Speaker 2025
Moderation
Augustin Friedel
Senior Manager SDV, MHP
Dirk Wollschläger
Director, CAR Center Automotive Research
Ole Harms
CEO, VAIVA
Speakers
Adar Segal
SVP, Head of Automotive Sales and Business Development, Valens
Alexander Wischnewski
Managing Director, Driveblocks AI
Andreas Herzig
Partner Automotive, Deloitte
Andreas Mink
Head of Product Engineering Propulsion Software & Energy Efficiency, Daimler Truck AG
Anup Sable
Chief Technology Officer and Board Member, KPIT
Armin Bieser
CEO, Next Mobility Labs
Augustin Friedel
Senior Manager SDV, MHP
Ava Gordley-Smith
Country Manager USA, Next Mobility Labs
Christian Hort
Senior Vice President Automotive, T-Systems
Christian Müller
Vice President Global Software Center, ZF Group
Christoph Aretz
VP, Client Partner, Capgemini
Detlev Narr
Sr. Consultant Threat Intelligence Service, Kaspersky Labs GmbH
Dominique Massonie
Head of Software Internationalization - NOMI EU, Nio
Dr. Christof Horn
Head of Industry X Automotive Europe, Accenture
Elizabeth Nyambura
B2B Product Sales Specialist, VAIVA
Erik Kaiser
Co-Founder, CEO, Managing Director, Summetix
Fabian Schmidt
Entrepreneur in Residence, Next Mobility Labs
Francis Chow
VP & GM, In-vehicle Operating System and Edge, Red Hat
Geoffrey Wood
Global Head of Business Development, Amazon Smart Vehicles
Giuseppe Serio
Vice President Market Development, Upstream Security
Göran Göhring
COO, Next Mobility Labs
Hans Adlkofer
Senior Vice President, Automotive Systems in the Automotive division, Infineon Technologies AG
Hans-Jürgen Mantsch
Director SDV & MBSE, Systems and Software Engineering, Siemens
Harry Wagner
SVP Consulting & Programs, KPIT
Ina Bolten-Wegner
Global Lead Partner Vokswagen Group, IBM Consulting
Jan Born
Chief Technology Officer, Circunomics
Jan Skrovanek
Senior Business Development Manager GenAI & Automotive, Adesso SE
Johannes Bohnet
CEO and Co-Founder, Seerene
Jonas Tratz
GenAI Project Lead & Expert, ASAP
Julian Reindl
Manager Data Science & AI, ASAP Group
Jürgen Pieper
Director Research & Advisor Automotive Industry, Bankhaus Metzler
Maja Fredebold
IT Consultant Automotive & Defence, T-Systems
Maria Uvarova
SVP Software Product Management, Stellantis
Matthias Burger
Cross-Domain Computing Solutions, Engineering Business Excellence, Bosch
Michael Tenschert
Global Automotive Lead Custom Development, Capgemini
Michaela Fleischer
Vice President, Business Development Executive Automotive, Kyndryl Deutschland
Nora Kartun
Systems Engineer, 1ACUE
Ole Harms
CEO, VAIVA
Peter Mertens
Former-Audi and Volvo-Member of the Board, industry veteran, author & advisor
Rinat Asmus
Vice President SDV, Tata Technologies
Robert Laukas
CCO, Hashlist
Salvatore Romeo
Principal Automation Sales Leader DACH, IBM
Stefan Poledna
CTO & Co-Founder, TTTech Auto
Thomas Dannemann
Senior Director Product Marketing, Qualcomm Germany GmbH
Ulrich Herfeld
Head of automotive software development, AUDI AG
Wencke Schmidt
Director Automotive Google Cloud, Google
Zora Slavik
Senior Project Manager, Bosch
Agenda March 4th - 6th
19:00 - 22:00 | WARM-UP
Rooftop bar (inside & outside) at Maritim Hotel | Ingolstadt
SPONSORED BY
MARCH 5TH
09:15
Registration & Morning Coffee
09:50
Welcoming Remarks
Team CAR & VAIVA
Dirk Wollschläger
Director
CAR – Center for Automotive Research
Ole Harms
CEO
VAIVA
10:00
How artificial intelligence is changing the automotive value chain
Ole Harms
CEO
VAIVA
10:20
Future of trucking – software defined truck
Andreas Mink
Head of Product Engineering Propulsion
Software & Energy Efficiency
Daimler Truck AG
Part I: Automotive Cybersecurity
10:50
Global Automotive Cybersecurity Report: Key Findings & Insights
Giuseppe Serio
VP Market Development
Upstream
11:10
Cyberthreat challenges in modern cars and future transport infrastructures
Detlev Narr
Sr. Consultant Threat Intelligence Services
Kaspersky
11:20
From Zero to Hero: Crafting Automotive Software with Security, Speed and Quality
Dr. Christian Hort
Senior Vice President Automotive
T-Systems
Maja Fredebold
IT Consultant Automotive & Defence
T-Systems
11:30
Software Quality as a Tangible Asset
Andreas Herzig
Partner Automotive
Deloitte
11:40
Panel Discussion: Cyber security
moderated by: Dirk Wollschläger
Giuseppe Serio
VP Market Development
Upstream
Detlev Narr
Sr. Consultant Threat Intelligence Services
Kaspersky
Dr. Christian Hort
Senior Vice President Automotive
T-Systems
Andreas Herzig
Partner Automotive
Deloittte
12:00
Lunch Break
Part II: Transformation with GenAI
13:00
The Future of LLMs and Voice Inside the Vehicle
Geoffrey Wood
Global Head of Business Development
Amazon Smart Vehicles
13:15
Smart Companion for Software-Defined Vehicles – Architecture and AI Development Processes
Dominique Massonié
Head of Software Internationalization – NOMI EU
Nio
13:30
Accelerating ADAS & Autonomous Development with GenAI
Jonas Tratz
GenAI Project Lead & Expert
ASAP
13:45
Panel Discussion: The evolution of the software defined vehicles
moderated by: Augustin Friedel
Dominique Massonié
Head of Software Internationalization
Nio
Julian Reindl
Manager Data Science & AI
ASAP Group
Augustin Friedel
Senior Manager SDV
MHP
14:00
Revolutionized Digital Transformation with Kyndryl Bridge from a Client Perspective
Michaela Fleischer
Vice President, Business Development Executive Automotive
Kyndryl Deutschland
14:20
The future is agentic: How agents are transforming the future of GenAI applications
Jan Skrovanek
Senior Business Development Manager GenAI & Automotive
Adesso
14:30
AI-powered Automation for Automotive
Salvatore Romeo
Principal Automation Sales Leader DACH
IBM
14:45
Panel Discussion: Transformation of GenAI
moderated by: Dirk Wollschläger
Michaela Fleischer
Vice President, Business Development Executive Automotive
Kyndryl Deutschland
Jan Skrovanek
Senior Business Development Manager GenAI & Automotive
Adesso
Ina Bolten-Wegner
Global Lead Partner Vokswagen Group
IBM Consulting
15:00
Coffee Break
Part III: Efficient Software Development
15:40
Do OEMs need a culture change to build SDVs?
Maria Uvarova
SVP Software Product Management
Stellantis
15:55
Automated Software Deployment – Faster Validation
Dr. Stefan Poledna
CTO & Co-Founder
TTTech Auto
16:05
Architecture is the backbone of SDVs – without it,
everything crumbles
Nora Kartun
Systems Engineer
1ACUE
16:15
Driving the Future: Efficient Software Solutions in the Automotive Industry through efficient cooperation
Dr. Christian Müller
Vice President Global Software Center
ZF Group
16:25
Panel Discussion: Efficient Software Development
moderated by: Dirk Wollschläger
Dr. Stefan Poledna
CTO & Co-Founder
TTTech Auto
Nora Kartun
Systems Engineer
1ACUE
Dr. Christian Müller
Vice President Global Software Center
ZF Group
Anup Sable
Chief Technology Officer
KPIT
16:45
Beyond SDV – SW defined Experience & Excellence
Dr. Christof Horn
Head of Industry X Automotive Europe
Accenture
17:05
Panel Discussion: Tectonic shifts ahead – how partnerships can empower SW driven excellence
Dr. Christof Horn
Head of Industry X Automotive Europe
Accenture
Hans-Jürgen Mantsch
Director SDV & MBSE, Systems and Software Engineering
Siemens
Wencke Schmidt
Director Automotive Google Cloud
Google
17:20
Break
18:05
How venture studios turn entrepreneurship into repeatable success
Armin Bieser
CEO,
Next Mobility Labs
Göran Göhring
COO,
Next Mobility Labs
18:15
Start-up Pitches
moderated by: Ava Gordley-Smith
Ava Gordley-Smith
Country Manager USA
Next Mobility Labs
Fabian Schmidt
Entrepreneur in Residence
Next Mobility Labs
Jan Born
Chief Technology Officer
Circunomics
Dr. Alexander Wischnewski
Managing Director
Driveblocks AI
Robert Laukas
CCO
Hashlist
18:45
Fireside Chat with Audi
Dr. Ulrich Herfeld
Head of automotive software development
AUDI AG
Dirk Wollschläger
Director
CAR – Center for Automotive Research
Ole Harms
CEO
VAIVA
19:15
Exhibition, Networking & Fingerfood
21:30
End of Congress Day 1
08:00
Registration & Morning Coffee
08:30
Welcoming Remarks & Review Day 1
Dirk Wollschläger
Director
CAR – Center for Automotive Research
Ole Harms
CEO
VAIVA
Augustin Friedel
Senior Manager SDV
MHP
08:40
Pioneering Safety Simulations: How ICASIS Transforms Automotive Development with Synthetic Data
Elizabeth Nyambura
B2B Product Sales Specialist
VAIVA
PART III: THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLE
09:00
Revving up SDV Transformation through Open Collaboration
Francis Chow
VP & GM, In-vehicle Operating System and Edge
Red Hat
09:15
The 'H' in SDV stands for Heterogenous
Rinat Asmus
VP Business Development SDV
Tata Technologies
09:25
Software Defined Vehicle Track
Anup Sable
Chief Technology Officer
KPIT
09:35
Revolutionizing Automotive Innovation:
The Role of AI in Software-Defined Vehicles
Thomas Dannemann
Senior Director, Product Marketing
Qualcomm Germany
09:50
Panel Discussion: The evolution of the Software-Defined Vehicle
moderated by: Augustin Friedel
Francis Chow
VP & GM, In-vehicle Operating System and Edge
Red Hat
Rinat Asmus
VP Business Development SDV
Tata Technologies
Anup Sable
Chief Technology Officer
KPIT
Thomas Dannemann
Senior Director, Product Marketing
Qualcomm Germany
10:20
Coffee Break
10:55
The crucial role of semiconductors in the software-defined vehicle
Hans Adlkofer
Senior Vice President, Automotive Systems
Infineon Technologies AG
11:15
The Hardware Foundation for Software-Defined Vehicles
Adar Segal
SVP, Head of Automotive Sales and Business Development
Valens
11:30
A dream comes true: Developer journey from idea in the morning, ready in the evening
Christoph Aretz
VP, Client Partner
Capgemini
Michael Tenschert
Global Automotive Lead Custom Development
Capgemini
11:40
Business Success with Large-Scale Software Development:
Enabling Strategic Steering for Efficiency and Excellence
Dr. Johannes Bohnet
CEO
Seerene
11:50
Accelerate large-scale Programs with LEAN 5S
Dr. Matthias Burger
Cross-Domain Computing Solutions, Engineering Business Excellence
Bosch
Dr. Zora Slavik
Senior Project Manager
Bosch
12:05
Panel Discussion: The shift to SDV – it’s more than just software!
moderated by: Dirk Wollschläger/Ole Harms
Hans Adlkofer
Senior Vice President, Automotive Systems
Infineon Technologies AG
Adar Segal
SVP, Head of Automotive Sales and Business Development
Valens
Prof. Dr. Johannes Bohnet
CEO
Seerene
Dr. Matthias Burger
Cross-Domain Computing Solutions, Engineering Business Excellence
Bosch
Michael Tenschert
Global Automotive Lead Custom Development
Capgemini
12:30
Inspiring Follow-up Event at Accenture
Accenture Gaimersheim, just a five-kilometer drive from Ingolstadt, is opening its doors to provide a wide range of demos of innovative solutions and technologies shaping the future of the automotive industry.
*to be confirmed