Agenda | ALSC Digital Strategies Europe 2024

12:00

Registration, networking and refreshments

12:30

Welcome: Trends in automotive supply chain systems and software

Over a working lunch and refreshments, Christopher Ludwig kicks off Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Digital Strategies Europe with a brief insight into trends in automotive supply chain digitalisation, and results from the recent Automotive Logistics Systems and Software survey

Moderator: Christopher Ludwig
Chief Content Officer
Automotive Logistics & Ultima Media

12:40

Digital and supply chain leaders and diversity networking forum

Continue lunch and networking over a lively exchange with emerging leaders and new voices in the automotive logistics and supply chain industry. Learn more about the personal stories of leaders of ethnic diversity and of women in supply chain, alongside the new perspectives and skills they bring, including across IT, logistics, data, planning and coding. Learn how a diversity of skills and talent can help accelerate a digital, more competitive future in Europe.

Juliana Raidt
Head of Data Privacy and Information Security
Bosch

Harry Kwakye Davies
Senior Global Supply Manager
Automotive Industry

Trre Wong
Senior Manager Global Supply Chain Digitalization
Kautex Textron

Saba Azizi
Overseas Service Network & Development Manager
CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology)

Moderator: Riad Mannan
Content Producer
Automotive Logistics

Moderator: Emily Uwemedimo
Managing Editor
Automotive Logistics

13:30

Coffee Break

14:00

AI-powered automation in supply chain and logistics

AI can improve planning and quality in supply chain management and bring logistics automation to new levels. This session explores how OEMs like BMW are investing in next-gen, humanoid robotics powered by genAI with logistics a major use case. SEAT and other experts will discuss their strategies for highly connected, AI-powered control towers and logistics management.

As OEMs, suppliers and logistics operators develop their digital supply chains, the use of artificial intelligence and genAI could revolutionise the efficiency and resilience of the network. AI-powered tools and robotics, meanwhile, are opening new opportunities to automate planning, systems and operations, from plant logistics to yard management and transport.

This session will explore key areas where AI is playing a key role helping automotive manufacturers stay competitive in their logistics. Hear a keynote from BMW’s head of next-generation robotics on how advanced technology and AI are changing automation, including opportunities for humanoid robots and genAI-powered automation in production and logistics.

Leaders from SEAT will provide insights into how the carmaker is enhancing its logistics control tower strategy through robust data management, integration, and user empowerment via a no-code, low-code platform, with AI opportunities.  

An expert panel will further discuss how AI and data analytics can further support increasing speed and reducing errors across the supply chain, from speeding up validation, detecting errors, managing changes, and optimising logistics and supply chain. It will also discuss the main barriers to success and what can be done to overcome those barriers, and why the human factor will remain essential.

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Carolin Richter
Head of Next Generation Robotics
BMW Group

Alexandre Lerma
Manager of Logistics, Customer Driven Supply Chain
SEAT

Jorge Miguel Corral Díaz
Senior IT Specialist – AI, Data & Hyperautomation
SEAT

Alex Rotenberg
VP, Industry Practices
Kinaxis

Moderator: Christopher Ludwig
Chief Content Officer
Automotive Logistics & Ultima Media

15:15

Catena-X: A look at the future of data standards, across boundaries, ensuring car makers and suppliers can fully digitise their value chains

In this revealing presentation, hear from an exponent on the internationalisation of Catena-X, on how the organisation is developing partnerships, just in North America with AIAG, but also in China and Japan. This will provide regional and global car makers and suppliers the common standards needed for data sharing and compliance. Furthermore, it will be an opportunity to see how Audi and the Volkswagen Group are using data standards to help them further digitise their supply chains and develop AI solutions.

Frank Göller
Head of Strategy, Portfolio Management Digitalisation Production/Logistics
AUDI
VP Internationalization
Catena-X e.V.

Moderator: Christopher Ludwig
Chief Content Officer
Automotive Logistics & Ultima Media

15:45

Networking coffee break and exhibition visit

16:15

Interactive workshops

In these highly interactive sessions, which will be led by subject-matter experts, attendees will be invited to join groups for a deep-dive into critical topics in supply chain digitalisation. Each group will discuss the challenges and come up with three solutions or pathways to solutions. These sessions are collaborative by nature and provide a chance to also network with colleagues and work together on topics that will be explored throughout the event.

A: Leveraging AI in supply chain and logistics
John Torres, Lead Senior Data Scientist, Mercedes-Benz AG
Michal Marcinow, Global SCM IT Manager, Autoliv
B: Mapping the Tier-N supply chain
Simon Inskip, Director of Supply Chain Digital and Innovation, JLR
C: How digitalisation can support sustainability goals
Soroush Nakhaie, Director of Supply Chain Management, Infineon Technologies
D: Building true digital supply chain twins
Prof. Dr. Tobias Engel, Professor of Supply Chain Management, HNU - Hochschule Neu-Ulm, University of Applied Sciences
Gökhan Cenk, Research Associate, University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm

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John Torres
Lead Senior Data Scientist
Mercedes-Benz AG