Daniel Burckhardt is project manager of the ErVast project, which addresses the scenario-based dynamic testing of automated and connected advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving functions as part of the periodical technical inspection (PTI). He began working at FSD Fahrzeugsystemdaten GmbH in the department of predevelopment of PTI technologies while studying mechanical engineering with a specialization in aerospace engineering at Technische Universität Dresden. Since 2018, he has been responsible for the further development of testing technologies in the field of vehicle environment sensor technologies. He was project manger of the two-year project ErVast funded by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport until the end of 2021 and is now responsible for its continuation.

John Creamer is the founder of GlobalAutoRegs.com and a partner in The Potomac Alliance, a Washington-based international regulatory affairs consultancy. In his client advisory role, Mr. Creamer is regularly involved with meetings of the UN World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29). Previously, he has held positions with the US International Trade Commission and the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (representing the US automotive supplier industry), as the representative of the US auto parts industry in Japan, and with TRW Inc. (a leading global automotive safety systems supplier).

In 1991 Jochen Feese joined the former Mercedes-Benz AG. 1994 he concluded his studies in electrical engineering and began his career in the Mercedes-Benz passenger car development. Until October 2000 he worked in the cockpit development in various vehicle projects for the E and S Class. He then moved to the Group Research & Advanced Engineering division and worked as executive assistant for the research directorates Electronics and Mechatronics and Corporate Quality Management. Under his leadership, in October 2004, the Tech Center Japan of the Mercedes-Benz Cars Development division was established. The department is active in the topics driver assistance systems, telematics and hybrid. In 2009 he returned to Germany and took the lead in Group Research & Advanced Engineering for the department Technology Transfer Driver Assistance Systems/Active Safety until March 2010. From April 2010 until October 2014 he was responsible for Technology Management and Research Policy. Today he is head of Accident Research, Concepts, Child Safety, Sensor Functions & Systems Integral Safety in the R&D division of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

Tanja Hellmann (fire chief inspector) has been in charge of the special recovery/technical rescue unit at Dortmund fire station 1 since mid-2023 and is therefore responsible for maintaining the functioning of this unit. She performs these tasks during the 24-hour shift operation, which includes the management and implementation of rescue and technical assistance operations in the field or specialist advice at the scene. For some years now, a particular focus has been her commitment to electromobility in training and further education. Since 2022, she has therefore also been actively involved in the design of technical recommendations in vfdb unit 6 (vehicle technology and technical assistance) and in the working group VDA AK Rescue and gives renowned specialist lectures. As a freelance lecturer through her company “Technical Rescue Germany Academy”, she also supports other rescue workers with her knowledge.

Jessica Kienzle has been pursuing her PhD since 2023 at Mercedes-Benz AG in the field of Driver Distraction Mitigation, in collaboration with Eberhard Karls University Tübingen and the Leibniz Institute für Wissensmedien. Her research focuses on developing guidelines for evaluating and designing textual infotainment displays, mitigating driver distraction. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Applied Psychology (2021) from Ravensburg-Weingarten University, including an internship at AUDI AG where she researched driver safety perception in the area of system ergonomics. She completed her Master's in Human Factors (2023) at Furtwangen University while working as a UX expert at Siemens Digital Industries.

Natalia Lebedeva holds a PhD degree in chemistry from the Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Thereafter she joined Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands to do research on fuel cells and led projects on corrosion and corrosion protection at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research. For the last 10 years she works at the batteries group of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, where she currently leads a research team focusing on battery safety.

Thomas Lich has been a manager for Bosch Accident Research at the Corporate Research since 2011. As Senior Expert he is responsible for all activities worldwide within Accident Research at Bosch. Since 2022 he also represents the working group “Biomechanics and Accident Research” from the Research Association of Automotive Technology (FAT). He is also member of the advisory board of the German In-Depth Accident Study (GIDAS) project. Thomas Lich joined the Bosch Group as a mathematician for the development of Interior Occupant Sensing System, and Advanced Rollover Sensing in the department of Passive safety in 1999. Since 2004 he was a research engineer in vehicle safety and assistance system within the Corporate Research and joined 2007 the accident research team. He initiated various collaborations in ASEAN e.g. Indonesia during his stay in Japan (2010) and enabled various on-spot investigations in India (RASSI, 2009), China (CIDAS, 2011), Brazil (IAAT, 2016) or Thailand (TIDAS, 2020). Thomas Lich completed his studies in mathematics at the University of Applied Science in Stuttgart and started his career at MBTech Powertrain at Daimler Chrysler till 1999 when he then joined Bosch. His final thesis was done at Daimler Chrysler in 1996 on “Identification of mechanical systems based on partial recurrent neural networks” which was applied in a tire pressure monitoring systems for Heavy Commercial vehicles.

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 department "Passive Vehicle Safety" with the German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt). He works on the preparation of the European and worldwide safety regulations (UNECE, GTR). He is Member of the Board of Directors and several working groups of Euro NCAP. Moreover he is Chairman of the BioRID TEG of the GRSP.

I have been working in the Automotive Industry for 26 years mostly in vehicle crashworthiness and occupant safety through extensive use of CAE tools. Some notable vehicles I have worked on in the past: Ford GT, Maserati Gran Cabrio Convertible, Fisker Karma,  Jaguar F-Type, Cadillac XLR, Corvette C6, Jeep Grand Cherokee/Commander and Lucid Air. In the past 3 years, I have been the Lead Lucid Gravity CAE Engineer, responsible for the performance of frontal crashworthiness and oversee the crash architecture design of the Lucid Gravity.

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.

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.

Richard Schram started his career as a consultant at TNO Automotive in 2005. From 2010 to 2021 he was Technical Manager and Technical Director at Euro NCAP. He has been back at Euro NCAP as Technical Director since January 2023, after a short period as Director of Product Safety at Arrival.

Natalia Sevcenko focuses on reducing driver distraction caused by in-car infotainment systems. At Mercedes-Benz, she manages both internal and external research projects as well as the internal driving simulator laboratory. She received her Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Stuttgart and her PhD in Cognitive Psychology at Daimler Truck in collaboration with the IWM Tübingen. Her research interests include a broad spectrum of aspects related to driver distractions and safety.

Marcus Wisch studied mechatronics at the TU Dresden. Since 2010, he has been employed at the BASt in Unit F2 "Passive Vehicle Safety, Biomechanics". His main activities include participation in the UNECE IWG EDR/DSSAD and in numerous EU projects, including the coordination of the H2020 project SENIORS 2015-2018. He is BASt expert supervisor and evaluator of the German In-Depth Accident Study (GIDAS), deals with the safety of electric vehicles and prepares benefit analyses of passive and active safety systems.

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.