Plenary Session
ICAI 2024
International Conference on Automotive Industry
13th June 2024, Škoda Auto University
9.40 – 13.00
Presentations
Information
- Please accept our warm invitation to the plenary session of the ICAI 2024 conference, which is also open to general public.
- Four keynote speakers* will present their presentations about the current state of the automotive industry.
- The main partner of the plenary session is European Commission.
- The plenary session Language is English.
* may possibly change
- 9.00 – 9.40 Registration of the Participants
- 9.40 – 10.00 Conference Opening
- 10.00 – 11.15 Plenary Session – Part I
- 11.15 – 13.00 Plenary Session – Part II
Keynote Speaker's Profiles
Tommaso Pardi
Université Paris-Saclay / GERPISA
Tommaso Pardi is a sociologist, senior researcher at the
IDHES (CNRS and Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris-Saclay), and director of
Gerpisa, the main international network of research in social sciences on
the automotive sector. He has published extensively on the transformations of
the automotive sector, covering work and employment related issues, market
structures and regulations, industrial policies and company strategies. He has
recently authored reports for the International Labor Organisation and the
European Trade Union Institute on the future of work and the electrification of
the automotive industry. His current main topics of research are the
electrification and digitalisation (industry 4.0) of the automotive sector in
France and at the European level.
Source:
Tommaso Pardi himself
Josef Schwarz
European Commission Representation in Czechia
Josef Schwarz works as an economic advisor at the Representation of the European Commission in Czechia. As a member of the Recovery and Resilience Task Force of the European Commission, he monitors the recovery of the Czech economy and the implementation of the national recovery plan. In his work, he focuses on the green and digital transition and its financing from the EU funds. His further areas of interest are research & innovation, regional development and just transition of Czechia’s coal regions.
Source:
Josef Schwarz himself
Petr Knap
EY Czech Republic
Managing consulting teams, building lasting client relationships at EY Consulting across the CEE region. Petr has led various projects in improving performance and managing risks focusing on automotive & manufacturing, telecommunications and public sector clients. He has worked for several automotive sector clients. Petr is an active speaker and commentator of current and emerging mobility topics. He gained his MBA at Warwick Business School and studied at the University of Economics, Prague, and is a PMI certified Project Management Professional.
Sources:
Petr Knap himself,
personal LinkedIn profile
Petr Dolejší
ACEA, European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
He started his career within the public services on different posts, leaving the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic at the Head of Unit post to the Permanent representation in Brussels in 2004. He became a member of the Czech EU Presidency team in 2009 chairing the Competitiveness and Growth working party of the Council. In 2010 he joined ACEA and became a Director for Mobility and Sustainable transport, with a specific focus on CO2 policy, industrial policy and alternative powertrains.
Sources:
https://nordicevs.no/petr-dolejsi-be/
https://www.acea.auto/team/
Video Keynote Speaker
Petr Pavlínek
University of Nebraska – Omaha, USA / Charles University, Prague, Czechia
Professor Pavlínek completed his master's degree at Charles University in Prague (RNDr. title). He has an extensive foreign experience - he received his PhD degree at the University of Kentucky in the USA, after which he became a professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the USA. He was also a visiting professor at Hokkaido University in Japan. His academic research focuses on the relationship between foreign direct investment, the automotive industry, and regional economic development. He is the author of four monographs published in the USA, Great Britain and Germany, and more than sixty research articles published in foreign academic journals and books.
Sources:
https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/geography/about-us/directory/petr-pavlinek.php
https://www.gerpisa.org/en/user/147
Petr Pavlinek himself
Venue
Škoda Auto University
Na Karmeli 1457
293 01 Mladá Boleslav
CZECH REPUBLIC
Partner
Contact
icai@savs.cz