TechDays 2026
Besançon, France
June 16 & 17
TechDays 2026
14th edition
Besançon, France
June 16 & 17
PREVIOUS PROGRAM
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2025 PROGRAM
08:00 AM
Badge Pick-up & Welcome Coffee
08:30 AM
MMT TECHDAYS WELCOME - Bastiaan TMMERS (Host)
Tuesday JUNE 17th, 2025
08:45 AM
MMT TECHDAYS INTRODUCTION - Philippe NICOLAS (Sonceboz CEO)"Commercial Vehicles: a world in (com)-motion"
09:00 AM
THEMEEGOO - Michel FORISSIER"The Future of Mobility: Challenges and Outlook”
09:30 AM
Pole Véhicule du Futur - Bruno JAMET"Innovations and Strategies for Vehicles Decarbonisation.”
Pole Véhicule du Futur - Sébastien HUMBERT"Sustainable Mobility: the Rise of E-Bikes and Intermediate vehicles.”
10:00 AM
Coffee Break - Networking
10:30 AM
eBikeLabs - Mael Bosson"From cars to bikes: can automotive practices like standardization and repairability drive the next e-bike boom?
11:00 AM
SONCEBOZ - Pierre BLAIN"Paving the way to sustainable mechatronics.”
11:30 AM
MAGREESOURCE- Luc AIXALA"Rare earth permanent magnet : MagREEsource value proposal to reduce criticity by recycling.”
12:00 AM
Lunch Break & Networking
13:30 PM
DAIMLER TRUCK - Lukas KRISPIN"From Diesel to DC: Adapting Power-Take-Off Technology for Electrifying Heavy-Duty Trucking"
14:00 PM
EFORCE ONE - Martin HEUSCHKEL"Paving the road towards high power integrated circuits.”
14:30 PM
INTENSA Technische Dienstleistungen GmbH - Wolfgang HODULIK & David BERGER"Optimized Battery Disconnect Unit (BDU) design based on system high-integration skills & HV contactor performance.”
15:00 PM
Coffee Break & Networking
15:30 PM
CARRAR - Dor PERETZ"Two-Phase Immersion Cooling – creating an integrated thermal system”
16:00 PM
MMT - Maxime ROMANO" Using MBSE method for a quick convergence and optimization of mechatronics design complexity (applied to a Thermal Management application)."
16:30 PM
Bioxegy - Sidney ROSTAN"Biomimicry applied to thermal management applications"
08:15 AM
Welcome coffee
08:45 AM
DUMAREY - Giorgio BIANCHI"Driving the Future: Dumarey Softronix’s Vision for Software-Defined Vehicles"
09:15 AM
STELLANTIS - Aurélien SANIEZ
“- SDV Architecture: Its Influence on Actuator Development.
-Stellantis’ Mechatronics Design Challenges in the Current Economic Pressure.”
09:45 AM
YANFENG - Stéphane BOSQUET"Moving Displays in Interior automotive”
10:15 AM
Coffee Break & Networking
10:45 AM
BHTC - Wadim RESCHETNIK "From Vision to Reality: Kinematics HMI Technologies for Tomorrow's Mobility.”
11:15 AM
OUT OF THE BOX PRESENTATIN : PERCIPIO ROBOTICS
Yann BUAILLON"Micro-assembly automation: keys for miniaturization.”
11:45 AM
CONCLUSION + LUNCH + Transfer to MMT & Visit of MMT Labs
18:30 PM
Social Event : Museum of Fine Arts
Dinner : Museum of Fine Arts
Wednesday JUNE 18th, 2025
VISIT OF MMT LABS
| LIVE DEMOS AT MMT |
2024 PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY JUNE 12th, 2024 FORENOON
09:00 AM
MMT TECHDAYS WELCOME
Gaël ANDRIEUX
| Electrification |
09:05 AM
SONCEBOZ SA - Bas TIMMERS, Vice President International Business Development.
" EV'S VS reality ...."
09:30 AM
DECKERS MOBILITY CONSULTING - Roger DECKERS
"Use cases, challenges and solutions for XEV's and ICE-vehicles”
10:00 AM
PEUGEOT MOTOCYCLES - Cédric FOUSSARD
"Risks and opportunities of electrification in 2 wheelers industry.”
10:30 AM
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
| eBike |
11:00 AM
VALEO - Benjamin MORLIERE
"A new era for the last mile delivery thanks to the VALEO Cyclee system.”
11:30 AM
eBikeLabs - Maël BOSSON
"eBike Software platform with integrated IA”
LUNCH BREAK
AFTERNOON
Power Management | Vehicles Dynamics | Interior
13:15 PM
MAGNA CLOSURES - Francesco CUMBO
"Challenges and trends of vehicles access systems.”
13:45 PM
SONCEBOZ - Maximilian REUTLER
"Smart High Voltage Contactors”
14:15 PM
KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE - Pierre GAUDET
"Adressing safety in mechatronic design.”
14:45 PM
15:15 PM
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
MMT - Antoine DELAPORTE
"Steering sensors : bringing next-gen stray field immunity to a worldwide standard.”
15:45 PM
SONCEBOZ - Frederic MIRMAND
"A Game Changer for Steer-by-Wire Integration: the Hybrid Direct Drive Actuator.”
16:15 PM
| Out of the Box |
SILMACH - Pierre-François LOUVIGNE
"Introducing hybrid MEMS micromotors.”
16:45 PM
End of the Day 1
| Thermal Management |
DAY 2: THURSDAY JUNE 13th, 2024 FORENOON
09:00 AM
Solvheat - Stéphane WATTS
"Brief overview of eScroll technology applications.”
09:30 AM
Novares - Nicolas NIVARD
"Low voltage electric vehicle battery cooling systems modeling and trends.”
10:00 AM
Schrader-Pacific - Gaëtan BOULARD
"Valves Key Points for Thermal Mangement Applications.”
10:30 AM
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
11:00 AM
TitanX - Ashwin SARODE - Abishek CHIDAMBAR
"Thermal Management System”
11:30 AM
MMT - Damien LAFORGE | Valentin PRÉAULT
"Optimized mechatronics solutions for air and fluid management to answer challenges of vehicles electrification”
LUNCH BREAK
VISIT OF MMT LABS
| LIVE DEMOS AT MMT |
2023 PROGRAM
08:00 AM
Welcome coffee and registration
09:00 AM
INTRODUCTION
Bastiaan TIMMERS, Vice President International Business Development, at Sonceboz:
Challenges of a rapidly changing MHCV market
09:30 AM
VOLVO TRUCK
Pierrig GAILLAUD, Lead Engineer:
Air management and Braking systems for commercial vehicles
10:00 AM
AIR SQUARED
Dr Bryce SHAFFER, C.E.O:
Oil-free Scroll eCompressor Technology for Automotive application
10:30 AM
Coffee Break & Networking
11:00 AM
FORVIA
Nicolas NAVATTES, Head Mechatronics Design Manager:
Actuators for Automotive Seating: trends & challenges
11:30 AM
MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES
Antoine DELAPORTE, R&D Engineer:
HMI - Configurable Haptic Controller Technology
12:00 AM
Lunch Break & Networking
Tuesday JUNE 20th, 2023
13:30 PM
RAVAL ACS LTD
Ayelet SHEIZAF, Business Development:
From fuel venting systems to flow management systems
14:00 PM
HUTCHINSON
Laurent MARTIN, Fluid Management Sytems VP M&A Strategy Business Development
Dr Mickael CORMERAIS, TCSA R&D Director
New Thermal Management architectures for BEVs with integration of smart mechatronics solutions
14:30 PM
COMPACT POWER MOTION
Johannes KUHN, Head of Software Development:
Modular Software to serve motor control innovation
15:00 PM
Coffee Break & Networking
15:30 PM
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES
Uwe ZIMMERMAN, Senior Account Manager Automotive:
Electrification in Mobility
16:00 PM
MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES
Geoffroy PETREMENT, Head of Electronics Development:
Motor Drivers from SiC to GaN
Wednesday JUNE 21st, 2023
MORNING
08:15 AM
Welcome coffee
08:45 AM
BORG WARNER
Pascal DAVID, Position Engineering Manager - Advanced Sydtems Innovation Electric Drives - Power Drives Systems:
Digital twin at ideation phase - a real case study
09:15 AM
ROECHLING AUTOMOTIVE
Alessandro IVIGLIA, Global Product Manager:
Active Charging Gate
09:45 AM
FORD USA
Wesley BURKMAN, Technical Specialist, Contactors & Connections:
High Voltage Electrical contacts
10:15 AM
Coffee Break & Networking
10:45 AM
EPFL / BioROB / i3
Mohamed BOURI, HIGroup Leader
Coline LUGAZ, Innovation Project Manager :
eWalk, a powered hip exoskeleton for all-terrain walking assistance
11:15 AM
OUT OF THE BOX PRESENTATIN : ENCHANTED TOOLS
Laurent VASSE, Industrialization Director:
Industrial development challenges of the humanoid robot: Miroki
11:45 AM
CONCLUSION + LUNCH
AFTERNOON
MMT Laboratory Tour with Live demos:
Magnet 3D Printing, Haptic Controller + Haptic steering wheel, Rotor Position Sensor, eBike Torque Sensor, eBrake for bikes, Steer By Wire force feedback, Expansion Valve Actuator, Compact & very high torque Actuator, Exoskeleton, eFan/eBlower ...
Demonstration of the Magnetization process of a magnet
NVH Measurements of motors or actuators in our Anechoic Chamber