VD of the Automotive Industry
Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. Poslfach 80462 10004 Berlin
Mr. Tiit Riisalo Hildegard MUiller
Minister of Economic Affairs and
Information Technology
+4930897842-110
Ministry of Economic Affairs and
[email protected]
Communications
Suur-Ameerika 1
Tallinn 10122/ Estonia
Date
Mobility Innovation Summit of the VDA on the 25th/26th
March 2025 July 11, 2024
in Berlin
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Next year, the German Association of the Automotive Industry is
hosting the Mobility Innovation Summit on the 25th/26th of March in the
bcc Berlin Congress Center, with an expected 400 guests.
The Mobility Innovation Summit is an evolution of the previously known
Technical Congress. For 25 years, the Technical Congress has been
the Ieading networking platform for visionary minds from the
automotive Industry, specialists, and managers from the industry with
representatives from politics, society, research, and science to jointly
develop innovative solutions and pioneering concepts for sustainable
and digital mobility.
Throughout the years, numerous members of the federal government
have been keynote presenters at our congress; among others, Federal
Minister Dr. Volker Wissing, Federal Minister Dr. Robert Habeck and
Federal Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger. Impressions from our Iast
event can be found here: #VDATK24 Technischer Kongress 20. -
Februar 2024 1 VDA (technischer-kongress.de)
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VD of the Automotive lndustry
The automotive industry is in the midst of a transformation.
Electrification, digital technologies, data, and software play an
increasingly central role in vehicles. This resufts in opportunities and
new business models as well as new challenges, such as the
constantly increasing cyber security requirements. In addition,
technological options such as open-source software provide new
opportunities to join forces.
Dear Minister, 1 would be delighted if you could give a 20-minute
keynote speech at our Summit on Tuesday, March 25th, 2025, at 10:35
a.m. to shed light on these topics from the perspective of Estonia. We
asked Federal Minister Dr. Wissing to open the congress with a speech
of equal length directly before your designated time slot.
Your country is considered a pioneer in Europe when it comes to
digitalization, and Estonia is regarded as exemplary when it comes to
cyber security. Together with Latvia, Lithuania, and Germany, you
presented proposais for reforms in European digital policy in May of
this year, which you also see as a list of demands for the future EU
Commission. We would appreciate if you could address this topic at
our summit.
My colleague in the management team, Dr. Marcus Bollig (Tel. +49 30 /
897842390 / E-Mail:
[email protected]), will be happy to provide
your office with further details. Naturally, 1 am also available for you at
any time.
1 would be pleased if you would consider our request favorably and 1
have informed your colleague, Federal Minister Dr. Wissing, of our
req uest.
With best regards
H i Idega rd
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