As a passive safety specialist, he focuses on the analysis and prevention of battery underfloor damage. He is an experienced crash test engineer specializing in the field of low-speed crashes, bringing a highly technical perspective to vehicle integrity. Furthermore, he possesses a strong background in airbag development, where he has contributed significantly to the design, validation, and optimization of complex restraint systems to enhance overall occupant safety.

Jan-Philipp Göbel began his PhD journey at CARIAD in April 2023. Since then, he has established himself as a recognized specialist in the field of detecting driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). Over the course of his research, he has produced a substantial body of work, with many of his findings published in reputable journals and showcased at prominent international conferences. His contributions have played a meaningful role in advancing both the scientific understanding and technological development of reliable DUI detection systems.

Sebastian Hergeth is a vehicle safety specialist at the BMW Group. His work focuses on the investigation of driver attention and driver distraction. Prior to that, he worked in product management at BMW Motorrad and human-machine interaction at the BMW Group. He received a Master of Science in Psychology from Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich in 2013 and received his Doctorate in 2016 at Chemnitz University of Technology on the topic of trust in automation.

From 2007 to 2014, he studied Mechanical Engineering at TU Dresden with a specialization in Vehicle Engineering and Internal Combustion Engines, graduating with a Diploma degree (Dipl.-Ing.). In 2014, he completed his diploma thesis on motorcycle accident scenarios and measures for active and passive safety in cooperation with AUDI AG and Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. Between 2009 and 2013, he worked as a student research assistant in traffic accident research at TU Dresden, where he was part of the technical data collection team for the German In-Depth Accident Study (GIDAS). From 2015 to 2018, he was a research associate and doctoral candidate at the Chair of Automotive Engineering at TU Dresden. During this period, he focused on the development of rider assistance systems for powered two-wheelers in collaboration with BMW Motorrad. In 2023, he earned his doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) in the field of active vehicle safety. Since 2018, he has been working at AUDI AG in data analysis and effectiveness evaluation as part of the Audi Accident Research Unit. Since 2023, he has also been a member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), serving on the expert panel contributing to the Berlin Declaration on Vehicle Safety.

Akos Kriston has 15+ years of experience in the development and testing of future vehicles and their technologies. He worked in academia, private and in the regulatory sector. He has practical experience in predictive and prescriptive data science.  He works for the European Commission Joint Research Centre on the safety market surveillance of road vehicles. He is also involved in the international regulation of the safety of autonomous and electric vehicles at UN ECE and national levels. He has 50+ publications and reports, 4 patent applications or patents and 23+ conference presentations.

Xiaoying Li is the founder and CEO of Digauto Automobile Technology Co., Ltd, which located in Shanghai of HQs and in Zhejiang of the ADAS proving ground, in Jiangsu of indoor test center. Digauto is the pioneer and driver in China on ADAS/AD testing, offers complete solution from test tools to service and ICV test license. Before Digauto Xiaoying Li worked in Kistler, Corrsys-Datron as the expert and chief representitive of vehicle dynamics. She graduated from Shanghai University of MBA and international trade and is a PhD candidate in Industry Economics at CASS (China Academy of Social Sciences).

Henrik Liers studied Mechanical Engineering at the TU Dresden and worked in the GIDAS investigation team for four years. After graduating in 2006 he became a research assistant and in 2010 Head of the Data Analysis department at VUFO (Traffic Accident Research Institute at  the TU Dresden). He was responsible for national and international studies in the field of traffic and vehicle safety. The focus of his studies was on accident analysis for passive safety systems and VRU, benefit estimations of active safety systems and biomechanics. Since 2017, Henrik Liers is the managing director of the VUFO. He is a member of several working groups and since 2013, he is a lecturer at the Dresden International University (DIU) in the course “Vehicle Safety and accident research”.

Bernd Lorenz is Head of the section "Passive Vehicle Safety" with the German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute (BASt). He works on the preparation of the European and worldwide safety regulations (UNECE GRSP, GTR). He is Member of the Board of Directors and several working groups of Euro NCAP and expert advisor of the German delegation at the UNECE Working Party of Passive Safety (GRSP). He is also member of the UNECE Informal Working Group on Equitable Occupant Protection.

Professor Merat is an experimental psychologist, and leads the Human Factors & Safety Group, @Leeds: an international, cross-disciplinary, team of 42 academics and PhD students, with backgrounds in psychology, computer science and engineering. She has a 20-year track record in conducting pioneering research, and has been influential in shaping the research priorities of multiple stakeholders, by highlighting the significance of user needs and expectations, to accelerate acceptance and trust of technological innovations and engineering solutions. She is currently Principle Investigator to a number of key UK and European Projects, worth over £5M, and has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, with nearly 5000 citations of her work.

Becky Mueller is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in biomechanics.  She worked briefly as a contractor to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2009-2010 on projects related to future car safety regulations and prototype dummies. She joined the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in 2010 and is currently a Senior Research Engineer. She has worked on crashworthiness and biomechanics projects including small overlap, THOR and WorldSID dummies, passenger-side small overlap, brain injury assessment and pedestrian injuries. Her current focus is developing a new side impact crash test.

Adriano Palao is an Automotive Engineer with over 10 years of experience in the Vehicle Testing and Validation domain. As a Technical Manager for ADAS & AD at Euro NCAP, he steers the many Working Groups related to Active Safety into developing ever-increasing requirements towards promoting enhanced vehicle safety.

I completed my Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at ENSIAME (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’ingénieurs en Informatique Automatique, Mécanique Energétique et Electronique) in Valenciennes (F) from 2001 to 2004. Subsequently, I pursued my doctorate at UVHC (Université de Valenciennes et de Hainault-Cambraisis) from 2004 to 2007. My professional career began in 2007 at Daimler AG in Research & Development, where I worked as a Calculation Engineer for Innovative Occupant Protection Systems until 2012. From 2012 to 2016, also at Daimler AG in Research & Development, I took on the role of Project Manager and Component Responsible for PRE-SAFE Impulse Side. From 2016 to 2020, I was Project Manager for the Experimental Safety Vehicle 2019, and since 2021, I have been the System Responsible for PRE-SAFE Impulse Side.

Program Manager for Scientific Research at the Joint Research Centre (JRC), coordinating activities on Automated Driving Systems (ADS). Leads work on simulation, track and real-world testing, and in-service monitoring within UNECE in support of ADS regulation. Previously served as Senior Advisor at the Dutch Vehicle Authority (RDW) and as Senior Airworthiness and Certification Engineer at Leonardo Aircraft Systems. Holds a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering and a Master of Business Administration.

Volker Sander has been head of the Vehicle Safety Department of ADAC, which includes active safety, passive safety and accident research, since 2010. Before that, from 1999-2007 he was in charge of the construction of ADAC’s crash test lab as a team manager. From 2007-2010 he led the Passive Safety Department of ADAC. At Euro NCAP he is a member of the Board of Directors and chairman of the frontal impact working group. In addition to that he is member of the side impact working group, the technical working group and the ratings group of Euro NCAP. He is also lecturer for vehicle safety at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich.

Syn holds a PhD in theoretical physics and has been a full professor of computational biophysics and biorobotics at the University of Stuttgart since 2018. He founded the Institute for Modelling and Simulation of Biomechanical Systems in 2019 and the Center for Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart in 2023, where he serves as spokesperson. His research explores autonomous muscle-driven motion, focusing on locomotion dynamics, motor learning, and morphological computation in biological and technical systems.

After studying mechanical engineering and being awarded a doctorate at TU Darmstadt, Dr. Seiniger moved to the Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute (BASt) in 2009. Here Dr. Seiniger is involved in development and performance of tests for emergency braking systems and active safety for Euro NCAP and in developing and updating the respective legislatory framework (regulations). He was member of several Euro NCAP working groups and is Head of section “Active Vehicle Safety and Driver Assistance Systems”.

I graduated from Chalmers University of Technology in 2022. Since 2022, I have been working at the Automotive Safety Technology Center of China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd (CAERI) as a Safety Assessment System Research Engineer. My responsibilities include conducting forward-looking research on automotive safety assessment technologies and supporting the updates and upgrades of the China Insurance Automotive Safety Index (C-IASI) protocols. My main research focus is on assessment methodologies for new products and technologies in intelligent cockpits. Over the past three years, I have primarily concentrated on occupant safety assessment research for reclined seats.

He is a passive safety specialist focusing on battery underfloor damage analysis and prevention, experienced in developing optimized repair concepts for high‑voltage batteries and has a broad Aftersales development background in overall‑vehicle and high-voltage battery topics.

Oliver Zander studied Safety Engineering at the University of Wuppertal and started his career as Safety Engineer at the JCI European Headquarters in Burscheid. Since 2002 he has worked as a scientist at the Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute (BASt), where since 2009 he has been Deputy Head of the Section Passive Vehicle Safety, Biomechanics. His main responsibilities are pedestrian protection (amongst others german representative of the GRSP Informal Group DPPS, EEVC Working Group 17 “Pedestrian Safety”, and the Euro NCAP Technical Working Groups “Passive Safety” and “Pedestrian Protection”), the Euro NCAP crash and pedestrian testing and European Research Projects w.r.t. passive vehicle safety.