Congress Program Committee
The VDI is known for sophisticated technology and quality. Particularly these attributes in the further education of engineers provide the groundwork for our congresses, conferences and seminars.
The program committees, comprising of industry and research representatives, help us realize these goals and choose topics and lectures that are as relevant as possible in industry practice. The ladies and gentlemen in the program committees are your “voice“
when it comes down to bringing an event in line with your needs. Likewise, the VDI drivetrain congress Dritev is professionally supported by a program committee counting 21 members. In addition to Germany’s top OEMs, the committee is made up of key industry and research representatives.
At this point we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all members for their long years of honorary commitment.
Chairman
Dr.-Ing. Harald Naunheimer,
Senior Vice President Corporate R&D, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen
Program committee
Dipl.-Ing. Georg Bednarek
Global Program Manager and Global Chief Engineer Purchased Automatic Transmissions, Opel Automobile GmbH
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Gerd Bofinger,
General Manager Transmission Development, Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Weissach
Dr. Carsten Bünder,
Director Global Product Management, GETRAG Magna Powertrain
Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Hagemann,
Deputy Managing Director, Forschungsvereinigung Antriebstechnik e.V., Frankfurt/Main
Dipl.-Ing. Volker Heinz,
Director, Engineering, DualTronic® and Clutch Systems, BorgWarnerDrivetrain Engineering GmbH, Ketsch
Dipl.-Ing. Gerald Hilpert
VDI Society of Product andProcess Design, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e.V., Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd-Robert Höhn,
Retired Professor at the Institute for Machine Elements/FZG, Technische Universität München, Garching
Dr. Uwe Keller,
Director Transmission & Drivetrain, Mercedes-Benz Cars Development, Daimler AG, Stuttgart
Thomas Landsherr
Vice President, Engineering Powertrain Driveline, MAN Truck & Bus AG, München
Thilo Leineweber
Senior Vice President Gasoline Systems, Engineering Control Units and Software
Peter Moelgg
President – Engineering GKN Automotive, GKN Driveline Bruneck AG, Bruneck, Italien
Dr.-Ing. Florian Mulzer,
AGCO Transmission Specialist, AGCO GmbH, Marktoberdorf
Dr. Markus Nussbaumer,
Head of Longitudinal Transmissions, BMW Group, München
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Rinderknecht
Mechatronic Systems in Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Schäfer,
Head of Transmission Development, Volkswagen AG,Wolfsburg
Dr. Andreas Schamel,
Director Global Powertrain Research & Advanced, Ford-Werke GmbH, Köln
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karsten Stahl,
Full Professor and Director of the Institute for Machine Elements/FZG, Technische Universität München, Garching
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Tenberge,
Director, Head of Chair of Industrial, and Automotive Drivetrains, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Matthias Zink,
Member of the Executive Board,
CEO Automotive, Schaeffler, Bühl
Honorary member
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl Viktor Schaller,
Executive Vice President Development, BMW Motorrad, BMW Group, München
International Advisory Board
Dr. Li Jun,
Vice Chief Engineer of China FAW Group Corporation, President of R&D, Center of FAW, Changchun, China
Keith Michael,
Group Chief Engineer-Powertrain, TATA Motors Europe Technical Centre, Coventry, Great Britain