International Stuttgart Symposium started with Welcome Session!

This year's symposium will take place completely virtually. Therefore, there were also some changes at the start of the event. The 21st International Stuttgart Symposium started today with a welcome session from the Theaterhaus in Stuttgart.

The Welcome Session was moderated by Lea Schwarz, Project Manager Drive Strategy AUDI AG. As the first guest Lea Schwarz welcomed the host of the event: Prof. Dr. Andreas Wagner, Chairman of the FKFS. He spoke about the various challenges that the Corona pandemic posed for the Stuttgart Symposium event in 2020 and 2021. Directly after, she welcomed Prof. Dr. Dr. Wolfram Ressel, Rector of the University of Stuttgart and talked with him about the various projects of the University of Stuttgart in connection with the mobility of the future.  As a third guest, Lea Schwarz had the honor to welcome our Minister for Economy, Labor and Housing Baden-Württemberg, Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut. The minister presented the various efforts of her ministry for the mobility of the future. Among other things, she spoke about the Innovation Alliance BW and other promising projects.