Speaker 2025
Moderation
Augustin Friedel
Senior Manager SVP, MHP
Dirk Wollschläger
Director, CAR Center Automotive Research
Ole Harms
CEO, VAIVA
Speakers
Alexander Wischnewski
Managing Director, Driveblocks AI
Andreas Mink
Head of Product Engineering Propulsion Software & Energy Efficiency, Daimler Truck AG
Anup Sable
Chief Technology Officer and Board Member, KPIT
Augustin Friedel
Senior Manager SVP, MHP
Benjamin Steinmetz
Product Management Director Europe, NIO
Christian Klezl
Senior Vice President, Managing Partner, Kyndryl Deutschland
Christiane Viereck
VP, Strategic Account Automotive, Capgemini
Christoph Aretz
VP, Client Partner, Capgemini
Detlev Narr
Sr. Consultant Threat Intelligence Service, Kaspersky Labs GmbH
Francis Chow
VP & GM, In-vehicle Operating System and Edge, Red Hat
Geoffrey Wood
Global Head of Business Development at Amazon Smart Vehicles
Giuseppe Serio
Vice President Market Development, Upstream Security
Hans Adlkofer
Senior Vice President, Automotive Systems in the Automotive division, Infineon Technologies AG
Harry Wagner
SVP Consulting & Programs, KPIT
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
Kelly-Anne Cliff
Product Lead, VAIVA
Maria Uvarova
SVP Software Product Management, Stellantis
Matthias Burger
Cross-Domain Computing Solutions, Engineering Business Excellence, Bosch
Michaela Fleischer
Vice President, Business Development Executive Automotive, Kyndryl Deutschland
Nora Kartun
Systems Engineer, 1ACUE
Ole Harms
CEO, VAIVA
Peter Bosch
Chief Executive Officer, CARIAD
Peter Mertens
Former-Audi and Volvo-Member of the Board, industry veteran, author & advisor
Philipp Kupferschmidt
Head of Industrials, Accenture
Rinat Asmus
Vice President SDV, Tata Technologies
Salvatore Romeo
Principal Automation Sales Leader DACH, IBM
Stefan Poledna
CTO & Co-Founder, TTTech Auto
Zora Slavik
Senior Project Manager, BOSCH
Agenda March 4th - 6th
Maritim Hotel | Ingolstadt 09:15 Registration & Morning Coffee 09:50 Welcoming Remarks Team CAR & VAIVA Dirk Wollschläger Ole Harms 10:00 How artificial intelligence is changing the automotive value chain Ole Harms 10:20 Future of trucking – software defined truck Andreas Mink Part I: Automotive Cybersecurity 10:50 Global Automotive Cybersecurity Report: Key Findings & Insights Giuseppe Serio 11:10 Cyberthreat challenges in modern cars and future transport infrastructures Detlev Narr 11:20 Cybersecurity: Regulation and software quality tbd. 11:30 Deloitte | tbd. tbd. 11:40 Panel Discussion 12:00 Lunch Break Part II: Transformation with GenAI 13:00 The Future of LLMs and Voice Inside the Vehicle Geoffrey Wood 13:15 tbd. Benjamin Steinmetz 13:30 Accelerating ADAS & Autonomous Development with GenAI Jonas Tratz 13:45 Panel Discussion 1 - GenAI inside the vehicle Benjamin Steinmetz Julian Reindl Augustin Friedel 14:00 Revolutionized Digital Transformation with Kyndryl Bridge from a Client Perspective Michaela Fleischer 14:20 The future is agentic: How agents are transforming the future of GenAI applications Jan Skrovanek 14:30 AI-powered Automation for Automotive Salvatore Romeo 14:40 Panel Discussion 2 - Transformation of GenAI Michaela Fleischer Jan Skrovanek Salvatore Romeo 14:55 Coffee Break Part III: Efficient Software Development 15:40 Do OEMs need a culture change to build SDVs? Maria Uvarova 15:55 Automated Software Deployment – Faster Validation Dr. Stefan Poledna 16:05 tbd. Christoph Heusgen 16:20 Architecture is the backbone of SDVs – without it, Nora Kartun 16:30 tbd. Dr. Christian Müller 16:40 Beyond SDV – SW defined Experience & Excellence Dr. Christof Horn 17:00 Panel Discussion 17:15 Break 18:00 How venture studios turn entrepreneurship into repeatable success Dr. Alexander Wischnewski Circunomics 18:30 Fireside Chat with Audi Dirk Wollschläger Ole Harms 19:10 Exhibition, Networking & Fingerfood 21:30 End of Congress Day 1 *to be confirmed 08:00 Registration & Morning Coffee 08:30 Welcoming Remarks & Review Day 1 Dirk Wollschläger Ole Harms Augustin Friedel 08:40 Pioneering Safety Simulations: How ICASIS Transforms Automotive Development with Synthetic Data Kelly-Anne Cliff 08:55 Revving up SDV Transformation through Open Collaboration Francis Chow 09:10 The 'H' in SDV stands for Heterogenous Rinat Asmus 09:20 Software Defined Vehicle Track Anup Sable 09:30 tbd. tbd. 09:45
Panel Discussion Kelly-Anne Cliff Francis Chow Rinat Asmus Prof. Dr. Harry Wagner Anup Sable 10:10 Coffee Break 10:40 The crucial role of semiconductors in the software-defined vehicle Hans Adlkofer 10:55 A dream comes true: Developer journey from idea in the morning, ready in the evening Christoph Aretz Christiane Viereck 11:05 Business Success with Large-Scale Software Development: Prof. Dr. Johannes Bohnet 11:15 Bosch | tbd. Dr. Matthias Burger Dr. Zora Slavik 11:30 Panel Discussion 12:10 In-house exhibition by Accenture in Gaimersheim *to be confirmed19:00 - 22:00 | WARM-UP
MARCH 5TH
Director
CAR – Center for Automotive Research
CEO
VAIVA
CEO
VAIVA
Head of Product Engineering Propulsion
Software & Energy Efficiency
Daimler Truck AG
VP Market Development
Upstream
Sr. Consultant Threat Intelligence Services
Kaspersky
Global Head of Business Development
Amazon Smart Vehicles
Product Experience Director Europe
Nio
GenAI Project Lead & Expert
ASAP
Product Experience Director Europe
Nio
Manager Data Science & AI
ASAP Group
Senior Manager SVP
MHP
Vice President, Business Development Executive Automotive
Kyndryl Deutschland
Senior Business Development Manager GenAI & Automotive
Adesso
Principal Automation Sales Leader DACH
IBM
Vice President, Business Development Executive Automotive
Kyndryl Deutschland
Senior Business Development Manager GenAI & Automotive
Adesso
Principal Automation Sales Leader DACH
IBM
SVP Software Product Management
Stellantis
CTO & Co-Founder
TTTech Auto
Digital Product Manager
Ford
everything crumbles
Systems Engineer
1ACUE
VP Software Center
ZF Group
Head of Industry X Automotive Europe
Accenture
Managing Director
Driveblocks AI
Director
CAR – Center for Automotive Research
CEO
VAIVA
Director
CAR – Center for Automotive Research
CEO
VAIVA
Senior Manager SVP
MHP
Product Lead
VAIVA
VP & GM, In-vehicle Operating System and Edge
Red Hat
VP Business Development SDV
Tata Technologies
Chief Technology Officer
KPIT
Product Lead
VAIVA
VP & GM, In-vehicle Operating System and Edge
Red Hat
VP Business Development SDV
Tata Technologies
SVP Consulting & Programs,
KPIT
Chief Technology Officer
KPIT
Senior Vice President, Automotive Systems
Infineon Technologies AG
VP, Client Partner
Capgemini
VP, Strategic Account Automotive
Capgemini
Enabling Strategic Steering for Efficiency and Excellence
CEO
Seerene
Cross-Domain Computing Solutions, Engineering Business Excellence
Bosch
Senior Project Manager
BOSCH