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New OEM and VDA requirements, audits, supplier compliance, and practical solutions.
Best practices in quality and process improvement for stable, efficient manufacturing.
Customer requirements, risk management, and development opportunities.
Strategic preparation for evolving automotive industry requirements.
Real business connections with automotive decision-makers.
More than just a source of information, this conference is a strategic hub for those looking to stay ahead of the curve in the face of upcoming automotive challenges. Real decision-makers, current requirements, and practical insights – everything an automotive supplier needs for future-proof compliance.
AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt. - Head of Quality Assurance – Internal Combustion Engines
AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt. - Head of Quality Assurance – Alternative Powertrains
BMW Group Plant Debrecen -
Head of Quality
BMW Group - Q✦Lab @ Total Vehicle Quality
VDA QMC -
Head of Training and Professional Development
BME - Associate Professor, Head of Department
HIPA
Director, Supplier and Site Development Directorate
Arconic-Köfém Mill Products Hungary Kft.
Head of Quality and Product Development – Foundry & Rolling Mill
Head of Supplier Quality Győr Vehicle
AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt.
GHIBLI Group - Director of Strategy and Business Development
QFD Group Kft.
Senior ISMS Consultant and Trainer
SERTEC Auto Structures Hungary
Plant Director
Knüppel Verpackung GmbH and Co.
Head of Sales DE, AT
Hirschmann Car Communication Kft. - Quality Manager
Astotec Automotive Hungary Bt. - Supply Chain Execution Manager
Stanley Electric Hungary Kft. - Senior Supply Chain Manager
Knipping Automotive Hungary
Managing Director
QFD Group Kft. - COO
QFD Group Kft. - CEO
Develor Tanácsadó Zrt.
Master Trainer
| Time | Room | Event Name | Speaker | Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:45 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | Registration | - | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 8:55 - 9:00 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | Opening | Dr. Attila BARANYAI | Develor Consulting Ltd. |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | When the road thinks too – The role of intelligent transport infrastructure in automated mobility | Dr. Zsolt SZALAY | Budapest University of Technology and Economics - Department of Automotive Technologies |
| 9:30 - 10:10 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | AUDI Hungaria: Quality Assurance in the Context of Technological Powertrain Changes | Attila TÓTH; Tamás DOBOS | AUDI Hungaria Zrt. |
| 9:00 - 17:00 | Exhibition Area | Step into the digital twin of the M1/M7 smart motorway | - | Budapest University of Technology and Economics - Department of Automotive Technologies |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | Driving Quality Forward: How VDA QMC Shapes Future Skills and Quality Standards | Dr. Yuliya MERKWIRTH | VDA QMC |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Foyer | Coffee Break | - | - |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | Debrecen's Leap: Leading Quality for the Neue Klasse: The BMW iX3 in a brand new BMW Group Plant Debrecen | Mario GERHARDT; Sergio CORREA | BMW Group Plant Debrecen |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Terrace / 1st floor | Group Photo | - | - |
| 12:15 - 13:15 | Restaurant / Ground Floor | Lunch | - | - |
| 13:00 - 13:45 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | From Challenge to Competitive Advantage – Automotive Survival and Growth Strategies in 2026 /Panel discussion/ | Tamás FÁBIÁN; József SINKÓ; Antal MIHALICZ | Ghibli Group, Knipping Automotive Hungary, Sertec Auto Structures Hungary |
| 13:45 - 14:15 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | Break | - | - |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | Gala Auditor Club | László MAKRÁNYI; Szilvia BAGI | AUDI Hungaria Zrt., QFD Group Ltd. |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Nile 1 / 8th floor | Workshop 1: System-Based Product Safety in the Context of the New VDA PSCR | - | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Nile 2 / 8th floor | Workshop 2: EU AI Act vs. ISO 42001 | Gábor TARJÁN | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Nile 3 / 8th floor | Workshop 3: The Checklist Diet Less bureaucracy, more value – making automotive checklists work for you. | Beáta VARGA | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | BUD AIR CARGO CITY | Budapest Airport Cargo City visit | - | GHIBLI Group |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | BSW Operation Connected Hub Hatvan | BOSCH cHUB Hatvan visit | - | Robert Bosch Elektronika Kft. |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | QFD Knowledge Hub | - | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Nile 1 / 8th floor | Workshop 1: System-Based Product Safety in the Context of the New VDA PSCR | - | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Nile 2 / 8th floor | Workshop 2: EU AI Act vs. ISO 42001 | Gábor TARJÁN | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Nile 3 / 8th floor | Workshop 3: The Checklist Diet Less bureaucracy, more value – making automotive checklists work for you. | Beáta VARGA | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Nile 4 / 8th floor | Workshop 4: Supply Chain Process Audit | Szilvia BAGI | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Nile 1 / 8th floor | Workshop 1: System-Based Product Safety in the Context of the New VDA PSCR | - | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Nile 2 / 8th floor | Workshop 2: EU AI Act vs. ISO 42001 | Gábor TARJÁN | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Nile 3 / 8th floor | Workshop 3: The Checklist Diet Less bureaucracy, more value – making automotive checklists work for you. | Beáta VARGA | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Nile 4 / 8th floor | Workshop 4: Supply Chain Process Audit | Szilvia BAGI | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Foyer | Welcome drink, macaron and whiskey tasting | - | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 18:30 - 19:30 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | Motivational Presentation | Gábor BAZSÓ Karotta | QFD Group Ltd. |
| 19:30 - 21:30 | Amazonas (Plenary Hall) | Gala Dinner with live music | - | QFD Group Ltd. |
| Time | Room | Event Name | Speaker | Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 14:00 | Nile 1-2 / 8th floor | B2B meetings | - | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Amazonas (Plenary hall) | Expanding opportunities in the industry | Dávid HEGYESI | HIPA Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Amazonas (Plenary hall) | Presentation | Growe MARCUS | Knüppel Verpackung GmbH & Co. |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Amazonas (Plenary hall) | AI: Hype or Real Value? A Practical Journey: Introducing AI into the Quality Management System of an Automotive Materials Supplier | Dr. Péter BERECZKI | Arconic-Köfém Mill Products Hungary Ltd. |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Foyer | Coffee break | - | - |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Amazonas (Plenary hall) | Panel discussion: VDA 6.8 – Just another audit, or a new level of logistics efficiency? | Róbert CSIPAI; Edina SOMOGYINÉ SZALAY; Marcell BAK; Szilvia BAGI | Hirschmann Car Communication Kft., Astotec Automotive Hungary Bt., Stanley Electric Hungary Kft., QFD Group Kft. |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Restaurant / ground floor | Lunch | - | - |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Amazonas (Plenary hall) | Closing presentation | András Viktor SZABÓ | QFD Group Kft. |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Amazonas (Plenary hall) | Auditor of the Year 2026 and Quality Professional of the Year 2026 Awards Ceremony | Szilvia BAGI; András Viktor SZABÓ | QFD Group Kft. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Amazonas (Plenary hall) | Prize draw | Szilvia BAGI; András Viktor SZABÓ | QFD Group Kft. |
| 15:00 | Amazonas (Plenary hall) | End of event |
Recommended for companies that:
Pre-scheduled meetings between supplier candidates and procurement professionals from OEM, Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 manufacturers.
In addition to the plenary sessions and panel discussions, you can participate in small-group workshops. Led by industry experts, these sessions focus on real automotive case studies to address current industry challenges.
Registration for workshops is exclusively available via the “Rendezvényapp” and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Access to the workshop registration platform will be provided after completion of the general conference registration.
System-Based Product Safety in the Context of the New VDA PSCR
EU AI Act vs. ISO 42001: Does implementing an ISO 42001-based AIMS/MIIR support regulatory compliance?
Why VDA 6.8 is becoming essential for the automotive supply chain.
Less bureaucracy, more value – making automotive checklists work for you
Ticket Information:
The ticket price includes €190 per person in intermediated services.
All prices are exclusive of VAT.
Payment and cancellation policy
Discounts cannot be combined with any other offers.
*The discount does not apply to the 190 EUR intermediated catering service fee.
Please provide your contact details, and we’ll send you the conference program along with information on how to register at a discounted rate.
Okleveles autógépész mérnök, több mint 30 év autóipari tapasztalattal. Pályafutását 1993-ban a Porsche Hungariánál kezdte, majd az Audi Hungariánál a TT első modell gyártásának teljes életciklusában vett részt. Vezetői tapasztalatot szerzett az autógyártás teljes folyamatában, az összeszereléstől a végellenőrzésig.
2004-től a motorgyártás, majd 2009-től a minőségbiztosítás területén dolgozik, nemzetközi tapasztalatát egy németországi kiküldetés során bővítette, ahol a járművek korróziós vizsgálatáért és a karosszériaelemek kötéseiért felelős laboratóriumi csoport vezetője volt.
Jelenlegi szerepkörében a belső égésű motorok teljeskörű minőségbiztosításáért felel.
Járműgépészmérnöki diplomáját 1996-ban szerezte a Budapesti Műszaki Egyetem Közlekedésmérnöki karán.
Közel 30 éve áll a konszern alkalmazásában, ebből 25 éve vezetői funkcióban. Fogalkozott a beszállított alkatrészek és az új hajtásprojektek minőségbiztosításával, vevői reklamációkkal, alkatrész- és termékanalízisekkel.
Két évet töltött Németországban az Audi központi telephelyén ahol a termékmenedzsment területén az Audi A1-es és a TT projektek hajtásokért felelős szakcsoportvezetőjeként tevékenykedett.
Jelenleg a minőségbiztosítási területén az alternatív hajtások felelős vezetője.
Mario Gerhardt, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) is a General Manager Quality executive at the BMW Group , leading quality governance at the BMW Group Plant Debrecen for the launch and ramp up of the BMW iX3. With more than 20 years of experience across the BMW Group, he has led organizations in total vehicle quality management, product audits, and cross‑plant governance. Across diverse roles and international settings, his guiding principle has remained consistent: develop people and structures together, and turn values into everyday operational reality.
Sergio Correa is a mechanical and industrial engineer with 13 years at BMW Group, working across quality, supply chain, assembly, strategy, and AI leadership in the US, Germany, and Hungary. A champion of forward-deployed engineering, he embeds teams directly into operations, building solutions backwards from real pain points. His philosophy is simple: more AI means more human. A passionate believer in building talent, Sergio invests as much in developing people as in developing technology. He is currently completing his MBA at London Business School.
Dr. Zsolt Szalay holds degrees in electrical engineering and economics, and earned his PhD from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). His professional career spans over three decades in the fields of automotive innovation, safety-critical vehicle systems, and automated mobility. He expanded his expertise in innovation management through the MIT REAP program.
He gained his initial industry experience as a development engineer at Knorr-Bremse, where he worked on the development of electronic braking systems and safety-critical vehicle technologies. In 1997, he founded Inventure Automotive, a company whose telematics and vehicle data-based solutions are now present in around one million vehicles across more than 85 countries.
At BME, his work focuses on the verification and validation of automated vehicle systems, as well as vehicle-to-infrastructure integration and digital twin-based testing methodologies. He played a key role in developing the concept and the internationally unique research infrastructure of the ZalaZONE proving ground.
Dr. Szalay is an active participant in European transport innovation and regulatory processes, including the European Commission’s CCAM (Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility) initiatives. His scientific research centers around vehicular cyber-physical systems, functional safety, cybersecurity, and the simulation and digital twins of complex traffic systems; he has authored more than 200 scientific publications.
Throughout his teaching and research activities, he represents a practice-oriented, problem-solving approach, placing special emphasis on preparing the young generation of engineers with industry-relevant skills. As the founder of the BME Automated Drive Lab, his goal is to accelerate the industrial utilization of university research results and to strengthen the spin-off-based innovation ecosystem.
Hegyesi Dávid 2016-ban végzett közgazdászként a Budapesti Corvinus Egyetemen, ami után a Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium iparstratégiai területén felelt ágazati stratégiák kidolgozásáért.
2017-től a Külgazdasági és Külügyminisztériumban kis- és középvállalkozások exportfejlesztési programjainak lebonyolításában, valamint Nemzeti Exportstratégia elkészítésében vett részt, majd 2018-tól exportfinanszírozási osztályvezetőként vezette az Exportfejlesztési Pályázati Program kidolgozását és lebonyolítását.
A HIPA Nemzeti Befektetési Ügynökségnél 2022 óta dolgozik beszállító- és telephelyfejlesztési igazgatóként. Az igazgatóság aktívan részt vesz valamennyi, HIPA-val kapcsolatban álló befektető telephely kiválasztási folyamatában.
Beszállítófejlesztési szakterületének feladata, hogy a Magyarországot vizsgáló és már letelepült vállalatok minél szélesebb ismeretekkel rendelkezzenek a hazai beszállítói képességekről és nagyobb arányban alkalmazzák őket. Ennek érdekében üzleti eseményeket és beszállítófejlesztési képzéseket szerveznek. A szakterület évente közel 2-300 megkeresés alkalmával segítette elő hazai szereplőkkel való kapcsolatfelvételt és üzleti találkozók létrejöttét.
QFD Ltd. – Regional director – Southeastern Europe, VDA QMC Trainer, Senior consultant
Gentherm Hungary Ltd. – Quality and Production Manager
W.E.T, Hungary Ltd. – Production and Technology Manager
Dräxlmaier Ltd. – Quality Manager
Hungarian Rolling Bearings Ltd. –Development Engineer
Certified IATF 16949 2nd party and VDA 6.3 auditor
VDA QMC Trainer for IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, VDA 6.5, VDA 2, PSCR, FMEA, RGA, SQE, VW Formel Q
etc.; Lean Expert
After graduating as a mechanical engineer specializing in automotive engineering, he began his career at the Dräxlmaier Group, where he held various quality-related positions—ranging from Quality Engineer to Quality Manager—both in Hungary and at the company’s headquarters in Vilsbiburg, Germany. After leaving Dräxlmaier, he worked as a freelance ISO/TS 16949 certification auditor for leading certification bodies including BSI, NSF-ISR, TÜV Süd, and DNV-GL, conducting over 1,500 audit days across Europe.
In 2003, he founded QFD Engineering Consulting Office Ltd., providing consulting services to the automotive industry. Over the years, he expanded the company’s portfolio to include training and further education, and by 2008, the company was entrusted with delivering quality management training programs for a major Tier 1 supplier. In 2011, QFD Engineering was appointed as the official licensee of VDA QMC in Hungary, and in 2017 this license was extended to five additional countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia. In 2022, the company became VDA QMC’s most successful license partner in Europe and second worldwide.
Parallel to training activities, the company grew its consulting and audit client base to include major OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Bosch, ZF, Knorr-Bremse, and Continental. Under his leadership, the company expanded to a team of 20 full-time employees and over 55 contractors, with offices in Budapest, Hungary and Novi Sad, Serbia.
In 2018, he joined SMMT as an IATF witness auditor and has since participated in global oversight activities.
In early 2023, he delegated operational management of QFD Group Ltd. to a colleague, retaining his role as CEO while focusing on digital content development, strategic expansion into Serbia, and managing collaborations within the QTICS consortium.
Most recently, he was appointed Chief Strategy Officer at QualityAI, a Florida-based software company developing cutting-edge AI-powered audit tools. In this role, he contributes to the company’s strategic direction and the development of next-generation quality audit technologies.
