Tech.AD Europe 2026 | we.CONECT Global Leaders GmbH | 22 March 2026 | Titanic Chaussee Hotel Berlin, Chausseestraße 30, 10115 Berlin, Germany

The award-winning AD & ADAS conference is designed for bringing advanced engineers & automotive experts from OEMs, Tier 1s, suppliers, and leading research institutes to the next level. If you are working on the future of ADAS, AI/ML/DL, sensor and perception technologies, software architectures, or any other area of autonomous driving, this event is probably the most interesting and fun way to discuss your challenges with colleagues, network with partners, and return to your desk full of inspiration.
Join over 600 of the most influential autonomous vehicle experts & executives in Berlin!

Key Topics:

ADAS & Ready to Market:
• What is the current maturity level of ADAS and what are the open technical challenges that we still need to resolve to get the next level products to market?

Testing & Validation:
• Which simulation & verification processes in ADAS and autonomous driving systems are the current state and how can we integrate them down the product development cycle?

Safety:
• How can it be proven that an autonomous driving function and system is continuously safe?

Radar, LiDAR & Thermal Imaging:
• How to leverage radar, ultrasonic, LiDAR and thermal imaging?

Sensor Fusion & Perception:
• What are the latest approaches to sensor fusion in automotive perception?

Advanced Computer Vision:
• What are the most state of the art algorithms for computer vision and machine learning in AD?

Architecture & Data Flow:
• What are the latest AI and machine learning considerations for AD architecture and data flow?

Software Architectures:
• What are the most challenging topics to bringing AI approaches in a cost-efficient way into serial software development?

Mapping & Localization:
• How to produce reliable maps for autonomous driving? What are the latest updates?

Autonomous Trucking:
• What is the state of this development area and how to deal with the now rapidly increasing demand and accompanying requirements?

2025 Past Speakers

Frank Kirschke-Biller
Former Director, Head of ESZ – E/E PMT

Helge Neuner
Head of Self Driving System Development

Dr. Jürgen Dickmann
Head of Radar and Radar-Perception

Alexander Scherer
Head of Data Management Autonomous Driving

Manoj Mohamed
Head of Engineering Quality, ADAS and Electronics

Sara Gutiérrez Lanza
Automotive Business Unit Director

Pan Pan
Head of Business Department

Jens Strobel
Project Director, Product Area Localization

Stefan Franz
Senior Director – Head of Autonomous Driving

Tobias Aderum
Director, Research & Development

Lionel Noukahoua
Director – Engineering High-Definition Maps

Pierre Vincent
Director Of Application Engineering, N&E

Werner Happenhofer
Vice President, Global Tire Intelligence

Hagen Boehmert
Head of System Safety, Security, and Integration

Thusitha Parakrama
Head of Department, AD/ADAS

Clément Nouvel
CTO – LiDAR

Dr. Andree Hohm
Head of Autonomous Driving Program

Gwen Van Vugt
Senior Director, Simcenter Autonomy

Darren Chen
Head of Vision Software

Stefan Kohlmeyer
Head of Sales and Business Development

Olaf Monz
Director ADAS Systems, Software, Services

Dr. Bernhard Bauer
Lead Safety Expert

Dimitrios Tzempetzis
Autonomous Driving ECU Component Lead

Peter Thorngren
Leader, Technology and Strategy

Dr. Yang Song
Senior Algorithm Engineer

Clemens Meißner
Product Owner, Reference Data for AD Validation

Raphael Fonte Boa Trindade
Leader of Automotive Safety

Thomas Häberle
Team Lead, Data Management & AI – Solutions

Jennifer Raß
Product Owner, Visualization of Autonomous Driving

Carolina Amorim
Product Owner, Lichtblick

Daniel Abreu Marques
Strategy & Program Management – Autonomous Driving

Dr. Zora Slavik
Senior Expert

Tobias Antesberger
SOTIF Expert

Haiyang Xu
Expert, Cloud Software Development in Autonomous Driving

Jacqueline Henle
Vice Department Manager

Dr. Stefan Schinzer
Head of Global Product Safety

Sebastian Siegl
Expert, Verification & Validation Strategy

Thomas Fechner
Technical Expert

Hossam Yahia
CTO

Fredrik Sandblom
Technology Expert, System Architect

Kmeid Saad
Application Engineering Manager

Andre Giere
Senior Manager, Radar Algorithm & Microwave Engineering

Thomas Mauthner
Department Manager, Real-World ADAS/AD Solutions

Dr. Christopher Unverdorben
Senior Manager & Group Product Owner

Robin Heinzler
Development Engineer, Autonomous Driving

Jan David Schneider
SOTIF Manager

Eugen Torgovnikov
Systems Engineering Manager

Dr. Sascha Drenkelforth
Principal Safety Consultant – L4 Development

Erick Gonzalez
Technical Project Manager – Verification & Validation

Martin Schels
AI Engineer

Danilo Da Costa Ribeiro
Senior Safety Manager AD System, Expert

Bence Erdei
Radar Antenna Development Engineer

Dr. Ralph Grewe
Product Manager, Perception – Innovation

Prof. Dr. Alexander Eck
Professor of Software Engineering

Julius Kümmerle
Co-Founder & CEO

Marius Reuther
CEO

Hagar Livneh
Co-Founder and CPO

Jürgen Daunis
CEO

Marius Dupuis
CEO

Dave Mekelburg
COO

Anna Sovjak
VP of Growth and Strategy

Ram Machness
Chief Business Officer

Oren Dayan
VP of Product Line Management & Business Development

Jianwei Zhang
Vice President

Huanyu Gu
Marketing Director, ADAS

Thomas Dannemann
Senior Director, Product Marketing

Sven Leitsch
Program Manager, Autonomous Drive Emulation

Sharon Rosenberg
Solution Architect and Chief Methodologist

Nupur Singh
Enterprise Sales Director

Emmanuel Follin
Senior Manager, Product Management

Angelo Lamanna
Sales Director, EMEA

Clemens Habedank
Senior Solution Engineer

Erich Smidt
Managing Director

Gordon Koefner
Product Manager for VTD and VTDx

Shawan Mohammed
R&D Program Manager, Automation

Mario Hoffmann
Group Lead, Cyber Security

David Ganieux
Senior Manager, Application Engineering

Niels Hufnagl
Key Account Executive

Jan Mauersberger
Senior Product Manager, Safety Product Line

Olof Fyr
Product Manager

Francisco Elias
Application Software Engineer

Zoya Boyko
Project Manager

Marc Pajon
AD/ADAS Expert

Anna Outsetari
Product Manager