OEM, MNO and Cloud Connected Vehicle Services Leaders to Present at the AECC Summit 2022

Dell, DENSO, Equinix, Ericsson, Intel, KDDI, Nexar, Toyota and other AECC Members Join Analyst Firm SBD Automotive to Present on Connected Vehicle Services Innovation

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC), a non-profit association of cross-industry players working to enable secure, cost-effective connected vehicle services data delivery and processing on a global scale, today announced that the speaker line-up and public registration is open for its free, two-hour virtual AECC Summit focused on unlocking the connected vehicle services opportunity. Register by visiting https://bit.ly/AECCSummit2022.

To cater to participants in different time zones, two AECC Summit sessions will be available. Attendees may register for the date and time that is most convenient for their schedules:

• Option 1 for Eastern North American and European Attendees: June 14, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern which is 3:00 p.m. Central European Time
• Option 2 for Western North American and Asia Pacific Attendees: June 21, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern which is June 22, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Japanese Standard Time

AECC Summit presenters and a panel of cross-industry players will discuss the connected vehicle services data challenge, as well as best practices, research and proof of concept (PoC) initiatives that demonstrate how companies are optimizing offerings to deliver anticipated benefits to vehicle owners and users; OEMs; MNOs and the ecosystem of cloud and app service providers. Attendees will hear from AECC leadership directly on the organization's mission to open new avenues for connected vehicle services innovation as well as learn about members' proof of concept initiatives.

“We welcome all companies interested in the connected vehicle ecosystem to join us at the AECC Summit. Our Summit will focus on the ecosystem’s unique opportunity to ensure that future networks are designed and deployed to provide new services while generating new customers and revenue for OEMs, MNOs and cloud and app providers,” said Ken-ichi Murata, president and chairperson of the AECC, and fellow of Connected Company at Toyota.

AECC Summit Speaker Lineup for June 14, 2022, at 9 a.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. CET

• Keynote Presentation: “How the Software-Defined Vehicle Changes Everything” with Alex Oyler, Director at SBD Automotive, North America.
• AECC Overview: "Understanding the AECC: Overview, Work and Benefits"
  • Ken-ichi Murata, Fellow of Connected Company at Toyota and AECC President and Chairperson
  • Christer Boberg, Director, Ericsson Group Strategy and AECC Secretary
  • Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz, Co-founder and CTO at Nexar and AECC member
• Panel Discussion: "Examining the Evolution of the Connected Vehicle Services Challenge" with AECC member representatives from Toyota, Ericsson, and KDDI.

AECC Summit Speaker Lineup June 22, 2022, at 8 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. JST

• Keynote Presentation: “How the Software-Defined Vehicle Changes Everything” with Alex Oyler, Director at SBD Automotive, North America.
• AECC Overview: "Understanding the AECC: Overview, Work and Benefits"
  • Roger Berg, Vice President at DENSO’s North American R&D Group and AECC Communications Vice Chair
  • Geng Wu, Chief Technologist and Head of Intel Wireless Standards and Advanced Technology and AECC Treasurer
  • Eric Hui, Director Business Development, IoT Ecosystems, Asia Pacific at Equinix and AECC member
• Panel and Q&A Discussion: "Examining the Evolution of the Connected Vehicle Services Challenge" with AECC member representatives from DENSO, KDDI, and Dell.

AECC Membership Benefits

All companies interested in the connected vehicle ecosystem are encouraged to become AECC members. The AECC membership levels include Sponsor, Contributor, and Affiliate and are open to companies across any business vertical. Members can participate in various exclusive membership initiatives, working groups, and member-only meetings.

About the AECC

The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) is an association of cross-industry, global leaders working to explore the rapidly evolving and significant data and communications needs involved in instrumenting billions of vehicles worldwide. The AECC’s goal is to find more efficient ways to nurture distributed computing and infrastructure network architectures to support the high-volume data needed for intelligent vehicle services. The AECC’s members are key players in the automotive, high-speed mobile network, edge computing, wireless technology, distributed computing and artificial intelligence markets. For more information about the AECC and its membership benefits, please visit https://aecc.org/.

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