Connected and Automated Vehicle Engineering 2017: Engineering for adoption of autonomy on the road

Kate Thorne: Pilot Engineer, MathWorks

Kate Thorne is a pilot engineer at MathWorks, specialising in Model-Based Design and production code generation for high-integrity applications. Prior to joining MathWorks, Kate worked as a control engineer in the aerospace and automotive industries, focusing on robotics and autonomous systems. Kate holds a B.S. in aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia and an M.S. in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland.

Iain Forbes: Head, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

lain Forbes is the head of the UK Government's Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, a new policy unit based jointly in the Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Energy and lndustrial Strategy. The Centre aims to help ensure that the UK remains a world leader in developing and testíng connected and autonomous vehicles. Prior to joining CCAV, lain worked in No10 as a Private Secretary to the prime Minister, covering issues including transport and the devolved administrations. He has previously worked in both the Department for Transport and the Home Office, advising on innovation, science and technology, security policy and environmental strategy.

Nick Reed: Head of Mobility R&D, Robert Bosch Ltd

Nick Reed is head of mobility R&D at Bosch having worked at TRL for many years where he led many human factors studies and led their work on automated vehicles, including the GATEway project and the creation of the UK Smart Mobility Living Lab. His background is in psychology and the understanding of driver behaviour and he holds a visiting professorship at the University of Surrey 5G Innovation Centre. His role at Bosch is around the research needs to improve mobility in cities with a focus on connected and automated vehicles.

Simon Morley: Lead Project Manager for MOVE_UK Project, Original Equipment Division, Robert Bosch Limited

Simon Morley works for Bosch’s automotive division in the UK and is the lead project manager of an autonomous vehicle technology R&D project called “MOVE_UK”. This project, which is part funded by the UK government and involves 5 other leading companies, is focussed on reducing the timescales and cost of validating automated driving systems, with live trials of vehicles fitted with these systems taking place on the streets of London. Simon holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Southampton University and also has a post graduate Master’s degree in the Management of Intellectual Property.

Jim Campbell: Chair, Connected Autonomous Vehicles Project

Jim Campbell - Launch Director for the new global ecosystem for connected and autonomous mobility technologies. Jim has conducted business in over 50 countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Israel, Dubai, Sweden, Germany, USA and UK. He has worked for global vehicle OEMs - Bentley, Hyundai, JLR and BMW and with global technology developer Qualcomm on wireless EV charging for Formula E. Jim also coached innovative, high growth mobility & software tech companies for the EC's Executive Agency for SME's. He is an advisor with Oxford Brooke's University and the Tutu Foundation UK. Jim has an honours degree in International Marketing from University of Strathclyde and a Masters degree in Management from City University, London. His hobbies include playing golf, table-tennis, badminton and watching football.

Paul Markwick: Managing Director of Operations, Manufacturing Technology Centre

Paul Markwick is the Managing Director of Operations for the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult. The MTC helps to generate rapid and sustainable growth to the UK economy by delivering integrated manufacturing systems solutions. Prior to joining the MTC, Paul was the Chief Executive at the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), an Executive Agency of the UK Department for Transport (DfT). VCA is the UK Type Approval Authority for new on and off-road vehicles, responsible for certifying that these have been designed and constructed to meet internationally agreed standards. Paul is a Fellow of The Institute of Mechanical Engineers, a Chartered Engineer and has an extensive industry background, including roles at Jaguar, Pirelli, Land Rover and Ricardo.

Dr Geoff Davies: Chief Strategy Officer, HORIBA MIRA

Dr Davis joined MIRA in 2009 following 10 years at Ricardo - the technical, engineering and management consultancy. He is an experienced engineering consultancy professional with a solid background in automotive engineering, has up-to-date experience in the latest automotive technologies and trends and has first-hand experience of working across a comprehensive range of overseas territories and industry sectors. Dr Davis’s background gives him a unique insight into the global automotive, defence and off-highway industries and he has spent considerable time in Asian, European and South American markets creating entities, developing new business and delivering engineering and strategic consultancy projects. Moving to MIRA in 2009 Dr Davis was part of the four man executive team that has overseen and delivered the re-birth of what is the UK’s foremost transport R&D location hosting a strategically important set of testing assets for the UK Automotive industry as well as the HQ for a growing global engineering consultancy. Dr Davis has held a number of roles that span sales, marketing communications and technology management as well as being responsible for establishing the business in key overseas markets. Following the successful sale of MIRA to the HORIBA group in 2015, he currently holds the position of Chief Strategy Officer overseeing the development of emerging capabilities within MIRA and working closely with the HORIBA Group on Marketing, Corporate strategy and Technology consultancy within Automotive and across the globe. His current areas of focus include the fast paced changing areas of Connected Autonomous Vehicles and related subjects in Vehicle Resilience and Cyber Security.

Vinnett Taylor: Head of Internet of Things (IoT), O2

Vinnett has spent her career acting as entrepreneurial and commercial lead of multi-million pound partnerships opportunities and has a long successful track record of first to market launches. She is a Non-Executive and mentors and invests in several start-ups from Cloud security and video surveillance, delivering machine leaning and artificial intelligence to Smart Connected Thermostats (designed to help affordable housing providers fight fuel poverty). She is currently Head of Internet of Things (IoT) at O2, Telefonica UK, where she leads a dedicated team. She represents O2 for several Government-funded project boards, DRIVEN which is trailing a fleet of driverless vehicles using UK-built software between Oxford and London in 2019 and GATEway (Greenwich Automated Transport Environment, while being a current Board of Patrons for Smart IoT London.

Alan Thomas: Director, CAVT Ltd

Alan Thomas has spent most of his career in automotive R&D, including safety from field cases through simulation to testing and certification. Starting with crash, his focus evolved to cover real world safety of vulnerable road users, driver behaviour, ADAS, Autonomy and regulations. Among others, he has worked for British Leyland, Dunlop, Volvo, GM, Jaguar Land Rover, and via his consultancy CAVT, for Nissan, blue-chip firms in the finance, management consultancy, chemicals, and electronics sectors and the global automotive supply chain, often on safety and regulatory matters.

Tony Pipe: Deputy Director, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England

Prof. Tony Pipe is Deputy Director of Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), with over 200 publications and over £4M in research grants since 2007. His expertise is focused on safety-critical systems design. He is UWE co-Director of the EPSRC-funded FARSCOPE Centre for Doctoral Training, was UWE PI on the EPSRC Trustworthy Robotic Assistants project, is currently UWE PI on the new EPSRC Programme Grant on Robotics for Nuclear Environments, and is also deeply involved with four Innovate UK funded autonomous road vehicle projects, VENTURER (technical integration lead), FLOURISH  (technical advisor validation/certification of safety), CAPRI and ROBOPILOT (Verification & Validation of safety).

John Birch: Chief Engineer - Functional Safety, HORIBA MIRA

John Birch is Chief Engineer - Functional Safety at Horiba Mira Ltd. He is a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and holds a post-graduate certificate in Systems Safety Engineering from the University of York.  He is co-author of the MISRA 'Guidelines for Automotive Safety Case Arguments' document, first-named author of several academic papers and named inventor on a number of several (pending) patents in the field of functional safety.

Phil Proctor: Future Technologies Team Leader, Highways England

Phillip Proctor is a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Engineering and Technology and leads the Future Technologies Team at Highways England. Phillip oversees a team of engineers and technical advisors who develop and implement affordable Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and solutions to ensure the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of the Strategic Road Network. Phillip has been working in ITS research since 1999 and is a deputy chair of the IET Transport Sector Committee. Before joining Highways England, Phillip worked for Toshiba UK in the audio visual department. Phillip has a degree in Satellite Communication Engineering.

Neil Fulton: Programme Director, Transport Systems Catapult

Neil Fulton is Director of Connected and Automated Systems at the Transport Systems Catapult. Until recently, he had responsibility for the Customer Experience and Automated Transport Systems capability teams; leading engineers, human factors specialists and social research to deliver collaborative transport research programmes. Neil’s is now focussed on the challenges for the UK to implement connected and automated transport. Neil began his career with Cummins Engines, working in product development, customer engineering and account management. In 2000, he joined Millbrook Proving Ground where he was responsible for Powertrain Engineering, managing industry leading Engineers in engine test, exhaust emissions and advanced Powertrain development.

Simon Brewerton: Chief Technical Officer, RDM Group

Simon Brewerton is CTO at RDM Group in Coventry, where he is responsible for all areas of technology development, R&D and technical support across the different business groups. He was previously at Infineon Technologies, where he specialised in embedded microcontrollers for automotive safety systems. As an experienced automotive engineer for over 25 years, his present role includes the definition of hardware and software architectures for the UK AUTODRIVE Autonomous PodZero project, where 40 Pods will be deployed in Milton Keynes, UK.

Jay Nagley: R&D Specialist, Automotive Investment Organisation

Jay has been associated with the car industry since working for Porsche in the late 1980s. Through the 1990s he ran the UK division of a major German consultancy and in 1998 he set up his own consultancy, Spyder Redspy Ltd. He ran the company until 2014, when he joined the Automotive Investment Organisation as R&D Specialist. At the AIO he works with overseas suppliers to increase the amount of R&D they do in the UK in three key areas: low carbon propulsion, vehicle lightweighting and Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.

Ben Gardner: Associate, Pinsent Masons LLP

Ben Gardner is a commercial lawyer at international law firm Pinsent Masons. Although Ben acts for clients across a number of the firm's global sectors, he regularly supports clients in the advanced manufacturing and technology sectors and has experience in advising OEMs and the supply chain on a wide range of commercial matters. Ben has been working with a number of the firm's clients to help them navigate their way through regulatory frameworks which were not drafted with the latest technological developments affecting connected and autonomous vehicles in mind.

Eman Martin-Vignerte: Director, Robert Bosch Ltd

Francois Guichard: Manager, UN Secretary – Active Safety – Mechanical Engineer, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

François E. Guichard is the Intelligent Transport Systems and Automated Driving focal point of the United Nations (UNECE) and the UN Secretary of the Vehicle Active Safety Forum regulating the Automotive Sector (WP.29/GRRF). Previously, he worked as line manager at Daimler AG, he advocated for the introduction of Advance Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS) in the legislation (a relevant contribution for increasing road safety) and gained relevant industry experience in vehicle automation. Before that, he advised a number of Countries on their strategies to tackle environmental issues after having gained experience as a noise / GHG / pollutants emission testing engineer. He started his career as International Management Associate at Mercedes-Benz, gaining experience in Germany, South Africa and in the United States of America. He graduated with a Master of Science in 2004 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany and with a Master of Science at the ENSAM Paris Tech, France.

Nigel Clarke: Manager, Off-Road Capability and Exterior Sensing Research, Jaguar Land Rover

Nigel Clarke received a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Loughborough University. He joined the Jaguar Research Dept in 1989 to work on the PROMETHEUS project where he led the Collision Avoidance activities for the project.  Following the end of the PROMETHEUS project he went on to lead various EU Framework and UK Government projects in the area of Active Safety.  He was there for the birth of the first ADAS systems - Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Keeping, so has a long history in automated vehicles. After a spell leading research into new off-road features - which more and more needed exterior sensing - he now leads a team researching sensor systems necessary for L5 Autonomy Features for Jaguar Land Rover.

Jim Braithwaite: Human Machine Interface Research Manager, Jaguar Land Rover

Jim Braithwaite has been the manager of the HMI Research team at Jaguar Land Rover since 2013.  As a product designer, he first worked on physical and graphical user interfaces in the early 2000s while working at a leading automotive supplier.  By 2010 this had led into a full time role developing automotive cockpit HMI concepts.  Various forms of camera based driver monitoring have been a focus of his team’s activities for the last 5 years.

Maurizia Bagnato: Sales Director, Robert Bosch Limited

Maurizia Bagnato has an extensive industry background, having held a number of different positions in project management, sales as well as business development in overseas markets. She joined Bosch in 2000 and has acquired up-to-date experience in the field of automotive technology. Since 2015 she has been Director of Bosch Mobility Solutions in the UK, where she is responsible for sales and innovation in Connected and Automated Technologies. She was born in Italy and holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino.

Jeremy Bryans: Research Fellow in Automotive Cybersecurity: Centre for Mobility and Transport, Coventry University

Jeremy Bryans is a Research Fellow in Automotive Cybersecurity in the Centre for Mobility and Transport. He specialises in the use of formal methods. Previously he worked at Newcastle Univeristy, where he was involved in large EU research projects on model-based techniques. One looked at developing and maintaining Systems of Systems (SoS) and one was designed to support small and medium-sized businesses that engineer or operate dependable cyber-physical systems. He specialises in formal methods, and designed and led an internally funded project on the sustainability of smart grid communications infrastructure. Prior to that he designed and led a EPSRC/DSTL-funded project on the secure transmission of provenance metadata in dynamic coalitions. He is a member of the BCS (MBCS), INCOSE (The International Council on Systems Engineering) and a guest member of Newcastle University. He has been on the program committee of several conferences, and has over 50 publications.

Steve Cropley: Editor-in-Chief, Autocar

Iain Macbeth: Automotive & Intelligent Mobility Programme Manager, Transport for London

Jim Hutchinson: Chief Executive Officer, Fusion Processing

Julian Turner: Chief Executive Officer, Westfield Sportscars Limited

Mike Waters: Head of Policy and Strategy at Transport, West Midlands, TFWM

Alan Stevens: Chief Scientist and Research Director, TRL

Keith McCabe: Managing Director, KAM Futures

Peter Davies: Technical Director: Thales e-Security, Thales