Carmelo Papa

President of EPoSS, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of STMicroelectronics Italy

Carmelo Papa elaborates on the event theme: "Our Digital Future", from an Industry perspective.

Carmelo Papa is Chief Executive Officer, as well as General Manager of STMicroelectronics Italy, the Group’s Italian subsidiary, and has held this role since April 2016.

Papa started his professional career with International Computers Limited. He joined SGS Microelettronica, a predecessor company to STMicroelectronics, in 1983, and three years later was promoted to Director of Product Marketing and Customer Service for Transistors and Standard ICs. In 2000, Papa was appointed Corporate Vice President, responsible for ST’s sales and marketing in Emerging Markets. In 2005, he was chosen to lead the Micro, Power and Analog Group and his mandate was expanded in 2007 as head of the Industrial & Multisegment Sector. In January 2012, Papa was appointed General Manager of ST’s Industrial & Power Group.

Papa is currently serving his third term as Chairman of the European Platform on Smart Systems (EPoSS), an industry-driven initiative focused on innovation in nanotechnologies and smart systems integration.

Papa also holds chairs in banks, universities and associations bound to regional territory development. In particular, he chairs the Unicredit Advisory Board (Consiglio di Territorio) for the Sicily region since April 2015.

Papa was born in Castiglione di Sicilia, Italy, in 1949, and graduated in Nuclear Physics from the University of Catania.

Stephan Neugebauer

Director Global Research Cooperation at BMW, Chairman of ERTRAC

At EFECS 2017, Stephan Neugebauer explains the concept of a "Lighthouse" is his keynote speech.

Dr.-Ing. 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 in 1991. 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.

Georg List

Vice President of Corporate Strategy at AVL List GmbH

Georg List talks about the importance of collaborative Research & Innovation from an Industry point of view.

Georg List is responsible for corporate strategy development at AVL List GmbH across three strategic business units as well as group M&A activities.

AVL is the world's largest privately owned company for development, simulation and testing technology of powertrains (hybrid, combustion engines, transmission, electric drive, batteries and software) for passenger cars, trucks and large engines. As a fast growing, highly innovative company in a very competitive industry, AVL invests heavily in R&D to develop technologies and explore business opportunities linked to clean and affordable mobility.

Georg List holds a Master of Science degree (Dipl. Ing.) in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining AVL, Georg List was partner at Booz & Company (previously Booz Allen Hamilton). In the 16 years there, he specialized in innovation management across automotive, aerospace and renewables, and led the European Innovation Group. Before Booz & Company, he worked with Société Générale de Surveillance S.A. in Europe and Asia. During his studies he worked with Mazda Motor Corp.’s Technical Research Center in Hiroshima, Japan.

Bert de Colvenaer

Executive Director of ECSEL Joint Undertaking

The impact of funding tools is explained. What visible effect does ECSEL have on Europe and beyond?

Bert De Colvenaer was appointed Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking as of January 1st 2016. ECSEL is a public-private partnership on nanoelectronics, embedded software and smart system integration established as an autonomous European Union body through the merger of ENIAC and ARTEMIS JUs.

As Executive Director, he is the legal representative of the ECSEL JU and is the chief executive responsible for its day-to-day management. Prior to his appointment he was Executive Director of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) mandated to bring the FCH technology to the point of market readiness. Bert De Colvenaer has been involved in the automotive industry for more than 20 years, in the field of power-train production engineering and advanced research. He has been working on fuel cell research from the early 90's and was involved in high level group activities and major EU research projects. In 2002 he established and led the Advanced Technology Division of Toyota Europe, focusing on breakthrough research in the field of fuel cell and hydrogen, robotics and new automotive production technologies. Prior to Toyota, he worked for Volvo. His academic background is in mechanical engineering and in industrial management.

Colette Maloney

Head of Unit Competitive Electronics Industry at DG CONNECT of European Commission

The impact of funding tools is explained. What visible effect does H2020 have on Europe and beyond?

Colette Maloney heads the Competitive Electronics Industry unit at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology. The unit is charged with doubling the value of production of semiconductor components in Europe and strengthening the competitiveness of the electronics value chain, from equipment and material up to microsystems and smart objects and devices.

From 2004-2008 she was Head of Unit Cognitive Systems and Robotics, thereafter ICT for Sustainable Growth (from 2008), Smart Cities and Sustainability (from 2012), and Photonics (during 2016). Prior to this she held various assignments in the Commission in the field of ICT, from microelectronics, to telecommunications and digital content.

Before joining the Commission in 1994, she held research positions in Ciba, Switzerland and Dartmouth College, USA. She has a BSc in Mathematics and Physics (summa cum laude) and a PhD in Physics (1982 and 1986 respectively) from Trinity College Dublin.

Heikki Uusi-Honko

Chairperson of EUREKA High Level Group

The impact of funding tools is explained. What visible effect does Eureka have on Europe and beyond?

Heikki Uusi-Honko is the Chairperson of the EUREKA High Level Group and Association for the period 2017 / 2018, and holds the position of development director for international operations at Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation. He has a 25 years’ experience on innovation policy implementation and design in various positions including working with funding decisions, programme design, impact assessment, and organisational development. He has also several years’ experience from working abroad in an international organisation. He has participated in several national and international working groups, panels, and projects evaluating or developing innovation policies and specific programmes.

Mr Uusi-Honko completed his MSc degree in process engineering in 1985 at Åbo Akademi, the Swedish-speaking university in Finland. He also holds the degree of Licentiate of Technology from the same university. Before joining Tekes, he worked for the Nordic iron & steel industry, specializing in process modelling and control systems. His credo is that good engineering paves the way to good innovation.

Marc Duranton

International Expert and European Project Coordinator at CEA LIST

Marc Duranton gives an idea of future technologies.

Dr. Marc Duranton is a member of the Research and Technology Department of CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission). He previously spent more than 23 years in Philips and Philips Semiconductors where he worked on several video coprocessors for the VLIW processor TriMedia and for various Nexperia platforms. In NXP Semiconductors, he led the Ne-XVP project that targeted the design of the hardware and software of a multi-core processor for real-time applications and for consumer video processing. He also led the architecture of the family of L-Neuro chips, digital processors using artificial neural networks techniques.

His interests include parallel architectures for high performance and real-time processing, models of computation and communication with time guaranties, compiler technology, Deep Learning, cognitive systems and emerging paradigms for computing systems. He has published more than 35 patents and several book chapters.
He is in charge of the roadmap activity of HiPEAC on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation, freely available at www.hipeac.net/roadmap.

Stefan Hyttfors

Motivational speaker at Pro Motivate

EFECS 2017 will feature a motivational speech by Stefan Hyttfors.

Stefan Hyttfors is an acclaimed futurist, author and global speaker focused on disruptive technologies, behavioral change and next generation leadership. Stefan has a background as journalist and economist. He has been awarded the Swedish speaker of the year two times.

Noteworthy clients include: Microsoft, IBM, Ericsson, HP, Spotify, Gartner, Deloitte, PwC, Swedbank, DnB, LSEG, AstraZeneca, Skanska, E.on, BMW, Toyota, Mercedes Benz, Unilever, H&M, Nike, IKEA.

Stefan’s expertise covers areas such as:

• Being cutting edge through customer driven innovation.
• The future economy of labor – what we should be aiming for.
• How to turn leadership around, from one of self-serving to team-serving.
• How traditional hierarchies are being replaced by networks.
• How to prepare for change in the face of uncertainty.
• How to make your business more value oriented.
• Increased sustainability through controlled growth.
• Holistic value creation – making your business valuable for society, employees and clients, as well as owners.
• How to become more agile and competitive in the new information economy.

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European Commission

The European Commission talks about the Future of digitisation of the European Union.

More information will follow soon.

Francis Deprez

Public Authority of Belgium

Francis Deprez elaborates on International collaboration from a National perspective.

Francis Deprez graduated in electronics from both the technical university of Flanders and the university of Leuven. He took a post graduate degree in photonics at the university of Ghent. He obtained several R&D and business management certificates from Vlerick Business School and others.

Francis Deprez started his carrier in 1984 at the very start of MIETEC, currently On Semiconductor in Flanders. In 1986 he joined IMEC at their start on the current IMEC campus, and rejoined MIETEC in 1990 as technology engineer. In 1992 he joined ATEA-SIEMENS in a commercial position and in 1993 took the position of R&D manager in an sme manufacturing point-of-sales bank card equipment. In 1998 he joined Philips Lighting Components in an R&D management position focussing on automotive lighting products. In 2007 he joined the Flanders agency for innovation, taking the position of scientific advisor.

As of 2009 Francis Deprez has been active in European R&D funding programs such as CATRENE, ITEA, ENIAC, ARTEMIS, ECSEL, PENTA, and ERANET cofunds in the field of photonics. He has been (and is) member of the public authority boards of CATRENE, ENIAC and ECSEL and has been (and is) member of the ENIAC and ECSEL Governing Board.

Reinhard Ploss

CEO of Infineon

Reinhard Ploss closes the premiere edition of EFECS.

Reinhard Ploss has been a member of the Management Board of Infineon Technologies AG since 2007. He has been CEO since October 1, 2012. Reinhard Ploss was born on December 8, 1955 in Bamberg. He studied process engineering at the Technical University of Munich and in 1986 received his doctorate. He began his career at Infineon (Siemens AG until 1999) in the same year.

Positions within the company:

• Since 2012: Chief Executive Officer, responsible for Divisions, Group Strategy, Communications & Government Relations, Human Resources (Labor Director),Legal, Research & Development
• Since 2007: Member of the Management Board
• 2005: Head of Development and Manufacturing as well as Operational Management in the Automotive, Industrial & Multimarket Segment
• 2000: President of the Automotive, Industrial & Multimarket Business Group
• 1999: Head of the Industrial Power Business Unit as well as President of eupec GmbH Co. KG, a subsidiary of Infineon
• 1996: Head of the Power Semiconductor Business Unit, focusing on development and manufacturing
• 1993: Head of Technology in the Villach chip manufacturing plant (Austria)
• 1986: Process engineer for chip manufacturing in Munich