Agenda 2023, Conference Day 1

08:15

Arrival of participants, registration, networking in the exhibition area

09:20

Welcome, opening speech by Senad Melkic & Georg Sterler

Georg Sterler
Chairman & Former Head of Wire Harness System Development, AUDI AG
Senad Melkic
Co-Chairman & Director, North America,
GG Cables and Wires USA, Inc.

09:30

Past – Present – Future: An OEM Perspective to the Changes in the Wiring Harness

Martin Döring
Head of Innovations for Wiring Harness Systems, Volkswagen

10:00

Connection System Design Considerations for 48V Wiring Harnesses

Kurt Seifert
Advanced Development Manager, APTIV

10:30

Busbar Connectivity in Automotive Systems

Xiaobao Geng
Staff R&D Product Development Engineer, TE Connectivity

11:00
Coffee Break & Networking in the Exhibition

Coffee Break & Networking in the Exhibition

11:30

Driving Eficient Zonal Architecture using Functional Integration into Zonal Computers

Frédéric Holzmann
Head of Customer Architecture & Product Innovation, Leoni Bordnetz-Systeme
Karlheinz Morgenroth
Head of Functional Safety, LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH

12:00

The Smart Way to a Zonal Wiring Harness

Gunnar Armbrecht
Director R&D, Head of Automotive R&D, Rosenberger
Martin Zebhauser
Executive Vice President Data Connector, Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG

12:30
Essen

Joint Lunch & Networking

13:30

Innovative Solutions in High-Speed Cable Design to Fulfill Latest Automotive Standards

Tobias Kupka
Manager Wires Automotive, GG Group

14:00

1 kg Weight Reduction through Engineering Intelligence

Daniel Metzinger
Physical Layer Design Expert, SPREAD GmbH

14:30

Application of based recycled PET Compound for Automotive Wire Insulation

Florent Picot
Innovation Project Leader, ACOME

15:00
Coffee Break & Networking in the Exhibition

Coffee Break & Networking in the Exhibition

15:30

Reliability & Validation of Automotive Connectors

Ahmed Abou Gharam
Design for Reliability Director, Molex

16:00

Glass Fiber Optics – Mature Alternative in Emerging Automotive Data Networks

Thomas Theuerkorn
Senior Precision Mechanical Enginer at Corning Research and Development Associate, Corning

16:30

Does the Automotive Industry need Fiber to Reach 32Gbps?

Daniel Shwartzberg
Director Business Development and System Solutions, Valens

17:00

Hype or Hope? Our Journey to Harness the Potential of AI

Michael Grade
Product Owner Machine Learning, Leoni Bordnetz-Systeme

17:30
Get-together with fine food and drinks, Networking

Get-together with fine food and drinks, Networking