About Automotive Roundtable Series

To maximize the interest of working group members, the Automotive Working Group is launching a new event initiative “Automotive Roundtable Series” in partnership with G-I-Event in 2015. This initiative is created to supplement regular working group meetings and further strengthen the programming of working group portfolios.

The “Automotive Roundtable Series” features a number of selected roundtable events, which aims to connect the industry, exchange ideas and discuss business opportunities and challenges in China. The Roundtables are conveniently held outside the chamber and coordinated primarily by G-I-Events.  As the Strategic Partner to G-I-Events, chamber members will enjoy reserved speaking slots for presentation and panel discussion for the selected roundtables.

Interested in getting involved with the “Automotive Roundtable Series”? Please contact Ink Zheng, the working group coordinator, at izheng@europeanchamber.com.cn for details.  

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As software is becoming more and more relevant across all industries, it turns out to be one of the key factors for innovation in modern transportation. In the automotive industry, software does not only assist drivers in a variety of driving situations, it furthermore allows information exchange via internet or enables the control of complex powertrains (conventional, hybrid, electric) to achieve CO2- and emission legislation. Whether hidden or directly observable by customers, innovations are increasingly realized by using electronic functions. Accordingly, modern vehicles with up to 100 control units have combined software with over 100 million lines of codes. At the same time tight schedules, safety demands and quality have to be ensured and continuously improved.

The May Automotive Roundtable will bring together selected experts from OEM’s and suppliers to discuss future challenges and possible solutions for software development in the automotive industry.

When: Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 6:00 pm

           6:00 – 7:00 pm: Registration and Networking Dinner

           (costs will be paid by participants separately to the restaurant)

7:00 pm: Presentation: Software for Future Cars

By Mr. Leo Liu, Head of IT, Tesla Motors, Inc. (APAC)

Leo is the Head of Tesla IT (APAC) responsible for building the IT strategy in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia. Leo has 20-year experience developing high-performance software and infrastructure. Specialize in PaaS, SaaS and Cloud Computing. Before joining Tesla, Leo was the GM for Cisco R&D Center delivering market leading Cloud Unified Communication solutions. Prior to Cisco, Leo was the WebEx IT director responsible for developing the high transaction & high concurrency OSS/BSS solutions enabling the Software as a Service business model. 

7:20 pm: Presentation: Mastering Automotive SW Explosion – Agile and automation approaches in production SW development

By Dr. Axel Schlosser, Director Software Solutions, FEV GmbH

Since joining FEV in 2004 Dr. Axel Schlosser covered several leading positions in FEV. In his first position he built up a department to develop methods and tools for complex calibration tasks enabling road to rig to desktop approaches. Furthermore he joined several strategic groups for test process optimization and has been in charge to introduce SW quality processes (CMMI). Later on he formed another department for embedded automotive software and became chief engineer for SW development as a cross function within FEV GmbH. Recently he has been promoted Director for Automotive Software Solutions.

7:40 pm: Panel discussion: Future Challenges for Software Development in the Automotive Industry

Moderator: Mr. Steffen Schweizer, Manager, CPC AG

Mr. Schweizer is Manager at CPC, a German based consulting company with expertise in change management, supporting many large scale international companies. Currently Steffen consults a project to develop and rollout a new point of sales system throughout the dealers of a leading automotive manufacturer in China. His work is focused on project management as well as change and rollout management.

His extensive experiences in the areas of project and process management Steffen gained within various projects in the Automotive and IT industry.

Panel additionally includes:

Mr. Marc Lampe, CIO, Daimler Greater China

Marc Lampe is Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Daimler Greater China. In this role, he is responsible for all IT services for Sales, Aftersales, Production, R&D, Financial Services and Manufacturing. This includes Passengers Cars as well as Trucks & Buses and also the joint ventures in China.

Mr. Lampe has over 25 years experience in the Automotive IT business. Before taking over the CIO role of Daimler's Greater China region, he held the position of CIO Mercedes-Benz Vans in Germany.

Mr. David Chang, Telematics Chief Architecture, Microsoft China

David is Chief Architecture of Telematics and CRM focusing on Microsoft telematics and CRM solution implementation in auto field, he has over 10 years of service experience in this industry.

Key experience in telematics is: Telematics business model design, Telematics application architecture design, Driving behavior big data analysis, Telematics UBI insurance and etc. He not only provides the consulting service but provides the implementation and hands on operations in the TSP.

8:10 pm: Q&A

Where: Restaurant “Zeit Berlin"
              Beijing Chaoyang District Xiaoyunroad / Xiaoyunli No 6 
               (inside Royal Palace Hotel) 北京朝阳区霄云里6号 城宝饭店内

Fee: 150 RMB/Person, incl. 1 Welcome Drink if registered by May 11, 2015
       250 RMB/Person, incl. 1 Welcome Drink at the door without registration
        Free for Annual Sponsors!

(Please note only cash or pre-payment via bank transfer is accepted)

Language: English
 
Seats are limited! If you like to attend, RSVP via email
kathrin@g-i-events.com or lucia@g-i-events.com by May 11, 2015. 

In case you register but cannot attend, please cancel your reservation before May 11. Otherwise you will be invoiced for the event.

For more information, please visit: http://g-i-events.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b2320a8b941b287c41113d26d&id=a67a4e4bd5&e=31b8e844f3

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