C-suite roundtable: AI at scale: Why physical and embodied AI start with data readiness
Apr 8, 13:00-16:00 | Detroit
Location: AIAG Detroit Headquarters, room West 1, 4400 Town Ctr, Southfield, Michigan, 48075
Join an invitation-only C-suite roundtable with senior leaders from across the automotive ecosystem to discuss why data readiness is becoming a board-level issue for AI, digital twins, and cross-company competitiveness. Learn first-hand from early adopters and successful production cases, including Catena-X use cases already live across the U.S., Asia, and Europe. As AI moves from copilots on screens to physical and embodied systems in vehicles, factories, and supply chains, data readiness is no longer just an IT issue, but a question of growth, resilience, compliance, and execution speed. This peer-to-peer discussion will focus on how firms can turn sensitive internal and external data into measurable advantage through trusted data sharing and stronger AI-data foundations.
Participants: Participant list is being finalized. Current participants include moderator Prof. Dr. Chris Schlueter Langdon (Drucker School; Telekom / Product Manager, Catena-X Consortium), Kevin Piotrowski (CTO, AIAG), and invited leaders from key OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. The previous CES 2026 roundtable featured executives from BMW, Denso, Flex, IAV, Rivian, and Uber.
Invitations: Closed-door, invitation-only
Past highlights
C-suite roundtable 2026
At CES, T-Mobile hosted an invitation-only C-suite roundtable on the strategic importance of data readiness for digital twins and industrial AI, moderated by Prof. Dr. Chris Schlueter Langdon of the Drucker School, a published scientist and expert in distributed trusted data who helped co-lead the development of the US$250 million Catena-X data infrastructure. Senior leaders from BMW Group, Denso, Flex, IAV, Rivian, Uber, and AIAG discussed the evolution of automotive data exchange, the role of Catena-X and dataspaces in secure data sharing, and how firms can turn sensitive data into measurable business value. The strong resonance of that exchange led directly to this follow-on roundtable, continuing the discussion on scalable data foundations, cross-company ecosystems, and AI-driven use cases in quality, sustainability, software-defined vehicles, as well as automated and autonomous driving.
Impressions: Insights report, LinkedIn
Transform/ Hub.Berlin exchange
At Transform/ Hub.Berlin, dataspace activities, a Web3-oriented decentralized trusted data sharing were showcased in a setting that combined ministerial interaction and CEO visibility. The event featured direct engagement with Dr. Volker Wissing, German Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, as well as CEOs including Tim Höttges of Deutsche Telekom and Adel Al-Saleh of T-Systems. Dataspace initiatives such as Mobilithek, Mobility Data Space, Catena-X, Gaia-X 4 Future Mobility, and RealLab Hamburg were presented as practical enablers for digital mobility and sustainability, reinforcing that the topic has relevance not only for technologists, but also for top management and public-sector leadership.
Impressions: Insights report
