Dr. Christian Rosenkranz (confirmed)
Director of Global Business Development & EU Gov't Affairs- Johnson Controls SAFT Advanced Power Solutions GmbH
Dr Christian Rosenkranz is in charge of Global Business Development & EU Governmental Affairs for the Joint Venture Johnson Controls – Saft.
The joint venture was been established in January 2006 as an entity for the development, production and sales of advanced battery technology (NiMH and Li-Ion) for hybrid- and electric vehicles.
Prior to this position Dr Rosenkranz was responsible for establishing and managing a battery system integration centre in Hannover, Germany to serve the European development projects in the field of hybrid and electric vehicle - battery systems.
In his industry career Dr Rosenkranz held several positions in the field of marketing, project management, research and development. He has 11 years of industry experience.
Christian Rosenkranz has a PhD in chemistry with a dissertation and thesis in electro chemistry and has studied in Hannover and London Imperial College.
He will be representing EUROBAT. EUROBAT is the unified voice of the European automotive and industrial battery industry based in Brussels, Belgium.
Dr. James Miners (confirmed)
Chief Operating Officer - High Power Lithium - Switzerland
James is the Chief Operating Officer of High Power Lithium (HPL SA) in Switzerland and has a decade's experience in clean technology start-ups. Prior to joining HPL in January 2006, James set-up and managed three fuel cell and battery companies, including a fuel cell research center in France. James has a PhD in Physics from the University of Warwick and worked as a researcher for 5 years at the Max Planck Society in Berlin, Germany.
page topDr. Peter Miller (confirmed)
Director of Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Ricardo, Inc.
Dr. Peter Miller is Ricardo’s technical expert in high voltage safety & electrical energy storage (batteries, ultracapacitors – covering capabilities, testing, modelling, BMS’s, safety, future trends, etc). His experience covers all aspects of automotive electronics, safety (eg to IEC61508), EMC, hybrid vehicles, etc. Dr. Miller is responsible for Ricardo’s Control and Electronics research direction, including concepts and goals for all its research programs as well as defining Ricardo’s processes for high voltage electrical safety, CE and E marking & EMC design guidelines.
Dr. Miller has over 30 patents filed in a wide range of areas including BMS’s, EMC, RF, power electronics. He is also the author/joint author of well over 70 technical papers and publications covering most aspects of automotive electronics.
page topVigneshwaran Chandran (confirmed)
Team Leader, Business Strategy and Innovation Group - Frost and Sullivan
Vigneshwaran is a Team Leader with Frost and Sullivan’s European Automotive research team in London. He leads the Business Strategy and Innovation Group, a team of analysts working across different Automotive domains analysing Strategic initiatives. He is responsible for ensuring business plan target achievement, project management and delivery and client management.
Vignesh joined Frost and Sullivan in May 2005 and has worked on many successful research assignments including quantitative forecasting models, OEM Platform strategies, Driver Assistance Systems, and Modularization. He has also worked on many Consulting assignments for Tier 1 suppliers including a benchmarking study on modular assembly in commercial vehicles, market sizing for modular overhead consoles, passive keyless entry systems in Europe, benchmarking training in the automotive industry and market penetration strategy for a Tier-1 supplier in front-end modules market. His recent works have been in hot development topics such as low-cost vehicles, CO2 tax banding in Europe and the Impact of the global downturn on Automotive Industry. He recently consulted with a leading Electric Vehicle OEM on the market opportunities across Europe
Vignesh has been quoted in a number of reputed publications including Business week, Financial Times, Autonews Europe, Just-Auto and has published articles in European Automotive Components News (EACN) and Automotive Supply. He has been interviewed on television by channels such as France 24, Thomson Reuters and CNBC and spoken at various conferences ranging across different Automotive subjects.
Prior to joining the company, Vignesh worked as a business development executive at Aspire systems for almost a year. He also did a 6 month internship in the Marketing headquarters of General Motors India, Pvt. Ltd.
page topDr. Peter Pichler (confirmed)
Product Manager Electrical Energy Storage Systems - Magna Steyr - Austria
Peter Pichler studied at the Technical University of Graz Electrical Engineering. In 2002 he received his doctorate at the University of Leoben. From 2002 until 04/2003 Dr. Pichler was Head of the Advanced Development Department at ATB Antriebstechnik. In May 2003 he became Head of Alternative Propulsion Systems at MAGNA STEYR. Since January 2008 Peter Pichler works as Product Manager for electrical energy storage systems.
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