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Wolfram Ries recently joined the Mobica team as VP Sales Automotive from Luxoft, an international custom software development company, where he played an integral part in the development of its automotive technologies. He brings more than twenty years’ experience in senior sales and business development roles for numerous international companies, delivering complex hardware and softwareRead more

Ian Meginnis is a space suit engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). Involved with NASA for 10 years, he has been working on the Advanced Space Suit Development team at the Johnson Space Center since 2012. He is currently the project lead for simulated microgravity evaluations of NASA’s latest exploration prototype space suit, Z-2,Read more

Günther Hasna studied Mechatronics (Feinwerktechnik) at the Hochschule München. His first professional job was as Project Manager for Optoelectronic Sensors at TEMIC in Nuremberg. Since 1996 he is working for OPTIS, until 2011 at the headquarters in Toulon/France as a Manager for Consulting and Software Services. Since 2011 he is back in Munich working forRead more

Julia Polleti is responsible for Audi Business Innovation projects in the fields of to design thinking and user centered design, e.g. for interactive data visualization, desktop software or apps. Having worked previously for BMW, she also holds a BSc and MSc in Media Informatics – Human Machine Interaction both completed at the Ludwig-Maximilian University ofRead more

Dr. Astrid Kassner holds a doctorate in psychology and has worked on the development of user-centered concepts in the automotive and aerospace fields for over 12 years. Currently at Volkswagen, Dr. Kassner is Project Lead for UX & HMI and notably worked on the BUDD-e concept car, which was premiered at CES 2016. At Volkswagen,Read more

Derek leads product marketing, partner marketing, and communications for Rightware, the leader in automotive UI software. Building on a career in product management and strategic planning in smartphone software and hardware platforms as well as telecoms, he most recently led cloud and data center community evangelism at Intel’s Open Source Technology Center. Derek’s degrees spanRead more

Carina Häcker joined the UniTyLab (Usability and Interaction Technology Laboratory) of Heilbronn University in August 2015 as a Research Assistant. There, she works as a product developer and designer in various projects. Since 2016 she is part-project manager of “KoFFI”, a research project sponsored by BMBF presented on this conference. Prior to this, she didRead more

Jürgen Schmidt is working as an expert for the topic driver camera at Daimler AG, since 2013. Within his research, he focused on eye tracking and the human behavior during conditionally automated driving. As a researcher he is interested in detecting the reaction ability of the driver in underload conditions (PhD candidate at the ChairRead more

Operator Environment Design Engineer at Volvo Construction Equipment and responsible for HMI implementation in Wheel loaders and Articulated Dump Trucks. Joined Volvo CE 2011 and have work my way from design engineer with focus on physical ergonomics to HMI. I have a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering Ergonomic design and prior to Volvo I worked asRead more

Nadine Walter works as an expert for the topics driver distraction and user-centered product development at Robert Bosch GmbH. Since 2012 she works within the Center of Competence for Human Machine Interaction focusing on development of new in-vehicle interaction concepts. As a researcher she is interested in the field of adaptive systems to reduce driverRead more