INTACS Central and Eastern European Regional Event 2026

Online 19 May 2026

After the great success of our first INTACS Central and Eastern Europe regional event last year—with more than 120 participants joining both onsite and online—the regional representatives from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia are pleased to invite you to the 2026 regional event, which will be held online on the 19 May.

This event brings together professionals and experts from our regional SPICE networks to exchange insights, discuss current challenges, and share experiences across a variety of SPICE‑related topics.

 As in previous years, the program will feature presentations from the INTACS working groups, OEMs, and automotive suppliers from across the region.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required to attend. Priorities will be given to the members of our regional community.

Register here: https://forms.gle/8aDc4VS99Bt3QWcC8 

In case of issues with the registration link, please send an e-Mail to: 

Start time

End time

Duration

Presentation 

Presenter

08:50

09:00

00:50

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09:00

09:15

00:15

Welcome by the Intacs Regional Representatives

Damjan Ekert (AT/HR/SI/SR)
Viktor Gremen and Mate Horvath (HU)
Ronaldo Mendes and Kanev Kostadin (BG)
Svatopluk Stolfa (CZ)
Mihai-Daniel Banea (RO)

09:15

09:45

00:30

Welcome by Intacs

Lars Dittman, Managing Director of iNTACS, Germany

09:45

10:15

00:30

Introduction to the SPICE4AI Intacs Workgroup

Yasser Elzant, iNTACS, Germany

10:15

10:30

00:15

Break

10:30

11:00

00:30

Introduction to the SANSEI Intacs Workgroup

Isabella Stilkerich, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG

11:00

11:45

00:45

Driving Product Quality Through Robust Development Processes: An Automotive SPICE® Perspective

Thomas Kömmerling, Mercedes-Benz AG, Germany

11:45

12:15

00:30

News on the Automotive SPICE for Cybersecurity 2.0 Update

Thomas Liedtke, INTACS and Richard Messnarz ISCN, Austria

12:15

13:15

01:00

Lunch Break

13:15

13:45

00:30

Rethinking Quality for the AGILE Era

Ancuta-Elena Bulgariu, SCHAEFFLER Schaeffler Automotive Buehl GmbH & Co. KGr, Germany

13:45

14:30

00:45

Automotive SPICE 4.1: VDA AK13 Updates & Key Perspectives for the Road Ahead

Balázs Harman, VALEO GmbH, Member of VDA AK13, Germany

14:30

15:00

00:30

Guidance Needed: AI deployment challenges in project context

Ronaldo Mendes Junior,DXC Technology, Bulgaria

15:00

15:30

00:30

Break

15:30

16:00

00:30

Experience with VDA Potential Analysis

Andreas Gasch and Flavia Povirnaru, Cariad SE, Germany

16:00

16:30

00:30

 Data Management SPICE PAM 2.0: Applications in the context of the EU AI Act and EU DATA Act

Reiner Seitz, APS Advanced Project Services SRL, Romania

16:30

16:45

00:15

Closing