Future training of engineers in the context of new technologies and mobility concepts will be in the focus of the second Carl Benz Lecture on Thursday, November 18, 16.00 hrs at the Tulla-Hörsaal (building 11.40, Englerstraße 11, KIT Campus South). By the Carl Benz Lecture, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) commemorates the birth of Carl Benz on November 25, 1844. The inventor of the automobile graduated from the Karls-ruhe Polytechnical School, a precursory institution of the later Universität Karlsruhe and today’s KIT. Journalists are cordially invited.
Program highlights will be the guest lectures by Dr. Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and responsible for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development as well as patron of the event, Professor Peter Gutzmer, Executive Board Member of Technical Product Development of Schaeffler KG, and Raphaela Bihr, Head of the Marketing/Organization team of KA-RaceIng e.V.
The Daimler Board Member will report about innovations as a major success factor in designing tomorrow’s mobility and the resulting training and education requirements. Professor Gutzmer will deal with this subject from the point of view of a component supplier for automotive industry.
The Carl Benz Lecture will be organized by the KIT Mobility Systems Focus in cooperation with the Carl Benz School of Engineering of the International Department.
The KIT Mobility Systems Focus pools KIT activities in the field of vehicle technology. Research focuses on technologies for tomorrow’s mobility. Methodological and technical bases are developed for future vehicles. Research activities concentrate on land-bound vehicles like cars, commercial vehicles, mobile machines, and railway vehicles. It is aimed at developing energy-efficient, low-emission, and safe vehicles as well as mobility concepts. Work of the KIT scientists covers the complete system of “vehicle, driver, transport, and society.” Presently, more than 30 institutes of KIT with a total of about 800 employees are working under the KIT Mobility Systems Focus.
Program of the Carl Benz Lecture
16:00 hrs Welcome Address
Professor Eberhard Umbach
President of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
16:15 hrs Innovations as the Key to Future Mobility
Dr. Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development
16:35 hrs Tomorrow’s Engineers: Systems Optimization by Interdisciplinarity and Networking
Professor Peter Gutzmer
Executive Board Member of Technical Product Development, Schaeffler KG
16:55 hrs Training at KIT: Tomorrow’s Engineers
Raphaela Bihr
Head of the Marketing/Organization team, KA-RaceIng e. V.
17:15 hrs Research, Teaching, and Innovation of the KIT Mobility Systems Focus
Professor Frank Gauterin
Institute of Vehicle System Technology
Reception
Moderator
Professor Frank Gauterin
Institute of Vehicle System Technology
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