Meet Our First 2026 Conference Speakers
Varun Agrawal
Director Product Management,
Synopsys
Synopsys
Shivam Bahedia
Program Manager, Mercedes Benz AI
Mercedes-Benz AG
Mercedes-Benz AG
Dr. Florian Baumann
System Technical Expert – SDV,
STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics
Dr. Francesc Fons
Chief Researcher,
Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
Markus Hafkemeyer
CEO,
Carizon
Carizon
Florian Haubner
Industry Architect Lead, Automotive EMEA,
Google Cloud
Google Cloud
Torsten Hermann
Senior Expert Virtualization,
AUMOVIO Germany GmbH
AUMOVIO Germany GmbH
Priyanka Mathikshara
CEO & Founder,
Voltai
Voltai
Jens Petersohn
Executive Director HPC Business,
Elektrobit
Elektrobit
Dr. Raphael Pfeffer
Head of Corporate Strategy & Business Development,
IPG Automotive GmbH
IPG Automotive GmbH
Dr. Bart Placklé
Senior Vice President Automotive Technologies,
imec
imec
Dr. Ali Safiei
Senior Principal Product Management – Automotive, Robotics & Edge,
Black Semiconductor GmbH
Black Semiconductor GmbH
Ziyu Shen
Founder, CEO & Board Director,
ECARX Holdings
ECARX Holdings
Christian Wenzel-Benner
Director Training & Coaching,
GLIWA GmbH & Co. KG
GLIWA GmbH & Co. KG
Jacob Zheng
CEO,
Eagle Drive Tech (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Eagle Drive Tech (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
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Dr. Andrea Bastoni
CTO,
Sqrrl
Sqrrl
Laure Bousquet
CEO,
LBerate
LBerate
Marco Cassol
Senior Director Product Marketing,
Infineon Technologies AG
Infineon Technologies AG
Tom Conway
Senior Director Product Management,
Arm UK Ltd
Arm UK Ltd
Thomas Dannemann
Senior Director, Product Marketing,
Qualcomm Germany GmbH
Qualcomm Germany GmbH
Thorsten Ehrenberg
Manager IC Base Development,
Aumovio Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
(former Continental)
Aumovio Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
(former Continental)
Shaumik Ganguly
Expert – DL Acceleration & AI Hardware Safety,
Aumovio Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
(former Continental)
Aumovio Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
(former Continental)
Houssem Ghanmi
Sales Business Development,
NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors
Peter Gliwa
CEO,
GLIWA GmbH & Co. KG
GLIWA GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Ricardo Gomez Gomez
Senior Technical Marketing Manager,
Samsung Semiconductor Europe GmbH
Samsung Semiconductor Europe GmbH
Chris Jacobs
Vice President & General Manager,
Micron
Micron
Dr. Chantal Himmels
Specialist Driving Simulation and Virtualization,
BMW Group
BMW Group
Jürgen Höllisch
General Manager,
Hoellisch Consulting GmbH
Hoellisch Consulting GmbH
Young Hun Kluge
Senior VP, Business Development & Sales, EMEA,
BOS Semiconductors
BOS Semiconductors
Kai Konrad
Head of Global Semiconductor Purchasing,
Stellantis
Stellantis
Dr. Andreas Lock
Senior Expert / Vice President a.D.,
Bosch Management Support GmbH / Robert Bosch GmbH
Bosch Management Support GmbH / Robert Bosch GmbH
Prof. Dr. Mirko Mählisch
Professor of Machine Perception for Autonomous Driving,
University Bundeswehr Munich
University Bundeswehr Munich
Vishra Mishra
Secure Diagnostics Architect,
Daimler Truck AG
Daimler Truck AG
Dr. Moritz Neukirchner
Head of Architecture,
Elektrobit Automotive GmbH
Elektrobit Automotive GmbH
Michael Niklas-Höret
Strategic Partnership Manager,
Aumovio Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
(former Continental)
Aumovio Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
(former Continental)
Bart Placklé
Vice President Automotive,
imec
imec
Tanuja Rao
Executive Director, Multi Die Solutions Architect,
Synopsys
Synopsys
Alessandro Giuseppe Sansonetti
Automotive Ecosystem Marketing Director,
ST Microelectronics
ST Microelectronics
Olaf Schmidt
Solution Manager,
INCHRON AG
INCHRON AG
Björn Schuh
Management Consultant,
Independent
Independent
Stefan Singer
Senior Director,
Renesas Electronics
Renesas Electronics
Robert Siwy
Software Manager,
BMW AG
BMW AG
Dr. Ericles Sousa
Co-Chair / SoC Architect,
UCIe Consortium Automotive WG / Cadence Design Systems
UCIe Consortium Automotive WG / Cadence Design Systems
Deepak Vedha Raj Sudhakar
SoC Performance Architect,
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Dr. Sergey Tverdyshev
Chief Architect,
NIO
NIO
Stefan Walter
Lead Portfolio Manager SDV,
dSPACE GmbH
dSPACE GmbH
Eugene Wang
General Manager Global Automotive,
SemiDrive
SemiDrive