In the last few years, the automotive industry was facing important challenges, such as changing customer behaviors, changing regulation and politics and introducing new technologies. Now, COVID-19 has caused crucial problems for the entire global economy. The automotive industry is now confronted with many supply chain issues that have caused huge problems & losses at OEMs and suppliers.

The TU Wien as host of the Professional MBA Automotive Industry, opens an external URL in a new window takes the current situation as an opportunity to discuss the current problems, solutions and future possibilities in an Online Expert Talk with the topic:

“What are the consequences of the corona crisis in the automotive and supply Industry?”

We are very pleased to announce the following renowned guest speakers from the industry:

• Hon.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. h.c.  Andreas Tostmann, Member of the Board of Management responsible for Production and Logistics, Volkswagen AG
• Dipl.-Ing. Dietmar Schäfer, CEO, iSi Automotive Holding GmbH
• Dipl.-Ing. Marco Schlimpert, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Sales and Operations in Europe & Americas, Lenzing AG

Host: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl. Wirtsch.-Ing. Prof. eh. Dr. h.c. Prof. Wilfried Sihn, Academic Director of the Professional MBA Automotive Industry and Managing Director of Fraunhofer Austria

Time: June 15, 2020 from 4:30 till 5:30 pm (Central European Time/Click here to check your local time, opens an external URL in a new window)

Registration

The team of the TU Wien is looking forward to your participation!