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Dr. Florian Baumann (Conference Chairman) is Director Cloud & SW Strategy from Aptiv plc

Dr. Florian Baumann is a Conference Chairman of ICA Summit 2023.

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Clément Nouvel is LiDAR CTO from Valeo Detection Systems GmbH

Clément Nouvel is LiDAR CTO at Valeo Group, leading supplier in the field of Safety and Automated Driving, and market leader in automotive grade LiDAR sensors. Prior to this position, Clément has been acting as Active Safety Business Development Director from 2016 to 2019 and held several positions at Renault-Nissan Alliance from 2003 focused on innovation engineering and project management, based in France and Asia. He is currently in charge of leading Valeo LiDAR product development, a global team including functions ranging from Business Development to Engineering and Technology Partnerships. Clément holds a Master’s degree from both Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité, as well as an Executive MBA from INSEAD.

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Dieter Hoetzer is heading the Product Area Services, Map & Localization within the business unit Driver Experience at Bosch. In this position, Hoetzer is responsible for all connected service products as well as the growing business around crowd sourced mapping and localization for the company’s advanced driver assistance systems based on radar-, video- , ultra-sonic and GNSS technology. Before he took over the business and development responsibility of the Product Area Services, Map & Localization, he lead the system development and competence built-up of the company’s L2-L3 systems within the business units Driver Assistance and Automated Driving. Hoetzer joined Bosch in 1999 as project leader for the development of driving strategies for hybrid drive train systems. In 2003, Hoetzer became manager, working on future driver assistance functions. Since then he held several management positions in research, engineering and product management in the US and Germany with a growing international footprint.

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Jan Ellsberger is Vice President Industry Development from Huawei Technologies

Jan Ellsberger, Vice President Industry Development, Huawei Technologies Jan Ellsberger is based in Munich and is responsible for Automotive and Road Transport strategy and industry development at Huawei. Jan has more than 30 years of industry experience and has been involved in many industry and standardization organisations. Jan is one of the founding members of 5GAA and is currently elected to represent the Physical & Digital infrastructure members in the Horizon Europe CCAM Association Governing Board; he is also a member of the ERTICO Strategy Committee and co-chair of the International Road Federation’s task force on ‘Road Adaptation for Automated Vehicles’.

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Mirko Reuter is Sr. Director AD Europe from NIO GmbH

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With a degree in computer science and business administration, I became owner of an engineering office for software development and automation of industrial applications. I joined the DEKRA Technology Center (Klettwitz) in 1998 and held positions. I then took over the development of the DEKRA proving ground in 2009 and its services. With the acquisition of the Lausitzring by DEKRA in 2018, I am now responsible as Head of the proving ground for automated and connected driving. One of my main tasks is the automation and digitalisation of the proving ground. The aim is to be able to reproduce and efficiently validate complex, highly automated driving functions on the test site.

DEKRA has been active in the field of safety for almost 100 years. Founded in 1925 in Berlin as Deutscher Kraftfahrzeug-Überwachungs-Verein e.V., it is today one of the world’s leading expert organizations. DEKRA employs over 48,000 people in approximately 60 countries on all continents. With qualified and independent expert services, they work for safety on the road, at work and at home. These services range from vehicle inspection and expert appraisals to claims services, safety consultancy, testing and certification. DEKRA’s vision for 2025 is tol be the global partner for a safe, secure, and sustainable world.

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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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Mario De Felice is the Head of Software Architecture at Jaguar Land Rover

Mario De Felice works as a Head of Software Architecture in Jaguar Land Rover UK. He is a PhD in Computer Engineering and Telecommunications on the topic of V2X for safety and infotainment services applied to ADAS. Mario started his career in the research industry, working on new ADAS technologies and V2X applications. Subsequently, he started working at Jaguar Land Rover, where he delivered the infotainment of the year for the Land Rover Defender in 2020. Then he stepped up to lead the software architecture of the whole vehicle, taking on the challenge of a new innovative vehicle architecture.