Michael Fausten is Senior Vice President for Artificial Intelligence and Systems in the Corporate Research Division of Robert Bosch GmbH. Prior to Bosch Research in March 2021, he was responsible for the development of Automated Driving Systems at Bosch, since 2017 he headed the Bosch-Daimler Collaboration for Urban Autonomous Driving for several years. Between 2001 and 2017, he held various R&D roles within the company for automotive systems engineering in Vehicle Dynamics Management, Accident Avoidance and Mitigation, and Advanced Engineering. Michael started his career at Bosch in 1996 in the Manufacturing Plant of Toluca, Mexico, where he was responsible for special production processes and measurement technology. Michael has studied Physics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität of Bonn and holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin.

Sr. System Architect and Design Lead, specializing in Sensing, ADAS and Vehicle Connectivity. Leading advanced engineering projects for next-generation Connected ADAS solutions and platform architecture development. Long-term experience in system design for automotive Vision Cameras, LiDAR, RADAR, DMS and V2X, focusing on architecture and product strategies, technology evaluations and pre-development.

Richard Goebelt has been a member of the TÜV Association's management board since the end of 2016. The TÜV Association is committed to technical and digital safety and trust in mobility by providing independent and neutral tests, inspections and certifications. At the end of 2020, he was appointed Chairman of the External Affairs Topic Area of the International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee (CITA). In the International Alliance for Mobility Testing and Standardization (IAMTS), he is co-lead of the working group “CAV Lifecycle Compliance”.

Martin Herrmann is Senior Global Sales Strategy Manager at IPG Automotive in Frankfurt am Main. After studying Automotive Engineering at Ilmenau Technical University, he started working on engineering projects in the fields of ADAS and vehicle dynamics at IPG Automotive in Karlsruhe in 2014. Since 2016, his focus has been consulting and designing simulation solutions for the simulation-based development and testing of automated driving functions. During his career, he has also been involved in the PEGASUS and SET Level research projects, among others.

René Sebastian Hosse studied industrial engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig and Linköping University until 2011. He then worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Traffic Safety and Automation Technology at TU BS until 2017, where he also completed his doctorate. During this time, he was a visiting researcher at MIT (USA) and Beijing Jiaotong University (China). He then managed the Competence Center Automotive Safety at ESE GmbH and afterwards took over the management of the Assessment Service Center until 2020. Since 2022 he is now Head of Department "Requirements, Release, and Homologation Maas/TaaS" at ADMT GmbH, a spin-off company of Volkswagen AG.

Experienced Sr. Research Project Leader in wide aspect of R&D working in industries and research institutions.

Sebastian Klaudt joined fka GmbH in 2019 and is responsible for the development of automated driving functions and driver assistance systems as well as deployment and build-up of test vehicles. After studying automotive engineering at RWTH Aachen University, he joined Volkswagen Group of America in 2013 to develop and test automated driving functions in California. Between 2014 and 2018 we worked as a research assistant at the institute of automotive engineering at RWTH Aachen University focusing his work on the development and testing of automated valet parking systems.

Lukas Leonard Köning completed his Master of Science Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. He is currently working as a doctoral student at the BMW Group on the topic of “Adaptive Advanced Driver Assistance Functions Based on Traffic Complexity and Driver Engagement”. He has experience in automated valet parking, testing of driver assistance in Germany and abroad, driver-vehicle cooperativity at level 2 and automotive Li-battery aging.

Oliver Lange received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering and information theory from the University of Kiel Beach, Germany, in 2008, and the Dr.-Ing. degree from the University of Stuttgart in 2011. At Bosch research, he currently holds the position of a senior expert on Computer Vision and project manager. His research interests include vision-based multi-view perception, and safe perception for automated and assisted driving.

David Petanjek has been responsible for the research and development of test methods and tools for automated vehicles at AVL DiTEST since 2022. Previously, he worked at AVL List in the field of system engineering and verification & validation of automated vehicles. In the International Alliance for Mobility Testing and Standardization (IAMTS) he is co-lead of the working group “CAV Lifecycle Compliance”.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steven Peters has headed the Department of Automotive Engineering at TU Darmstadt since 2022, focusing his research on automated driving of cars and trucks as well as vehicles with circularity and stable value. Previously, he worked at Mercedes-Benz AG for over six years as Head of AI Research and was part of the Vision EQXX technology program, which created the most efficient Mercedes to date.

Jörg Wagner received his M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, in 2014, and his Dr. rer. nat. in Computer Science from the University of Bonn, Germany, in 2023. He is currently a Lead Research Engineer at Bosch Research. His research interests include end-to-end systems for highly automated driving, deep learning-based motion prediction, and vision-based environment perception.

Moritz Werling is a Principal Engineer at BMW and has been working on the topic of automated driving for 20 years. During his doctorate at KIT and Stanford University, he worked on motion planning and control. The results of his work can be found in numerous series applications, which earned him the VDI Ring of Honor in 2019. He has been a developer for automated driving at BMW AG since 2011. He has also been a lecturer in automated driving at KIT since 2015. Since 2019, his focus has been on processes and methods for the design, verification and validation of safe automated driving systems.

Dr. Yuhan Yao holds a doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Southern California in the United States, along with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Peking University in China. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer of ADAS Systems Software and Services, in the business unit of the Cross-Domain Computing Solutions Division at Bosch. Dr. Yao previously served as Engineering Director at NIO, where he led the development of advanced AD systems and managed global teams. At Waymo, Dr. Yao directed the architecture of sensing and perception systems for the Waymo Driver, and at Apple, he was instrumental in developing multi-touch sensing technology for the iPhone. He also served as Lead System Architect at Oracle. His expertise spans electro-physics, machine learning, and AI, establishing him as a leader in autonomous driving technologies.

Dr. Dan Zhang is a Senior Expert at Bosch, driving the development of safe and robust AI solutions for real-world applications. With deep expertise in out-of-distribution detection, data auditing, and generative modeling, she is at the forefront of advancing AI reliability. Passionate about bridging the gap between fundamental research and deployment, she is a frequent contributor to top-tier AI conferences and an active member of ELLIS, collaborating closely with academia to shape the future of trustworthy AI.