EUCAR’s 30 Years Innovating with Impact Conference
The conference underscored the automotive industry’s critical challenges, such as climate change, reducing emissions, global competition, and rapidly evolving technologies namely digitalisation and electrification.
Magda Kopczyńska, Director-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission, gave the keynote in the opening session, acknowledging the achievements of automotive R&I over the past years. In her outlook towards the future, she highlighted the need to rethink and adapt our approach to innovation, aiming for safer, greener, and smarter mobility solutions that strengthen the competitiveness of the EU automotive industry.
Next was Sigrid de Vries, Director-General, ACEA, presenting the current state of automotive manufacturing. In her speech, she highlighted that the enabling conditions for the green transformation are not established fast enough. She ends with a call to action: “Let’s get Europe back into gear with a robust industrial strategy that will make Europe a world leader in vehicle production, including small EVs”.
The programme continued with three panels and two technical sessions (see here), led by prominent speakers giving their viewpoints and involving the audience with questions and answers. We publish the speaker’s highlights in our “Innovating with Impact “web news series.
Riccardo Romanini, EUCAR Chair 2024, Director, Vehicle Compliance, Iveco Group, closed the conference highlighting EUCAR’s commitment to collaboration: “We will work with our European partners to create a future where road transport is sustainable, safe, clean and efficient for all “.
EUCAR’s 30 Years Innovating with Impact Conference. Magda Kopczyńska, Director-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission. Source: EUCAR; photo credit: Fred Guerdin
EUCAR’s 30 Years Innovating with Impact Conference. Sigrid de Vries, Director General, ACEA. Source: EUCAR; photo credit: Fred Guerdin
EUCAR’s 30 Years Innovating with Impact Conference. Riccardo Romanini, Director for Vehicle Compliance, Iveco Group, EUCAR Chair 2024.-Photo credits: Fred Guerdin