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    #VDAMINS26

    The Speakers of 2026

    VDA

    Hildegard Müller

    President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry

    BMDS

    Dr. Karsten Wildberger

    Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Government Modernization

    Mercedes Benz Group AG

    Dr. Jörg Burzer

    Member of the Board of Management, Chief Technology Officer, Development & Procurement

    Robert Bosch GmbH

    Dr. Mathias Pillin

    CTO Bosch Group

    Red Hat

    Francis Chow

    VP & GM, In-vehicle Operating System and Edge

    Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

    Arvin Chander

    Senior Director, Business Development

    Infineon Technologies AG

    Thomas Böhm

    Senior Vice President and General Manager, Automotive Microcontroller

    Michelin Reifenwerke AG & Co. KGaA

    Armin Kistner

    Technical Director OE Passenger Car and Light Truck Tires

    appliedAI Initiative GmbH

    Dr. Andreas Liebl

    Chief Executive Officer

    DXC Technology

    Carsten Meinecke

    Managing Director

    DXC Technology

    Tim Gehring

    Head of AI Consulting Europe

    Mercedes-Benz Group AG

    Daniel Eitler

    Chief Data & AI Officer

    Mercedes Benz Tech Innovation GmbH

    Frank Witzigmann

    Head of Center of Excellence AI

    Siemens Digital Industries Software

    Kristian Kozole

    Vice President Automotive at Siemens Digital Industries Software

    Robert Bosch GmbH

    Dr. Thomas Classen

    VP Technical Lead Product Area Automated Driving Systems & Lead Automated Driving Alliance

    Waymo LLC

    Nathalie Teer

    Public Policy Managerin

    ENX Association

    Lennart Oly

    Managing Director

    MAN Truck & Bus SE

    Alexander Vlaskamp

    Chief Executive Officer

    BMW AG, Development

    Dr. Joachim Post

    Member of the Board of Management

    Bühler Motor GmbH

    Mark Furtwängler

    Chief Executive Officer

    Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

    Dr. Stefan Mair

    Director and General Manager

    BMW AG

    Dr. Stefan Fenchel

    Sustainability Project Manager

    ITCL GmbH

    Dr. Stefan Doch

    Managing Partner

    VDA

    Dr. Marcus Bollig

    Managing Director of the German Association of the Automotive Industry

    CARIAD SE

    Manuel Birke

    CTO ADAS Development

    hylane GmbH

    Dr. Sara Schiffer

    Managing Director

    McKinsey & Company

    Sebastian Küchler

    Partner

    Daimler Truck AG

    Dr. Tobias Schweickhardt

    Manager Regulatory Affairs Connected & Automated Vehicles

    Leap4

    Dr. Matthias Kempf

    Managing Partner

    Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)

    Henrik Falk

    Chief Executive Officer

    Media Pioneer Publishing AG

    Dagmar Rosenfeld

    Journalist

    VDA

    Eva Siegfried

    Head of Press Office of the German Association of the Automotive Industry

    MOIA GmbH

    Sascha Meyer

    Chief Executive Officer

    Opel Automobile GmbH

    Florian Huettl

    Chief Executive Officer

    Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG

    Thomas Berenz

    Director Type Approval Whole Vehicle, Safety & Integral Safety

    BMFTR

    Matthias Hauer

    Parliamentary State Secretary for Research, Technology and Space

    CMS Hasche Sigle Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern mbB

    Dr. Michael Kraus

    Partner, Attorney, Board-Certified Specialist Attorney for Information Technology Law

    BMW Group

    Martin Arend

    Head of Automotive Security

    Kern Innovations GmbH

    Susanne Schöne

    Journalist, TV and event host for tech, AI, and cybersecurity

    MAHLE GmbH

    Dr. Ing. Daniel Hrdina

    Head of Product Development PCU Platform LV/HD

    AUMOVIO SE

    Dr. Azarm Nowzad

    Technical Lead for AI

    Daimler Truck AG

    Oliver Berger

    Head of Network Planning and Sustainability Inbound Logistics Europe

    AUMOVIO SE

    Dr. Hanns Stoffregen

    Head of Strategy and Portfolio

    Caresoft Global Technologies

    Mathew Vachaparampil

    Chief Executive Officer

    AUDI AG

    Thomas Bernstein

    Head of General Procurement

    MAN Truck & Bus SE

    Sven Steckhan

    Program Lead BEV Charging

    PwC Strategy&

    Dr. Philipp Rose

    Director

    Amazon Web Services

    Dr. Florian Brummer

    AWS European Sovereign Cloud, Leader

    Deloitte GmbH WpG

    Andreas Herzig

    Partner

    IVECO Deutschland AG

    Lars Kirschenhofer

    Business Development Manager Electric Vehicles

    Deloitte GmbH WpG

    Nishant Khadria

    Director

    Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

    Prof. Dr. Susanne Keil

    Professor for Journalism, Research Professorship in Social Sustainability and Gender

    aioneers Technologies GmbH

    Francis Kothe

    Senior Manager

    Bnewable GmbH

    Philipp Graf

    Managing Director

    Certivity GmbH

    Bogdan Bereczki

    CPO

    CompActive GmbH

    Dr. Ing. Moritz Hübler

    Managing Director

    Rabot Energy DE GmbH

    Thomas Markert

    Squad Lead Large Assets

    Sono Motors GmbH

    Jan Schiermeister

    Managing Director

    Certivity GmbH

    Nico Wägerle

    CEO

    Compredict GmbH

    Dr. Daniel Dilmetz

    Global Account Director

    Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

    Patrick Schaufuss

    Partner

    Porsche Engineering Services GmbH

    Nicole Neis

    Development Engineer

    Persival GmbH

    Dr. Philipp Rosenberger

    CEO

    Telling Studio GmbH

    Lieke Johanna Ypma

    Founder

    Deloitte Consulting GmbH

    Aravind Mohan

    Manager

    MAN Truck & Bus

    Kim Kohlmeyer

    Head of Berlin Office

    Bundeskanzleramt

    Dr. Dominic Ponattu

    Head of Directorate

    Deloitte Consulting GmbH

    Erik Thorwirth

    Partner

    MAN Truck & Bus SE

    Simone Jessen

    Head of Corporate Strategy & Sustainability

    Dr. Ing. h.c. Porsche AG

    Dr. Falk Schmitz

    Manager Type Approval Integral Safety and Data Security

    P3 Group

    Markus Hackmann

    Managing Director

    Deloitte Consulting GmbH

    Arne Bleyer

    Partner

    CARIAD SE

    Oliver Beck

    Head of AI Core

    ESA / European Space Agency

    Nicoletta Wagner

    Head of Future Engineering Division

    Deloitte Consulting GmbH

    Sven Brandelik

    Director - Engineering, AI & Data

    BMW Group

    Dr. Jens Berger

    Business Developer Energy Markets

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

    Prof. Dr. Meike Jipp

    Executive Vice President for Energy and Transportation

    Fortaegis Technologies

    Rahul Vyas

    Head of Product

    Qualcomm Germany GmbH

    Riccardo Calabro

    Senior Director, Product Marketing