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Since 2018 Deputy Managing Director – Research Association for Drivetrain Technology Leader VDMA Forum #XMOTIVE

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Dani Benjamin is Senior Director Manufacturing Engineering from Volvo Cars

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Tugser Sariunal is Head of Production Engineering Innovation from Toyota Motor Europe

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Andrea Šilovinac is Head of Manufacturing Engineering from Rimac Technology

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Dr. Alexander Chaloupka is Managing Director from sensXPERT

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I am thrilled new l4.0 tech to the shopfloor and guide people towards new ways of thinking. My mission is to create an inspiring environment for the people I am responsible for to reach their best performance and to get closer to our vision: "Best in class quality assurance. Pioneers in I digitalization."

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Bentley Motors is Head of Manufacturing Strategy from Bentley Motors

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Corneliu Constantin Tascu is Renault Global Access Plants ISIT GM, Renault Romania Group CIO and Head of Digital Hub from Renault Romania Group CIO and Head of Digital Hub)

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Tony Persson is Head of Battery Production from Scania CV AB

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Gottfried Sihler is Advisor from FPT Software Europe

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Faysal Karagoly is Manufacturing Process & Technology Manager from Rimac Technology

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Sagie Evbenata is Senior Research Analyst from Guidehouse Insights

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Lars Carlstrom is a serial entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience and a number of ventures on his CV, he was one of the leading forces in the acqusition of SAAB Automobile and in the past ten years very active in the automotive sector, he is also the founder of Britishvolt in the UK and currently the CEO & Founder of Italvolt one of the largest gigafactory projects in Europé, he is ready to share his experience with ICM Summit audience.

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Dennis Nobelius, 49 years of age, lives in Gothenburg, Sweden. Dennis has been Chief Operations Officer (COO) for Polestar since September 2020. Before this, Dennis was CEO of Zenuity for four years – the software company that develops software for self-driving cars. Prior to Zenuity, Dennis was MD for Volvo Cars in Switzerland, Programme Leader for the all-new XC90 / S90 / V90 and the new SPA platform for Volvo Car Group, and Plant Director for the final assembly shop at Volvo Cars Torslanda. Dennis was also CEO for the start-up company Expoplanet and a Visiting Scholar at Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, USA. Since 2021, Dennis is an advisory board member at battery developer StoreDot. He is the initiator and founder of MobilityXlab, a start-up business interface, which sees collaboration between Lindholmen Science Park, big Swedish companies like Ericsson, Zenseact, Volvo Cars and start-ups from all over the world. In addition to this, Dennis is part of the founding team of AI Sweden, a national centre for applied Artificial Intelligence. Dennis holds a PhD in R&D Management, from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Dennis is passionate about high technology environments, sustainability, and authentic leadership. Finally, Dennis enjoys trail running and holds a black belt in judo.

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Dr. Heuser has been with Siemens for over 20 years in various management positions within Siemens businesses including Corporate Technology, OSRAM, Energy and is now the VP of Additive Manufacturing at Siemens AG. In addition, he is a member of VDMA AG Additive Manufacturing Advisory Board as well as a member of Formnext Advisory Board. Dr. Heuser has a Ph.D. in solid state physics from the University Augsburg as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Management from ESMT. Dr. Heuser has been with Siemens for over 20 years in various management positions within Siemens businesses including Corporate Technology, OSRAM, Energy and is now the VP of Additive Manufacturing at Siemens AG. In addition, he is a member of VDMA AG Additive Manufacturing Advisory Board as well as a member of Formnext Advisory Board. Dr. Heuser has a Ph.D. in solid state physics from the University Augsburg as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Management from ESMT.

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Danny Auerswald (39) holds a degree in industrial engineering (TU Dresden) and started his career in 2013 - after five years at the management consultancy Volkswagen Consulting - in various functions in production and logistics at Volkswagen. For three and a half years, he was an advisor to Volkswagen Group and brand board members Michael Macht and Thomas Ulbrich. In August 2016, Auerswald, who was born in Lichtenstein (Zwickau district), took over as plant manager at the Pekan site in Malaysia. There he was responsible for the production of the Passat, Tiguan, Polo, Vento and Jetta. After four years in Pekan, the father of two children is now taking over responsibility for the Transparent Factory in Dresden.

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Dr. Dominik Lembke is Director Product Development at SVOLT Energy Technology Europe GmbH. Before joining SVOLT Europe in August 2021, he was Technical Section Head Battery Systems and Technical Project Manager HV Battery BEV at Porsche AG in Weissach. In this role, he was responsible, among other things, for the system integration of battery components as HV battery systems into the vehicle. Dominik Lembke holds a doctorate in science (Dr. sc. ETH) from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. He also holds degrees in physics from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and an MBA from Collège des Ingénieurs, Paris, Munich & Turin.

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Have MS and BS degrees from Industrial Engineering. 21
 years in Manufacturing. Owns extensive experience in plant operations.
 Ford Otosan Golcuk Plant is recognized as Industry 4.0 Lighthouse
Plant by World Economic Forum and McKinsey under his leadership.
Digital Production, Employee Engagement, Technical Skill Development,
Inhouse Manufacturing Engineering, Capacity and Utilisation Increase
(in the same footprint), Innovation Culture, Agile Transformation are
interested topics.

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Christoph Behler spent the first 28 years of his career in various functions in the areas of technology, marketing, key account and solution business with partners for the international automation business of Mitsubishi Electric Europe for the EMEA area at the European headquarters in Ratingen. During the period from 2005 to 2020 he was also an elected advisory board member of the Profibus user organization and was involved in various industrial associations. Since April 2019 he has been working for the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) in Europe as Business Development Manager and is driving the adoption of CC-Link IE TSN in the European market. This is the first open industrial Ethernet to combine gigabit bandwidth with Time- Sensitive Networking (TSN). He is committed to working with the leading automation providers in Europe and beyond to provide the converged network architectures required for Industry 4.0 to enable the connected industries of the future. His career is based on a degree in electrical engineering and communications engineering.

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JIAN HUANG is the Global Head of Corporate Supply Chain Risk Management at HELLA. He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration. With his more than 15 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Jian has been working for different multinational automotive and manufacturing companies. Jian has deep knowledge in global end-to-end supply chain and procurement management. Currently he is leading the HELLA corporate supply chain risk management team with the target to set up an end-to-end supply chain risk management process by implementation of new technologies across different business functions (Procurement, Logistics, Operations, Sales) worldwide.

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Mathias Wijkström has been active in the truck industry since 2002. He is currently part of the Chassis and Cabs management team at Scania where he is responsible for the truck and bus chassis production in Södertälje. Before joining this team he had various position at Scania including, Head of SPS-office, MD of the production unit in France, Head of the Scania Foundry and different positions within Scania machining.

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Timo Böhm is a Project Manager SMART PRESS SHOP GmbH & Co. KG -
Porsche Planning Car Body Shop. Responsible for the planning, establishment and development of the Smart Press Shop joint venture. Winner of the SAP Innovation Award 2021

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Erich has worked in various engineering roles at Microsoft for 18 years, initially in the Windows team and later in the Azure team. Throughout his career, he focused on the automotive and manufacturing verticals and has more recently shifted his work to the support of standards and commitments to open-source and consortia work at Microsoft. He holds a bachelor and two master degrees in computer science from Trinity College, Dublin.

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Customer value oriented leader with broad experience in industrial digitalization along the technical value chain in discrete industries – from product development, process and factory planning, manufacturing execution and automation to cloud-based “as a service” concepts. Proven track record of developing new digital business fields in thought-leading multinational customers with focus on business impact consulting, software and hardware-based solutions, project management and system integration.

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As an expert for AI + 3D Vision Solutions, Ying Wu’s goal is to further drive the adaption of 3D vision guided robotics for industrial automation. Working for several years as a software engineer at KUKA, she gained deep insight in the robotic automation industry from one of the largest industrial robot manufacturers in the world. Recognizing the limitations of industrial robots, she joined Mech-Mind Robotics in 2019, to develop and promote innovative technologies, reducing the pain points of industrial automation.

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Mark Brown Global Managing Director, Digital Trust Consulting Services BSI Mark Brown joined BSI on 1 st February 2021 in the role of Global Managing Director, Digital Trust consulting services business. Mark has over 30 years of expertise in cybersecurity, data privacy and business resilience consultancy. He has previously held global leadership roles across industry and professional services, including tenures as Global CISO at SABMiller plc, and Global CIO/CTO at Spectris plc, as well as leadership roles as a Partner at Wipro Ltd., and Ernst & Young (EY) LLP. Mark brings a wealth of knowledge including extensive proficiency on the Internet of Things (IoT) and the expanding cybersecurity marketplace as business grapple with digital transformation and addressing new technology that brings new business risks. In his new role, Mark will be focused on expanding the CSIR business globally through current services and bringing a new global focus on emerging technologies and risks such as IoT and Operational Technology (OT), increased cloud adoption, RPA Security, 5G security, and the CISO desire to achieve central management over the new converged digital arena, positioning cyber security as a business enabler. As the Global Chief Information Security Officer at SABMiller plc, Mark played a significant role in many of their business transformation programs (ERP centralization and integration, centralized Procurement hub and establishment of global and regional shared service centres), IT outsourcing and vendor management and the role of IT/Information in acquisitions.  During his tenure Mark was recognized internationally by his industry peers and was awarded SC Magazine’s Information Security Person of the Year in 2011. Mark is internationally recognized as a leading authority on information risk with a focus on cybersecurity and data privacy, presenting a focus on the way IT can enable business strategies, empowering not replacing employees. In recent years, he has spoken at central US and UK government events, interviewed on global and national TV and radio and has had a significant number of thought leadership articles published on his experiences and currently chair’s techUK’s Industry 4.0 Cyber Security committee advising the UK Government on how businesses can be incentivized to safely adopt new technologies at minimal risk. Mark is also an elected member of techUK’s Connected Home Group, chairing the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy sub-committee and internationally has been elected to lead the landscape analysis studies within the Medical Device Innovation Consortium’s (MDIC) 5G Enabled Medical Devices working group.

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Benjamin Freas is a research director leading Guidehouse Insights’ data offerings. He develops innovative research methodologies to address pressing concerns in emerging energy technology markets. Prior to joining Guidehouse Insights, Freas was a content director at Hanover Research, where he managed custom research projects for a variety of industries including. He has also worked as a mechanical engineer and project manager at J.B. Wyble & Associates. Freas holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland as well as an MBA from the University of St. Gallen.

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Born in 1970 Roberto has more than 25 years’ experience in the mining industry at the international level. During his career, he has worked on both the theoretical and practical sides of the exploration and mining industry. He has been President and CEO of major mining groups in Africa (2006–2018). Roberto has worked with company strategies, marketing, mining M&M and exploration management. Roberto is a Doctor of Law and has a bachelor’s degree in economics and industrial psychology.

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Enrico Krog Iversen is the CEO of OnRobot since 2018. OnRobot provides innovative Plug & Produce End-of-Arm Tools that help manufacturers take full advantage of the benefits of collaborative robots: ease of use, cost-effectiveness and safe to use alongside human workers. OnRobot is a born global company with its headquarters in the robotic cluster capital Odense, Denmark and with subsidiaries in the US, Asia, and Europe. Enrico Krog Iversen is the former CEO of the collaborative robot pioneer, Universal Robots from 2008 – 2016.

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My focus in recent years has been the digitization of manufacturing, i.e., leveraging all great technologies around IoT, AI, ML, Kubernetes, and more to help manufacturing companies creating products of high quality and value, efficiently using material and resources, to augment personnel to work smarter, and to use materials and natural resources with responsibility.