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James Robnett is a long-time automotive industry veteran, with progressively responsible roles with such companies as DENSO, SiriusXM, HERE, Stellantis, and most recently was part of the executive team that helped take AEye, a leading LiDAR supplier, public. Robnett now leads Sales and Business Development for Basemark, the leading provider of solutions and tools forRead more

I am an Expert for the Auto Electronics Industry with a special focus on Connected Car Modules and Future IVI/ ADAS/ Autonomous Vehicle Domain Controllers. Strong automotive electronics leader with 20 years’ experience in Infotainment, Cockpit, ADAS and Electric Vehicle modules. Led global teams to deliver in-house built-to-print HW design and SW platforms resulting inRead more

Kiran is an experienced professional who believes in a holistic approach to problem-solving that arent domain-specific. His interests and strengths lie in adopting a systems thinking approach, adopting Lean UX methodologies with a broad design-related experience in User-centric design, User research, Concept design, Experience design, prototyping, Presentations, Branding, and Strategy. Kiran is currently shaping theRead more

Chris Yotive is a seasoned business development leader with extensive experience in the automotive, consumer electronics, and technology sectors. For the past seven years, Chris has served as Senior Director of Business Development and Partnerships at BYD, where he has played a pivotal role in driving innovation and technological partnerships. This includes the integration ofRead more

Debayan is currently working as the Head of UX at Valtech Mobility. His main responsibility involves overlooking the various mobility projects working with different OEMs and supporting the new business team in pitches and ideas from a UX point of view. Debayan specializes in automotive and in-car user experience design and his previous experience includesRead more

Wayne K. Li is the James L. Oliver Professor, which is a joint position between the Colleges of Design and Engineering. Through classes and the Innovation and Design Collaboration (IDC), he leads joint teaching initiatives and advances interdisciplinary collaboration between mechanical engineering and industrial design. Endowed by School of Industrial Design alumnus James L. Oliver,Read more

Matt Anderson is an experienced business development executive who has worked implementing leading technologies in the automotive industry for almost 20 years. At SoundHound he leads automotive business development promoting SoundHound’s industry leading voice AI platform including the latest capability – ChatAI for Automotive. ChatAI is a unique implementation that enables users to have aRead more

Audrey is an experienced ergonomics engineer with over a decade of expertise in enhancing user experiences across various industries. Currently, she is the ADAS HMI Specialist at Stellantis, where she is focused on improving automotive systems’ ergonomics. Previously, she contributed to Renault’s cognitive ergonomics team as a consultant at Bertin Technologies and ALTEN, where sheRead more

Dr. Lilit Avetisyan is a Research Scientist specialized in understanding, predicting, and influencing human behavior, with a background in information science and human factors. Her expertise lies in uncovering the complex dynamics within human-computer interactions and crafting effective affective-cognitive designs for products. Lilith is experienced in experimental studies, simulations, descriptive and inferential statistics, as wellRead more

After obtaining his BSEE and MSEE degrees from the University of Michigan (U of M), Darren Jones has enjoyed an engineering career spanning three decades. He holds two U.S. patents and published six technical papers. His prior roles include U.S. naval officer, U of M researcher / instructor, Ford Motor Company test engineer, Navistar technicalRead more