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Asif Anwar is Executive Director – Automotive at TechInsights. As a 20-year-plus veteran analyst at TechInsights, he transferred over to the Global Automotive Practice team in 2019. His current focus is on supporting the automotive industry through the Powertrain, Body, Safety & Chassis (PBCS) and Electric Vehicles Service (EVS) coverage at TechInsights, providing thought leadershipRead more

Raf Schuermans has been Technical Senior Manager – Advanced Powertrain at Toyota Motor Europe since 2018. In this role, he is in charge of advanced technology scouting for automotive traction motors in the area of electromagnetic performance, cooling, production processes, sustainability etc. Prior to this, for over 4 years, he has been in charge ofRead more

Mathias Derksen, M.Sc. is responsible for the design of electric motors for the series development since 2016. Since several years he is involved at the development of methodology. He began his career with the dual studies program at Volkswagen where he received B.Sc. in electrical engineering and additionally became automation specialist. After graduation he workedRead more

Shafigh Nateg is Senior Principal Engineer at Polestar. Prior to his current position, he worked on electrical machine design and control at Volvo Cars, ABB and Bombardier. He holds a PhD degree in electrical machines and drives from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology.Read more

Astrid Haas has been Head of eMotor Materials & Technologies at Vitesco Technologies since 2019. Prior to this, she worked for more than 15 years in the leading positions in the fields of engineering and manufacturing, among other companies at Continental, Mahle, and matino.Read more

Steffen Rothe is a Senior Technical Expert for eDrive cooling. He received the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Clausthal University of Technology. Since 2014 he is working at the Volkswagen Group Components in the fields of mechanical, thermal and electromagnetic design and optimization of traction motors for e-mobility applications.Read more

David Lennström is an experienced technical expert with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. Skilled in Analytical Skills, Automotive Engineering, Components, Testing, and Product Development. Strong quality assurance professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Acoustics from Luleå University of Technology.Read more

Sid Ali Randi received the Engineering degree in electrical engineering from Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, Algiers, 1995, and Ph.D. degree from Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, in 2003. He has more than 15 years’ experience in the design and simulation of electrical machines and electrical drives for different industrial applications, in particular, axial andRead more

Leonard Mengoni is Development engineer high voltage power units in the Motorsport Department of the Porsche AG. In his current role, he is working on the design of electric machine and power electronics in different motorsport projects. Prior to that, as Ph.D. student at the high voltage power unit department of the Porsche AG, heRead more

In 2017, Marie Hermanns completed her undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering and her mechanic apprenticeship in a dual system successfully. This study program was a cooperation between the University of Kassel and the Volkswagen AG. Afterwards, she continued her studies at the University of Kassel focusing on applied mechanics. A full scholarship of the stateRead more