AutoTech: Detroit 2024 | Informa Tech | 5 June 2024 | Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave, Novi, MI 48374, USA

Join us for an unforgettable event that highlights the incredible advancements and achievements in the world of automotive technology. Get ready to be wowed by the prestigious Informa Tech Automotive Awards, Wards 10 Best Interiors & UX Awards, and award-winning vehicle displays & tours. And don’t miss out on our inspiring Automotive Inspire Interviews, where industry leaders will share their insights and stories. It’s a celebration you won’t want to miss!

With a legacy spanning over a century, Wards has consistently been a driving force in the automotive industry, and we take great pride in our expertise. Since 1924, we have diligently observed every aspect of the industry, particularly in the dynamic city of Motown – famed for its extensive history of automotive production and technology.

Our remarkable community is at the core of our brand, and our flagship event, exemplifies this. Annually, we gather more than 3,000 industry leaders for two days of immersive B2B networking, fostering valuable connections and stimulating influential discussions.

Our handcrafted sessions, curated by our Industry Advisory Board, are tailored to tackle real-world challenges and spark game-changing innovation. We are committed to driving the AutoTech industry forward, and our elite matchmaking services, alongside exclusive Exhibitions and Showcases, give you access to the latest and greatest technologies.

2024 Past Speakers

Hilary Cain
Vice President,Technology, Innovation & Mobility Policy, Alliance for Automotive Innovation

Matt Harden
AVP Business Development, Connected Car, AT&T Business Services

Ashton Pierre
Director, Business Development, Connected Car, AT&T Business Services

Sue Bai
Chief Engineer, Chief of Data Business, American Honda Motor Company

David Kirsch
Head of Connected Solutions, American Honda Motor Company

Ajit Kolhe
WW Partner Tech Lead for Automotive, AWS

Jeff Ferman
Head of Skills and Services, Amazon Smart Vehicles

Pawel Z. Chądzyński
Senior Director for Product Marketing, Aras

Özdemir Akdemir
Head of Cloud & Data Engineering, Adastra

George Ayres
Managing Director, AutoMobility Advisors

Chip Goetzinger
Solutions Director, AutoMobility Advisors

Dan Teeter
Advisory Director, AutoMobility Advisors

Samet Kütük
Board Member / Executive Director, Autoware Foundation

Bert Baker
Principal, Autonomy Insights

Jayesh Jagasia
Producer & Host, AI in Automotive Podcast

Steve Crumb
AUTOSAR Regional Spokesperson, AUTOSAR

Antonella Grimaldi
Board Member, AWAF

Taylor Leone
Co-Lead, AWAF HER Story, AWAF

Oliver Rumpf-Steppat
Head of Department-Connected Company, Electronics, Automated Driving, BMW of North America

Chandrasekhar Krishnamurthy
Global Engineering Director, Systems, Software and Engineering Excellence, BorgWarner Inc.

John Nowinski
VP, Product Area Lead – NA, Interior Sensing Solutions, Bosch USA

Simon Herkenhoff
Technical Project Manager – NA, Bosch USA

Christine Feuell
Chief Executive Officer, Chrysler Brand, Stellantis

Ravi Puvvala
General Manager, Center for Automotive Research

Aditya Pathak
VP & Head of Automotive, Transportation and Logistics, Cognizant

Gari Martin
SVP Product Commercialization, Cubic Telecom

Aruna Anand
President & CEO, Continental Automotive North America

Sabrina Yuan
VP Strategy and Business Development, CARIAD by Volkswagen

Vince Keenan
Head of Innovation Engagement, Mayor’s Office of Mobility Innovation, City of Detroit

John F. Possumato
Founder & CEO, DriveItAway

Jason Coffman
US Automotive Supplier Lead, Deloitte Consulting

Walid Negm
Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer | Product Engineering Services, Deloitte Consulting

Alex Rawitz
Co-Founder, DIMO

Prashant Gupta
Senior Vice President – Automotive | Manufacturing, DMI

Tim Dawkins
Head of Safety & Security, Einride

Michael Hessler
Business Transformation Partner, Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility, EY

Matt Jones
Director Global Technology Strategy, Ford Motor Company

Jen Brace
Chief Futurist, Ford Motor Company

Marian Maroki
Purchasing, General Motors

Wade Bryant
Design Manager, General Motors

Gil Bernabeu
Chief Technical Officer, GlobalPlatform

Francesca Forestieri
Automotive Lead, GlobalPlatform

Micha Goebig
CEO, GO BIG Coaching & Communications

Dan Mender
VP of Business Development, Green Hills Software

Calle Unnerus
CEO, Hashlist

Kyle Taylor
Infotainment SW Department Manager, Hyundai American Technical Center

Dan Henderlong
Infotainment Systems Software Team Manager, Hyundai American Technical Center

David Mitropoulos-Rundus
Senior Engineer, User Experience & Driver Distraction, Hyundai American Technical Center

Florian Raschbichler
Director of Customer Services, HiveMQ

Jason Rapp
Chief Data Officer & Co-Founder of A Better Route Planner, Iternio, a Rivian Company

Colt Correa
COO & VP, Intrepid Control Systems

Brandy Goolsby
Executive Advisory Board Member, Inforum MobilityNEXT

Yansong Chen
Executive Advisory Board Member, Inforum MobilityNEXT

Fiona Kyle
Vice President, Informa Tech Automotive

Mike Cottle
SVP of Automotive, INRIX

Rebeca Delgado
Chief Technology Officer, Intel Automotive

Ken Royce
Automotive, Sustainability, Industry Principal, Infor

Rakesh Gollapalli
Senior Vice President – Automotive, Infosys

Zafar Razzacki
Director, Digital Platforms, Infosys

Tom Dahlstrom
Account Executive, Kognic

Marques McCammon
President, Karma Automotive

Chinmay Pandit
President – Americas & Member of the Board, KPIT Technologies

Scott Kunes
COO, Kunes Automotive and RV Group

Madhav Komaragiri
Vice President – Automotive, North America, L&T Technology Services

Lini Pyari Mohammed
Technical Specialist, Lucid Motors

Janiaut Valentin
Leader of SW Solution Task, LG Electronics

Michael D. Horani
Director Advanced Cockpit Systems, Mitsubishi Electric

Valerie Brugeman
Principal, Engagement and Strategy, Urban Mobility Solutions, Mercedes-Benz USA

Jana Breitkopf
Managing Director, Mercedes pay USA

Edwin Olson
Co-Founder & CEO, May Mobility

Shafiq Rahman
Chief Information Officer, Maryland Department of Transport

Mike Jackson
Executive Director, Strategy & Research, MEMA

Ryan May
Head of Software & Controls, Nikola Motor

Neeraj Saini
Sr. Manager Connected Car Services, Nissan North America Inc.

Daniel Underwood
Senior Manager Connected Services Development, Nissan Technical Center North America

Larry Rosinski
Sr Manager Vehicle Connected Services, Nissan North America Inc.

Chris Olzem
Mobility Innovations Co-ordinator – Economic Development, Oakland County, Michigan

Justine Johnson
Chief Mobility Officer, Office of Future Mobility and Electrification, State of Michigan

Shawn Kerrigan
COO and Co-Founder, Plus

David Roh
Director of Business Development, Plus

Hans-Hendrik Puvogel
COO, Parkopedia

Bharath Ram
Business Solution Strategist, Pure Storage

Adam Combs
CEO, PCG

Mike Sheppard
CEO, Power Technology Research Inc.

Partha Goswami
Principal, PG Mobility Analysis

Nick Piggott
Project Director, RadioDNS

Luigi De Martino
IoT Leader and Partner Director, Business Development, Reply

Brandon Blumber
Director, Business Development, Rivian

Alex Oyler
Director – North America, SBD Automotive

Jason France
Consulting Manager- Product Planning and Strategy, SBD Automotive

Dr. Lobna Karoui
Global Data & AI Senior Director, Stellantis

Mamatha Chamarthi
Chief Business Growth Officer, Software Experience, Stellantis

Brandon Faurote
Vice President – Advanced Design, Stellantis

Amit Mehta
Head of SW Connected Cockpit and Apps, Stellantis

Amy Sgrignoli
VP Connected Vehicle Business, Subaru of America

Petteri Paasila
CEO & Co-Founder, Seafarix

Simon Morris
Executive Advisor, Seafarix

John Heinlein
CMO, Sonatus

Robert Day
Governing Body Representative, SOAFEE

Vijay Krishnan
VP – Strategic Partnerships, Skylo Technologies

Christine Caviglioli
VP Smart Mobility, Thales

Magnus Andersson
CEO, Terranet AB

Chris Garramone
General Manager, Toyota North America

David Cohen
Director of IoT Sales, T-Mobile

Kirk Neibert
ITS Product Management, T-Mobile

Tifani Sadek
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Law School

Alex Leonov
Digital Services Manager, Volvo Group North America

Frank Weith
NAR Engineering Director for Connected & Mobility Services, Volkswagen

Scott Nash
Senior Director Automotive / OEM & Autonomous Vehicles, Verizon Business

Sandeep Pendharkar
CTO & VP of Engineering, Vayavya Labs

David Hallac
Founder & CEO, Viaduct

Sebastian Bihari
Co-Founder & General Partner, VEKTOR Partners

Yakov Berenshteyn
Director of Automotive & Charging Partnerships, WeaveGrid

Greg Geiselhart
VP of Sales and Marketing, WirelessCar

Stephanie May
Chief Commercial Officer, Women Automotive Network

Steve Bell
Chief Analyst, Connectivity, Wards Intelligence

Maite Bezerra
Principal Analyst – SDV, Wards Intelligence

Elaine Chung
Senior Analyst, Wards Intelligence

Chris Liu
Senior Analyst – NEV, Wards Intelligence

Christie Schweinsberg
Principal Analyst, Wards Intelligence

Adam Ragozzino
Principal Analyst, Wards Intelligence

David Kiley
Senior Content Editor, WardsAuto

Nancy Dunham
Principal Analyst, Retail, WardsAuto

Michelle Ober
Product Development, WongDoody, an Infosys Company

Greg Moran
CEO, Zoomcar

Shafiq Urréhman
Tech Lead AI / ML (VP) & Advisor – Digital Technologies, Zeekr Tech EU

Kyle Williams
Head of Vehicle Motion Control, ZF

2024 Sponsors

HEADLINE SPONSOR:
• AT&T Business
• Verizon Business

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• T-Mobile for Business

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• AwS

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Business Sweden
• DMI
• Green Hills Software
• L&T Technology Services
• Plus
• Sonatus
• WirelessCar

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Aras
• Arkamys
• Cognizant
• Cubictelecom
• Hesai
• HiveMQ
• Infor
• LG
• Mitsubishi Electric
• PureStorage
• Reply
• Thales
• Tomtom
• Vayavya
• ZF

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Adastra
• Basemark
• Grape up
• Intrepid
• Lumafield
• Luxoft
• Moter
• Nissan
• Parkopedia
• Sasken
• Seafarix
• Teledyne
• Viaduct
• WeaveGrid

MEETING ROOM SPONSORS:
• AWS
• Emoldino
• Infosys
• tomtom
• Verizon Business
• Wireless Car