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Stefan Hertel is an automotive HMI enthusiast. He began his career as software developer for HMI systems with BMW. He was part of the development team for multiple IDrive generation. After that he stayed with Geely in China to develop the user experience for BEVs. After that he took over the lead of the UXRead more

Simone Falcioni performs benchmarking and market research activities, mainly focusing on human machine interfaces and in-cabin monitoring devices. He is also responsible for coordinating the regulatory activities of Tokai Rika in Europe, identifying the strategic trends and following up on the activities to be undertaken for future developments. He is a mechanical engineer with strongRead more

Claudia is an In-Vehicle UX Lead Researcher at TechInsights responsible for insights on emerging use cases, consumer priorities, and experience optimisation for in-vehicle connectivity and autonomous and electric vehicles. Claudia has over 15 years of experience in UX and human factors and has successfully led projects in both established and start-up automotive companies. Prior toRead more

Franziska Braun is research associate in the team for “Innovation Design” at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering. Her work focuses on the value-oriented design of innovative products and the implementation of a Design-Engineering Process for cycle-compatible vehicle components in the sense of a circular economy. She studied industrial and strategic design and is currentlyRead more

With over 20 years of experience, Henning is a veteran in industrial use cases around VR/AR/XR technology. As Global Director Solution Engineering, he leads the global sales engineering team at Unity and is a crucial driver of Unity’s strategy for the industrial market segment. Coming from Software Development, Henning has worked for more than 15Read more

Paolo Pretto is Principal Researcher and Research Strategy Manager for Human Factors and Driving Simulator at Virtual Vehicle Research in Graz, Austria. He holds a binational PhD in Neural and Behavioural Sciences. He has more than 20 years of experience in assessing human abilities and performance in real and simulated driving environments. He has coordinatedRead more

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Paul is the lead designer in the UX innovation team at TomTom, which focusses on prototyping & validating future user experiences with regarding to location technologies. He focusses on the implementation of new data & new technologies for future use cases in both automotive and enterprise domains. With a hands-on approach, he and his teamRead more

Daniel Keller is an expert in designing, developing and leading complex and innovative user experience projects. Daniel is an Innovation Manager that focusses on the UI/UX of new technologies like Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Virtual and Augmented Reality. Since more than 7 years, Daniel is supporting and consulting customers with UI/UX challenges of new technologies.Read more