CAR Symposium 2025

24th September

08:00

Arrival of the guests / Registration / trade exhibition

09:00

Welcoming by CAR Directors

Beatrix C. Keim
Director Center Automotive Research

Dirk Wollschläger
Director Center Automotive Research

Strategies for Transformation

09:15

Smart electric mobility: A leap forward

Tianshu Xin
CEO, Leapmotor International

09:35

Wake up call from the future

Michael Lohscheller
Chief Executive Officer, Polestar

09:55

Innovations & future technologies @Mercedes-Benz

Dr. Fabian Wuttke
Head of Future Components & System Concepts, Mercedes-Benz

10:20

Panel discussion

Philipp Raasch
Founder of Der Autopreneur

Beatrix C. Keim
Director Center Automotive Research

10:35 Coffee Break

11:05

State of enterprise & industry segment

Stefan Mecha
CEO, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

11:20

Sustainability, competitiveness & resilience

Cléa Martinet
Vice President Sustainability, Renault Group & Ampere

11:35

Energy full circle: Elli in the intersection between ​mobility & energy ​

Giovanni Palazzo
Global SVP Charging & Energy Volkswagen Group,
CEO of Elli

11:50

Driving the future: 3M's collaborative innovations for the automotive industry

Dirk Lange
Vice President Global Automotive Business, 3M Deutschland

12:05

From change to cell innovative components for future batteries

Dr. Peter Kritzer
Principal Expert Batteries, E-Mobility & Innovation, Freudenberg FST GmbH

12:15 LUNCH

13:35

Interdisciplinary solutions for complex problems

Dr. Michael Herzog
Managing Director, ZESS

13:45

48V High-performance revolution for electric & hybrid drives

Adrian Patzak
Managing Director & Co- Founder, MOLABO GmbH

13:55

Beyond cars: Winning the mobility revolution

Dr. Michael Mandat
Managing Director & Owner, PROGENIUM

14:05

Disrupting after-sales quality with AI to reduce warranty costs

Arnon Shafir
Vice President Business Development, Upstream Security

14:15

Q&A Session

14:35

Clean, safe, affordable and emotional: Opel is fast charging e-mobility

Florian Huettl
CEO Opel and Vauxhall, Managing Director Stellantis Germany

14:50

Electrified but exposed: Managing risks for better insurance „solutions“ in EV ecosystems

Dr. Alexander Skorna
Managing Director, Funk Consulting GmbH

15:00

Accelerating innovation: From road to lab to simulation

Thomas Goetzl
Vice President & General Manager Automotive & Energy Solutions, Keysight

15:10

The laboratory in transition: Digitalization as a driver of innovation in the test lab

Dr. Florian Dauber
Head of Digitalization, Voltavision

15:20 Coffee Break

15:50

LIVE Experience

Keysight & Voltavision will provide live insights into their offerings at the Keysight offices.

Come closer and explore challenges, trends, and solutions to accelerate innovations – supported by live demonstrations in

  • EV Battery Test
  • EV/EVSE Charging Test incl. Megawatt Charging
  • Mastering the SDV Transition
  • Computer Aided Engineering

Keysight

Suttner-Nobel-Allee 21, 44803 Bochum

17:20

Farewell

End of Congress