- Christoph Stürmer, Leading international analyst,
Analytical agency Price Waterhouse Coopers, Germany
Topic of the report and presentation: "Trends and challenges in the global auto industry"
Christoph Stürmer is Global Lead Analyst for Autofacts, PWC's independent research center for the global automotive industry. He was actively involved in the development of the automobile industry for 20 years.
PwC Autofacts is an international team of automotive analysts and consultants. The team focuses on research and forecast of automobile production, as well as major changes and trends. With their expertise, Autofacts experts have supported PWC's global automotive consulting network with over 2000 specialists in over 50 countries.
2.Mark Richardson, International expert in the global automotive industry, USA, Canada.
Topic of the report and presentation: “Innovations in car production technologies. Changes in the product: new types of transport - drones, electric vehicles and trends in their use."
Mark Richardson is an editor and regular columnist for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star Wheels, and a regular columnist for Thestar.com/autos. In 2010, he was awarded Journalist of the Year by the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada. Mark Richardson graduated from Ryerson University in Canada. Over the years, he worked in such large publications as: he was the editor-in-chief of Canada Moto Guide; Autofile.ca; Autofocus.ca. As an expert in the global automotive industry, he has written numerous reviews and articles on the development of the automotive industry, global trends such as the development of electric vehicles, drones, connected cities, and an autonomous future.
Works and reviews by Mark Richardson:
Self-driving cars and plans until 2020:
http://www.caa.ca/driverless-cars-and-the-push-for-2020/
http://www.caa.ca/where-are-electric-cars-headed/ — “Where the development of electric vehicles is heading”
Article “Connected cities are the key to an autonomous future”:
https://www.thestar.com/autos/2016/02/18/connected-cities-key-to-an-autonomous-future.html
3.An Qing Heng, General Manager, Automotive Industry Advisory Committee, China
Topic of the report and presentation: “Features of EV car production. Development trends. State support measures. New trends in car production"
Mr. Ahn has extensive professional and managerial experience in the automotive industry, particularly in automotive engineering and manufacturing. At various times, he worked at Beijing Mechanical Factory, Beijing United Automobile Manufacturers Organization and Beijing Automobile Industry Company, holding various key positions of chief engineer, general manager and vice director of the plant.
Mr. An is currently the Director General of the China Automotive Industry Advisory Committee and Chairman of the Beijing Automobile Manufacturers Association. Mr. Ap is qualified as a Senior Technical Engineer of Sciences (Professor).
- Jean Todt (France), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Road Safety
Topic of the report and presentation: “The impact of new automotive products on improving road safety.”
Jean Todt is the President of the International Motor Sports Federation and the Secretary General for Road Safety.
Every year, 1,3 million people die in road traffic accidents worldwide. 50 million are injured. Half of all road accident victims are pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and motorists.
The UN Special Envoy is pushing for the adoption of national and international road safety programs. The UN program's goals are to halve road fatalities by 2020 and ensure safe and sustainable mobility in cities by 2030.
Each of the high-level members will serve as road safety champions, supporting the creation of a new road safety fund, signing a 10-point manifesto for global road safety, and creating new momentum to tackle this global problem.
- Roman Kozhevnikov, Director of Department 3D scanning, company SIU System, official distributor of the American company 3D Systems USA. Russia Moscow
Topic of the report and presentation: “Possibilities and advantages of using additive technologies in mechanical engineering”
SIU System provides leading end-to-end solutions for supplying and servicing a wide range of high-tech 3D printers and scanners, software, industrial, laboratory and measurement equipment. The company is an authorized distributor of the world's leading manufacturer of prototyping equipment 3D SYSTEMS (USA).
SIU System is clearly focused on the business needs of clients, providing individual selection of equipment and its full service. Among the priority areas of business for SIU System is the integration of 3D printing and scanning into the automotive, dental, jewelry, and architectural industries. In Russia, the company actively cooperates with corporations, private and government organizations that use advanced prototyping technologies.
- Alexey Stakh, regional general managerUberin the CIS countries, Minsk, Belarus
Topic of the report and presentation: “Changing ways of car ownership, trends. New services"
Alexey Stakh holds the position of general manager of Uber in Minsk and is responsible for developing the company’s business in the CIS countries. Before joining Uber, Alexey worked on developing business development strategies in the field of sales and e-commerce. Alexey has more than 11 years of experience in launching international products in local markets, as well as developing and implementing online and offline marketing strategies. The first product that Uber launched this year in Kazakhstan is Uber X. This is the company’s most popular product, which is something like an exchange for drivers. Uber is an international company from San Francisco that has created a mobile application of the same name for searching, calling and paying for taxis or private drivers. The application is available in about 70 countries and more than 400 cities around the world. In most cases, drivers use their own cars, as well as cars from taxi companies or partners. In most countries, 80% of the payment goes to the driver, 20% goes to Uber.