Panel discussion
Monday, September 23
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Live in Berlin
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Krzysztof Abramczyk is the Vice President and Head of Integration Test Center at CARIAD. He is an executive within the VW Group, overseeing departments responsible for the test infrastructure, engineering operations, and integration and validation of CARIAD products. With expertise in cloud computing, software development, testing and validation as well as artificial intelligence, Krzysztof excels in business development, planning, and execution of ADAS and AD projects. He is also skilled in supply chain management, hardware in the loop testing, agile methodologies, systems engineering, and project management. Prior to CARIAD, Krzysztof held positions at Aptiv and Airbus. For 2 years he was the Head of Engineering for Aptiv Connect Platform – A product in the vehicle telematics field which utilizes AI to bring valuable insights for fleet managers. Prior to this position, for around 3 years he worked in various roles in the ADAS and AD development, and at the beginning of his career he was an engineer at Airbus dealing with software development and systems engineering. Krzysztof is a servant-leader with strong technical background in cloud computing, web applications, AI/ML, embedded systems, telematics, and ADAS. He focuses on clear objectives, strategies, and continuous improvement to deliver optimal solutions for the business.
The Pop in Your Job
I love change and making an impact. I love the fact that in my job, I help bring humanity forward, that my role directly contributes to improving the safety on our roads, but also optimizing the energy usage and CO2 consumption, so that our kids can live in a better world.
Jan Stehle is Consultant for virtual vehicle development at IPG Automotive in Karlsruhe, Germany. Since 2015, he has led consulting and application engagements in numerous strategic customer projects with global OEMs. Currently Jan has the additional role as product owner for the new software product VIRTO. Jan holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering specializing in vehicle dynamics from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
Matthias Strauß joined Continental in 2005 as Project Lead Advanced Engineering. Starting in the field of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, the first contact with AI based Computer Vision was made. The scope of his projects changed more and more in the direction of Automated Driving. Based on the experience gained by his team in the EU funded project HAVEit, the “Nevada License For Autonomous Cars” was granted to Continental in 2012. After several projects focusing on the highway use case, Matthias became technical lead engineer in Continental’s CUbE project in 2016. Since then he is fascinated by the urban use case of autonomous driving. He is always pushing the limits further in his current roles as Release Train Architect and Product Owner for the Companion Premium Urban Challenges vehicle, Continental’s test platform for new product ideas in the area of Robotaxi applications.
Sergey is the head of the cybersecurity team at Navinfo. He has been working in the biggest international companies and technology startups as a chief information security officer for more than 17+ years. He is focused on cloud and enterprise security, automotive and telecom security, data protection, international information security regulation, and country-specific cybersecurity regulation (e.g. European Union, China, EMEA region, US), risk assessments, IDS/IPS, Threat Intelligence, Anti-DDoS, DLP, WAF, SIEM, SOC, vulnerability management. He is also a certified CISSP, penetration tester, and cloud security architect.