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Dr. Martin Kümmel is currently Senior Manager System User Experience, Control Panels and Ergonomics at BMW AG in Munich, Germany. Previous positions held and areas of expertise at BMW AG include Product Cost Optimization for Electrics/Electronics and Driver Experience Environment, Interior Lighting, Switches and Geometrical Design, Quality and Cost Program for Cockpit, Cable Harness andRead more

Benjamin is a research and development engineer at Audi. His mission is to make interactive systems smarter, so that they provide the most crucial information first and interrupt users less. Newest machine learning technologies and visionary interaction approaches are key ingredients for his advanced, user-centered prototypes. — Innovative electronic systems provide the basis for theRead more

Matt Yurdana is a Creative Director in the Internet of Things Experiences Group at Intel, focused on creating new experiences with autonomous vehicles. He and the team design, prototype, and test new interactions for how passengers can operate, communicate with, understand, and trust autonomous vehicle systems. — Intel makes possible the most experiences of theRead more

Andreas is an engineer at the HMI function- and pre-development department of the AUDI AG in Ingolstadt since 2010. Andreas studied mechatronics and information technology at the Technische Universität München and was a PHD student at the Institute of Ergonomics. He earned his doctoral degree from the Technische Universität München for his research work onRead more

Patrik Palo has more than 25 years’ experience within the automotive domain, including production/manufacturing, applied research, business system and R&D. The last 11 years at Volvo Car Corporation in Sweden, he has held several leader positions in R&D within HMI & UX development and HMI Attribute. Began at Volvo 2005 as Senior Research Project ManagerRead more

Dr. Robert Broström is a Senior Technical Leader in User Experience at Volvo Car Corporation. The last 20 years he has initiated and lead research and development projects within driver interaction at Volvo Cars in Sweden. Robert has been spent a lot of his time on investigating how to find the best interaction design solutionsRead more

After obtaining a Master in Ergonomics at the University of Paris-Sud, Céline Taccori Duvergey joined PSA in 2010, at the Research and Innovation Direction, as a cognitive ergonomics specialist.Working on different innovation projects, her first position consisted on designing and evaluating HMI and ADAS functions. As the projects became more complicated and wider, the departmentRead more

Curating high-level events. Supporting the automotive industry in solving core R&D challenges and connecting them with the right people.Read more

Currently Senior HMI Specialist at Volvo Construction Equipment and Principal Engineer HMI in the Operator Environment department. Starting at Volvo CE in 2010, in HMI development, after finalizing the Ph.D. studies in Vehicle Technology at KTH with focus on Driver-Vehicle Interaction. 2 years of working as Consultant with HMI information management in air traffic  systemRead more

For 100 years, the BMW Group has been inspiring people worldwide with unique mobility experiences. The special fascination of the BMW Group lies not only in its products and technology, but also in the company’s history, written by inventors, pioneers and brilliant designers. Today, the BMW Group, with its 31 production and assembly facilities inRead more