Frank Wippich is the managing director of gestigon GmbH - a Valeo company. In his 20+years professional work experiences, he designed, tested and managed automotive infotainment and vision products - from initiation to market launch. Before gestigon / Valeo, Frank has worked internationally for Visteon, Panasonic and Blindsight, a computer vision company bought by Amazon. He holds an Engineering with Technology Management degree from Ernst-Abbe-University Jena, Germany and a MBA from Henley Business School, UK.

Alfonso specializes in the seamless integration of Electric and Electronic (E/E), Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), and Human Machine Interface (HMI) systems within the upper body environment of vehicles. Serving as a crucial interface between BiW&Trim development and the evolving trends of digitalization, automation, and electrification in the automotive industry. As the Product Owner of the cabin team, he leads Lean Agile Systems Engineering (LASE) efforts for both active safety and passive safety epics.

Andrea Upmann studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen and worked for 14 years in overall vehicle development at Ford-Werke GmbH before her appointment. At RWTH Aachen she is now the Vice Dean for Studies and Teaching in the Aerospace & Automotive Engineering Department. Andrea is also an EU ADAS Core Engineer at Ford-Werke GmbH, working on the In-Cabin Sensing Project with a focus on driver-facing cameras. With her extensive background in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), she is dedicated to advancing the development of innovative solutions to improve safety, comfort, and user experience in the future of autonomous driving and vehicle systems.

Her motto is to put people at the centre of everything – both in teaching and in the design of a vehicle. Andrea lives in Cologne with her husband and four-year-old son. In her free time, she likes to do things with family and friends. She enjoys traveling, hiking, jogging and spinning.

Peter Rössger is the founder of beyond HMI/////. We focus on creating knowledge on HMIs, usability, and user experience for the automotive industry, the Industrial Internet, mobile machinery, and software applications. We perform studies on usability and user experience. We use our knowledge to develop HMI concepts for our customers. Until early 2015 Peter was Business Development Director at TES Electronic Solutions GmbH. During his 12 years with Harman Automotive he created HMI concepts for automotive OEMs like Mercedes, Porsche, Toyota, Hyundai, PSA, Ferrari, and Harley Davidson. For Daimler, he worked 4 years in driver-vehicle interaction. Peter holds a doctoral degree in Human Factors Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin. He published various papers on usability, user experience, cross-cultural HMIs, and autonomous driving. He lives at Böblingen near Stuttgart, Berlin, and at Port d'Andratx, Mallorca.

Guy-Aimé Tiadi is the Senior Human Factors & UX / Activities Lead at VALEO, focusing on Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) for detecting driver drowsiness and occupant distraction and unresponsive driving. His work included leading Human Factor Activities, defining detection algorithms, contributing to automotive RFQs, conducting expert annotations, and correlating algorithm performance with user experience. Previously, Aimé was a Consultant - Expert in Human Factors at VALEO, specializing in designing embedded sensors for detecting driver distraction and drowsiness and concurrently, he is a substitute teacher at MyDigitalSchool. Aimé holds a PhD in Cognitive Neuro-science from Université Paris-Saclay.

gestigon was founded in 2011. Despite of being a rather young company in the automotive market, we target to be global market leader in all solutions that we bring into serial production.

Iveco Group N.V. (MI: IVG) is the home of unique people and brands that power your business and mission to advance a more sustainable society. The eight brands are each a major force in its specific business: IVECO, a pioneering commercial vehicles brand that designs, manufactures, and markets heavy, medium, and light-duty trucks; FPT Industrial, a global leader in a vast array of advanced powertrain technologies in the agriculture, construction, marine, power generation, and commercial vehicles sectors; IVECO BUS and HEULIEZ, mass-transit and premium bus and coach brands; IDV, for highly-specialised defence and civil protection equipment; ASTRA, a leader in large-scale heavy-duty quarry and construction vehicles; MAGIRUS, the industry-reputed firefighting vehicle and equipment manufacturer; and IVECO CAPITAL, the financing arm which supports them all. Iveco Group employs more than 35,000 people around the world and has 20 industrial sites and 29 R&D centres.

With around 14,000 students, almost 2,000 graduates every year, 10 departments, around 90 degree programs, eleven in-house and five affiliated institutes, and four competence platforms, the FH Aachen, with its two locations in Aachen and Jülich, is one of the largest and most important universities of applied sciences in Germany. Around 240 professors and around 900 employees work here in teaching, research, and administration. The FH Aachen offers its students a degree program that prepares them excellently for work in modern and future-oriented professions. In addition to the classic MINT subjects such as mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and technology, the university's range of courses also includes the areas of economics and design. The approximately 90 bachelor's and master's degree programs offer a growing selection of market-oriented dual degree programs in addition to full-time study.

Simplicity. Perfection. Realization. beyond HMI///// is your strategic partner for usability, user experience and HMI development.

Valeo is an automotive supplier and partner to all automakers worldwide. As a technology company, Valeo proposes innovative products and systems that contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and to the development of intuitive driving. In 2017, the Group generated sales of 18.6 billion euros and invested over 19% of its original equipment sales in Research and Development. Valeo has 184 plants, 55 Research and Development centers and 15 distribution platforms, and employs 111,600 people in 33 countries worldwide. Valeo is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and is a member of the CAC 40 index.