CEE Automotive Supply Chain 2024

13 November 2024 - 14 November 2024

Žilina, Slovakia

Speakers & Special Guests

Guenther Meyringer, CEO, Chairman of the Board, Asseco CEIT
Speaker
Lecture: End-to-end logistics flow automation
The eastern european production market has significantly increased in global attractivness due to the Corona/asian/supply chain crisis while the pressure for cost reduction remains ever increasing. The continuous and extended automation of many parts of the production processes remains a must, but not only for cost reasons but more and more also for labor shortage reasons. Production shift environments become increasingly hard to staff, so all production managers drive for further automation. The logistics flow processes, the movement of material from the warehouses to the production lines and back offer huge potential, but comes with complexities around lack of standardization and a wide variety of handling requirements. Asseco CEIT can offer full end-to-end expertise, experience and capabilities to transform manual and complex process to increase the automation level of production companies.

BIO:
Guenther Meyringer has a strong educational background in the field of Computer Sciences, which he graduated at Technical University in Vienna. Additionally, he completed his M.A.S. degree at Danube University Krems and his postgraduate studies in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Columbia University in New York. Throughout his professional career, he has successfully taken on several executive roles in the technology and telecommunication companies across Central Europe. Guenther Meyringer holds the position of CEO and Chairman of the Board. He also serves as the Managing Director of Asseco CEIT CZ in the Czech Republic.

Sigrid de Vries, Director General, ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association)
Speaker
BIO:
Sigrid de Vries is the Director General of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), having taken up position in September 2022. Ms de Vries has long-standing experience working for strategic EU industry sectors – from automobile manufacturers to automotive suppliers, to the construction equipment sector. She has held various external affairs and leadership roles, and has a strong track record in representing industries in times of fast-paced transformation. Prior to her current appointment at ACEA, Sigrid de Vries was Secretary General of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA). She also led the Association of the European Construction Equipment Industry (CECE), and headed the external relations and communications department at CNH Industrial. De Vries previously acted as ACEA’s Director of Communications and Public Relations between 2006 and 2012.A Dutch national, Ms de Vries studied journalism in the Netherlands. She worked for over a decade as a correspondent for a major financial newspaper, reporting from Amsterdam, Brussels and Berlin.

Alexander Matušek, President, Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak republic

Speaker
BIO:
He heads the External Relations / Environment / Social Services department at Volkswagen Slovakia, a.s. In the past, he was responsible for the management of the entire logistics at Volkswagen Slovakia and also held several management positions within the Volkswagen Group in Portugal and the USA. Since 2018, he is the President of the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic (second term). In 2018, he was elected Vice President of the Federation of Slovak Industrial and Transport Associations.

Robert Kiml, Vice President, Automotive Industry Association of the Czech republic & President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic
Speaker
BIO:
Dr. Robert Kiml has been working at Kolín Toyota since the beginning of the production of the first generation of cars. Throughout the time, he worked in various leadership positions. He managed the operation of the Paint Shop, the Quality department or the project to start the production of the second generation of Kolín models in 2014. In his career, he also worked in the management of Toyota's sister plant in Poland. He holds the post of vice president in the Association of the Automobile Industry of the Czech Republic.

Roman Kraľovanský, Head of Production Group, Kia Slovakia
Speaker
Lecture: Kia tansformation to electromobility

- current status and challenges from the perspective of Kia Slovakia
- connecting OEMs with the supply chain while meeting customer expectations
- position of the plant within the corporation

BIO:
Roman Kraľovanský started his career at Kia Slovakia in the spring of 2005, when he started working in the maintenance section at the Press shop, and later worked as a maintenance supervisor for the Press shop, Body shop and Engine shop sections until 2009. In 2010, he was appointed Head of the Body shop department, where he was responsible for the production of vehicle bodies. Later, he headed the final assembly of cars for five years. In October 2017, he was appointed to the position of Head of the Production Sub-Division, responsible for the complete production of vehicles from stamping, through their welding, painting, including assembly, to which the production of engines was added in April 2022. As of September 1, 2022, he was appointed to the position of Head of Production Group responsible for the manufacturing group including the maintenance department.

Dita Charanzová, former Vice-President, European Parliament

Speaker

BIO:

Dita Charanzová has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014, where she was elected for the ANO Movement. In 2019, she defended her mandate in the European elections and was subsequently also appointed vice-president of the European Parliament. Dita was born in Prague, graduated from the University of Economics, graduated from the Diplomatic Academy in Madrid and in 2001 defended her dissertation at the Faculty of International Relations of the University of Economics in Prague.

Ivan Štefanec, former Member of the European Parliament, honorary president of SME Europe

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BIO:
Ivan Štefanec has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014, where he was an active member of the Committee for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). He was also a substitute in the Committee for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and in the EU Delegation - Ukraine. As chairman in association SME Europe focused on small and medium-sized enterprises, employment, entrepreneurship and the (digital) single market. Before entering politics, he worked at Coca-Cola Beverages Slovakia, first as financial director and then as executive director. He later became director of European integration for Coca-Cola HBC in Vienna. He was the first Slovak to receive the Dale Carnegie Leadership Award, which is considered the most important award in the field of management.

Veronika Fečová, Supply Chain Coordination Manager, Volvo Car Slovakia

Speaker

Lecture: Volvo Car Kosice project and our suppliers

BIO:

Veronika studied at the Technical University in Košice, at the Faculty of Production Technologies in Prešov, where she completed her doctoral studies and also worked as a professional assistant. For the past 10 years, she has worked in various positions in the automotive industry in the quality and purchasing departments. He has been working at Volvo Cars since 2017.

Martin Štefanovič, Manager for supplier quality and launch of new products, Jaguar Land Rover Slovakia

Speaker

Lecture: Jaguar Land Rover Sourcing and Quality expectation from supply base
Steps on the journey to become JLR supplier. How to progress from good to great in terms of quality.

BIO:
He has over 20 years of automotive experience. Starting as a production associate at Volkswagen BA in 2002, next job opportunity came from Stellantis TT where he was part of Quality Auditor's team. In 2016 he was one of the first employees of JLR Slovakia within Supplier Technical Assistance organization. Since 2022 in charge of Supplier Parts Quality and Launch as Senior manager.

Ivan Hodáč, Founder & President, Aspen Institute Central Europe, Former ACEA Secretary-General
Special Guest & Event Host
BIO:
Ivan Hodač is a Founder and President of the Aspen Institute Prague. He was Secretary-General of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) from 2001 until October 2013. He is the Chairman of the Board at cabinet DN. The Financial Times listed him among the most influential personalities in Brussels politics. Before joining ACEA, he was Senior Vice-President and Head of the Time Warner Corporate office for Europe. Previously he was Secretary-General of the trade organization IFMA/IMACE, Senior Economist at Didier & Associates, and Assistant Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. He was born in Prague, where he studied mechanical engineering. He completed his education in economics and political science at the University of Copenhagen and the College of Europe in Bruges (European studies).

Vladimír Toman, General Manager, Miba Sinter Slovakia
Speaker

Lukáš Rosůlek, Head of Schaeffler Czech Republic

Speaker
BIO:
Lukas started his career as a trainee at Skoda Auto and has worked in the automotive and industrial sectors throughout his life in various management positions.
He spent almost 13 years at Continental, three of which were as a plant manager of the Manila plant in the Philippines. Upon his return in 2015, he took up the position of plant manager in Trutnov. After the creation of Vitesco Technologies in 2019 and the subsequent spin-off from Continental in 2021, managing director and Country Head of Vitesco Technologies Czech Republic, in addition to the position of Plant Manager in Trutnov, he holds the position of managing director and Country Head of Schaeffler, in addition to the position of Plant Manager in Trutnov.
Lukas speaks publicly on the topics of transformation of the Czech industry, the competitiveness of the Czech automotive industry, and electromobility.

Dušan Valient, Director Engineering, Adient Slovakia
Speaker
BIO:
Director of Adient Technology Center in Trencin, which is with more than 400 employees one of the largest automotive development centers in Slovakia. He spent 16 years in Adient Trencin, of which the last 6 years as Technology Center leader. Overall 21 years of experience in Automotive Tier1 R&D.

Petr Novák, COO JTEKT Central Europe, JTEKT
Speaker
BIO:
Petr Novak graduated from university in Pennsylvania in International Business and Finance, he also has an MBA from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. He has been working for JTEKT Bearings Czech Republic since 2001, in 2012, he took position of company President. In 2018 he took an international assignment as General Manager of Global Acceleration Team at JTEKT’s headquarters in Nagoya, Japan. In 2020 he accepted a position as Director Corporate Planning at JTEKT European headquarters in Lyon, France and in 2021 he was nominated as Director of Automotive Operations for JTEKT Europe responsible for nine manufacturing plants in
EMEA region. In 2024 he was promoted to his current position as Chief Operating Officer JTEKT Central Europe with P&L and all functional responsibility for operations in UK, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic and Romania. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Automotive Industry Association of the Czech Republic and also serves on the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce in Olomouc.

Viliam Ostatník, Deputy Director for Research, Adapt Institute
Speaker
Lecture: Automotive Battery Industry: strategic outlook, risks and opportunities.
BIO:
Viliam Ostatník, M.A., Ph.D., is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. In his postdoctoral research, he focuses on the private military corporations and their impact on the core functions of the modern state and on the international system/security. He is also a Director for Research and a Senior Analyst at the Adapt Institute in Bratislava, where he leads projects and initiatives regarding the automotive industry (security aspects), the defence industry and dual use technology, and geo-economic resilience. In 2022, Viliam was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy, and Strategy at the Brussels School of Governance (VUB).

Michal Lábaj, Head of Parts Development, Kia Slovakia

Speaker
BIO:
Working in Kia Slovakia since 2006, in position of Head of Parts Development and Procurement since 2017. Main responsibility is for supplier sourcing, cost and quality of supplied parts for automotive production.

Registration

Closed since 16 November 2024

Location

Športová 2

010 10 Žilina, Slovakia

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