April 20-21, 2021 | Online
RE-ENERGISED & RE-IMAGINED FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
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Following the devastation to industry in 2020 caused by the pandemic, the European automotive industry’s number 1 priority is to revive the market, enabling production volumes to return to pre-COVID levels, preserving jobs and it’s long term future. But this can’t come at any cost – recovery must align with the new European Green Deal and continue to allow and encourage investment in new technology and greener, sustainable solutions across businesses from new products such as electric vehicles to supply chains and manufacturing footprints.
This is a hugely challenging yet exciting time for the supply chain, manufacturing and logistics sector, with transformation necessary for survival and long-term prosperity but also offering the greatest opportunities for lasting positive impacts at a pan-European socio-economic scale. The actions taken and decisions made now will define the future of the European automotive industry and its place in the global market.
In April we brought together the regions’ automotive supply chain leaders and experts for the latest intelligence and insights to help shape strategies to make supply chains more resilient, more robust, more agile and more equipped to accelerate the recovery, re-build a sustainable future and grasp the opportunities.
2021 Speakers
Martin Corner
Vice President Global Supply Chain Logistics
Volvo Cars
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Matthias Braun
Head of Digitalization and Concept Development
Volkswagen Group Logistics
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Matthias Braun is responsible for the development of new concepts and identifying opportunities for digitalisation in material and container processes at Volkswagen Konzernlogistik (Group Logistics), the central supply chain management organisation that works across group brands. He joined Volkswagen in 2004 and has worked across group logistics in areas including pre-series logistics, order management, inbound logistics and network planning before starting his current role in 2018. Matthias’s team runs multiple projects analysing the implications and benefits of using new technologies in supply chain management, including artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles.
Isobel Sheldon OBE
Chief Strategy Officer
Britishvolt
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Isobel is a seasoned battery industry professional. In this role, Isobel’s familiarity with the global battery landscape will allow her to lead a ‘home-grown’ initiative, and become an integral part of Britishvolt, and the UK achieving market leading status, in the production of high-performance lithium ion cells. Having amassed nearly 20 years of Lithium ion battery industry experience, she joins the company from the Government-backed UK Battery Industrialisation Centre where she served as Director of Business Development. Prior to this, she held senior leadership positions within global companies, recently serving as Engineering and Technology Director at Johnson Matthey Battery Systems, where she led the technical strategy and execution within the battery systems business.
Leon Van Der Merwe
Vice President of Supply Chain
Toyota Motor Europe
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Christopher Godfrey
Global Outbound Logistics
Volvo Car Corporation
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Chris Godfrey’s career spans 33 years, of which 30 were spent with Nissan, the last 10 years working within Alliance Logistics Europe (ALE), where he helped set up a successful OBL Engineering team with responsibility for network design and contracting of services for vehicle logistics. His last role there was as General Manager of the OBL Engineering team before moving to join Volvo Car in Sweden as Global Head of OBL Operations. He did so just as the Covid pandemic hit but the company still achieved its best ever half-yearly results in second half of 2020. Godfrey is proud of the contribution to that result the OBL Operations team made. He has now been appointed Global Head of the Outbound Logistics Business Unit in the newly established Supply Chain Management organisation at Volvo.
Peter Bedow
Commodity Manager Freight Europe
ZF Group
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Peter, based in Friedrichshafen in Germany is Commodity Manager “Freights & Logistics Services Region Europe” in ZF Group. He has extensive experience in the Freight Market to all Transport modes and therefore took over the Lead for development of the sustainability Roadmap Freights in ZF on a global level in 2021. He joined ZF in 2009 and held several Management Positions in Logistic Management and Freight Purchasing so far. Peter has studied Transport Economics at the TU-Dresden and is related to Transport and Logistics right from the beginning of his Career.
2021 Sponsors
SPOTLIGHT PARTNER
NET ZERO CARBON PARTNER
INNOVATION PARTNERS
Sustainable Packaging
Technology
PANEL PARTNERS
THINK TANK PARTNER
Key Themes Discussed by Industry Leaders
Operational Excellence
Identify and capitalise on opportunities to optimise supply chains, mitigate risks with practical insights and solutions on supplier management, freight and network capacity constraints across transport modes, load optimisation and inventory management, driver shortages, cross-border flows and more.
Technology Driving the Recovery
Future proof your supply chain and enhance your systems and processes through new innovations and technology that can revolutionise the sector, support the recovery and rebuild the European industry stronger than ever.
Embracing Transformation
Adapt & develop strategies and operations as Europe leads the global charge towards zero emissions mobility and strives to become a global EV battery powerhouse whilst continuing to navigate its way through the pandemic and realises the realise the impacts of Brexit.
Redefining Partnerships
Understand the new dynamics of the supply chain and how OEM and tier suppliers’ production and logistics needs are changing, as well as the expectations that both traditional and start-up manufacturers have for logistics and technology service providers.