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Ralph Lauxmann was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1964. After graduating with an Mechanical engineering degree from the University of Stuttgart in 1994, Lauxmann joined the automotive business sector of Robert Bosch GmbH. The mechanical engineer spent around 17 years working in various roles at Robert Bosch GmbH and Robert Bosch Engineering GmbH. During thisRead more

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Serkan Arslan serves as director of automotive at NVIDIA EMEA. He leads the business development and ecosystem partner management in Europe for autonomous driving and transportation. Arslan brings more than 15 years of international experience in automotive domains including infotainment & cockpit systems, connectivity, ADAS, telematics, and mobility services. Prior to joining NVIDIA in 2015,Read more

Dieter Hoetzer was named VP of system development, automated driving for Robert Bosch GmbH in 2017. In this position, Hoetzer is responsible for the system development and competence built-up of the company’s L1-3 systems based on radar-, video-, ultra-sonic and lidar-based technology. Hoetzer joined Bosch in 1999 as project leader for the development of drivingRead more

Dr. Klaus Büttner is currently the Vice President of Autonomous Driving Projects at BMW Group.Read more

Andrey Chernogorov is a co-founder of Cognitive Pilot company, established in 2013 as a spin-off project of Cognitive Technologies (#1 B2B software developer in Russia and CIS). Andrey represents the third generation of successful entrepreneurs in the field of AI (his grandfather created KAISSA – world’s first chess champion algorithm). The company became the winnerRead more

Eberhard Zeeb studied physics at the Technical University of Braunschweig and at the University of Würzburg with a focus on theoretical solid-state physics and was a member of the University of Ulm. In 1995, Eberhard Zeeb began working for Daimler AG and initially worked on secure optical communications networks and data buses for commercial aircraftRead more

Dr. Brendan Chan is a highly accomplished technical lead with extensive experience in the areas of Product Development and Validation in Engineering R&D. His technical expertise includes vehicle dynamics/active safety systems, vehicle ride, handling, NVH with technical know-how in the areas of Design, Testing and Simulation. With over 10 years’ experience the automotive industry, Dr.Read more

11/2013 – Today, Head of Predevelopment, Driver Assistance Systems, Audi AG 01/2010 – 10/2013 – Head of AARU Traffic accident research, Audi AG 03/2004 – 12/2009 – Group research, head of operating concepts and drivers, Volkswagen AG 2001 – 2004, Teamlead, GRP Bad Tölz 1999 – 2001, Project Lead, Sciencia GmbHRead more

Otto Debals is the Founder & Business lead of Segments.ai. Together with two befriended computer vision rockstars, he launched Segments.ai with the mission to drive the cost of image labeling to zero. Previously, Otto worked as an Associate at McKinsey & Company. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Engineering from KULeuven and is the founderRead more