Opening

Rudolf Haggenmüller
ITEA 2 Chairman

Speech topic: Why Germany supports R&D in ICT

Manfred Dietrich
Head of DG Information and Communication at the Federal Ministry of
Education and Research (BMBF), Germany

Speech title: Why and how the EU supports R&D in ICT

Rosalie Zobel
Director Directorate G: Components and Systems
Information Society and Media Directorate-General, European Commission

Speech title : Grand Challenges for Software-Driven Innovations: Megatrends in ICT

Professor Wolfgang Wahlster
German Research Center for AI, DFKI, Germany

Speech topic: The business picture: Innovation is key

Olivier Baujard
Chief Technology Officer, Alcatel-Lucent, France

Break

Speech title : Mastering the change from electronics to embedded systems thinking in the automotive domain

Harald Hönninger
Vice-President Advance Engineering for Software-Intensive Systems at Corporate Research and Advanced Development, Robert Bosch, Germany

Speech title: The Role of IT in the Innovation at Siemens in the Field of Health Care

Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Michael Heiss
Vice-President Knowledge, Innovation, Technology at Siemens IT Solutions
& Services

The role of ITEA 2 - Conclusion

Rudolf Haggenmüller
Chairman ITEA 2

Closing