24th - 26th February 2026
| Hotel Palace, Berlin, Germany
Main Conference Day One | 25th February, 2026
Main Day One
7:30 am - 8:45 am
REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS & PRE-CONFERENCE ICE BREAKER
8:45 am - 8:50 am
AUTOMOTIVE IQ WELCOMES YOU TO EV/HEV POWERTRAIN 2026
8:50 am - 9:00 am
CHAIRPERSONS’ OPENING REMARKS
Florian Sell-Le Blanc -
Manager Advanced E-Motor Technologies,
Schaeffler
9:00 am - 9:45 am
WHAT FACTORS DO OEM & TIER-1 COMPANIES NEED TO FOCUS ON TO MANAGE COST PRESSURES, INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS AND MAXIMISE EFFICIENCY?
Michael Southcott -
Manager – Propulsion Component Research,
S&P Global Mobility
Matteo Martini - Associate Director, S&P Global
9:45 am - 10:15 am
LEARN HOW TO DE-RISK YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN: OEM & TIER-1 RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES AND THEIR TRADE-OFFS
10:15 am - 10:45 am
MAIN-STAGE PRESENTATION LED BY A LEAD EVENT PARTNER
10:45 am - 11:30 am
MORNING NETWORKING BREAK
THERMAL MANAGEMENT
11:30 am - 12:15 pm LATEST UPDATE ON PFAS LEGISLATION: CURRENT STATUS & FUTURE OUTLOOKTHERMAL MANAGEMENT
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm NEXT-GENERATION REFRIGERANTS THAT ARE IN LINE WITH PFAS REGULATION Thomas Rachow - Chief Expert Thermal Management, BOSCH
THERMAL MANAGEMENT
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm MEASURES TO IMROVE SAFETY OF FLAMMABLE REFRIGERANTS & HOW OEM & TIER-1 COMPANIES ARE PREPARING FOR THE BAN Dr. Kamel Azzouz - Head of Research & Innovation - Master Expert, ValeoPravin Tilekar - Team Lead - HVAC, Airflow system, Cooling System, Electric Vehicle Thermal Manag, Tata Motors European Technical Centre
THERMAL MANAGEMENT
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm NETWORKING LUNCH BREAKTHERMAL MANAGEMENT
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm PRESENTATION LED BY SOLUTION PROVIDERTHERMAL MANAGEMENT
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm LEARN HOW TO DO A FULL THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RE-DESIGN WHEN MOVING FROM CURRENT REFRIGERANTS TO PFAS-COMPLIANT REFRIGERANTS Dr. Manlio Valerio Morganti - Lead Thermal Engineer, JLR
THERMAL MANAGEMENT
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm LEARN HOW TO BETTER THERMALLY CONDITION BATTERIES FOR LONG LIFE AND PERFORMANCETHERMAL MANAGEMENT
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm LEARN HOW TO DO A FULL THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RE-DESIGN WHEN MOVING FROM CURRENT REFRIGERANTS TO PFAS-COMPLIANT REFRIGERANTSTHERMAL MANAGEMENT
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm AFTERNOON NETWORKING BREAKTHERMAL MANAGEMENT
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm PRESENTATION LED BY SOLUTION PROVIDERTHERMAL MANAGEMENT
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm LEVERAGING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS FOR ENHANCED COOLING OF POWER ELECTRONICS IN BEVS Hamed Jamshidi - Technical Expert, Volvo Cars
THERMAL MANAGEMENT
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm NEW CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS & MODELS TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY Johan Lindberg - Lead Architect Thermal Management, Volvo
E-MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
11:30 am - 12:00 pm COMPARING BENEFITS OF USING MAGNET-FREE MOTORS VS. TRADITIONAL MOTORS – WHAT’S THE TRADE OFF? Maximilian Güttinger - Co-Founder, Emil Motors
E-MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT: EVALUATE TANGIBLE DIFFERENCES WHEN USING MACHINES WITH RARE-EARTH MAGNETS VS. NON-RARE EARTH MAGNETS FROM A PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY POINT OF VIEW Deepak Mahajan - Senior Manager Vehicle Propulsion, JLRUtkarsh Sharma - Senior E-Machines Engineer, JLR
E-MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm FIND OUT HOW TIER-1 COMPANIES ARE DESIGNING EFFICIENT E-MOTOR S REDUCING RARE EARTH MAGNETS WHILE ACHIEIVING COST REDUCTION & EFFICIENCYE-MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NETWORKING LUNCH BREAKE-MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
2:00 pm - 2:40 pm PRESENTATION LED BY SOLUTION PROVIDERE-MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm HOW CAN WE DECREASE QUANTITY OF RARE MAGNETS OR RARE EARTH MATERIALS IN OUR MACHINES? Michael Numberger - Chief Technology Officer, Hyperdrives
E-MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
3:10 pm - 4:30 pm ALTERNATIVE E DRIVE TECHNOLOGIES: ASSESS POWER DENSITY, MECHANICAL INTEGRITY & USE OF FERRITE MAGNETS Marcus Hays - Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Orbis Electric
E-MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
8:00 am - 8:30 am AFTERNOON NETWORKING BRRAKE-MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm PRESENTATION LED BY SOLUTION PROVIDERE-MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm OVERCOMING MECHANICAL AND THERMAL CHALLENGES OF HIGH-SPEED E-MOTOR MACHINES Michael Numberger - Chief Technology Officer, HyperdrivesE-MOTOR TECHNOLOGIES
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm A WALK THROUGH THE EUROPEAN E-MOTOR PATENT LANDSCAPE Raf Schuermans - Technical Senior Manager of Advanced Powertrain, Toyota Motor Europe
ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS
11:30 am - 12:00 pm POWER ELECTRONICS ROADMAP: WHERE IS THE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW, WHERE IS IT GOING AND WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON? Vineetha Ravindran - Technical Project Lead, Scania
ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm OEM BEST PRACTICES TO OPTIMISE POWER ELECTRONICS EFFICIENCY Arooba Javed - Power Electronics Lead Engineer, JLR
ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm SILICON CARBIDE: PRESENT TECHNOLOGIES & FUTURE TRENDS: WHICH TECHNOLOGIES ARE READY RIGHT NOW & WHAT WILL BE READY IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS?ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NETWORKING LUNCH BREAKADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS
2:00 pm - 2:40 pm PRESENTATION LED BY SOLUTION PROVIDERADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm HOW TO INTEGRATE GALLIUM NITRIDE IN A RELIABLE & EFFICIENT WAYADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS
3:10 pm - 4:30 pm OPTIMISING POWER ELECTRONICS DESIGN TO ACHIEVE HIGHER RELIABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND VOLUME Rene Honcak - Head of Digital Twin | Electrified Powertrain Technology, ZF GroupNorman Fleischer - Project Manager for Power Electronics Mechanics, Volkswagen
Vineetha Ravindran - Technical Project Lead, Scania
Simon Hart - Chair, Department of EEE Industrial Advisory Board, University of Nottingham
