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How will the convergence of AI and mobility technologies reshape the skills required of the future workforce? What expertise in mobility, AI, software, and systems engineering should be developed to foster the next generation of professionals? This keynote will explore strategies for industry, academia, and research institutions to prepare and nurture talent in the era of AI-integrated mobility.

This presentation introduces K-FAST, the largest Fraunhofer alliance, as a key driver of recent R&D trends in future mobility across Germany. It highlights collaborative projects with Korean partners that address critical emerging technologies and outlines strategic directions for advancing Korea–Germany R&D cooperation

Lifting-wing multicopters combine multirotors’ VTOL with fixed-wing efficiency. Their wings provide lift during horizontal flight, cutting power use while allowing hovering and safe gliding. A tethered version, like a kite, uses yaw admittance control for stability in strong winds. With applications from long-range missions to obstacle avoidance and emergency landings, they improve efficiency, stability, and energy use compared to conventional multirotors, offering versatile solutions across industries.

This seminar explores trends and outlooks for automotive power semiconductors amid global trade uncertainties. It will be a good chance to provide an excellent opportunity to review these topics with experts discussing supply chain resilience and innovation strategies, offering insights to lead next-generation automotive power electronics.

The growing aerospace and automotive sectors require lightweight, high-energy storage. Conventional structural batteries suffer from low capacity and poor integration. Here, we demonstrate an all-fiber composite battery where carbon-fiber fabrics serve as anode and cathode current collectors, glass-fiber separator ensures stable ion transport, and the full system shows 94% capacity retention after 150 cycles. A 4 × 4 cm prototype powered an RC car, proving feasibility for scalable, multifunctional batteries in next-generation mobility.

PMSM requires higher torque density, higher efficiency, and higher power density. This talk presents a new stator flux density control method by using multiple inverters for PMSM. Conventional PMSM control method controls the linkage flux and coil current; the control is based on the fundamental flux and current. On the other hand, the presented method controls the flux density of the stator teeth. A lot of benefits can be generated by the proposed control, for example, increasing the output torque, decreasing the iron loss, and control the vibration of the stator. I present some examples of experimental results.

The growing demand for flexible, efficient, and intelligent power conversion in multi-source energy systems requires a new class of scalable architectures with integrated control intelligence and accurate evaluation methods. This seminar introduces a novel circuit architecture for scalable hybrid power conversion systems (HPCSs) capable of supporting multiple energy sources under a unified energy management and control strategy. The proposed system coordinates power flow, improves overall efficiency, and ensures stable operation across diverse conditions. Furthermore, it accounts for the unique characteristics of different energy sources, such as energy storage systems (ESSs) and fuel cells, and incorporates control methods that enhance individual source performance while optimizing the overall system operation. This research presents a promising pathway toward next-generation intelligent power electronics platforms, particularly for electric mobility applications.