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Guang Yang is a design expert at diconium, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group IT, with extensive experience in the automotive and digital sectors. Trained as an industrial designer, he has worked with global brands like Lenovo, Samsung, and Thalia. Currently, Guang’s research focuses on understanding the diverse consumer and user needs between the EU andRead more

Jonas Menesklou is the co-founder and CEO of AskUI, an innovative tech startup specializing in AI-powered automation solutions. With a background in software development and entrepreneurship, he is driven by the vision of creating a new generation of UI agents that can visually understand and control applications—regardless of the operating system. His passion lies inRead more

Ana Schmitz-Fuentes is Head of Production, Smart Mobility Events at we.CONECT Global Leaders GmbH and responsible for the production of more than 25 major annual events. She has more than 10 years of professional experience in event production. Before joining we.CONECT, she worked at IQPC and manetch, among others. The Pop in Your Job: AsRead more

Frank Wippich is the managing director of gestigon GmbH – a Valeo company. In his 20+years professional work experiences, he designed, tested and managed automotive infotainment and vision products – from initiation to market launch. Before gestigon / Valeo, Frank has worked internationally for Visteon, Panasonic and Blindsight, a computer vision company bought by Amazon.Read more

Rico Petrick, born in 1973, began his career with an apprenticeship as an energy electronics technician, followed by studies in electrical engineering, completing both a degree and a doctorate with a specialization in signal processing algorithms. Over the years, he has founded several innovative enterprises, including Linguwerk GmbH in 2010—home to the Embedded AI businessRead more

Peter Rössger is the founder of beyond HMI/////. We focus on creating knowledge on HMIs, usability, and user experience for the automotive industry, the Industrial Internet, mobile machinery, and software applications. We perform studies on usability and user experience. We use our knowledge to develop HMI concepts for our customers. Until early 2015 Peter wasRead more

Mike is recognised as a global authority on human factors and safety. He has 30 years’ experience developing and delivering technology and policy solutions to improve safety across all modes of transport. He joined Seeing Machines in 2014 following an academic career as a Professor in Human Factors at the Monash University Accident Research CentreRead more

Laurent Nicolas is UX&HMI Senior Fellow at Stellantis and Head of the French UX cross-functional platform. With a double background in engineering (product design) and human factors and ergonomics (PhD), Laurent has over 25 years of experience in driving innovation and developing automotive user experiences through the design of automotive cockpits, driving assistances, infotainment systems,Read more

Harsha started his career in developing firmware for Gaming Systems, and since then has worked on designing middleware for large casinos, game servers, 2D/3D game engines for slot machines, progressive games, etc. In the past couple of years, he has led teams in developing complete media players, HW/SW design, 3D embedded Graphics for Dashboard ClustersRead more

Samuel Wijk is an Experience Designer specializing in human-machine interaction, sound branding, and multimodal design. With a background spanning sales, leadership, and user experience, he brings a unique perspective on how technology, human behavior, and brand identity intersect. As HMI Chief Designer at Lynk & Co, Samuel has played a key role in developing innovativeRead more