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Danilo is a System Safety Manager at Continental Automotive Technologies, responsible for the safety assessment of autonomous mobility projects during the advanced design/innovation phase, having acted as safety manager for several platforms within highly automated driving, mobile robots, and drones. Within Safety, Danilo was appointed Expert Safety-in-Use for automated systems at Continental and is aRead more

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

Thomas Lennartz is the Head of Vehicle Concepts & HMI at the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika) at RWTH Aachen University. In this role, he leads a team addressing the current challenges of future mobility. With a background in automotive engineering, Thomas specializes in research within the emerging field of HMI development. He is activelyRead more

Dr. Mahdi Rezaei is an Associate Professor of Computer Vision and Machine Learning and the team leader of the Computer Vision Research Group at the University of Leeds, Institute for Transport Studies. With a PhD in Computer Science and 18 years of research experience in academia and industry, he is a PI and lead CO-IRead more

Matthis is a Research Associate and Team Lead for Vehicle Concepts at the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika), RWTH Aachen University. He specializes in user-centric automotive design and new vehicle differentiation, researching on algorithmic evaluation methods for interiors, new interior use cases, and corresponding interaction technologies. As supervisor of “Cooperative Product Development in Automotive Engineering,”Read more

Patrice Reilhac is Innovation & Collaborative Research Director for the Comfort & Driving Assistance Business Group at Valeo, a leading worldwide Tier 1 supplier of components and systems for the automotive industry. Patrice is currently leading an international innovation team in charge of both the development of advanced systems and the investigation of their marketRead more

Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Blankenbach is a full-time professor at Pforzheim University. He founded the Display Lab, which focuses on applied R&D on displays: Optical measurements, image processing algorithms, driving electronics, and evaluation. The activities of Karlheinz and his team resulted in numerous projects related to electronic displays and LEDs funded by the government and industryRead more

Neha is a passionate advocate for Human-Centered Design, an Interactive Design Research lead at the Human Factors Design and Research team at Ford Motor Company. She focuses on HMI artifacts, augmented reality studies, and human factors research for advanced vehicle technologies. With a Master’s in Human-Computer Interaction, she has extensive experience in rapid prototyping andRead more

Engineer in electronic systems, Stéphane started to work at PSA in 2000 in the innovation department. From 2003 to 2010 he was the innovation project leader for HMI devices (Instrument Cluster/ HUD / Display / integrated panel…). Since 2010, he has been in the innovation department and has become the corporate Expert for HMI ArchitectureRead more

James Robnett is a long-time automotive industry veteran, with progressively responsible roles with such companies as DENSO, SiriusXM, HERE, Stellantis, and most recently was part of the executive team that helped take AEye, a leading LiDAR supplier, public. Robnett now leads Sales and Business Development for Basemark, the leading provider of solutions and tools forRead more