Advisory Board

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

Head of R&D Competence
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

Research Associate,
Tokyo Denki University

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