Plug and Play and STMicroelectronics
co-hosted a two-day event with more than 150 industry players to
talk about the main trends of the Future of Mobility: Autonomous
Driving, Electrification, Intelligent Vehicle / Connectivity,
Sustainability, and Digital Twins.
CATANIA, Italy, Sept. 26,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Plug and Play and
STMicroelectronics have teamed up to host an event focusing on the
future of mobility. The event brought together leading industry
players - including OEMs, suppliers, and startups - who gathered to
share their solutions on the hottest topics in the automotive
industry. Among them Marelli, HPE Coxa, Sabelt, CLN Group, Ferrari,
Bosch, DXC Technology, Motherson, and Jaguar Land Rover.
"This is the first time Plug and Play has brought together
three of their European offices to host a mobility event," said
Saeed Amidi, Founder and CEO of Plug
and Play. "We wanted to show the world the power of our
ecosystem. By bringing together the strongest and brightest minds
in the automotive and mobility industry, that's exactly what we are
working towards."
Plug and Play launched its Mobility program in Silicon Valley in
2016. Since then, in the Mobility industry alone, they have
accelerated over 800 startups and partnered with over 45
corporations that are looking to bring innovation to the forefront
of their business. In the past six years, they have also expanded
to over five different locations around the world. Two of those
locations include Stuttgart,
Germany (named STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play)
and Modena, Italy (named Motor
Valley Accelerator).
STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play, is an
open innovation platform that provides an interface between
innovative tech companies and industry-leading corporations. The
basis of the program is the partnership that develops between
startups and corporate business units. STARTUP AUTOBAHN has
cultivated over 380 projects with more than 289 startups since its
founding in 2016.
Motor Valley Accelerator is the first Italian
vertical accelerator related to the world of Automotive and
Mobility, born from a joint initiative of the national network by
CDP Venture Capital Sgr - Fondo Nazionale Innovazione, with
UniCredit, and Fondazione di Modena, managed by Plug and Play and
CRIT. Launched in 2021, it's now holding its second edition, having
supported a total of 16 startups with an investment and a 5-month
acceleration program and created 100+ business opportunities
between its 8 Corporate Partners and startups and scaleups
worldwide.
Both programs represent the most advanced approach to open
innovation, partnering with the leading automotive industry players
and connecting them with top-notch startups from around the world.
STMicroelectronics is the visionary semiconductor industry leader
that partners with STARTUP AUTOBAHN and Motor Valley Accelerator,
and has co-organized the Future of Mobility event in Catania,
Sicily, where ST has over 4,700
employees as product design, R&D, front-end manufacturing,
marketing addressing the automotive, industrial, and communications
markets. In addition, Catania is the ST's global excellence center
for power electronics based on silicon and new materials (i.e.,
silicon carbide and gallium nitride) under STPOWER portfolio.
"Plug and Play is a key contributor to STMicroelectronics's
strategic initiatives for open innovation to make
driving safer, greener, and more connected for everyone. They
supported us to bring together in Catania an ecosystem
of automotive leaders and innovative startups with our leading
innovation initiatives on the mobility of the future," said
Alessandro Cremonesi, Executive Vice
President, Chief Innovation Officer General Manager, System
Research and Applications at STMicroelectronics.
Edoardo Merli, Executive Vice
President ADG Power Transistor Sub-Group General Manager at
STMicroelectronics shared ST's vision on the Future of Mobility
triggering a discussion moderated by Philipp Gneiting, Plug and Play Partner Success
Director, for EMEA region on five main topics presented by global
startups:
- Sunil Thomas, CBO at Zendar - a
Sillicon Valley based startup committed to make autonomous driving
safe and accessible for everyone - took an in-depth look at the
autonomous driving trend, highlighting the need to shift
investments towards sensors, computing and software development
able to make this industry cost-effective enabling large-scale,
transformative adoption;
- Electrification was the main topic covered by David
Fresneau, Marketing and Business Development at Silicon Mobility -
a startup from France developing
solutions for smart vehicles to be energy efficient - who pointed
out that smarter control, for example through their efficient
real-time algorithms for energy control applications in the car, is
needed to enable significant improvements in this field;
- Wallie Leung, Head of Global
Business Development at Sonatus - a startup from Silicon Valley
which has built a set of comprehensive, end to end solutions to
help OEMs to build SDV - talked about how Intelligent Vehicle /
Connectivity impact OEMs to achieve much faster time to market,
higher product and operational efficiencies, and quicker response
to new opportunities and challenges
- Alessandro Scuderi, Head of
Communication at Ohoskin - producing the first made in Italy, bio-based material alternative to
luxury leather made of oranges and cactuses, from Catania,
Italy - explained on stage what
Sustainability in this industry really needs to mean today:
reduction of emission, a strong choice towards bio-based materials
instead of animals or fossil origin ones, transition to circular
economy to give new life to pre-existing materials, and above all
transparency, having data sustaining sustainability;
- Digital Twins and their ability to shorten companies
path towards sustainable innovation by replicating with high
fidelity the behavior of an electromechanical system, was the trend
presented by Francesco Toso,
Co-Founder and CEO at Newtwen from Padua, Italy, a startup that develops develop digital
twin on-chip software through its expertise in mathematics,
physics, computer science, and engineering.
With more than 150 participants, Reverse Pitches &
Inspirational Insights by the Plug and Play Mobility Platforms,
multiple networking sessions connecting the global 15+ startups
with industry leaders, several keynotes on the key topics that are
transforming the industry, the first edition of The Future of
Mobility has proven to be a not to be missed event for all those
interested in the evolution of Mobility and Automotive, which
appears to be safer, smarter, and greener.
For additional photos, view the album.
Media Contacts:
Allison Romero - Global Plug and
Play
allison@pnptc.com
Martina Palmese - Motor Valley
Accelerator
m.palmese@pnptc.com
Hannah Boomgaarden - Startup
Autobahn powered by Plug and Play
hannah@pnptc.com
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