Main Conference Day One | 26th February, 2025

7:30 am - 8:45 am REGISTRATION & COFFEE

8:45 am - 8:50 am AUTOMOTIVE IQ WELCOME REMARKS

8:50 am - 9:00 am CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS

Dr. Dirk Neumeister - Head of Concepts and Systems, MAHLE International GmbH

9:00 am - 9:15 am WHAT DIRECTION ARE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ARE HEADED IN? GET A COMPLETE OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE INDUSTRY IS GOING

Dr. Dirk Neumeister - Head of Concepts and Systems, MAHLE International GmbH

9:15 am - 9:50 am OPTIMISING THERMAL MANAGEMENT TO MANAGE COST PRESSURES, REMAIN COMPETITIVE & BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS MARKET

Dr. Dirk Neumeister - Head of Concepts and Systems, MAHLE International GmbH
Pravin Tilekar - Team Lead - Team Lead - HVAC, Airflow system, Cooling System, Electric Vehicle Thermal Management, Tata Motors European Technical Centre
Thomas Rachow - Chief Expert Thermal Management, BOSCH
Prabhakaran Alagarsamy - Expert- System Thermal Management, Volkswagen AG
Sowmya Jayaraman - Technical Specialist, Thermal Performance & Validation, General Motors

9:50 am - 10:30 am DRIVING A COST, PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY BALANCE TO DELIVER THE BEST RESULT

Sowmya Jayaraman - Technical Specialist, Thermal Performance & Validation, General Motors

10:30 am - 11:15 am MORNING NETWORKING BREAK & WALK-THROUGH WITH EXHIBITORS

11:15 am - 11:45 am ACCESS NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE PFAS BAN & GET ANSWERS TO YOUR BURNING QUESTIONS - Q&A WITH REGULATORY EXPERTS

Sidsel Dyekjær - Chemicals Policy Consultant, ChemSec
Christine Luetzkendorf - Policy Adviser Fluorinated Gases, Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.
Dr. Kamel Azzouz - Head of Research & Innovation - Master Expert, Valeo

11:45 am - 12:20 pm NEXT-GENERATION REFRIGERANTS THAT ARE IN LINE WITH PFAS REGULATION

Rody El Chammas - Heat Pump Module Director, Valeo

12:20 pm - 1:00 pm FIND OUT HOW AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES ARE DESIGNING/MODIFYING THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN LIGHT OF THE PFAS BAN

Dr. Kamel Azzouz - Head of Research & Innovation - Master Expert, Valeo
Rody El Chammas - Heat Pump Module Director, Valeo
Gerhard Eser - Head of Innovation Thermal Management/ Principal Expert Thermal Management, Schaeffler

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm LUNCH NETWORKING BREAK & WALK-THROUGH WITH EXHIBITORS

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm BATTERY LIFE EVALUATION AND OPTIMISATION USING MODEL-BASED THERMAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES

Dr. Sridhar Ayyapureddi - Lead Battery Modelling Engineer, JLR
Dr. Manlio Valerio Morganti - Lead Thermal Engineer, JLR

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm LEARN HOW TO ADAPT BATTERY COOLING TECHNOLOGIES TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE NEW BATTERY CHEMISTRIES

Dr. Kamel Azzouz - Head of Research & Innovation - Master Expert, Valeo
Dr. Manlio Valerio Morganti - Lead Thermal Engineer, JLR

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm NEW THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS TO REDUCE WEIGHT AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCY

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm AFTERNOON NETWORKING BREAK & WALK-THROUGH WITH EXHIBITORS

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm BUSINESS CASE THERMAL MANAGEMENT MODULE FOR BETTER SYSTEM & CIRCUIT INTEGRATION WITHIN THE COOLING SYSTEM

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm TECHNICAL PRESENTATION ON INTEGRATING THERMAL MANAGEMENT MODULES AND THE APPLICATION OF SOFTWARE

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF THE BUS - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Mikołaj Ratajczak - Product Owner BEV/FCEV, Solaris Bus & Coach

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm CHAIRPERSON’S CLOSING REMARKS

Dr. Dirk Neumeister - Head of Concepts and Systems, MAHLE International GmbH

6:30 pm - 6:30 pm GALA DINNER