MARTIN KLOSS

I’m a techie. ADAS/AD, E/E-Development, Verification & Validation concepts, SiL/HiL simulation & automation, Digital Code Modulation (DCM) Radar, and AI perception components are terms that make my heart skip a beat. I love hearing about the latest developments in the tech world and discussing the challenges and opportunities involved in solving significant problems. I’m a […]

Humanity’s most significant tasks for the coming decades are protecting our environment, conserving resources, and transitioning to renewable energy. If we want to find the solutions to avert a climate catastrophe, we need politics, business & society to join forces and work hand in hand. Covestro set out to be a leader in the industry […]

The real estate industry needs to change. Why? 40% of global CO2 emissions originate in the real estate sector. 70% of these are produced by building operations, and 30% from construction. Over the years, the PropTech Innovation Summit has become an internationally recognized event that attracts experts and startups alike to discuss and present solutions […]

Our world is facing unprecedented challenges. The climate crisis we have created is threatening the livelihood of our and many other species on this planet. The GreenTech Festival is an important platform to discuss sustainability challenges with a passion for solutions. MINI and URBAN-X, a platform for startups sustainably reimagining city life, invited international change […]

Engage. Excite. Empower. Extend. The crème de la crème of the international banking industry gathered in beautiful Vienna, Austria, for Diebold Nixdorf’s famous intersect event to discuss the current challenges and opportunities of the finance sector. I have had the immense pleasure of hosting this fantastic event since 2010, and every single time I am […]

Sustainability starts with taking it seriously and making CO2 reduction an integral part of a company’s strategy. In 2021, the BMW Group became the first premium manufacturer to publish an Integrated Group Report, combining the Annual Report & Sustainable Value Report. The BMW Group also wants to be in constant dialogue with its most important […]

I always wanted to be an astronaut. Or a race car driver. Or an astrophysicist. Or…so many other things I fell in love with over the years. Working with the automotive industry for almost a quarter-century, and following all the major race series for the past 30 years, I was thrilled to see the inception […]

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Working for and with Liebherr is awesome. Period. Whenever I get to film new episodes of the Liebherr “Upload” video magazine I feel like a little boy again. I remember when I looked in awe at those amazingly huge cranes and wondered how it would feel to operate one of them. I only had to […]

ZEISS is a company with a famous name that comes with a long history and tradition. Within the ZEISS universe, ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions is globally known for its industrial microscopy solutions that help us visualize and understand the smallest, even microscopic parts, 2D X-ray & 3D CT innovations, and metrology solutions in aerospace. Being […]

What are the essential topics of our time? The world is changing faster and more dramatically than at any time in history. These changes affect humanity, our society, our economy. Everything is part of this transformation. There is no single driver, no one topic responsible for these changes. Coinciding developments like climate change, digitization, and […]

One of my profession’s many perks and privileges is to get access to locations I would otherwise never see. One of those locations is the historic automobile factory of Bugatti in Molsheim, France. For the product launch of a unique collaboration between GilletteLabs and Bugatti in the form of a special edition of Gillette’s heated […]

Volkswagen is committed to the Paris climate goals and wants to be CO2-neutral by 2050. The IAA 2021 in Munich offered the perfect opportunity to showcase current and future electric cars of the Volkswagen brand in combination with talks on the main stage about the design process or the sustainable supply chain. Reducing the CO2 […]

The BMW Group Dialogues were created in 2011 because BMW wanted to listen, learn and facilitate an exchange between BMW and different stakeholders from politics, business, science, and academia to discuss sustainability topics. For the past years, it meant traveling to cities on different continents to discuss topics like the future of mobility, corporate responsibility, […]

The Future Forum is a platform that invites visionaries and experts from different industries and backgrounds to discuss future topics and promote an open dialogue with the audience. In July, BMW Group traveled the globe virtually for „Sustainable Manufacturing Week“ at the Future Forum. Joined by an international audience, we discussed how to create ecologically […]

The real estate sector is seeing strong growth with huge innovation potential, and the international tech community is ready for the next step. Together they will shape the industry with innovative projects and collaborations. The 5th Proptech Innovation Summit was digital again, but this time as a live broadcast from a studio in Hamburg, Germany […]

ACHEMA is the global meeting place for the process industry. It usually takes place every three years on the Frankfurt fairgrounds, but due to the Pandemic, ACHEMA 2021 was moved to April 2022. A crisis always offers opportunities, so the organizers DECHEMA CEO, Dr. Thomas Scheuring, and Executive Board Member and ACHEMA Pulse Project Lead, […]

The FIT Forum 2021, organized by the savings bank “Kreissparkasse Miesbach-Tegernsee”, took place as a digital event, due to the Corona pandemic. But in spite of the challenges, it was a wonderful day with inspiring conversations, new perspectives, and innovative solutions. The conference brings together regional companies, start-ups, local policymakers, and scientists to discuss current […]

Discussing climate-neutral mobility and the various aspects & perspectives of how to get there is crucial to the automotive industry in general, and to Volkswagen in particular. Volkswagen’s first “Way to Zero” Convention was all about open discussions and honest opinions. It brought together different points of view and arguments from scientists, politicians, NGOs, entrepreneurs, […]

ACHEMA, the global meeting place for the process industry, takes place every three years on the Frankfurt fairgrounds. Due to the Pandemic, ACHEMA 2021 was moved to April 2022. But instead of just canceling this year’s event, the organizers Dr. Thomas Scheuring and Dr. Björn Mathes decided to create a brand new digital flagship event […]

In February 2021, Trumpf invited its customers and interested parties to the first “Digital Tube Days”. Broadcast live from Trumpf’s Customer Center in Ditzingen, the audience had a front-row seat to the event while they were taken on a journey into the world of tube processing. The topics ranged from part design and programming to […]

When we hear the word “sustainability” we usually think of renewable energy, reducing carbon emissions, protecting the environment, and keeping the ecosystems of our planet in balance. But how much do you know about sustainable and responsible investing and the impact it will have on the planet and all of our lives? Allianz Global Investors‘ […]

This year’s BMW Group Dialogues took place at BMW Welt, right in the heart of Munich, very close to the main BMW factory. BMW Welt is a place full of stories, full of automotive history. And it is a place to discover and discuss the future of mobility. Which made it the perfect location for […]

At DRIVE. Volkswagen Group Forum in Berlin, Volkswagen Group presents exhibitions and events about electric mobility and electric cars from the different brands within the group. DRIVE.ahead are regular panel talks on the stage at DRIVE.studio where experts from various fields are invited to discuss current topics in the wide field of electric mobility. In […]

Last year, I started filming for the brand new Liebherr Upload video magazine. When we shot the first two episodes in December it was freezing, but standing among all these incredibly huge and powerful cranes and getting to talk about what they can do was so much fun that I hoped our pilot would turn […]

The Pandemic has turned all of our lives upside down. But instead of canceling the upcoming 4th Proptech Innovation Summit, Union Investment and GermanTech decided to turn it into an online event. While I was standing on a large stage in Berlin for last year’s event, this year it was my home office that had […]

If you have never been to the Volkswagen “Autostadt” in Wolfsburg, you have definitely missed out on seeing an important part of German automotive history. The factory where the Golf is being built by people, sometimes in the third generation, is right next door and the Autostadt itself with its park-like area invites you to […]