Making the most of opportunities in Electromobility

Speakers for this event

• Citroën, Philippe

  Citroën, Philippe

  Director General, UNIFE - The European Rail Industry

  Philippe Citroën joined UNIFE in 2011 as Director General. He began his career as Transport Advisor at the French Permanent Representation to the EU and then became Member of the Cabinet of the French Transport Minister. In 1993 he became Manager and Chief of Staff at RATP Paris, and joined the SNCF as Strategy Director in 1999. Prior to assuming his position at UNIFE, he served for 8 years as CEO of Systra, one of the world’s leading public transport engineering companies. P. Citroën is a graduate of Paris II University in Public Law, holds a Diploma from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and also studied at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), where he also lectured about Rail and Urban Transport.

  Director General, UNIFE - The European Rail Industry

• Cré, Ivo

  Cré, Ivo

  POLIS Network, Poland

  Ivo is involved in Polis’ policy coordination and activities of EU project development. He leads Polis' thematic pillar Access and coordinates the Polis working groups on parking and Access. He is currently working on the European Projects Future Radar, CIVITAS SATELLITE, PARK4SUMP and SUNRISE. Ivo has extensive experience in city networks and policy in the field of mobility.

  POLIS Network, Poland

• Demski, Patryk

  Demski, Patryk

  LOTOS Group, Poland

  Mr Demski has held the position of Vice President of the Management Board of Grupa LOTOS S.A. of the 10th term since May 22nd 2018 as a Chief Investment and Innovation Officer. Mr Demski is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. In 2014 - 2018 he served as Mayor of the Pelplin Municipality. Member of the council of the Polish Tourist Organisation since 2018, and member of the Supervisory Board of the Provincial Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Gdańsk since 2017. From 2006 to 2014, Mr Demski was Deputy Branch Manager, acting Deputy Branch Manager, and Chief Specialist at the Gdańsk field branch of the Agricultural Property Agency. In 2011-2014, he served on the Supervisory Board of Zakład Gospodarki Mieszkaniowej Sp. z o.o. in Tczew. In 2006, Mr Demski was Deputy Director of the Pomeranian Governor's Office in Gdańsk.

  LOTOS Group, Poland

• Dr.-Ing. Neugebauer, Stephan

  Dr.-Ing. Neugebauer, Stephan

  Director Global Research Cooperation, BMW Group and Chairman of European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC)

  Stephan Neugebauer is Director Global Research Cooperation at BMW Group and Chairman of European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) since 2015. He completed his university studies in mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich. He was a scholarship holder of Hanns-Seidel-Foundation. After this, while being research assistant at the “Institute of Internal Combustion Engines and Vehicles”, he completed his doctorate by obtaining the title of Dr.-Ing.. Stephan Neugebauer started at BMW in the diesel engine development department in Steyr (Austria). In 1998, he returned to Munich in different functions in the development of BMW Gasoline Engines. In 2005, he was transferred to the total vehicle development, taking over a new function as Head of the Energy Management Department and later as Head of the Thermal Management Department. From 2012 to 2015, Stephan Neugebauer was Head of Vehicle Project, current BMW 3 series and 4 series.

  Director Global Research Cooperation, BMW Group and Chairman of European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC)

• Granger, Richard

  Granger, Richard

  President, European Office, Technology Partners Foundation Consulting

  Richard Granger is president of the Brussels office of Technology Partners, the association of Poland’s leading applied R&D institutes, and an independent consultant with 40 years’ experience in managing research, development and innovation. He directed the recent SINTRAS project, advising the European Commission on future transport policy. His chief interests include technology strategy; the management and commercial exploitation of R&D; and the organisational and cultural issues involved in technology transfer and in stimulating innovation. He has worked in these areas worldwide, for leading corporations in many industries and for public sector bodies. He also teaches technology and innovation management on MBA, MSc and executive programmes at several business schools.

  President, European Office, Technology Partners Foundation Consulting

• Prof. Szynkarczyk, Piotr

  Prof. Szynkarczyk, Piotr

  Director, Industrial Research Institute for Automation & Measurements (PIAP), Poland

  Ph.D. Eng. Piotr Szynkarczyk, prof. PIAP – director of Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP (Poland). Directs nearly 300 people in research and development in the field of automation and robotics, conducts analytical and expert work in the fields of automation and robotics. Expert in the fields of unmanned ground systems for special purposes, including civil and military operations. Prof. PIAP (2012), Lodz University Faculty of Administration – postgraduate studies on commercialization of innovations and new technologies (on license from IC2 Institute of the University of Texas at Austin, USA, 2010), Ph.D. - Military University of Technology (2000), graduated from Warsaw University of Technology (automatics & robotics, 1992). Expert, member of Committee on Automatic Control and Robotics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Council of Polish Research Institutes, International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction

  Director, Industrial Research Institute for Automation & Measurements (PIAP), Poland

• Śliwowski, Dariusz

  Śliwowski, Dariusz

  Vice-President of the Management Board of the Industrial Development Agency (ARP)

  Dariusz Śliwowski graduated from the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Faculty of Computer Science and Management. Throughout his professional career he has dealt with computer science and software projects for the banking sector, public administration and business. He has held management positions in international IT and consulting companies. He has participated in IT projects implemented in Poland and abroad. A member of the ARP S.A. Management Board since December 2016.

  Vice-President of the Management Board of the Industrial Development Agency (ARP)

• Virkkunen, Henna

  Virkkunen, Henna

  Member of the European Parliament (MEP)

  Henna Virkkunen is a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and a substitute of the Committee on Transport and Tourism. She advocates the Digital Single Market and European Energy Union. She is working with files on Horizon Europe, online platforms, and Connecting Europe Facility. Virkkunen has worked as a rapporteur on blockchain technologies. Virkkunen promotes an innovation-friendly Europe. She is a keen advocate of education and skills as these equip European people for future trends such as digitalisation. She has served several ministerial posts in Finland as a Minister of Education and Science, Minister of Public Administration and Local Governance and Minister of Transport. Virkkunen is a licentiate of Philosophy.

  Member of the European Parliament (MEP)

• Volkery, Axel

  Volkery, Axel

  Policy Officer - DG MOVE B4 – Sustainable and intelligent transport, European Commission

  Axel works in the "Sustainable and Intelligent Transport" unit of the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, where he coordinates work on clean transport. He is also the responsible policy officer for the Clean Vehicles Directive and is involved in setting up a European Clean Buses deployment Initiative.

  Policy Officer - DG MOVE B4 – Sustainable and intelligent transport, European Commission