NMW Lab16: New Ideas From the IAA Innovations Laboratory

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BERLIN, Sept. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

      Numerous startups such as Otto, Aquarius Engines, Trucknet, GreenQ,

Re2you, vimcar at the IAA /Hackathon "Hack.IAA" by DigitalLife@Daimler

    For the first time startup companies are being given a chance to present

their ideas for traffic, mobility and logistic solutions and establish contacts

with the commercial vehicle industry at IAA Commercial Vehicles. This will be

possible during the "New Mobility World Lab16 - Startups meet Industry" event

on 27 September 2016 at the 66th IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hanover. The

international startups include Otto from the USA, Aquarius Engines, Trucknet

and GreenQ from Israel, and Re2you and vimcar from Germany. NMW Lab16 brings

established players and startups together. In addition, the hackathon

"Hack.IAA" by DigitalLife@Daimler will also be held within the framework of NMW

Lab 16.

    The range of the participating startups is wide. For example, Aquarius

Engines [http://www.aquariusengines.com ] from Israel has developed a generator

that works distinctly more cleanly and efficiently than conventional equipment

and which can be used, for instance, as a range extender. Otto [http://ot.to ]

from California is working on technologies for self-driving trucks. For this

the company has developed a set consisting of sensors, software and extensions

with which truck driving on the highway is to be automated.

    Argus [https://argus-sec.com ] specialises in IT security solutions and

services for protecting networked automobiles and commercial vehicles against

cyber attacks. Re2you [http://www.re2you.us ] offers software solutions with

which data and apps can be harmonised across different operating systems and

end devices. This allows manufacturers to place the automobile at the centre of

a user's digital equipment.

    Big Data, RFID and route optimising for waste collection - these are the

themes on which GreenQ [http://greenq.gq ] focuses, with a view to optimising

solid waste disposal. Trucknet [http://en.trucknet.co.il ] makes it possible to

offer and use spare cargo space better via a cloud-based system. vimCar

[https://vimcar.de ] will be presenting solutions such as an electronic

driver's logbook with which company vehicles can be controlled more efficiently

and cost-effectively. Altogether around 25 startups will be presenting their

ideas and business models.

    VDA Managing Director Dr. Kay Lindemann will open NMW Lab16. After his

welcome address,  Professor Dr. Thorsten Posselt, Institute Director of the

Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy will give

a keynote speech on innovation and technology management. Spread throughout the

day, there will then be three sessions at which eight to ten startups can

present themselves in brief pitches, followed by opportunities for intensive

exchanges and networking. The presenter will be Holger G. Weiss, who has

founded startups himself.

    The partner of this event is the Bundesverband Deutsche Startups e.V.

(German Startup Association), which is sending selected German mobility

startups to Hanover. The parastatal Israeli innovations agency Ecomotion is

also involved, bringing Israeli firms to Hanover. The Startupbootcamp Berlin,

an accelerator for Smart Transportation, is seconding in particular young

startups to present their pitch.

    At the hackathon "Hack.IAA" by DigitalLife@Daimler, students will work over

a 24 hour period on ideas and IT solutions for the topics "smart logistics" and

"user experience". They will present their results live on the stage at NMW

Lab16. Markus Hagele, Head of DigitalLife, Daimler AG, will explain the

hackathon and the results. Alongside the partners in cooperation already

mentioned, Car-IT will be supporting NMW Lab16 as media partner.

    The "New Mobility World Lab16 - Startups meet Industry" will take place on

Tuesday, 27 September 2016, from 10.00 to 17.00 h in Hall 19, Room New York, at

the IAA in Hanover. Tickets cost EUR 99 for participants. Admission to the NMW

Lab16 is free for media representatives.

    Further information is available here

[http://www.iaa.de/en/events/specialist-events/#/event/new-mobility-world-lab16/

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Contact: Eckehart Rotter     

German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)     

Press Department     

Tel.: +49-30-897842-120     

E-mail: rotter@vda.de

SOURCE: VDA Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V.