Google Berlin
2026-04-16
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Content & Objectives

Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are evolving into the strategic platform of mobility. They enable new digital business models, data-driven services, and continuous value creation across the entire vehicle lifecycle — while at the same time presenting companies with new requirements for architecture, security, and governance.

At the core of the event are three key questions:

  • SDVs as enablers of digital business models: What role do AI architectures, Performance-as-a-Service, and autonomous driving functions play?
  • Security & resilience: How can cybersecurity, functional safety, and long-term support be ensured over many years?
  • Digital infrastructures & data spaces: Which cloud, edge, and interconnection models are prerequisites for AI-driven mobility?

The goal is to provide strategic orientation from a decision-maker perspective and to develop shared positions along the automotive and digital value chain.

The program combines concise impulses with moderated discussion and is specifically aimed at executives from automotive, tech, and infrastructure sectors.

Key thematic focuses of the evening:

  • AI in vehicles & autonomous driving: SDV architectures, cybersecurity, performance, and scalability.
  • Industrial & Agentic AI: Use cases spanning industrial AI, decision automation, and operational excellence.
  • Digital infrastructures: The role of high-performance networks, interconnection, edge strategies, latency requirements, and resilience in Germany and Europe.
  • Data spaces as business enablers: Mobility Data Space, Catena-X, and Gaia-X as the foundation for data sovereignty, interoperability, and new AI-based services (e.g., predictive maintenance, fleet management).

Date:
April 16, 2026, 18:00 – 21:00

Location:
Google Berlin
Tucholskystraße 2
10117 Berlin

Registration information:

  • The event will be held in German language.
  • The event is limited to 30 participants.
  • Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Registration deadline is April 12, 2026.
  • For any questions regarding the event, please contact us via email at patricia.trinkaus@eco.de.

Agenda

05:30 PM
Registration & Networking
06:00 PM
Welcoming Remarks
• Hauke Timmermann, Head of Digital Business Models, eco - Association of the Internet Industry
• Patricia Trinkaus, Manager Digital Business Models & Technologies, eco - Association of the Internet Industry
06:05 PM
Welcoming Remarks
• Paula Böcken, Senior Public Policy Associate Germany & Switzerland, Uber Germany GmbH
• Andreas Heindl, National Academy of Science and Engineering
06:10 PM
AI in vehicles: Autonomous driving & software-defined vehicles
Martin Lorenz, Head of Department and Team Lead Cybersecurity & Economic Protection, VDA
06:30 PM
Agentic AI
Google
06:55 PM
AI-Defined Vehicle (AIDV) - Von physischen Crashtests zur hybriden Homologation
Philipp Merlitz, Senior Sales Manager | Digital Sales Automotive / Manufacturing, T-Systems International GmbH
07:10 PM
Data spaces as enablers of new business models
• Anja Lang, BMW, Head of Catena X
• Moritz Stober, Geschäftsführer MDS
• Michael Bültmann, Geschäftsführer ABB E-Mobility
• Michael Gröschel, IAV, Head of Department Connectivity & Analytics
08:00 PM
Closing Remarks
• Paula Böcken, Senior Public Policy Associate Germany & Switzerland
08:05 PM
Networking Reception

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