Avinash Varadarajan is a ISO 26262 Functional Safety Specialist at BRACE Automotive, a leading automotive consultant and engineering company in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. With an automotive engineering background, he has over 8 years of ISO 26262 experience working in various positions across the automotive supply chain. Apart from his role as a consultant, he is involved in state-of-art safety research with the academia in the Brainport region of The Netherlands. He is currently working as a safety management consultant for a global Tier-1 transmission supplier

For many years, Kholoud Hatem has been noteworthy expert in functional safety, currently, she works with Dana Incorporate as a technical safety specialist and subject matter expert, prior to that she worked with Hella as a systems engineer, functional safety and cybersecurity manager, then she joined Veoneer as a functional safety and cybersecurity lead, additional to her primary function, she was supporting the safety organization with creating templates and define the procedures for performing the safety analyses using many methodologies, moreover she was supporting the creation of the safety related processes

Dr. Juan Pimentel is an Omnex consultant with extensive Engineering, Safety and Cybersecurity experience. Prior to joining Omnex he was a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kettering University, USA.  Dr. Pimentel has extensive experience in functional safety in Operational Technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) environments that include oil & gas, petrochemical, and automotive.

He has an interest in and continued to be involved with standards having served as a standards liaison between the Industrial Electronics Society (IES) and the IEEE Standards Board. He has participated and continues to participate on various IEEE, SAE, and ISO standards. He is on the SAE Vehicle Electrical Hardware Security Task Force and was a contributor to the U.S. TAG committee on the SAE/ISO 21434 automotive cybersecurity standard as well as on the ISO 21448 standard task U.S. TAG committee. Juan is also on the TC 22 SC 32 WG 8 US - Functional Safety committee responsible for the ISO 26262 standard.

Riccardo Vincelli is a Director at Renesas Electronics where he worked for more than 20 years. He's heading the Functional Safety Competence Center responsible for the technical assessment of Renesas products (MCU, SoC, Mix-Signal and SW) targeting world-wide market, as well as a corporate advisor for functional safety.

Riccardo has been involved with the creation of ISO26262 since 2005 as well as many other standards (ISO-PAS-19451, UL4600) and committees (e.g. SAE).

Riccardo is also very active in the functional safety community chairing and/or presenting at several key international conferences

He has a master’s degree in electronic engineering and a post graduate master’s in design and development of embedded electronic systems.

He has more than 15 years of experience as functional safety manager and functional safety assessor in automotive, machinery and railway sectors.

He is member of the Italian committee for the definition of the ISO standards related to the functional safety, cybersecurity and autonomous vehicles and he is a peer review for IEEE.

Alexey Vinel is a professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. Previously he was a professor at the University of Passau, Germany. Since 2015, he has been a professor at Halmstad University, Sweden (now part-time). He received the Ph.D. degree from the Tampere University of Technology, Finland in 2013. He has been the Senior Member of the IEEE since 2012. His areas of interests include vehicular communications and networking, cooperative automated and autonomous driving, future smart mobility solutions.

Oscar Slotosch is CEO and founder of Validas AG, the only company worldwide specialized on tool and library qualification. After a PHD in formal methods at Technical University of Munich, Oscar has 30 years of experience within the automotive safety domain. Oscar is the host of the podcast “Tool & Library Qualification”.

Sergey is the Head of cybersecurity in Navinfo Europe, where he is responsible for all cybersecurity topics.

Sergey has been working for more than 17 years as a chief information security officer, chief fraud management officer and head of cybersecurity in the largest international companies.

He is also a certified CISSP, penetration tester, and cloud security architect.

Has been working in the automotive sector for more than 17 years in various positions and specializations, primarily in E/E.

Before that, always worked in the telecommunications sector, starting with an apprenticeship as a telecommunications technician DBP, then continuing in a large state-owned company (German Armed Forces) in the telecommunications sector. Followed by a degree in telecommunications.

I am an Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,  a core faculty affiliate of the Center for Automotive Research, at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

I received my Ph.D. degree in Control Systems from Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2011. My research includes controls, optimization, and diagnostics of automotive systems with a focus on their efficiency, safety, and security.

Dr. Alexander Mattausch is Chief Expert Software Architecture at Elektrobit. He focuses on embedded operating systems, software integration and functional safety. After his PhD in theoretical solid state physics at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg he joined Elektrobit and led the development of an ASIL-D certified AUTOSAR operating system and focused later on the operating system infrastructure of automotive HPC systems. He is the author of numerous publications in scientific and automotive journals and computer magazines such as c’t.

Florian Reichle has over 18 years of experience in automotive development and 12 years specializing in Functional Safety (ISO 26262) for OEM and Tier 1 suppliers in Europe and North America. He started his career as Test Engineer in 2006 and became a Functional Safety Manager in 2012, and since then, Functional Safety has become his great passion and dedication. Strongly influenced and driven by ISO 26262, he has contributed significantly to the entire automotive development process in various companies. Today, he leads the global organization for Functional Safety and Cybersecurity at BorgWarner. 

Florian is dedicated to enhancing safety culture within organizations by implementing practical and sustainable solutions. Known for his critical thinking and problem-solving skills, he influences decision- making to meet key objectives and exceed expectations while aiming for long-term growth. With his professional experience and a gift for articulating complex ideas in an accessible manner, Florian Reichle is a highly recognized and prominent speaker at industry conferences, where he shares his insights on functional safety and safety assessment strategies.

Mohammed Al-Sayed is a seasoned Functional Safety Engineer and CEO of 2Go Solutions UG with over 24 years of experience. Holding three master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Safety Engineering, and Business Administration, he specializes in autonomous vehicle technology, cyber security, and risk management. Mohammed has patented advancements in Level 5 autonomy and is a respected speaker at international conferences. A member of the Canadian Engineering Association and The IEEE, he is dedicated to advancing safety standards in the automotive industry. Outside work, Mohammed enjoys extensive reading and research on safety engineering and risk management.

Andres works as a Functional Safety Assessor in the central NXP team. In the past Andres has acted as a Safety Architect for radar front-end devices, and also as an applications engineer for automotive sensors. He has cross-functional experience in the semiconductor industry, dealing with MEMS and millimetric wave ICs.

Massimo Carignano, with over 8 years in automotive functional safety, is the Overall Functional Safety Manager at Iveco Group. Specialising in engine, powertrain systems, components, and commercial vehicles, he guides the Functional Safety Governance, ensuring guidelines for decision-making support in a complex product landscape with legal implications.

Graduating cum laude in Mathematical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin, he joined 4S Group in 2022. He is the co-author of OEM-level company procedures related to field monitoring of E/E systems based on the proven in-use argument. Over the years, he has also contributed to the development of ADAS ECUs with a focus on Functional Safety, specifically by creating the necessary work products at the system level and supporting the realization of those at the hardware and software levels

I am Marzana Khatun, Functional Safety Manager at Robert Bosch and I am involved in the development of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC). I recently completed my PhD at the University of Ulm, where my research focused on the development of safety concepts for higher levels of automation (level 3 and above). This project was a collaborative project involving nine industrial partners and two universities: Kempten University of Applied Sciences and the University of Ulm. With more than eight years of combined industry and research experience in the field of functional safety and cyber security, I continue to build a comprehensive knowledge base in my role.

Dr. Roberto Paccapeli graduated in “Electronic Engineering” in 2006 from the University of Rome "Sapienza" and achieved Doctorates in “Mathematical Methods Applied to Science” (University of Rome Sapienza) and in “Mechanics” (University of Paris VI) in 2011. In the past, he worked as YOGITECH project leader for consultancy on FMEDA analysis and Process Safety Audit and, additionally, he was responsible for Quality Management (ISO 9001). Afterwards, he worked in Intel as Functional Safety Manager with the responsibility to establish, implement and maintain the FuSa Lifecycle in compliance with ISO26262 and IEC61508. Currently he is Functional Safety Manager and Community Leader in Red Hat, Italy. He is member of the Italy-task forces involved in ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 standards, where he covers the role of Italian Head of Delegation for ISO/TC 22/SC 32/WG 8 (Functional safety) and Project Leader for ISO 26262-8 and ISO PAS 8926.

Gabriele Paoloni is an Open Source Community Technical Leader at Red Hat where he defines best methodologies and requirements to qualify Linux for functional safety usage. He is a passionate technologist and has strong experience in both functional safety and Linux Kernel development, including previous roles leading FuSa software architecture for Intel platforms, CCIX vice chairman of the TDL working group and HiSilicon PCIe Linux maintainer. Gabriele received a master’s degree with honors in electronic engineering from the University of Rome.

Philip Koopman is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh USA, who has been working on self-driving car safety for more than 25 years. He is actively involved with automated vehicle policy and standards as well as more general embedded system design and software quality. He is the author of the books How Safe is Safe Enough: measuring and predicting autonomous vehicle safety (2022), and The UL 4600 Guidebook (2022).

Hans Böhme is a Functional Safety and Automotive Cybersecurity professional at FEV etamax GmbH, a member of the FEV Group. He specializes in Safety Management and the implementation of Artificial Intelligence in safety-critical applications. His experience spans multiple domains, including automotive, agriculture and marine. Hans Böhme holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Technical University of Munich and has worked for Siemens and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.

Experienced leader over 2 decades of track record of covering variety of areas within the automotive and semi-conductor industry. Authored several patents, trade secrets and a certified safety expert. Deep and broad knowledge of E/E, System and Software, to generate efficient solution to enable production ready safety critical system that are strategically positioned and translated into a product. Highly specialized in IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO 21448 and UL4600 safety engineering for various automotive safety critical systems in areas of Autonomous Driving, Hybrid powertrain, ADAS, Active & Passive safety System etc. Active working group committee member in SAE ORAD, BSI CAV, UNECE, and USTAG. Contributed during development of ISO 26262:2018, ISO 21448:2022 and SfAD. Abhash Das

Rohitaswa is a Technical Director at NXP, responsible for System Architecture, with expertise in Automotive Functional Safety. Based out of Austin, Texas, he is responsible for defining hardware and software solutions for advanced automotive applications, prioritizing optimal functional safety architectures. He has an experience of 19+ years across product - architecture, design, and safety management for High Performance SoCs and Mixed Signal ICs, including a specialized focus of 11+ years in Automotive Functional Safety. He is a voting member of the IEEE Functional Safety Standards Committee and with his research publications, disclosures, and speakership at leading functional safety forums of the industry, he showcases his commitment to advancing knowledge in the field of Automotive Functional Safety. Rohitaswa is a certified Functional Safety Practitioner and holds a Bachelor of Technology from Bengal Institute of Technology in India.

Product manager and solution architect with 15+ years of professional experience in automotive development, from prototypes to mass production of powertrain applications, diagnostics, and ADAS/AD high-end scalable architecture. Andrea joined proteanTecs in 2020 to lead the design of automotive safety-compliant solutions. Before joining proteanTecs, Andrea served as the Chief Software Architect at Samsung Electronics, Product Owner at Zenuity (Volvo/Veoneer JV), and Platform Project Manager at Bosch in Germany. Andrea holds an MSc in Physics from the University of Bologna, Italy.

Carmine Marra is Project Functional Safety Manager of ART Germany. He has a master's degree in computer engineering with a specialization in embedded systems He wrote his master's thesis on ERTMS railway systems and completed his internship at Linnaeus University in Sweden. He has experience as functional safety engineer in the automotive sector.

Seasoned Silicon Valley veteran. Technologist and entrepreneur. Expertise in Semiconductors design and manufacturing particularly related to Autonomous Vehicle (AV), Electrical Vehicle (EV), Automotive Functional Safety and Cyber Security. Managing Engineering teams in leading Semiconductors, Lidar Sensors, and Systems companies for over 25 years, most notably VLSI Tech, Phillips Semi/NXP, Cruise/GM, OmniVision, Atmel, Lattice Semi and currently leading Safety teams as a Director of Automotive Safety at Marvell Semi.

Björn Zelder is a Functional Safety Staff Engineer at Renesas Electronics where he worked for more than 20 years. He has started his professional career as a design engineer with the development of customer specific micro controllers covering design implementation, evaluation up to supporting mass production release. More than 10 years’ experience of safety analysis and assessment of digital Renesas products (MCU, SoC) mainly focussing on random hardware faults.

Jyotika is a Director, Engineering Architecture at Synopsys, leading quality, reliability and safety research, pathfinding and architectures for data centers and automotive applications. Prior to Synopsys, she was Lead Technologist, Functional Safety Architecture at NVIDIA. Prior to NVIDIA, Jyotika was Principal Engineer (Director) at Intel Corporation leading corporate-wide RAS and Functional Safety architectures. Jyotika also serves as the 2024 President of the global IEEE Computer Society, overseeing overall IEEE-CS programs and operations.

Stefano Stabellini is a Fellow at AMD, where he leads system software architecture and the virtualization team. Previously, at Aporeto, he created a virtualization-based security solution for containers and authored several security articles. As Senior Principal Software Engineer in Citrix, he led a small group of passionate engineers working on Open Source projects. Stefano has been involved in Xen development since 2007. He created libxenlight in November 2009 and started the Xen port to ARM with virtualization extensions in 2011. Today he is a Xen Project committer, and he maintains Xen on ARM and Xen support in Linux and QEMU.

With over 29 years of experience in the Automotive industry, Delphine is Group Product Safety Director within Valeo. She started her professional career as an NVH engineer at GM and then held various senior engineering and management position in Renault, working on technical regulation, Quality assurance on ADAS and Dependability and General Product Safety. She is an international expert in corresponding ISO working group (WG8 ISO26262 and WG 14 ISO PAS 8800) and IEEE. Delphine holds a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering Science from the University of Technology of Compiègne (France), a MBA and a Master II of business law of Paris Pantheon Assas University. Her Motto in life is ‘do it well, be joyful and share it.'