EMEAPast event
Car IT Symposium 2026
Automotive IT & digital transformation symposium (connected car, software, data)
About this event
The Car IT Symposium brings automotive IT and digital transformation specialists to Ingolstadt for two days. Organised by CAR - Center Automotive Research, the 2026 programme covers connected car technology, software-defined vehicles and automotive data strategy, aimed at OEM and supplier IT and engineering teams.
Speakers
TK
Thomas Kahl
Co-Head Automotive
TaylorWessing
DW
Dirk Wollschlager
CAR
BK
Beatrix Keim
Director
CAR
OH
Ole Harms
CEO
VAIVA
AH
Andreas Hennig
Site Lead & Sr. Director Automotive Product Management
Qualcomm Europe
DC
Dr. Celine Laurent-Winter
Vice President Connected Vehicle Platforms
BMW
DH
Dr. Holger R. Scholl
Vice President Product Marketing & Solution Engineering
Cerence
DS
Dr. Stephan Honle
VP Strategy Automotive
SiMa.ai
RT
Remco Timmer
Senior Vice President Automotive Solutions
HERE Technologies
DC
Dr. Christof Horn
IX Automotive Europe
Accenture
SR
Salvatore Romeo
Automation Portfolio Sales Director
IBM
PR
Patricia Rennert
Head of PMT and Central Steering
CARIAD
CP
Christian Poschmann
Senior Vice President Global Engineering Technology
Claas
AF
Augustin Friedel
Senior Manager Software Defined Vehicles
MHP/Porsche
DS
Dr. Stefan Poledna
TTTech Auto
MW
Marco Wierer
Vector
GS
Giuseppe Serio
Senior Director Market Development
Upstream Security
DM
Dr. Martin Hofmann
VW
DA
Dr. Alessandro Curioni
IBM Fellow, VP Europe and Africa, Director IBM Research Europe - Zurich
IBM Fellow
AS
Ahsan Shamim
Product Strategy, Marketing, Customer Engagements (Software-Defined Vehicles)
Red Hat
JH
Jan Hoscan
Everpure
DB
Dr. Boris Nowak
Consulting Partner, Automotive Sector Leader, Germany
Kyndryl
DF
Dr. Frank Becker
Kyndryl
HB
Holger Bohme
Mercedes-Benz
LL
Lennart Lutz
CARIAD
DR
Dr. Rene Deist
Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDO/CIO)
EnBW
SS
Sarwant Singh
Markets and Markets
FK
Florian Kraft
CEO Renault Germany
Renault Germany
KE
Kaan Ernst Guner
Chief Sales Officer (CSO)
Instavalo
JW
Jens Wages
Auto Industry Lead Growth & Product Innovation Europe (Accenture Song)
Accenture
WK
Werner Koestler
Pioneer
MR
Markus Rettstatt
Stream Lead Vice President, Business Stream Embedded Onboard Offboard Software Defined Car
Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation
SR
Sabrina Reif
Stellantis
DM
Dr. Matthias Haringer
VAIVA
TL
Thomas Lukaszewicz
Chief Engineer ADAS Europe
Ford
TS
Timo Schreiber
Managing Director
e.solutions
RP
Rahul Prathap
VP and Sales Head, Automotive Business
TTL
HW
Hanno Wolff
Executive Director Business Development Automotive
Synopsys
FS
Falko Sieverding
GitLab
PS
Poorab Sarmah
Vice President Infotainment, Connectivity and Interior Interaction
Audi
RL
Robert Lokner
Managing Director, EMEA Automotive Industry Lead
Microsoft
DB
Dr.-Ing. Bassem Hassan
Senior Director Core Industries (Aerospace, Defense, Transportation & Mobility) ECAL
Dassault Systemes
PF
Peter Fintl
Capgemini Engineering