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electronica Automotive Conference

The Automotive industry is undergoing a major transition of its global business. The one-day electronica Automotive Conference on December 7, 2023 in the CCN – Conference Center North focused on the major trends and challenges for the entire supply chain in a fast changing environment.

Information about the electronica Automotive Conference 2024 will be available here in spring 2024.

Focus topics in 2023:

  • New (SW-based) EE-Architectures: Automotive meets IT
  • Smart Interior sensing legal requirements driving technology growth
  • Lighting as a key differenciator in next generation vehicles
  • Future Challenges for the Supply Chain over the vehicle life time under CO2-Neutrality, Sustainability, Recycling etc.

Program 2023

Here you can download the program overview and the respective presentation details / abstracts of the electronica Automotive Conference 2023.

TimeTopic

08:00

Check-in

09:00

Conference opening
Peter Gresch, CEO, OptE GP Consulting

09:10

New software based vehicle architectures and its impact on the automotive industry
Thomas Irawan, President and Chairman of the Board of Management, ETAS/P

09:35

Technology trends in the field of Driver Assistance Systems
Stefan Rinkenauer, Head of Global Account Management for System and Software Applications, ZF Friedrichshafen

10:00

Automotive Digitalization and the Need for Flexible, Scalable & Software-Defined Vehicle Architecture
Thomas Dannemann, Senior Director Product Marketing, Qualcomm Germany

10:25

Panel discussion: SW Defined Vehicle: Status and outlook
Participants: Dr. Andreas Lock, Vice President, Robert Bosch / Stefan Rinkenauer, ZF Friedrichshafen / Martin Schleicher, Vice President, Continental / Thomas Dannemann, Senior Director Product Marketing, Qualcomm Germany

11:00

Coffee break

11:30

Digital Lighting as key element for future car differentiation
Stephan Berlitz, Head of Development Light/Visibility, Audi / Jörg Kälble, Head of Development Lighting, Viewing, BMW Group

11:55

Empowering Brand Identity - The Future of intelligent lighting and In-Mold Electronics
Jan Denecke, Business & Global Sales Development, HSL

12:20

60 GHz in-cabin monitoring and sensing solution to enable child presence detection (CPD)systems
Dr. Raffaele Soloperto, Project Director Radar Sensing, Infineon Technologies

12:50

Lunch break

14:00

Catena-X is live - End-to-End Scenario from Traceability to Carbon Data Exchange
Hagen Heubach, Global Vice President, SAP / Nadine Kanja, Executive Director, SAP

14:40

The impact of generative AI on Software Development
Dave Losert, Principal Solutions Engineer, GitHub

15:00

Strategic semiconductor sourcing—learnings from the supply crisis
Jan-Philipp Gehrmann, Vice President Marketing, NXP Semiconductors

15:20

Panel discussion: Design for “2nd life” right from the start
Hans Adlkofer, Senior Vice President, Infineon Technologies / Mustafa Dinc, Senior Vice President, Vishay / Ole Gerkensmeyer, Director Automotive Sales EMEA, Wolfspeed / Uwe Hauck, Global Director Technology and Innovation Hybrid and Electric Mobility Solutions, TE Connectivity

16:00

End of Conference

Program Committee

Chairman

Peter Gresch

OptE GP Consulting

Members

Hans Adlkofer
Infineon Technologies

Manuel Alves
NXP Semiconductors

Dr. Stephan Berlitz
AUDI

Dr. Wolfgang Bochtler
JPW Asia Consulting

Dr. Joachim Damasky
LION Smart

Mustafa Dinc
Vishay

Ole Gerkensmeyer
Wolfspeed

Dr. Stefan Gutschling
ZVEI

Uwe Hauck
TE Connectivity

Dr. Wolfgang Huhn
DVN

Sven Kallinich
KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme

Andreas Lock
Robert Bosch

Thomas Nindl
Brusa Elektronik

Julia Riedel
STMicroelectronics

Martin Schleicher
Continental Corporation

Josef Schriek
PG3 Engineering Services

Björn Schuh
AUDI

Oliver von Soosten
Analog Devices

Jürgen Weyer
Ideas&Motion

Business is people, especially in these challenging and demanding times of major changes in the automotive industry.The electronica Automotive Conference 2023 focuses on bringing together experts and managers from the entire supply chain for discussion.

Gresch, Peter
  • CEO
  • OptE GP Consulting

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