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Last night, Daimler Truck wrapped up the final Technology Leaders event of this summer. 🚛👏 Dr. Dalibor Dudic, Head of Projects Mercedes-Benz Trucks, welcomed around 130 participants. His presentation, "Part of the 𝙿̶𝚛̶𝚘̶𝚋̶𝚕̶𝚎̶𝚖̶ Solution: Decarbonizing Transportation", highlighted the unique requirements of trucks, Daimler Truck's dual-track powertrain strategy, and the needed infrastructure. 🌍 Thanks to the Daimler Truck AG team for the insightful evening! 🙏 📅 Join us again at the end of October for the next season of "Automotive Technology Leaders Present"! #automotive #technology #leaders #decarbonization #mobility #FKFS

𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭: 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧! For the last Technology Leaders event before summer break we are delighted to welcome Dr. Dalibor Dudic, Head of Projects Mercedes-Benz Trucks, and are looking forward to his presentation entitled "Part of the 𝖯̶𝗋̶𝗈̶𝖻̶𝗅̶𝖾̶𝗆̶ Solution: Decarbonizing Transportation". Following the presentation, there will be a Q&A session and a chance to network with the Daimler Truck AG team. No registration needed! See you there! 🚛💡 📅 Monday, July 8 🕕6:00 PM 📍Lecture hall 47.02 "Richard Feldtkeller", Pfaffenwaldring 47, Stuttgart-Vaihingen #automotive #technology #leaders #mobility #FKFS #decarbonization

The 2024 Stuttgart International Symposium on July 2 and 3, 2024 was a great success. 🎉🎉🎉 Over the two days, more than 450 participants attended 100 highly interesting specialist presentations, four exciting keynotes, a top-class panel discussion and laughed at the scientific cabaret of Vince Ebert . ☺ We would like to take this opportunity to thank our partners 🙏, without whose support this event would not have been possible: Mercedes-Benz AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, Kistler Group Instrumente GmbH, KS ENGINEERS, MAHLE International GmbH, MANN HUMMEL GmbH, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, und ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG, as well as BRIGHT Testing GmbH, ETAS GmbH, SBI Schreiber, Brand und Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, ZF GroupFriedrichshafen AG, AVL and DEKRA. #stuttgartsymposium #thankyou #partner #seeyounextyear

That was something very special! At the 2024 Stuttgart International Symposium, physicist and comedian Vince Ebert inspired us with his views and thoughts on what is really important (in life) and made us smile. 😁 The light input was a welcome change during the Symposium and gave the guests energy for the final presentations. He also had a message to share: In order to innovate, we have to take a few risks and be ready to make mistakes. Thanks for the food for thought and laughter!   #stuttgartsymposium #comedy #priorities #norisk #nofun #nosuccess

👉 At the 2024 Stuttgart International Symposium, one highlight follows the other: It continued today with the panel discussion. The participants - Winfried Hermann, Minister of Transport Baden-Württemberg - Arnd Franz, Chairman of the Management Board, MAHLE GmbH - Dr. Lea Schwarz, Head of Development Features and Functions Driving/Energy, AUDI AG - Michael Fleiss, CEO, Aurobay and - Hui Zhang, Group Vice President, NIO contributed with their different perspectives to a lively debate on the topic of "Balancing customer demands and political requirements for mobility - an impossible task?".   Moderated by André Casal Kulzer, Prof. Dr.-Ing., the panelists discussed the currently prevailing demands of customers among which sustainability, safety, affordability and ease of use rank first as well as the challenges that come with increasing traffic. As these demands vary from customer to customer and from country to country multiple solutions must be made available – for the automotive sector and for mobility in general. In doing so, the automotive industry needs a reduction of bureaucracy and a persistent course by politics that allows for agility when developing adequate mobility solutions to fulfill customer demands and to meet sustainability goals.   A big thanks to the participants for bringing in your personal perspective on this matter to make it such an exciting discussion! 🎤🎤🎤   #stuttgartsymposium #paneldiscussion #mobility

The first highlight of the second day of the 2024 Stuttgart International Symposium was the keynote by Arnd Franz, Chairman of the Management Board at Mahle GmbH. 🎤 Speaking on the topic of "The Renaissance of Reliable and Renewable Hybrids” he emphasised the need to reduce emissions, especially as the transport sector is responsible for 15% of global CO₂ emissions. Electric drives still have some challenges to overcome, which is why Mahle is also focusing on other alternatives such as hybrids. Although these need improvement as well, they offer a number of advantages and are very popular in China, for example.   Thank you, Arnd Franz, for these valuable insights!   #stuttgartsymposium #keynote #hybrid

Beach time! After the first day of the 2024 Stuttgart International Symposium with lots of interesting expert presentations and keynotes it was time to change the location for the evening: from the Haus der Wirtschaft to the beach! 🏖 Or to be more precise: Sky Beach! Despite the rain and chilly temperatures, participants enjoyed a relaxed evening above the rooftops of Stuttgart with lots of networking, delicious drinks and good food 🍷🍴🍧… and a little bit of European Football Championship. 😉 Now we are looking forward to the second day of the 2024 Stuttgart International Symposium! #stuttgartsymposium #networking #evening

The exciting conference day continued with the third keynote of the day by Michael Fleiss, CEO of Aurobay. In his presentation entitled "What Powers the Global Mobility of Tomorrow?" he made clear, that it’s not a race between different solutions – it’s a joint effort towards zero emissions. To replace fossil fuels, Aurobay believes that both electric and renewable fuel vehicles are going to be needed. 🎤🚗 Thank you for the valuable insights into your portfolio and the thoughts behind it!   #stuttgartsymposium #keynote #future #mobility

Today’s morning was filled with highlights:   📌 After the Welcome Session, the conference program started with a keynote speech by Dr. Michael E. Hafner, Vice President MB.OS Base Layer und MBUX at Mercedes-Benz AG. In his presentation entitled “Why Mercedes-Benz chose to build their own Operating System MB.OS”, he explained that this approach allows Mercedes-Benz to keep control of the vehicle functions to deliver the best experience for the customer. The interaction of the various components of the vehicle architecture enable exceptional comfort, for example through immersive entertainment or autonomous driving.   📌Directly afterwards, followed by the keynote speech by Karl Dums, Senior Project Manager eFuels at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. His speech was dedicated to the topic: “Transformation at Porsche: Sustainability as a Driver for Strategy and Technology”. He described the shift in focus from performance in former times to sustainability in vehicle development nowadays and explained the measures Porsche has taken to reprioritize. The main focus is on e-mobility and e-fuels.   Thank you so much for these valuable insights Michael Hafner, Dr. and Karl Dums! #stuttgartsymposium #keynote #vehiclearchitecture #sustainability

This morning the 2024 Stuttgart International Symposium has officially started! In the Welcome Session moderated by Dr. Lea Schwarz, the board members of FKFS, André Casal Kulzer, Prof. Dr.-Ing., Prof. Hans-Christian Reuss and Prof. Andreas Wagner, welcomed the participants. 🎤   They gave an insight into the current trends in the automotive industry, which will be the focus of the two-day symposium. Prof. Kulzer also pointed out the many exciting program items that the symposium has to offer this year, such as poster sessions, business speed dating, a hands-on workshop, a comedy act by Vince Ebert, and the soccer lounge in the spirit of the European Football Championship. ⚽   🎞 This was followed by a digital greeting from Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of the State of Baden-Württemberg, in which she emphasized the importance of the automotive industry for the state of Baden-Württemberg. According to her, due to long-term structural challenges, many companies are in crisis, which makes innovative approaches and platforms such as the Symposium even more important for sharing and discussing these issues and coming up with solutions.   We are now excited for the conference program to start!   #stuttgartsymposium #automotive #conference #welcome