Jan Christopher Kolb studied "Vehicle Systems Engineering" and "Mechanical Engineering and international Salesmanagement" before starting as a test engineer in the pedestrian protection division of Bertrandt GmbH in Ingolstadt in 2003. After brief stints as project engineer and project manager, he took over the "Passive Safety" team as team leader. From 2017 to 2022, he was a test manager and network manager at the CARISSMA research center (Center of Automotive Research and Integrated Safety Systems and Measurement Area), which is integrated into Ingolstadt Technical University (THI). Besides the overall supervision of the test laboratories, he did research in the field of VRU protection, automated driving and system development. From 2022 to 2024, Jan Christopher Kolb has worked for the Kistler Group as Business Driver ADAS/AV. Currently he is Head of Sales & Support at VEHICO GmbH.

Lötzbeyer, Daniel is the Managing Partner of MAT Solutions GmbH. With his many years of experience in product development across various industries, he is a specialist team leader for the implementation of tailor-made solutions. His areas of expertise include industrial technology, airbag testing, and rail vehicles.

Andreas Mangold is Managing Director of Photron Deutschland GmbH - a subsidiary of the Japanese Photron Limited, a leading manufacturer of high-speed cameras. Mr. Mangold is a trained electronics engineer and has been working in the field of high-speed image analysis for over 15 years. For more than 6 years he has been responsible for the "Automotive" area throughout Europe at Photron, where he is the interface between end customers and the development team.

Andreas Schachtner is the Director of Global Testing at ZF LIFETEC. In this role, he oversees testing activities at over 15 ZF LIFETEC facilities around the world. The graduate mechanical engineer has over 30 years of experience in occupant safety. He has system expertise in the domains of prototype development, inflators, airbags and seat belts, and encourages his global team to pursue a continuous learning approach based on centralized data management.

Dr. Olaf Schädler studied Systems Engineering at RheinMain University in cooperation with Adam Opel AG until 2009. He worked as an engineer at Opel from 2009 to 2018, where he was involved in electric and electrohydraulic steering systems, radars and fusion control units. From 2017, he worked on the L3-Pilot and PEGASUS research projects. In 2012-2015, he interrupted his work to be a research assistant of Prof. Dr. Steffen Müller at TU Kaiserslautern and TU Berlin. His PhD focused on the controllability of interacting driver assistance systems. Since July 2018, he is globally responsible for AEBS legislation at Continental, globally responsible for consumer protection as well as the representative in Euro NCAP working groups. Since 2022, he has additionally had global responsibility for accident research as well as legislation for driver assistance systems and automated driving.