MARCH 26TH - 27TH | IT SYMPOSIUM 2026
Speaker 2026
MARITIM HOTEL | INGOLSTADT
Moderation
Augustin Friedel
Associated Partner, MHP - A Porsche Company
Beatrix C. Keim
Director, CAR Center Automotive Research
Dirk Wollschläger
Director, CAR Center Automotive Research
Ole Harms
CEO, VAIVA
Sarwant Singh
President & Chief Commercial Officer - EMEA, Markets and Markets
Speakers
Ahsan Shamim
Senior Principal Technical Marketing Manager, Red Hat
Alessandro Curioni
Vice President Europe and Africa, IBM Fellow & Global Research VP, IBM
Augustin Friedel
Associated Partner, MHP - A Porsche Company
Bassem Hassan
Senior Director – Core Industries (Aerospace, Defense, Transportation & Mobility) ECAL, Dassault Systèmes
Boris Nowak
Consulting Partner Automotive, Kyndryl
Celine Laurent-Winter
Vice President Connect Vehicle Platforms, BMW
Christian Poschmann
Senior Vice President Global Engineering Technology, CLAAS
Christoph Hartung
President Cross-Domain Computing Solutions Bosch Mobility, BOSCH
Enrico Salvatori
Senior Vice President & President, Qualcomm Europe
Florian Kraft
Chief Executive Officer, Renault Germany
Frank Becker
Consulting Partner Data & AI, Kyndryl
Geoffrey Bouquot
Member of the Board of Management for Technical Development, Audi
Hanno Wolff
Executive Director of Automotive Business Development, Synopsys
Holger R. Scholl
Vice President Sales Engineering & Product Marketing, Cerence
Jan Hoscan
Vice President Head of Industrial, Everpure
Marco Wierer
Senior Manager Software Development, Vector
Mario de Felice
VP SW Engineering & Digital Vehicle Platforms, Audi AG
Markus Rettstatt
Vice President Software Defined Car, Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation
Martin Hofmann
Board Advisor, ex EVP and Group CIO, Volkswagen
Matthias Haringer
Principal Virtual Development, VAIVA
Ole Harms
CEO, VAIVA
Patricia Rennert
Head of Processes, Methods and Tools, CARIAD
Rahul Prathap
Vice President, Tata Technologies
Robert Lokner
Managing Director EMEA Automotive Industry Lead, Microsoft
Sabrina Reif
AI Leader – Tech Center Central Europe, Stellantis
Sarwant Singh
President & Chief Commercial Officer - EMEA, Markets and Markets
Stefan Poledna
CTO & Co-Founder, TTTech Auto
Stephan Hönle
VP Automotive Strategy and Operations, SiMa.ai
Thomas Kahl
Co-Head Automotive, TaylorWessing
Timo Schreiber
Managing Director, e.Solutions
Werner Köstler
Executive Officer Europe and Americas Automotive Electronics Division, Pioneer Corporation

































