Wednesday 25th of June

Krzywdzinski, M., Lechowski G., Humphrey J., & Pardi T. (2025), Global Shifts in the Automotive Sector Markets, Firms and Technologies in the Age of Geopolitical Disruption (Palgrave)

With the co-editor Tommaso Pardi and chapters authors Anthony Black, Holger Bungsche, Boy Lüthje and Nathan Weis

Lorenza M. & M. Schroeder (2025), Emerging Auto Industries in a World of Global Value Chains. Actors, Policies and Structural Issues (Palgrave)

With the editors Lorenza Monaco & Martin Schroeder

14:00 - 15:30

Parallel sessions 5

Session n°: 13

From industrial policy to Chinese FDIs

New Technologies and the Evolution of the Value Chain

Room: 305

Chair:

Heike Proff, University of Duisburg Essen

Session n°: 14

Upgrading South East and Central Asian value chains: Social and Regulatory Context

Social & Regulatory Context

Room: 306

Chair:

Martin Schroeder, Ritsumeikan University

Session n°: 15

Upgrading and its limits in China and beyond: Challenges for Work and Labour

Challenges for Work and Labour

Room: 309

Chair:

Tommaso Pardi, CNRS-IDHES, GIS-Gerpisa

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee break & Networking / Room 3F

16:00 - 17:30

Plenary 3: After the Electrification Strategy - Is the Software-defined Vehicle Next and What is Needed for This?

Chair - Prof. Heike Proff

Chair of International Automotive Management, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Prof. John Paul MacDuffie

Professor of Management and
Director of PVMI
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Prof. Jun Ma

Tongji University, Shanghai China
Professor, School of Automotive Studies

Dr. Feng Shen

Executive Vice President & Chairman of Quality Management Committee, NIO; Vice President of FISITA and chairman of the Technical and Industrial Committee

Andreas Maennel

Lead Partner Automotive Deloitte China

17:45 - 18:45

Transport to NIO House
19:00 - 20:30

NIO House visiting & Refreshing

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Journée du Gerpisa

Thursday, 12 February, 2026 - 14:00 - 16:00

The Global Auto Industry and Varieties of Integration

Journée du Gerpisa

Friday, 13 February, 2026 - 14:00 - 16:00

Rethinking Industrial Policy and Development Strategies for the Auto Industry

Journée du Gerpisa

Friday, 13 March, 2026 - 14:00 - 16:00

La transition vers l' électrique: quelles solutions pour les ménages modestes?

Journée du Gerpisa

Friday, 10 April, 2026 - 09:00 - 17:00

Journée Jeunes Chercheurs et Chercheuses

Colloque du Gerpisa

Monday, 15 June, 2026 - 08:00 - Thursday, 18 June, 2026 - 18:00

Towards a more circular economy in an increasing finite world : levers and obstacles in the global automotive industry

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Wednesday 25th of June

Welcome desk, coffee / Room 1F

Parallel Sessions 3

The impact on EU value chains of Chinese competition: New Technologies and the Evolution of the Value Chain

Vulnerabilities and capabilities in the EU Automotive industry: Leveraging Input-Output Analysis and Economic Complexity

Chinese suppliers in Italy. Do they perform better than locals?

Foreign input exposure of the EU auto industry and volume versus frequency of trade

New Technologies and the Evolution of the Value Chain: Social & Regulatory Context

The Electric Vehicle Transition as a Green Window of Opportunity? The Case of Vietnam

Thailand will become a BEV dominated nation?

From facilitator to regulator: Assessing the CEE’s ability to achieve technology transfer from Chinese EV producers

European industrial relations in transition: Challenges for Work and Labour

The automotive industry transition challenges and the labour organizations positions: the case of Portugal

More of a drift than a (just) transition: electrification as the next stage of restructuring in Italian Stellantis factories.

What are professional needs and new work skills in the Italian automotive supply chain in regards to electric transition? Some research outcome on sample of Italian’s firms

Digitalisation, working conditions and the role of industrial relations: the case of the Motor Valley in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Coffee break & Networking / Room 3F

Parallel sessions 4

The technological race: New Technologies and the Evolution of the Value Chain

Key Technologies, Challenges, and Trends in Electric Vehicles: Implications for the Global Automotive Industry

The role of R&D in the Semi-Periphery of the Automotive Global Value Chain

Technological sovereignty in action: The case of patents in low-carbon transport

Japan in transition: Social and Regulatory Context

Japanese Political Effort to increasing EV and its Effect

Changing the Automobile Industry into a Mobility Industry: The Return of Traditional Japanese Industrial Policies?

Why are there so few BEVs on Japanese roads? An analysis of Japanese automobile demand and its evolution over the past 30 years

Just transitions and their challenges: Challenges for Work and Labour

Bargaining for the green transition? The restructuring of the Renault group in France and the role of collective bargaining (2020-2025).

India’s Road to a Green Transition: Challenges and Labour Implications

From Cars to Climate: Exploring Worker and Manager Perceptions in Slovakia and Spain’s Automotive Sectors

Lunch & Networking / Room 3F

Gerpisa books presentations:

Parallel sessions 5

From industrial policy to Chinese FDIs

Industrial policies and industrial ecosystems – Understanding the growth of the Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) industry

Is Chinese automotive FDI in Mexico a real threat to the US?

Chinese investments in Italy’s automotive sector: marginality or potential attractiveness of the Italian automotive production ecosystem?

Upgrading South East and Central Asian value chains: Social and Regulatory Context

Accelerating or Decelerating Electric Mobility in Thailand?

Navigating the re-ordering of the automotive Global Value Chain: The comparative position of Thailand and South Africa

Promoting EV and Infrastructure Deployment in the CAREC Region

Upgrading and its limits in China and beyond: Challenges for Work and Labour

Industrial transformation and regimes of production in the Chinese automotive sector

Contingent employment in China and its implications for the automotive sector

FDI functional specialization and upgrading via global value chains: an empirical assessment based on automotive industry

Coffee break & Networking / Room 3F

Plenary 3: After the Electrification Strategy - Is the Software-defined Vehicle Next and What is Needed for This?

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