Keynote Speakers

Dr. Liam Pedersen
Deputy Director, robotics at Alliance Innovation Lab – Silicon Valley
“Toward safe and socially acceptable autonomous vehicles” 

Liam Pedersen is Deputy Director at the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance Silicon Valley Lab where he created the Autonomous Driving team and now directs research in driverless transportation systems and urban mobility. Prior to this he worked on robotic systems for planetary exploration at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California. He holds a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University (for the first robotic discovery of a meteorite), and is the recipient of NASA’s Public Service Medal and the NSF Antarctic Service Medal.

Dr. Vincent Abadie
VP, Senior Expert, Autonomous Vehicle and ADAS, PSA
“Global methodology for Autonomous Vehicle Safety and SOTIF validation”
After a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Control design, Vincent Joined PSA in 1994. Since 2008, he is a Senior Expert for PSA Group on ADAS and Autonomous vehicles. His role is to support the R&D in this domain. He represents PSA in the field of driving automation and road safety, in several international groups.

Mrs. Jasmin von Göler
Senior Manager E/E Chassis Systems, Driving Simulator and Functions, Mercedez-Benz AG
“Simulation and testing for automated driving”

Dipl.-Engineer, Jasmin von Göler is Senior Manager for Mercedes-Benz AG in Research and Development, reporting to the Director of Assistance Systems and Active Safety. She and her team are responsible for the Development of ADAS HiL/SiL Test Platforms, the Mercedes-Benz Driving Simulator, Control Unit Development of Chassis Systems and Driving Functions. Since 2002 she has been working in the field of driver assistance systems.