Klaus Bengler graduated in psychology at the University of Regensburg in 1991 and received his Doctorate in 1994 in cooperation with BMW. After his diploma he was active on topics of software ergonomics and evaluation of human-machine interfaces. He investigated the influence of additional tasks on driving performance in several studies within EMMIS EU project and in contract with BMW. Multifunctional steering wheels, touchscreens and ACC-functionality are examples for the topics of these investigations. In 1997 he joined BMW. From several projects he is experienced with experimental knowledge and experience with different kind of driving simulators and field trials. At BMW he was responsible for the HMI project of the MOTIV programm a national follow on programm of PROMETHEUS. Within BMW Research and Technology he was responsible for projects on HMI research. He was active as a coordinator for Subproject 2 “Evaluation und Methodology” within the EU funded integrated project AIDE. He is active member of ISO TC22 SC13 WG8 „Road vehicles - Ergonomic aspects of transport information and control systems“. Since May 2009 he is leader of the Institute of Ergonomics at Technische Universität München which is active in research areas like digital human modeling, human robot cooperation, driver assistance, automated driving and human reliability. Among intensive industrial cooperation the Institute is engaged in the funded Projects INSAA on Digital Human Modeling and ECOMOVE, H-MODE and D3COS on automated driving. Further research focused on driver vehicle interaction in @city, Stadt:up and an evaluation of L2 systems in cooperation with RWTH Aachen. In UNICARagil the chair was responsible for anthropometric requirements of autonomous vehicles, their interaction and communication with other road users.

Since 2021 Reinhard Böswirth is responsible for systems engineering topics in Unit “Active Safety Integration” within Veoneer Germany GmbH. The Unit is responsible for all activities System Integration and Central ECUs. In 2012 Reinhard Böswirth joined the electronics division of Veoneer (former Autoliv) inter alia as a responsible Manager for technical topics toward Volkswagen, as Senior Manager for System Definition Department, as system engineering manager for ADS and as specialist for systems engineering. Since entering Autoliv in 1992 he has been in several roles in passive safety in testing, simulation and system engineering. Reinhard earned a diploma in physical engineering from University of Applied Sciences of Munich.

Frank Diermeyer received his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Automotive Engineering, all from the Technical University of Munich. He led the research group "Driver Assistance System" and also took over the leadership of the group "Driver Information Systems".Currently, he is a board member of the Institute of Automotive Technology in the "School of Engineering and Design" at TUM and heads the team "AV Safe Operation". Since 2010, he has been working with his team in the field of teleoperation of vehicles on public roads. His research area comprises safety assessment, function development, and human factors evaluation of teleoperated and teleassisted systems. His contributions have been documented in more than 70 papers in journals and conferences.

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.

Alexander Frey is a researcher at BASt (German Federal Highway Research Institute) since 2014 working in the area of Automated Driving and Human Factors. He studied psychology at the Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf. 2021 he completed his doctorate at the Technical University of Brunswick in the field of driver's state monitoring and fatigue detection. He contributed to several national and European research projects like UR:BAN, Ko-HAF, L3-Pilot, HADRIAN and Hi-Drive and is Deputy Head of the section "Automated Driving".

Yong Gessner received his diploma in Mathematics in 2006 and in 2009 he compeldet his PhD of Mathematics at TU Darmstadt. He worked in automotive industry since 2013. Until now, he hold various lead positions in RD with P3 (now Accenture), HERE Technologies, Huawei Automotive. In WeRide he is responsible for Europe business.

Christian Gold earned his Ph.D. at the Technische University of Munich in the field of human performance when taking back the driving task from a Level 3 automated vehicle. In 2015 he started his career at the BMW Group as a specialist and later team leader for safety in use with a focus on driving assistance and automated driving. After working as a project manager in the field of passive safety in between, he became head of the group responsible for human factors, field operational tests and effectiveness analysis.

Throughout his academic and professional journey, Dr. Jan Grippenkoven has worked on various topics within the realm of automated driving on roads and rails. As a research scientist at DLR since 2011, he has delved into cognitive ergonomics and system design in ground transportation, alongside his investigations into automated driving. From 2016 to 2022, he spearheaded the research group on Human-Technology-Organization. In 2019, Jan Grippenkoven was awarded his Ph.D. for his work on Human Factors-related measures to enhance safety for drivers at intersections of different means of transport. Since 2023, he has taken the helm as the head of the "Means of Transport" department at the Institute of Transport Research, where he and his colleagues conduct research on facilitating the sustainable and socially responsible transformation of the transportation system.

Marc Großerüschkamp is Head of Software & Data Technologies at INVENSITY. His current research projects focus on cloud-based AI development for safety-critical systems. He has broad experience in the development of AI applications, from embedded AI in the automotive industry to process improvements in project management and production. Marc Großerüschkamp studied physics at the University of Leipzig and completed his doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and the University of Mainz.

Sascha Hackmann studied physics at RWTH Aachen University, specializing in optical technologies and solid state physics. Since 2015, he has been working in the Functional Safety department at the technology consultancy INVENSITY GmbH. His fields of activity included ISO26262 process consulting & training as well as operational implementation in safety management, safety analysis and safety engineering. He headed the Safety Management department for 4 years until he founded the Automated Driving Focus Group in 2022 and has headed it ever since. This group deals in particular with the ISO 21448 and ISO/TR 4804 standards and all relevant standards and publications. Sascha Hackmann is a Principal Consultant and works at the Stuttgart office.

Since 2022, Thomas Helmer holds a full professorship for integral vehicle safety and vehicle technology at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt. Thomas Helmer received his Diploma (M.Sc. degree) in Engineering Sciences from Technische Universität München (TUM). His doctoral work at Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) in cooperation with BMW Group focused on evaluation of active safety in traffic by means of virtual stochastic simulation. From 2011 to 2016 Dr. Thomas Helmer was project leader at the BMW Group for the development and application of effectiveness analysis of active safety systems, advanced driver assistance systems, and vehicle automation at the vehicle safety department. He was initiator and founding member of the international harmonization initiative P.E.A.R.S. as well as openPASS at the Eclipse Foundation. From 2016 to 2021 he coordinated all BMW predevelopment activities on ADAS, AV, digitalization, and interior. Since 2017, Dr. Thomas Helmer is lecturer for vehicle safety and vehicle automation both at Hochschule München and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.

Johanna Josten focusses her work on the behavior and experience of humans in different automotive contexts, combining methods from experimental psychology with interdisciplinary teamwork. Her key areas of research include driver distraction and the controllability of driver assistance systems. Johanna received her PhD from RWTH Aachen University and has since 2012 contributed to various research and industry projects as a research assistant at the Institute for Automotive Engineering. In 2017, she joined the Automated Driving Department of fka GmbH in Aachen.

Dr. Michael Kläs has been working in applied research since completing his studies in computer science and advises companies in the areas of software quality and data analysis. Over the last decade, he has been responsible for numerous industry and research projects, in particular the development of KPI systems, the evaluation of new technologies and the development of predictive analyses. In his dissertation, he dealt with the prediction of software errors using expert knowledge. His current focus is on validating data-driven innovations and data quality and uncertainty analysis in big data and AI systems. As the author of numerous specialist publications, he has also been involved as a university lecturer and as an expert in standardization (DIN/VDE). Among other things, he was involved as deputy chairman in the development of the recently published DIN SPEC 92005 (Uncertainty Quantification in Machine Learning).

After finalizing the PhD in physics at the Max-Planck-Institute of Solid State Research, M. Kühn started a position as a development engineer of EE-Systems in the Steering Department of Mercedes-Benz. Within his duties, he started in the development of Steer-by-Wire-Systems, beginning with fundamental EE-concept evaluations towards series supervising activities.

Shervin Raafatnia got her PhD in Physics from the University of Stuttgart in the field of computational soft-matter physics. She joined Robert Bosch GmbH in 2016, mainly working on verification and validation topics. Since 2018 she has been focusing on safety-related aspects of deploying deep learning for assisted and automated driving systems.

Patrick Semrau is working as a Data Analyst for accident and traffic data analysis since 2020. He studied mechanical engineering at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology and started his professional career as a project engineer in passive safety at BMW in 2003. In 2007 he became a Specialist for frontal restraint system engineering for multiple projects.

Bryant Walker Smith is an associate professor in the School of Law and (by courtesy) the College of Engineering at the University of South Carolina as well as an affiliate scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. He is also vice chair of the US Department of Transportation's Transforming Transportation Advisory Committee.Trained as a lawyer and an engineer, Bryant advises cities, states, countries, and the United Nations on emerging transport technologies. He coauthored the globally influential levels of driving automation, drafted a model state law for automated driving, and taught the first legal course dedicated to automated driving (in 2012). Bryant is currently writing on what it means for a company to be trustworthy. His publications are available at newlypossible.org. Before joining the University of South Carolina, Bryant led the legal aspects of automated driving program at Stanford University, clerked for the Hon. Evan J. Wallach at the United States Court of International Trade, and worked as a fellow at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He holds both an LL.M. in International Legal Studies and a J.D. (cum laude) from New York University School of Law and a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin. Prior to his legal career, Bryant worked as a transportation engineer.

Johannes Springer is responsible for the 5G Automotive Program at Deutsche Telekom Group. Johannes studied Mechanical Engineering at Technical University in Berlin and received his Ph.D. in Human Factors and Industrial Engineering. At RWTH Aachen University he received his venia legendi in Human Factors. In 1998, Johannes joined Deutsche Telekom Group in various management positions. He worked as CTO/COO for Toll Collect, and he was VP Technology and Solution Design in Connected Car Unit at T-Systems. Johannes represents Deutsche Telekom in various organizations. Esp. in 5GAA (5G Automotive Association) he is engaged in various projects and working groups. Since 2018, he is acting 5GAA Director General.

Gerhard Steiger is currently serving as the Chairman at Momenta since 2021, providing strategic leadership based on his extensive experience in the mobility and automotive sector. In 1985, he obtained a Diploma of Economics from Freiburg University and before joining Momenta, Gerhard had a longstanding career at Robert Bosch GmbH for more than 30 years starting from 1987. His initial responsibilities included controlling and logistics at the Reutlingen location until 1996. After that, he became Plant Manager in Castellet, Spain. From 2001, Gerhard returned to Germany and moved into central controlling in Stuttgart. He notably served as President of Chassis Systems Brakes in Abstatt between 2009 and 2011. From 2012 onwards, Gerhard has been the Chairman of the Executive Board of Chassis Systems Control in Abstatt, where he oversaw significant departmental growth and innovation. Through his roles at Robert Bosch and Momenta, Gerhard continues to contribute to the industry, bridging traditional automotive knowledge with leading AI applications.

Dushyant Wadivkar has progressively added intelligence to increasingly complex automotive systems, all of which have been safety critical. At Torc, he is responsible for Product Safety and Release of the fully driverless trucking solution. He started his 9-year autonomous journey working on highway-focused SAE L3 application at Bosch. Prior to Torc, he led technical product management at Cruise as they launched driverless operations in San Francisco. He is curious about robotics, artificial intelligence and systems thinking.

Andreas Zeller studied Electrical Engineering at the KIT (Karlsruhe). He conducted his doctoral research at the University of Stuttgart in the domain of industrial automation. In 2017, he started working at Robert Bosch GmbH where he is a Product Owner for the development of validation methods for highly automated driving.