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Thomas R. Köhler is a leading expert on future technologies and the author of 15 books on the subject, including "The Digital Transformation of the Automobile. He is well known as an automotive technology expert on radio and TV (including NTV, ARD, ZDF, Pro7, Sat1, BR, WDR, DLF, etc.) and has recently appeared on TV on topics including Mercedes product strategy, working conditions at Tesla, the viability of the UBER business model, the feasibility of air cabs and the requirements for charging stations. In 2022, he is now hosting the ICA Summit in Munich. His expertise is in demand; many participants already know him from broadcasts on NTV, ARD, ZDF, Pro7, Sat1 and other programs. His most recent contributions have been on TV on Mercedes product strategy, working conditions at Tesla, the viability of the UBER business model, the feasibility of VTOLs (Air Cabs) and the requirements for charging infrastructure, among others. Guest articles on the future of the industry can be found in Handelsblatt and NZZ and various industry magazines, among others. Köhler has a degree in business informatics, has worked in research as well as in strategy consulting, and has been managing partner of the technology consultancy "CE21" based in Holzkirchen near Munich since 2011. Köhler is also on the Board of Directors / Supervisory Board / Advisory Board of several innovative companies, including the eMobility charging technology provider Juice Technology (Switzerland). In 2019, Thomas R. Köhler was appointed as Research Professor at the Center for International Innovation, Hankou University (Wuhan, CN).

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Dr. Sascha J. Semmler studied electrical engineering and control engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt and did his doctorate at the Institute of Automatic Control, Technical University of Darmstadt. After joining Continental AG in 2002, he was initially responsible for Global Chassis Control and Hybrid Systems in Advanced Engineering before he became Executive Assistant to the CEO of Continental AG. After various management positions in Germany and the USA related to supply chain management and manufacturing within the Commercial Tire Division, he moved to the business unit Advanced Driver Assistance Systems in 2015 where he initially worked as Head of Base Development Camera and Sensorics Lead Engineering and later on as Head of Product Management Camera starting April 2017. Since July 2021, Dr. Semmler is responsible for Innovation within the business unit Advanced Driver Assistance Systems of Continental AG.

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Dr.-Ing. Juergen Dickmann is head of Radar sensors and radar based perception at highly automated driving, DAIMLER AG. In this role he is responsible for all radar projects for the 6th generation of ADAS systems at Mercedes-Benz AG and radar based perception in the cooperation with Nvidia. In his last position, he was in charge of radar and radar perception in the autonomous driving cooperation between Mercedes-Benz AG and Robert Bosch. Before that, he managed the technology transfer process from pre-development into series of all perception sensing (Radar, Laser, Video) and localization technologies for S-Class model BR222. Among others, he held manager positions at DAIMER in Laser-Scanner, Sensor-Fusion and Situation Analysis. He conducted radar research and pre-developments for radar based Pre-Crash and driver assistant systems for all platforms (Passenger cars, Busses, Van, Truck) inside DAIMLER AG. The research achievements of his group can be found in: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juergen_Dickmann. He received his Diploma degree in electrical engineering from University Duisburg, Germany, in 1984. In 1991 he achieved the Dr.-Ing. degree at Rheinisch Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Germany. In 1986 he started his career at AEG Research Center, where he did research on III/V-semiconductor processing techniques, mm-Wave device and MMIC-design (up to 120GHz) and fabrication. Key-Note on “Future demands in automotive Radar” Takeaways: Everybody speaks about vision and lidar systems, but Radar is an indispensable key technology for highly automated and autonomous ADAs HW-SW Co-Design is essential to come to the next level High Performance radar versus smart radar networks – some thoughts Radar perception can benefit performance, if it is not treated like a lidar or camera Massive AI is entering the Radar-Perception arena. Abstract: Over decades automotive driver assistance systems have developed from simple park assistance and ACC to highly complex L3 functions. Among other issues, that has been driven by the dramatic development of radar sensor technology and radar based perception. Radar can see, where other sensors can´t. Due to their performance to be packaged nearly invisible, modern cars can still appear as design artwork icons, like the present EQ-S. With the development towards higher automatisation the total perception system has to provide much more comprehensive and precise information to the path planning and behavior stages in order to allow proper operation. Based on our experience with the “Bertha Drive” as quasi autonomous vehicle, we got inside what is needed in the future. One outcome was, the sensor technology in cooperation with perception algo-concepts have to develop along other lines as compared to simple L2 systems. The key note will line out from a radar point of view what has been achieved so far and what will be needed in the future.

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I was born in a little village in the northwest of Italy and I graduated from Politecnico di Torino in 2009 as a mechanical engineer with a Master's in Automotive. I have covered different roles in vehicle dynamics in Italy for Fiat Chrysler Automobile and I joined Jaguar Land Rover in the UK as an ADAS Autonomous Emergency Braking System Engineer in 2015. ADAS and Active Safety have been part of my life since.

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I have spent around 10 years in the automotive world. Currently on a mission to make electric vehicles truly loved and leading the digital ecosystem team at Automobili Pininfarina. I along with our team had built the world's first globally connected hypercar, The Battista. I also build the digital ecosystem for the Automobili Pininfarina brand that offerers a range of customer experiences and connected products to our customers. I am a true believer in how technology can transform our lives and add value to them. I like sharing my knowledge and experience in the world of connected cars, digital services, automotive digital ecosystems, luxury digital use cases, etc.

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Norm is responsible for driving NVIDIA’s global Automotive industry enterprise go-to-market strategy, business development, and customer and partner relations. Marks is focused on establishing areas of application for how deep learning, data science and artificial intelligence, enabled by a new GPU computing revolution, will transform the Automotive and Transportation industry. Norm speaks frequently on topics around Autonomous Vehicles ranging from AI / Deep Learning, Data Management, Simulation and Re-Simulation, as well as the Customer Experience, Connected Vehicle, Smart Mobility and Connected Factory. Marks also speaks on Innovation, and leading-edge Artificial Intelligence in Automotive.

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Adam Kozłowski, Solution Architect and Head of Automotive R&D at Grape Up. He had worked as a C/C++ and JavaScript Developer before he started his journey to the Cloud and Machine Learning world. Adam is an active advocate of Kubernetes and open-source cloud-native solutions. He is a huge fan of RnD initiatives, rapid prototyping, MLOps and building great software products enhanced by ML algorithms. Throughout his career Adam was working with established enterprises like Rijkswaterstaat, Porsche or Allstate to build their mission critical systems. Currently responsible for consulting automotive projects, specializing in Cloud and MLOps solutions for the automotive industry.