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The topic of this premium panel within the Elite Experts Conferences’ technology podcast is: „Empowering Innovation: The Rockwell Automation Vision for Future-Ready EV Battery Supply Chains“.

Imagine that there is a reliable method for predicting the future of the automotive industry, the expansion of electrification or other industry trends with a high probability - would you be interested in this method? Let's hypothesise that there is a reliable 'crystal ball', so to speak.

For the 'crystal ball' to work, we need an independent industry that stands for itself, but which extends throughout the entire automotive industry. This is very important, because there has to be a certain neutrality.

For example, you can't ask OEMs themselves about trends in the automotive industry. They have their customers, their suppliers, their shareholders, society in general, to whom they have to look good. In short: neutrality looks different, right? So, and furthermore, for this method we need knowledgeable experts at decision-maker level and their years of experience and good skills of observation.

THAT is the reliable way to get the best information.

And THAT is why this episode is relevant to anyone interested in the automotive industry well beyond automation topics.

Yes, our guests are all three automation experts from Rockwell Automation, but their experienced view goes much further than just automation topics. We promise it's worth listening to.

Let’s talk about battery supply chain - its past, its present and its future, about cybersecurity, about partnerships - this part is worthwhile for both established companies and start-ups, about networks, leadership and much more.

Let’s welcome to this premium panel:

💡 Pierre Teszner as Regional Vice President Central EMEA

💡Ted Stockburger as Global Director Electric Vehicle and Advanced Mobility

💡Christian Leitner as Business Leader Future Mobility EMEA

Listen in and be inspired - at the end the guests share great insights from their lives: Pierre shares his insights from 16 years in Asia, Ted gives us his brilliant learnings on how to deal with your own failures and defeats and Christian brings a good summary of what good networking is all about to form stable business partnerships.

Enjoy listening as we enjoyed creating this episode for you, our dear listener!

In this podcast episode, we have the honor of welcoming Maurizio Corbi to this digital stage. Maurizio is the Senior Designer at Pininfarina. Anyone in our community working with car design will immediately recognize Maurizio and his legendary achievements in the design world. For everyone else, here's a brief overview.

Car design has been Maurizio’s lifelong passion, and it wasn't enough for him to merely design cars – he wanted to design Ferrari cars. His first Ferrari project was the F116 (F456 GT) project, and his interior proposal was chosen. Then, in 1990, the iconic F50 emerged. The design process was unique, as Ferrari selected different elements and parts from the proposals of the entire team. In the end, Mr. Ramaciotti, the Director of Pininfarina Studies & Research at that time, built a unified proposal that featured a significant part of Maurizio’s work.

In 1992, Ferrari assigned his team the project to restyle the F348. From this exercise, Ferrari selected Maurizio’s proposals for the front and the side, giving birth to the F355 (Project F129). In December of the same year, he began the first sketches to define what later became the F550 Maranello (F131A). Over the decades, Maurizio has consulted on numerous projects, with a more recent contribution to the front end of the California in 2008. All in all, Maurizio is perhaps the only designer in the world who has designed the most Ferrari cars.

Join us as we dive into the evolution of Ferrari's iconic designs, exploring the delicate balance between tradition and innovation. We discuss insights into sustainable car design, navigating the changing landscape of mobility, and envisioning a future where elegance seamlessly merges with environmental consciousness. As in every episode, you will have many opportunities to learn from Maurizio, not only about car design but also about his personal lessons learned along the way.

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Today we are celebrating our 25th episode on the Elite Experts Conferences Technology Podcast. As we already announced last month we've prepared a little surprise for our audience. One of the guests on this new panel will look familiar to you. Yes, it's Gustav Tuschen from AVL, who was already on our panel with Andrea Hees from Yanfeng and Joerg Brandscheid from Polestar. Well, the panel was outstanding and there are so many more stories to be told.

Here are three guests from AVL in a completely new constellation:

1. Gustav Tuschen, EVP Business Development Truck & Bus and Industrial & International Operations.
2. Mario Brunner, EVP Engineering & Technology
3. Matthias Dank, EVP Global Business Development, Sales and International Operations Instrumentation and Test Systems

Which topics & questions were discussed?

- Developments in the automotive industry over the last 15-20 years
- Where we can expect the most dynamic transformations
- Where is the biggest potential in digitalisation and data management
- Decarbonisation: technology-wise feasible vs economically viable
- Links to energy sector & why it's so important
- Technology openness: risky path or incredibly smart?
- How to choose ‘crazy & bold’ projects - and listen if Dr. Ludmilla Derr was allowed to get a small insight there?
- What can we learn from the motorsport industry
- What value is generated by startup hub “Creators Expedition - an AVL initiative”
- and many more

In this episode like in every episode we stay true to our motto “educate, entertain and inspire”

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The topic of our next premium panel within the Elite Experts Conferences’ technology podcast is: "Power Electronics - Navigating the Challenges and Seizing the Opportunities”.
If Volkswagen changes its strategy and 'suddenly' develops its own power electronics in-house, then we have to talk about it. If the CEO of VisIC Technologies says that in 2027/28 she will drive up with a car with GaN power electronics, then we have to talk about that too.

Our excellent guests this time are:

- Dr. Tamara Baksht, CEO at VisIC Technologies

- Dr. Christian Wachtendorf, Head of Power Electronics Hardware Development, Volkswagen AG

First of all, if you are expecting a long and boring discussion, you are at the wrong place. The guests were exciting, very transparent, entertaining and provided some real surprises.

We can reveal a few surprises right away. It is often the case that the technical leaders in large companies like Volkswagen refer the startups that approach them with exciting innovations to the internal startup programmes and startup hubs. Christian has a completely different approach. He wants people to approach him with bold and exciting developments, he wants to receive pitches on the topic of power electronics and filter them himself. So to all the start-ups that are reading this and are active in this field, take advantage of this opportunity and get in touch with Christian directly.

The second surprise came from Tamara, but you'd better listen in to hear why someone who comes from the start-up world appreciates the processes of large companies and finds them better for the field of power electronics.

So, if you want to experience knowledge combined with entertainment and inspiration, you've come to the right place. The motto of this episode is as always "educate, entertain and inspire”.

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In this podcast episode we do something quite unusual. For the very first time a guest that was participating in one of our premium panels is invited right away for the next episode in an one-on-one interview.
Let’s welcome on this digital stage Jörg Brandscheid, as CTO at Polestar.

Also this time Jörg answered many interesting and challenging questions about:
💡Development of the product portfolio at Polestar
💡Sustainability and electrification
💡Polestar’s approach regarding automated driving abilities
💡Collaborations, especially with competitors - yes, it’s possible - tune in to know how to do it;
💡Collaboration between Volvo Cars, Geely and Polestar
💡How to innovate as a relatively small company
💡And of course some life wisdom about productivity and leadership

Jörg has a simply fascinating background. He worked for over 19 years at General Motors, starting as a Project Engineer and finishing in the role as Head of GM Powertrain Electronic Development. Afterwards he moved on to the role as Head of Electronics Development at CLAAS in agriculture machinery. In 2014, he joined Chery Automobile in China where he had the role as Executive Director Engineering. Later in 2017, he started as VP Engineering Powertrain/Drivetrain Electronics at Continental. After two years he moved on to HELLA as EVP Electronics and became a Member of the Executive Board. In October 2021 Jörg joined Polestar.

Tune in and don't forget to subscribe - we continue having more exciting tech topics and outstanding personalities in the future.

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The topic of our next premium panel within the Elite Experts Conferences’ technology podcast is: "Innovation Scouting and Strategic Partnerships in Automotive Industry". We recommend this episode to every startup, every global player, every supplier, every OEM - in short, EVERYONE in the automotive industry who in some way works on tech innovations.

Our outstanding guests this time are:

1. Jörg Brandscheid, CTO at Polestar;

2. Andrea Hees, Director Product & Program Management Global XBU Innovation at Yanfeng;

3. Gustav Tuschen, EVP at AVL for Industrial & International Operations and Business Development Truck & Bus

The atmosphere of the discussion was so pleasant that an interesting exchange of knowledge and insights took place. As always according to our usual principle: "educate, entertain and inspire". There were very transparent answers about where the focus is at the moment, where the challenges are, how the topic of innovation and especially innovation scouting is approached in every company. Of course, the discussion was also about all possible facets of strategic partnerships, a few example stories were shared and the key learnings collected.

And as in every episode, the guests answer not only the technical questions, but also a few questions about their personal path, outlook on life, etc. So if you want to know, for example, which book influenced the guests the most and why is that, stay tuned for the episode until the end.

Tune in and enjoy!