior Vice President Infotainment and Interior Interaction
Audi AG
12:10
Dassault | tbd
tbd.
12:25
Panel Discussion
moderated by: Dirk Wollschläger
Hans Adlkofer
Senior Vice President, Automotive Systems
Infineon Technologies AG
12:45
Closing remarks
13:00
End