
Chair: Prof. Dr Ferit Küçükay
Director, Institute of Automotive Engineering
Technische Universität Braunschweig

Dirk Adamczyk
Vice President Research & Technology Center
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 Marcus Bollig
Vice President Transmission, Drive Train,
BMW Group

Florian Brandau
Director Business Development Commercial Vehicle E-Mobility
IAV GmbH

Dr Carsten Bünder
Director Global Product Management,
Magna Powertrain Transmission Systems

Dr Ulrich Burr
Senior Vice President – Testing, New Technologies and Development,
J.M. Voith SE & Co. KG

Dr Klaus Denkmayr
Director Research and Development Projects
AVL Commercial Driveline and Tractor Engineering GmbH

Dr Hartmut Faust
Senior Vice President R&D Transmission Systems
Schaeffler Automotive Buehl GmbH & Co. KG.

Prof. Dr Robert Fischer
Executive Vice President
Engineering and Technology Powertrain Systems,
AVL List GmbH

Stefan Fuchss
Chief Engineer Electric Drive Units, Transmission and Driveline,
Jaguar Land Rover

Philippe Hamon
CTO
Valeo Siemens eAutomotive GmbH

Pascal Hervet
Research & Development Director,
Valeo Transmission Systems Product Group

Dr Andreas Kracke
Head of Development Aggregate,
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Prof. Dr Arno Kwade
Director, Institute for Particle Technology,
Technische Universität Braunschweig

Jimmy Larsson
Senior Manager, Head of Gearbox Development
Scania CV AB

Dr Thilo Leineweber
Head of Development,
Robert Bosch GmbH

Prof. Jan Gang LU
Professor, PhD Director, Beijing Institute of Technology;
CTO, Sanhua Automotive USA

Dr Holger Manz
Head of Energy Management and High Voltage Systems
Electric / Electronic Development
Volkswagen AG

Keith Michael

Prof. Dr Anke Müller
Professor, Manufacturing Methods in Mechanical Engineering
Hof University

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

Rolf Najork
President of the Executive Board,
Bosch Rexroth AG

Dr Prabjot Nanua
Director, Global Engine & Transmission Advanced Engineering
General Motors

Konstantin Neiß
Director R&D Transmissions & eDrives
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
Senior Vice President Technology & Innovation
Vitesco Technologies

Prof. Dr Stephan Rinderknecht
Director, Institute for Mechatronical Systems in Mechanical Engineering,
Technische Universität Darmstadt

Marc Ritter
EMEA Automotive Partnerships,
Google Germany GmbH

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

Michael Schäfer
Head of Transmission Development,
Volkswagen AG

Raf Schuermans
Technical Senior Manager – Advanced Powertrain
Toyota Motor Europe

Takashi Shibayama
Fellow,
Shin Nippon Tokki Co., Ltd

Gunnar Stein
VP of European Commercial, Strategy and Execution, Business Unit Commercial Vehicle
DANA Inc.

Dr Ingo Steinberg
Vice President Transmission Systems,
FEV Europe GmbH

Prof. Dr Peter Tenberge
Director, Institute for Industrial and Automotive Drivetrains,
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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

Dr Michael Wagner
Vice President Global Engineering and Product Management
BorgWarner Drivetrain Systems
BorgWarner Drivetrain Engineering 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

Hiroyuki Yada
President
JATCO France SAS

Prof. Dr Tong Zhang
Director, National Fuel Cell Vehicle and Powertrain System Engineering Center
Clean Energy Automotive Engineering Center,
Tongji University
Honorary members:

Wolfgang Eng
Automotive Consulting

Berthold Martin
Retired Senior Manager
Advanced Transmission Engineering,
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC

Dr Wolfgang Reik
Automotive Consulting

Georg Weiberg
Automotive Consulting