Our Program Committee

ELIV not only provides ample networking opportunities and a comprehensive exhibition but also a highly relevant and up-to-date lecture agenda for all attendees. This ensures that attendees stay informed about the latest developments, trends, and future solutions.

To ensure that the lecture agenda aligns with the congress's main concept, the ELIV program committee sets the course well before the call for papers is published. The committee consists of leading representatives from OEMs and key suppliers who have a keen intuition for detecting new mega trends while ensuring that traditional topics and enablers are also addressed.

We are expressing our cordial thanks to all members of the program committee for their many years of committed and voluntary work in this committee.

Program Committee

Dipl.-Ing. Kai Barbehön

BMW Group / München

Dr. Patrick Bartsch

Amazon Web Services / Wolfsburg

Jan Becker

Apex.AI, Inc. / Palo Alto

Elmar Frickenstein

Michael Hoerig

Bosch Engineering GmbH / Abstatt

Dipl.-Ing. Christof Kellerwessel

adck-consult / Köln

Joachim Langenwalter M.Sc.

AUTOSAR and TMT CoPilots / München

Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Michael

mps / Rödermark

Maik Rohde

Volkswagen AG / Wolfsburg

Dipl.-Ing. Martin Schleicher

Dr. Riclef Schmidt-Clausen

AUDI AG / Ingolstadt

Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Singer

Technica Engineering GmbH / München

Jochen Strenkert

Mercedes-Benz AG / Sindelfingen

Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Teuchert

Traton SE / München

Dr. Dirk Walliser

Walliser Advisory / Aichwald

Joachim Ziethen

HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA / Lippstadt

Dr. Rolf Zöller

DigiTrans Consulting / Tübingen

Partner of the ELIV Congress

Nasscom

With the Indian industry association Nasscom, ELIV 2026 welcomes a strong partner from one of the world’s most important technology markets.

The Indian industry association represents more than 3,500 companies – ranging from start-ups and engineering companies to Global Capability Centers and multinational technology corporations – bringing together a broad spectrum of technology and innovation expertise.

The partnership as part of ELIV 2026 brings additional international perspectives to the professional exchange and creates valuable connections between the European automotive community and India’s technology ecosystem.

VDI-FVT

The VDI Society for Vehicle and Transport Technologies, VDI-FVT in short, has around 28,000 members that are affiliated to at least one of its 8 technical sections. This makes it the second biggest of the VDI’s dedicated societies. VDI-FVT is the community for engineers working in the vehicle industry, as well as for engineers dealing with transport and traffic outside manufacturing industries.

Traditionally, a majority of members work in automotive. VDI-FVT is the German affiliate of the world federation of automotive engineers’ societies, FISITA, and it is the intellectual sponsor of many big conferences on automotive technology and thus fosters exchange and knowledge transfer both nationally and internationally. It also sponsors Formula Student Germany, awarding VDI membership to all German participants, and promotes other student competitions for transport engineers. VDI-FVT has recently reconstituted technical sections for rail and marine technologies, as well as space- and aircraft. It is putting a strong focus on transport and traffic in general and aims to mediate between technology and society.

www.vdi.de/fvt