Advisory Board

Prof. Dr Ferit Küçükay

Chair
Director, Institute of Automotive Engineering
Technische Universität Braunschweig

Dirk Adamczyk

Head of Corporate Research and Development,
ZF Friedrichshafen AG

Georg Bednarek

Director Regulations & Certification
Opel Automobile GmbH

Dr Sven Beiker

Founder and Managing Director, Silicon Valley Mobility; Lecturer in Management,
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Dr Carsten Bünder

Director Global Product Management,
Magna Powertrain Transmission Systems

Dr Ulrich Burr

Senior Vice President – Testing, New Technologies and Development,
Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG

Dr Klaus Denkmayr

General Manager, Tech Center Steyr,
AVL Commercial Driveline and Tractor Engineering GmbH

Prof. Dr Klaus Dröder

Director, Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology,
Technische Universität Braunschweig

Sven Ennerst

Executive Vice President Daimler Trucks
Head of Truck Product Engineering & Global Procurement,
Daimler AG

Dr Hartmut Faust

Senior Vice President R&D Transmission Systems
LuK GmbH & Co. KG

Dr Martin Fischer

President and General Manager Transmission Systems,
BorgWarner Inc.

Prof. Dr Robert Fischer

Executive Vice President
Engineering and Technology Powertrain Systems,
AVL List GmbH

Stefan Fuchss

Chief Engineer Electric Drive Units,
Jaguar Land Rover

Pascal Hervet

Research & Development Director,
Valeo Transmission Systems Product Group

Gerald Killmann

Vice President R&D2,
Toyota Motor Europe

Dr Andreas Kracke

Head of Development Aggregate,
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Prof. Dr Arno Kwade

Director, Institute for Particle Technology,
Technische Universität Braunschweig

Dr Thilo Leineweber

Head of Development,
Robert Bosch GmbH

Prof. Jan Gang LU

Professor, PhD Director, Beijing Institute of Technology;
CTO, Sanhua Automotive USA

Berthold Martin

Senior Manager
Advanced Transmission Engineering,
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC

Keith Michael

Prof. Dr Anke Müller

Professor
Hof University

Torsten Murr

Global Technology Manager Transmission Fluids,
Shell Global Solutions (Deutschland) GmbH

Taisuke Naito

President,
Jatco France SAS

Rolf Najork

President of the Executive Board,
Bosch Rexroth AG

Wolfgang Nebe

Global Head PL E-Motor,
Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH

Konstantin Neiß

Electric Drive Systems & Charging Systems,
Daimler AG

Tatsuya Osone

Vice President Advanced Technology Development and CTO,
JATCO Co. Ltd

Sascha Ott

Managing Director Institute of Product Engineering and Managing Director
KIT Center Mobility Systems,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Stephan Rebhan

Executive Vice President BU Transmission,
Continental

Prof. Dr Stephan Rinderknecht

Director, Institute for Mechatronical Systems in Mechanical Engineering,
Technische Universität Darmstadt

Marc Ritter

EMEA Automotive Partnerships,
Google Germany GmbH

Göran Sandgren

Senior Manager Gearbox Development, NTB,
Scania AB

Gianpiero Saroglia

Technical Director Transmission Engineering,
FCA Italy S.p.A

Michael Schäfer

Head of Transmission Development,
Volkswagen AG

Dr Jörn Seebode

Senior Vice President Commercial Vehicle Powertrain, MD-N
Business Area Powertrain Mechatronics,
IAV GmbH

Takashi Shibayama

Fellow,
Shin Nippon Tokki Co., Ltd

Gunnar Stein

Chief Technology Officer, Senior Vice President,
Oerlikon Drive Systems

Dr Ingo Steinberg

Vice President Transmission Systems,
FEV Europe GmbH

Steven Tarnowsky

Director, Global Transmisson & Electrification – Advanced and New Products,
General Motors LLC

Prof. Dr Peter Tenberge

Director, Institute for Industrial and Automotive Drivetrains,
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Dr Renate Vachenauer

Vice President Transmission, Drive Train,
BMW Group

Dr Götz von Esebeck

Vice President, Technical Officer Electromobility, R&D,
TRATON AG

Prof. Dr Burghard Voss

Senior Vice President
Transmission and Hybrid Systems,
IAV GmbH

Michael J. Waterman

Managing Director
Opportunity Management Inc.

Carsten Weber

Manager, Engine & Powertrain Systems
Research & Advanced Engineering,
Ford Motor Company

Dr Michael Winkler

General Manager, Head of Powertrain,
Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH

Prof. Dr Xiangyang Xu

Executive Deputy Director of National Engineering Research Center for Passenger Car Automatic Transmissions,
School of Transportation Science & Engineering, Beihang University

Prof. Dr Tong Zhang

Speaker 2018

Director, National Fuel Cell Vehicle and Powertrain System Engineering Center
Clean Energy Automotive Engineering Center,
Tongji University