Wolfgang Bremer Is a Public Speaker
Wolfgang speaks about design, leadership, team development and more. You can see some of his past keynotes, talks and other appearances below.
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Automotive Digital Transformation Interview with Wolfgang Bremer, Design Executive Fortune 500s & Global Startups: “The key is to measure user value rather than output”
Wolfgang Bremer was featured in an interview titled “The key is to measure user value rather than output” for Automotive Digital Transformation. Drawing from over 20 years leading design and UX teams at Fortune 500 companies like Volkswagen Group Charging and SAP, he discussed scaling customer-centric UX across global mobility markets – balancing global consistency with local relevance, regulations, and digital ecosystems. Key insights include why the product operating model has the longest-lasting impact over design systems or data pipelines, how federated teams deliver coherent experiences across cars, mobile apps, and connected environments without bottlenecks, and linking UX to business outcomes like retention and reduced costs through data storytelling. He highlighted leadership pitfalls like mistaking customer feedback for true needs – behavior and triangulated insights reveal far more – and small inconsistencies eroding trust at scale.
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UX360 Virtual Summit 2026 – Panel Speaker on Career Progression and Leadership in UX: Beyond Traditional Pathways and Moderator of The Anti-UX Session: Thinking of Leaving UX – What are Your Options?
Wolfgang Bremer was a speaker on the panel “Career Progression and Leadership in UX: Beyond Traditional Pathways” at the UX360 Virtual Summit 2026, alongside industry leaders exploring real-world challenges in UX growth. The discussion tackled hitting glass ceilings in research and design roles, what happens when businesses underinvest in teams, the shift from creative work to management, elevating quieter talent through visibility and confidence, and balancing AI skills with human-centered curiosity in hiring and development. Wolfgang also was the moderator of the roundtable “The Anti-UX Session: Thinking of Leaving UX – What Are Your Options?” – a candid conversation on exiting UX for e.g. product or marketing paths, leaving tech entirely, or jumping companies for fresh starts, while reflecting on why people enter UX and what pulls them away.
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UX360 Virtual Summit 2026 Interview with Wolfgang Bremer – Breaking the UX Ceiling: UX Career Growth & UX Leadership Lessons from a Fortune 500 Design Executive
Wolfgang Bremer was featured in an interview titled “Breaking the UX Ceiling: UX Career Growth & UX Leadership Lessons from a Fortune 500 Design Executive” as part of UX360 Virtual Summit 2026. Drawing from over 20 years leading global design teams at Fortune 500 companies and high-growth startups, he discussed human-centered leadership, breaking free from traditional career ladders, and valuing the individuals behind the roles to boost engagement and retention. Looking ahead to his upcoming panel on career progression and leadership in UX – plus being the moderator of a roundtable on alternatives for those eyeing paths beyond classic UX roles – he emphasized rethinking career models and how modern UX research and design are evolving into cross-disciplinary practices blending data-driven insights with profound empathy. Wolfgang also outlined key skills for researchers today, from analytical prowess and clear communication to emotional intelligence and adaptability, while sharing personal interests in meaningful conversations, EV mobility trends, and inspirations like the Brave UX podcast alongside books such as The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and Creativity, Inc.
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The Bucket Seat Podcast – Wolfgang Bremer. Designing the Edges of the EV Revolution
Wolfgang Bremer was a guest on The Bucket Seat podcast with hosts Trevor Byrne and Bonar Bulger in an episode titled “Wolfgang Bremer. Designing the Edges of the EV Revolution”. In the conversation, he explored what it means to design at the seams between vehicles, charging infrastructure, software, and energy systems – focusing on the everyday touchpoints that define EV ownership, far beyond the car itself. He spoke about building design maturity inside fast-growing organizations, moving from chaos to craft while operating at OEM scale, and why fragmented charging experiences – cards, tariffs, plugs, and apps – make “it should just work” such a high bar for drivers. The episode also delved into the convergence of hardware and software in the automotive world, the role of tactile versus digital interfaces, and how thoughtful service and experience design can shape the next wave of ultra-fast charging, smarter home infrastructure, and seamless handoffs between phone, grid, and vehicle.
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Brave UX Podcast – Trust, Teams, and Tangible Impact
Wolfgang Bremer was a guest on the Brave UX podcast, hosted by Brendan Jarvis, in an episode titled “Trust, Teams, and Tangible Impact.” In the conversation, Wolfgang offered a candid look at design leadership, reflecting on why trust is his default stance, how becoming a father reshaped his approach to leading teams, and when leaders should lean in versus step back to let others grow. He also discussed why real impact goes far beyond pixels, how humility and humanity enable design at scale, and what it really means to evangelize UX inside large organizations.
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SDN Next Gen Conference 2025: Dare to Impact
Wolfgang Bremer was invited to be a speaker at the Service Design Network panel “From Learning to Doing: Navigating Service Design in the Real World.” The discussion focused on bridging the gap between design education and professional practice, highlighting the importance of business literacy, critical thinking and adaptability in a fast-changing industry shaped by technology and AI. Wolfgang emphasized the need for design to not only adapt to other disciplines but also help them understand the value of design itself – fostering stronger collaboration and more meaningful impact across organizations. In addition to contributing to the panel, Wolfgang also mentored an emerging speaker, supporting new voices in the design community and fostering knowledge exchange across experience levels.
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Experience Designed Podcast – Leading and Managing Design at Scale with Wolfgang Bremer
Wolfgang Bremer was a guest on the Experience Designed Podcast hosted by Vy Alechnavicius, talking about the ever-desired and elusive seat at the table, and how to do it right, the difficulties of leadership positions and how to balance out highly abstracted leadership work and personal achievements, design leadership principles that Wolfgang applies to lead his large design orgs, advice for managers and individual contributors who want to lead design organizations, the ever-increasing levels of uncertainty due to emerging tech and AI and what design leaders should be prepared for, and much more.
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DEV Challenge XXI
Wolfgang Bremer was invited as a juror for the 21st season of DEV Challenge, the largest championship for IT specialists in Europe, where he was evaluating solutions for the product design nomination.
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ADPList BeMore Festival 2024
Wolfgang Bremer was the moderator for the panel “Design Leadership Unplugged: Leading Teams, Shaping Futures” as part of the global ADPList BeMore Festival 2024, during which he spoke with fellow design leaders about topics like the importance of being able to influence the business, the advantages of different management styles, the difference between good and great designers, among other things.
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The Evolve Podcast – Wolfgang Bremer
Wolfgang Bremer was a guest on The Evolve Podcast hosted by Simon Bocko, talking about the beginnings of his design career, the importance of creating end-to-end experiences, how designing for EV charging allows for true innovation, how more competition leads to overall better products, the importance of user-friendliness, and much more.
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2024 UX360 Research Summit
Wolfgang Bremer was invited to join the panel “Leadership: How can we become better UX Leaders?”. Alongside fellow design leaders from Google, Deutsche Telekom and Zalando, they discussed the importance of the love for the work one does, authenticity, following the practices of great leaders and avoiding those of bad ones, the importance of focusing on people, the potential for introverts to be great leaders, and much more.
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produktbezogen Interview – Wolfgang Bremer, Vice President of Design at Volkswagen Group Charging: Holistic Design is the Key to the Best End-to-End User Experience
Wolfgang Bremer was interviewed by produktbezogen as Vice President of Design at Volkswagen Group Charging, in a feature titled “Holistic Design is the Key to the Best End-to-End User Experience”. Drawing on over 20 years of experience from Fortune 500 companies like SAP and Nokia, international startups, and as co-founder and Chief Design Officer of Founder2be (which served over 100,000 users), he shared insights into how design transcends visuals to encompass user research, prototyping, service design, and more – ultimately helping companies create intuitive products that save time, reduce costs, and delight users. He emphasized design’s role as a “glue” across teams and functions, fostering end-to-end customer experiences from brand perception to post-purchase support, while building trust and boosting sales. Bremer also delved into leading distributed international design teams – prioritizing empathy, autonomy, and clear communication to navigate cultural and language differences – and the nuances of software versus hardware design, including longer development cycles and supplier negotiations. In the EV context, he highlighted holistic approaches to charging ecosystems, from app-based station discovery and home wallbox integration to in-car entertainment and infrastructure like lounges, ensuring seamless journeys that make electric mobility feel effortless.
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Nodes of Design Podcast – EV Charging Experience Design by Wolfgang Bremer
Wolfgang Bremer was invited to be a guest on the Nodes of Design Podcast hosted by Tejj, talking about designing for EV charging, user-friendliness and accessibility, design being much more than making things pretty, leadership, innovation, business needs vs. creative freedom, and much more.
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DDX Awards 2024
Wolfgang Bremer was invited as a juror for the DDX Awards 2024, where he was evaluating startup products on how human-centered designed they are, how unique and game-changing they are, and how well they impact people, the planet, science or business.
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SDN Next Gen Conference 2024 – Infinite Threads
Wolfgang Bremer was invited as a speaker to the Service Design Network Next Gen Conference 2024. On the panel “Essential Skills for the Next Generations to become Future Design Leaders” topics ranging from the essential qualities of a leader, over emerging leadership trends, to how to showcase leadership potential were discussed among a diverse lineup of speakers. Alongside his role on the panel, Wolfgang supported two emerging speakers as a mentor, helping amplify new voices in the design community and encouraging knowledge sharing across different levels of experience.
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Dovetail Outlier Interview – Earning a seat at the table with Volkswagen Group Charging VP of Design Wolfgang Bremer
Wolfgang Bremer was interviewed by Dovetail about UX research, design leadership, automotive, EV charging, the ever elusive seat at the table and much more.
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Reuters – Electrifying Europe: Navigating the Accelerated Rise of Electric Vehicles
Wolfgang Bremer was invited to be a speaker on the Reuters panel “Electrifying Europe: Navigating the Accelerated Rise of Electric Vehicles” where ideas and strategies about EVs, batteries, energy and charging were discussed.
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Build Meaning Podcast – Wolfgang Bremer, VP Design bei VW Group Charging
Wolfgang Bremer was a guest on the Build Meaning Podcast hosted by Daniel Neuberger, talking about products, design, leadership with trust in people and humanness, and more in the field of EV charging and mobility.
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PunktHQ Interview – Wolfgang Bremer: Insights from an A+ Design Veteran
Wolfgang Bremer was interviewed by PunktHQ, talking about the importance of design being aligned with the business as a whole, design leadership, strategy overall and much more.
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Miro Imperative Innovation Roadshow
Wolfgang Bremer was invited to be a speaker on a panel at Miro’s Imperative Innovation Roadshow where ways of harnessing one’s own innovative strength every day were discussed.
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Miro Innovators Dinner
Wolfgang Bremer was invited by Miro to the Innovators Dinner, an exclusive invite-only event hosted for a small group of people working on innovative projects to discuss challenges, insights and potential solutions together.
DEV Challenge XX
Wolfgang Bremer was invited as a juror for the 20th season of DEV Challenge, the largest championship for IT specialists in Europe, where he was evaluating solutions for the product design nomination.
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DDX Design Drives Podcast – Design Leadership, Mobility & Pushing New Ideas
Wolfgang Bremer was a guest on the DDX Design Drives Podcast hosted by Sebastian Gier, talking about which skills designers need to become great design leaders, and how to successfully push for design and innovation within an organization to create a win-win situation between different stakeholders.
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UXDG UX Design Summit 2023
Wolfgang Bremer gave his talk “Human Centered Design Leadership” at the UXDG UX Design Summit 2023. In this talk Wolfgang speaks about the need to make design leadership more human.
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LeanCast: Product Innovation & UX Design Podcast – On Design Leadership
Wolfgang Bremer was a guest on the LeanCast: Product Innovation & UX Design Podcast hosted by Behrad Mirafshar, talking about design, leadership, communication and the similarities to parenting.
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UX-Roundtable by neusta experience GmbH
Wolfgang Bremer was invited to give his talk “Human Centered Design Leadership” at the internal UX-Roundtable by neusta experience GmbH. In this talk Wolfgang speaks about the need to make design leadership more human.
Thinking Inside the Box Podcast – How the Best Designs Rely on People
Wolfgang Bremer was a guest on the Thinking Inside the Box Podcast hosted by Matt Burns, talking about how the best designs rely on people.
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Reuters Automotive Europe 2023
Wolfgang Bremer was invited to join the panel discussion “Optimise the Life Cycle of Electric Vehicle Batteries” as part of Reuters’ Automotive Europe 2023 conference in Munich, Germany, about EVs, batteries, charging, energy, the future, and the user experience around all of it.
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3rd Energy Transformation Summit
Wolfgang Bremer was invited to join the panel discussion “Future Picture of Mobility” as part of The Sneffels’ 3rd Energy Transformation Summit in Berlin, Germany, about how mobility can be disrupted in a positive way and its long-term impact.
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Red Hat’s Compiler Podcast – The Designer And The Blueprint
Wolfgang Bremer was a guest on Red Hat’s Compiler Podcast hosted by Kim Huang, Johan Philippine and Angela Andrews, talking about how design can be a monumental force in development, discovery and problem solving.
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Unusable Podcast – Solving EV Charging Problems
Wolfgang Bremer was a guest on the Unusable Podcast hosted by Andrew Waite and David Ball, talking about how UX has the power to differentiate products and accelerate adoption of EVs and EV charging.
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George UX Conference 2022
Wolfgang Bremer gave his talk “Human Centered Design Leadership” at the George UX Conference 2022 in Vienna, Austria. In this talk Wolfgang speaks about the need to make design leadership more human.
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uxcon vienna 2022
Wolfgang Bremer gave his talk “People first. Design second.” at uxcon vienna 2022 in Vienna, Austria. In this talk Wolfgang speaks about the importance of the human factor in design.
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Hatch Conference 2022
Wolfgang Bremer gave the opening keynote named “Human Centered Design Leadership” at the Hatch Conference 2022 in Berlin, Germany. In this talk Wolfgang speaks about the need to make design leadership more human.
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UMO Design X Social Global Innovation Challenge 2022
Wolfgang Bremer was a juror for the UMO Design X Social Global Innovation Challenge 2022 with the theme Designing for Crisis where he was evaluating solutions on rebuilding and healing the world with design.
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One Knight In Product Podcast – The Importance of Making Design a Strategic Business Partner
Wolfgang Bremer was a guest on the One Knight In Product Podcast hosted by Jason Knight, talking about the importance of making design a strategic business partner.
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UXIndia Conference 2021
Wolfgang Bremer was a speaker on the Digital Leadership panel of the UXIndia Conference 2021, talking about design leadership and tackling challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Design X Social Innovation Challenge 2021
Wolfgang Bremer was invited as a juror for the Design X Social Innovation Challenge 2021, evaluating solutions addressing some of the current social issues, for example arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UXSEA Summit 2019 – The Future of UX
Wolfgang Bremer gave his talk “Everybody is a Designer. Deal with it.” at the UXSEA Summit 2019 in Singapore. In this talk Wolfgang speaks about roles, goals and how problems can be turned into an advantage by enabling an organization to become more design-centric.
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Design Vancouver | A Panel Discussion On Digital Design
Wolfgang Bremer was speaking on a panel which was providing insights and discussion on the multi-faceted design industry, touching on UX design and UI design, as well as designing for physical/digital products.
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Designing The Future We Desire
Wolfgang Bremer was speaking on the panel “Designing The Future We Desire” on how a human design-centric approach can solve society’s most complex challenges.
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