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Key visual Automated Driving

Automated Driving 2026

18-03-2026 – 19-03-2026 – Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Program

Let yourself be inspired by top-class keynote speeches and trailblazing specialist presentations. Use the breaks and the evening event for in-depth discussions and to make contacts away from “day-to-day business”.

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KEYNOTE LECTURES II

Moderation

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Keynote Speech

Ahead of the curve: China’s breakthroughs in highly automated urban mobility

Jiaqi Chai
AD/ADAS Director, IAV Automotive Engineering (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China

Session: KEYNOTE LECTURES II

Keynote Speech

India growing market for ADAS and AD – challenges and opportunities

Ignacio Gil Moreno
Systems and Testing Engineering Manager, Varroc Poland s.p. z.o.o., Poland

Session: KEYNOTE LECTURES II

Refreshment break with coffee and tea in the exhibition area

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KI AND V2X

Moderation

Tino Schulze
Executive Vice President, dSPACE GmbH, Germany

AI for autonomous driving (AD) needs a solid data platform

Frank Kraemer
Systems Architect, IBM Technology, IBM Deutschland GmbH, Germany

Session: KI AND V2X

Certifiable intelligence: regulatory challenges of end-to-end AI in the global autonomous vehicle market

Michael Herdrich
Consultant Autonomous Mobility, P3 Automotive GmbH, Germany

Coauthors: Christoph Giannoulis, P3 Automotive GmbH, Germany

Session: KI AND V2X

Modular computing cluster with scalable SoC architecture

Harald Barth
Product Marketing Manager Driving Assistance, Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Germany

Coauthors: Joachim Mathes, Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Germany

Session: KI AND V2X

Traffic optimisation and enhanced safety in software-defined vehicles (SDVs) using V2X communication

Shiva Janarthanan
AD, Senior Engineer, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India, India

Session: KI AND V2X

Lunch in the exhibition area

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PRODUCT SAFETY

Moderation

Jérôme Rigobert
Vice President Product Management Driver Experience for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany

Statistical decision errors as a HARA framework for AI-based vehicle systems

Nico Litschke
Safety-System Engineer, FuSE GmbH, Germany

Session: PRODUCT SAFETY

Quantitative product safety in a nutshell

Dr. Andreas Amoroso
tC Category Matter Specialist PS, AUMOVIO Germany GmbH, Germany

Session: PRODUCT SAFETY

NeMo.bil – rural mobility reimagined

Prof. Ulrich Büker
Professor, Institute Industrial IT (inIT), TH OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany

Coauthors: Jonathan Behm, Neue Mobilität Paderborn e. V., Germany; Prof. Dr. Carsten Markgraf, Insitute of Resource Efficient Date Transmission and Date Processing (THA_ired), Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Germany; Jann-Eve Stavesand, dSPACE GmbH, Germany

Session: PRODUCT SAFETY

Refreshment break with coffee and tea in the exhibition area

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DRIVING FUNCTIONS

Moderation

Dr. Andreas Teuner
Vice President, ADAS Engineering, ZF Active Safety GmbH, Germany

Collaborative steering for versatile parking assistance

Dr. Robert Fuchs
ADAS/AD Executive Professional and Head of Systems Innovation Research Department, Research Headquarters, JTEKT Corporation, Japan

Coauthors: Daisuke Miki, Ryo Osaka, Shuuji Kimura, JTEKT Corporation, Japan

Session: DRIVING FUNCTIONS

Improving autonomous navigation efficiency using adaptive motion primitives

Max Bretschneider
Advanced Parking, Maneuvering and Simulation, Mercedes-Benz AG, Germany

Coauthors: Dr. Jürgen Römer, Mercedes-Benz AG, Germany; Prof. Dr. Peter Sanders, Institute of Theoretical Informatics, Algorithm Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

Session: DRIVING FUNCTIONS

Vehicle motion management as a standardized interface for future mobility solutions

Tim Ahrenhold
Functional Developer Chassis Control Systems, IAV GmbH, Germany

Coauthors: Jonas Rawitzer, Dr. Marcus Perner, Jonas Schrader, IAV GmbH, Germany

Session: DRIVING FUNCTIONS

Closing remarks

Dr. Alexander Heintzel
Editor-in-Chief ATZ | MTZ Group, Springer Nature, Germany