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BASF @ UMTF 2025

BASF @ UMTF 2026

New Perspectives for a Sustainable Future: Current & Future Trends for the Automotive Industry

📍 MARITIM Hotel Stuttgart
Seidenstraße 34
70174 Stuttgart

Visit us at UNITI 2026 between April 21-22, at Maritim Hotel, in Stuttgart, Germany. Meet us at our booth during the congress and do not miss our pre-seminar Advancing sustainable mobility together: Innovations, Regulations, and Solutions for the Lubricant and Automotive Industry on April 20. 

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Pre-Seminar to UNITI Mineral Technology Congress 2026

April 20, Monday

Advancing sustainable mobility together: Innovations, Regulations, and Solutions for the Lubricant and Automotive Industry

Time

Program

1:30 – 2:00 PM

Welcome Reception

2:00 – 2:15 PM

Welcome and Opening

Dr. Tanja Rost

Vice President - Global Business Management Lubricant Components, BASF SE

2:15 – 2:30 PM

Welcome Note by UNITI

Siegfried Müller

Managing Director, Zeller + Gmelin GmbH & Co. KG; Board Member UNITI

2:30 – 3:00 PM

From Compliance to Value Add: The EmpCo Directive and Sustainable Communication in the Lubricants Sector

Helena Hollekamp

Senior Sustainability Consultant, Fokus Zukunft GmbH & Co. KG

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Fuels in Transition: Ethanol, Biodiesel, Alternative Approaches –
SGS as a Strategic Partner

Anke Konzack and Stefan Heppes                                                

Business Development Manager Fuel Surveys and Senior Laboratory Consultant,

SGS Germany GmbH

3:30 – 4:30 PM

Networking Break Refreshments (Snacks and Drinks)

4:30 – 5:00 PM

Toward an All in One EV Thermal Management System: Immersion Cooling
for Batteries and E-Powertrains

EunJin Jeong

Senior Researcher, SK Innovation, Institute of Environmental Science & Technology

5:00 – 5:30 PM

Recent CLP Reclassifications - Impact and Future of LuSC-list

Hildo Krop

Krop Consult

5:30 – 6:00 PM

E-Powertrain Technology Roadmap, Development Targets and Trends

Andreas Küsters

Department Manager / Global Chief Engineer Validation,

FEV Europe GmbH Electric Powertrain

6:00 – 6:10 PM

Closing Remarks

Dr. Tanja Rost

Vice President - Global Business Management Lubricant Components, BASF SE

6:10– 9:00 PM

BASF Reception and Networking Event Dinner and Drinks