Conference Program 2024, Day 1

08:40

Welcome by Moderator

Maxi Sarwas
Moderator & Journalist

08:45

Opening Speech by Congress Chairman

Ricky Hudi
CEO,
Future Mobility Technologies

09:00

Software Centered Bordnet Development:
Towards the Software-defined Vehicle

Christian Salzmann
Vice President BMW Group Global Software Strategy, -Factory and -Platforms,
BMW AG

09:30

The Software-defined Vehicle
– How can we Master the Revolutionary Transformation?

Christoph Hartung
President of the Executive Board of Management, Cross-Domain Computing Solutions,
Robert Bosch GmbH

10:00

Software-defined Vehicle
– Transformation through Software

Katrin Matthes
CTO, VP Innovation & Technology,
Renault Group – Ampere Software Technology

10:30
Coffee break and time for networking

Coffee break and time for networking

11:15

Digital Loop: The next Step Change in Homologation

Christian Hort
Senior Vice President Automotive,
T-Systems International GmbH

11:45

Transforming the Future of SDV with Generative AI

Dominik Wee
Corporate Vice President, Manufacturing & Mobility,
Microsoft Corporation

12:15

Open Source
– a Proven, Viable and Sustainable Collaboration Model

Francis Chow
VP & GM In-vehicle Operating System and Edge,
Red Hat

12:45
Essen

Joint lunch break and time for networking

14:00

Autonomous Driving’s iPhone Moment

James Peng
CEO,
Pony.ai

14:30

4SDV: Towards Faster and more Robust Integration
– Beyond Autosar

Dirk Linzmeier
CEO,
TTTech Auto AG

15:00

Panel discussion: Automotive AI & Safety

Nakul Duggal
Group General Manager of Automotive, Industrial and Cloud,
Qualcomm Technologies Inc.
Christoph Grote
Senior Vice President Electronics and Software,
BMW Group
Ricky Hudi
CEO,
Future Mobility Technologies
Mathias Pillin
CTO Bosch Mobility & Member of the Board,
Robert Bosch GmbH
Lars Reger
Executive Vice President & CTO,
NXP Semiconductors

15:30
Coffee break and time for networking

Coffee break and time for networking

16:00

Technologies to Watch

Julian Broadbent
CEO,
Applied EV
Gunnar Armbrecht
Director R&D, Head of Automotive R&D,
Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik

16:30

Accelerating a Sustainable Future in Automotive Electronics through Simulation

Judy Curran
Chief Technologist Automotive,
Ansys Inc.

17:00

Electronics Hardware Platform for a Software-defined Future

Leandro Lara
Vice President – HW Engineering,
Stellantis

17:30

From Disruption to Distinction:
Reinventing the Automotive Value Chain for Next-Gen Mobility and Supply Chain Resilience

Mike Thoeny
President Automotive Business Group,
Flex Ltd.

18:00

End of first conference day

18:30
Drinks being served at Reithaus Ludwigsburg

Drinks being served at Reithaus Ludwigsburg

19:00
Kick-off Industry Get-together at Reithaus Ludwigsburg

Kick-off Industry Get-together at Reithaus Ludwigsburg