SPEAKER ANNOUCEMENTS
The Autonomous Vehicle Technology Conference proudly presents the following Speakers for 2022!
KEYNOTE - Rémi BASTIEN
Recently retired from RENAULT Group after 39 years in this company.
After different responsibilities in RENAULT group, he was Vice President for Research and Innovation for RENAULT Group (2009-15), before becoming Global Director for Autonomous Driving Prospective at the Renault/Nissan Alliance (2015-16) and finally Vice President, Automobile Prospective for RENAULT Group till 2021.
He is Chairman of NEXT MOVE (French cluster dedicated to mobility), Delegate general and Treasurer of FISITA and member of the Shift Project (think tank for sustainable economy).
He was member of the EUCAR council (former chairman in 2012) and Chairman of VEDECOM (French cooperative research institute) from 2017 to 2020, and Director of the program “Power Electronics” for French Automotive Industry and French Electronic Industry from 2020 to end of 2021.
LUCA CASTIGNANI
Global Automotive Director Hexagon AB (MSC Software)
Luca is the Automotive Industry Director at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. His focus is to strategically grow the solution portfolio to support the customer journey in these disruptive times. As such, the primary interests of Luca lay in Autonomous Vehicles and Electrification.
Before joining Hexagon, Luca gatherer more than 10 years of experience in Ferrari leading the design of the new suspensions, defining NVH attributes for all vehicle bodies and managing both simulation/design activities and road/bench tests.
Director of Transport Technology University of Melbourne
Professor Sarvi is the chair in transport engineering and the director of Transport Technology program at the University of Melbourne. He is the founder and director of the Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES). AIMES is a world first; a grid mapped with smart sensors to test emerging, multimodal connected large-scale transport technologies in a complex urban environment. Through AIMES, he has consulted on numerous international projects including: leading the first fully automated highway between Tokyo and Nagoya as Chief ITS Engineer; the first full scale probe-intelligent vehicle for traffic state estimation in Japan and the optimization of the ferry network in Hong Kong.
Prof Sarvi has more than 25 years of professional, academic and research experience in the areas of intelligent transport systems. His research is multidisciplinary with an international outlook applying theory to combat real-world challenges. His expertise covers a range of topics, including: Artificial Intelligence in Transport, connected and automated multimodal transport systems and cooperative ITS.
KAZUHITO KATO
Senior Manager
NHK SPRING CO., LTD
Kazu's technical background is mechanical engineering. He is a leading expert in the ergonomic area in the Automotive industry, and has worked on developing the methods and models to evaluate and improve static and dynamic seating comfort for years.
Currently, he leads the development of novel seating and interior concepts for CASE mobility at NHK Spring.
Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE)
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