09:00 – 09:05 Chair’s Welcoming Speech
Caroline Trudeau, Senior Director, Head of Digital, Slalom, USA
09:05 – 09:25 Be female. Be successful. Become a Digital Manufacturing expert
Marie-Fleur Revel, Vice President, Capgemini, Germany
09:25 – 09:45 Topic TBC
Uta Holzenkamp, Senior Vice President, BASF, Germany
09:45 – 10:05 Call for women in times of disruption – why the automotive sector needs more female leaders
Ruth Heuss, Senior Partner, McKinsey, Germany
10:05 – 10:50 Keynote Panel Discussion: The tools to succeed
– The importance of a support network
– Female role models
– How to retain great staff
– Changing your work culture for the better
● Mandeep Dhatt, Executive Director of HR, McLaren Automotive, UK
● Sylvia Neubauer, Vice President Interaction Management, BMW Group, Germany
● Dr. Christiane Feder-Andres, Vice President, Capgemini | Founder, Women@Capgemini
10:50 – 11:35 Coffee Break
11:35 – 11:55 The importance of design within automotive
Helen Emsley, Executive Director, Global Design, General Motors, USA
11:55 – 12:15 Reserved for Gold Sponsor
12:15 – 12:35 Digitizing the customer journey for BMW
Sylvia Neubauer, Vice President Interaction Management, BMW Group, Germany
12:35 – 12:40 Topic TBC
Anna Honnér, Director Sales and Marketing, WirelessCar, Sweden
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Roundtable Workshop Sessions
Time to get technical! Choose a table which is relevant to you and your business…
#1 Your Why is Your Key
Anna Honnér, Director Sales and Marketing, WirelessCar, Sweden
#2 Women in the automotive industry: what has changed and what hasn’t
Margaret Beever, Head of Purchasing CEE, Jaguar Land Rover, Slovakia
#3 Learning points from building a Chinese-global e-mobility start-up in Europe
Dr. Angelika Sodian, Former MD NIO UK, China Expert and Author, Austria
#4 Topic TBC
Mandeep Dhatt, Executive Director of HR, McLaren Automotive, UK
#5 Deep Dive in Corporate Startup Collaboration
Hannah Boomgaarden, Senior Program Manager, STARTUP AUTOBAHN/Plug and Play Tech Center, Germany
#6 Diversity from the Bottom Up
Caroline Trudeau, Senior Director, Head of Digital, Slalom, USA
#7 Experiences per Mile – how can we make time in the car, time well spent?
Carolin Caparelli, Customer Marketing Manager, Connected Car and Services, HARMAN a Samsung company
#8 World Café: Networking and Compatibility of Job, Life and Family
Dr. Sandra Mähner, Senior Business Architect & Andreas Baumann, Project Manager, Ambassadors for Job, Life and Family, Capgemini, Germany
15:45 – 16:05 Why change management is so important in times of digitalization
16:05 – 16:15 Experience management
Speaker TBC, SAP
16:15 – 16:25 How to be profitable in the current economy and mobility transformation?
Dr. Sylvie Römer, Head of Future of Mobility & Andreas Brauchle, Partner, Head of Automotive, Horváth & Partner GmbH, Germany
16:35 – 17:20 Closing Panel: The Next-Generation of Mobility
– Future vision of mobility
– Technology trends versus current talent and skills
● Malavika Sagar, Vice President Human Resources, Transportation Solutions, TE Connectivity, USA
17:20 – 17:30 Chair’s Closing Remarks
Caroline Trudeau, Senior Director, Head of Digital, Slalom, USA
06:00 – 07:00 p.m. (17th June) Pre-event Welcoming Drinks
Sponsored by BASF
07:30 – 08:30 Morning Activity: “The early bird catches the worm”
08:15 – 09:00 Pre-Conference Breakfast
17:30 – 19:00 Networking Cocktail Reception
19:00 – … VIP Gala Dinner
Co-Hosted with McKinsey
Dr. Uta Holzenkamp
Ruth Heuss
Sylvia Neubauer
Malavika Sagar
Interested in joining this fantastic line-up? Submit your speaker proposal online, or email us directly: stephanie@wwpartnerships.com
Submit your interest online, or contact one of the team directly to discuss branding options:
Email : stephanie@wwpartnerships.com
Phone : +44 (0) 203 289 5003
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