Dr.-Ing. Dirk Ulrich studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt and stayed at the TUD to work on a government research project in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) on which subject he also received his doctorate. After that he joined Audi R&D to work in the department for computational methods and was responsible for the introduction of nonlinear FEM applications. Thereafter he worked for several international providers of simulation software for automotive applications (ESI, SOFY, TNO). Since 01.04.2007 Dr. Ulrich has been managing the CAE-training activities of carhs.training gmbh.

Director and Professor Andre Seeck has been Vice President of the Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute (BASt) since April 2022, where he heads the Vehicle Technology division. In this position he is responsible for the preparation of European Safety Regulations. Furthermore he represents the German Federal Ministry for Transport in the Board of Directors of Euro NCAP and he is the chairman of the strategy group on automated driving and of the rating system. These positions enable him to gain deep insight into current and future developments in vehicle safety. In 2017 NHTSA awarded him the U. S. Government Special Award of Appreciation.

Britta Schnottale is working as a scientific assistant in the department for Passive Safety and Biomechanis" of the German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute (BASt).Here she is responsible for safety issues concerning children in vehicles. This includes participation in national research projects as well as in EU projects on child safety (CHILD, CASPER). She was a member of the informal working group of the GRSP "Child Safety" on the development of UN R129. Britta Schnottale is also a member of the Euro NCAP Child Safety Working Group."

Dr.-Ing. Helmut Gese founded the engineering consultancy MATFEM in 1993 (from 1999 the company has been named MATFEM partnership Dr. Gese & Oberhofer; in 2022 the legal status has changed to MATFEM Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH). MATFEM offers technical and scientific consultancy services at the intersection of material science and finite element methods. Besides performing FEM analysis projects the area of activity covers experimental and theoretical characterization of materials and the development of new material models for simulation.

Stefan Kolling is Professor for Mechanics at the TH Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences (THM). Previously he worked as a simulation engineer at the Mercedes Technology Center in Sindelfingen. He was responsible for methods development in crash simulation. In particular he was involved in the modeling of non-metal materials such as glass, polymers and plastics. Prof. Kolling graduated from the Universities of Saarbrücken and Darmstadt, from where he also received his Ph.D. He is author of numerous publications in the field of material modeling.

Dr. Maurer has received his PhD from the Department of lightweight design at Technical University Darmstadt led by Prof. Wissmann. Thereafter he has been working for several years in the technical analysis department of Adam Opel AG where he headed the crash simulation group. After a several years activity in Information Technology at Adam Opel AG and General Motors in Detroit (USA), he has been appointed in 2005 as a Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Landshut. He teaches mathematics, numerical methods and finite elements in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Schumacher studied mechanical engineering at the universities of Duisburg and Aachen. He received his doctorate on structural optimization from the University of Siegen. Following research projects for Airbus were focused on the optimization of aircraft structures. Thereafter he worked in the CAE methods development department of Adam Opel AG as project leader for structural optimization. From 2003 - 2012 he was a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg and taught structural design, passive safety and structural optimization. Since 2012 he has been professor at the University of Wuppertal, where he holds the chair for optimization of mechanical structures.

Dipl.- Wirt.- Ing. Tobias Langner works as a scientific assistant in the department for Passive Safety and Biomechanis" of the German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt). He is project manager for Euro NCAP crash tests at the BASt. In his position as Euro NCAP inspector he analyses the post-crash vehicles together with a lead inspector of Euro NCAP."

The German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) has a dummy calibration laboratory on its premises in Bergisch Gladbach. The company BGS Böhme & Gehring, founded in 1986, operates this laboratory on behalf of the German Federal Highway Research Institute. Their clients are renowned automobile manufacturers, suppliers and test institutes.

Prof. Dr. Harzheim worked in the Group of Professor Mattheck on the development of the optimization programs CAO and SKO, before joining the simulation department of Opel. At Opel he is responsible for optimization, bio engineering and robustness. In this position he not only introduced and applied optimization methods but has also developed software for topology optimization. Prof. Dr. Harzheim regularly holds seminars for applied structural optimization and teaches at the Technical University of Darmstadt. He is the author of the book Strukturoptimierung: Grundlagen und Anwendungen"."

Maren Finck is a Project Manager at carhs.training gmbh. From 2008 - 2015 she worked at EDAG as a project manager responsible for vehicle safety. Previously, she worked several years at carhs GmbH and TECOSIM as an analysis engineer with a focus on pedestrian safety and biomechanics. Maren has been a firefighter at the local fire station since 1994 and uses her experience as a technical rescue instructor.

Ralf Reuter studied mechanical engineering and business administration at the technical universities of Darmstadt and Eindhoven. Since 1997 he has worked for carhs in various management positions. He deals with vehicle safety issues intensively, in particular with the latest developments in rules and regulations as well as consumer testing. As he is in charge of the SafetyWissen which has been published by carhs for many years, he keeps his knowledge up-to-date and profits from the inputs of carhs' trainer and expert network.

Rainer Justen has more than 30 years of experience in the field of vehicle safety. After his studies in mechanical engineering with a focus on automotive engineering he started his career in the automotive development at Daimler AG in 1987. Several career milestones in the fields of vehicle safety, project management, safety concepts and active safety / driver assistance systems made him an expert on all relevant topics of automotive safety. Since 2008 he is working in the field of safety for alternative drive systems. Rainer Justen is author of numerous publications and papers on this topic. In 2015 Rainer Justen received the SAE Automotive Safety Award for his work on the Safety of Li-ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles from the American Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

Hans-Georg Lohrmann was Manager of Reliability & Conformity of Production at ZF TRW Automotive GmbH. He has many years of experience in the field of safety, reliability, and product liability in the automotive sector. Since he has retired and is still active as a freelance consultant. He specializes in the area of restraint systems for vehicle occupant protection and supports his clients in the areas of reliability, safety planning, methods of verification, and litigation support.

Kai Golowko has been working in the area of vehicle safety since 1999. He started his career as a test engineer for passive safety at ACTS. Since 2003 he has been working as senior engineer for occupant safety and pedestrian protection. Since 2005 he has managed the department vehicle safety at Bertrandt in Gaimersheim. He has also been responsible for active and passive vehicle safety for the Bertrandt Group since 2017.

Lars Hannawald is the managing director of the Traffic Accident Research Institute at the University of Technology in Dresden and the Leader of the GIDAS expert group of database administration. He started in 1999 with the investigation of traffic accidents at VUFO direct on the spot and at the office. He was responsible for the statistical random sampling plan as well as study on accident causation for powered two-wheelers and bicycle accidents 75 the common database administration for GIDAS up to 2005. Furthermore he worked as a research assistant at the chair of automobile technology at the University of Technology and build up a data analysis group inside VUFO. He takes his doctoral degree on Multivariate Analysis for Benefit Estimation of future Safety Systems". Since 2011 Lars Hannawald is a lecturer at the University of Applied Science Dresden and the Dresden International University. Since 2013 he leads the technical working group in the IGLAD consortium. He has a great experience in all terms of investigation, reconstruction and analysis of accident data. "

After studying mechanical engineering and being awarded a doctorate at TU Darmstadt, Dr. Seiniger moved to the Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute (BASt) in 2009. Here Dr. Seiniger is involved in development and performance of tests for emergency braking systems and active safety for Euro NCAP and in developing and updating the respective legislatory framework (regulations). He was member of several Euro NCAP working groups and is Head of section “Active Vehicle Safety and Driver Assistance Systems”.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klemens Rother studied mechanical engineering at Munich University of Applied Sciences and the Department of Mechanics, Metallurgy and Materials Science at Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA. He earned his doctorate in the field of computational durability at University of Dortmund. Since 1986 he has been working in various positions in industry, e.g. more than 15 years in senior management for structural integrity and CAE consulting services. Since 2008 he has been professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich, faculty of mechanical, automotive and aircraft engineering. He teaches strength, lightweight design, durability and conceptual design. He is also head of a master’s program in computational engineering. His main research focuses on CAx-supported product development and structural integrity.

Rainer Hoffmann has been involved in automotive safety throughout his career. After graduating from Wayne State University, he joined Porsche as a research associate in passive safety. Mr. Hoffmann advanced safety simulation during his subsequent tenure at ESI Group where he introduced new techniques like airbag simulation, numerical airbag folding and FE dummy modeling. As the head of the simulation department of PARS (now Continental Safety Engineering), Mr. Hoffmann led the R&D efforts for some of the first series production side airbag developments. In 1994 Mr. Hoffmann founded EASi Engineering GmbH, which in 2006 was renamed to carhs GmbH. He has authored numerous technical papers and has been granted German and international patents in the automotive safety field.

Andre Eggers is a researcher at BASt (German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute) since 2006 working in the area of biomechanics, evaluation of dummies, human models and virtual testing. He studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Hamburg and Biomedical Engineering at Wayne State University. 2013 he completed his doctorate at the Technical University of Berlin. He contributed to several European research projects like IMVITER, THORAX, ASSESS, SENIORS and OSCCAR. He is representing BASt in Euro NCAP working groups related to injury criteria and virtual testing.

John Creamer manages an advisory group specialized on the UN World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29). Mr. Creamer served as the drafting secretary for the WP.29 expert group that prepared UN GTR 26 and UN R185 on Automated Driving Systems. Previously, he has held positions with the US International Trade Commission and the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (representing the US automotive supplier industry), as the representative of the US auto parts industry in Japan, and with TRW Inc. (a leading global automotive safety systems supplier).

Dr. Thomas Kinsky completed his studies of automotive engineering at TU Dresden in 1991 and received a doctorate at TU Graz in 2015 in parallel to his job. After his studies Dr. Kinsky worked for TUV Rhineland and for a small medium-sized company before he changed to Opel in 1999. There he was responsible – last as a Senior Expert – for passive vehicle safety subjects and represented Opel in the discussion with authorities and associations. Since 2018 Dr. Kinsky is with Humanetics Europe.

Dr. Thomas Karall studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Vienna and received his PhD as Assistant Professor at the University of Leoben in the field of fibre-reinforced plastics and the calculation by finite elements. From 2006 to 2010 he was head of department at the Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology in Vienna in the field of mechanical and thermal testing / fibre composites, and Secretary General of the Austrian Working Group for reinforced plastics. From 2010 to 2015 he worked as Lead Researcher for lightweight design at Virtual Vehicle Research Center in Graz. He was also a lecturer at the Technical University of Graz and lecturer at the FH Joanneum Graz. Since 2015 he has been Professor at the Engineering Department of the Hof University. His areas of work include lightweight design, fibre-reinforced composites and the finite element method.

Thomas Frank joined the passive safety department of LEAR Corporation in 2002 after graduating from the Technical University of Berlin in physical engineering sciences. At LEAR Thomas Frank initially worked as a test engineer in crash testing, later he developed head rests. Today he is expert for head restraints and low speed rear impact safety. In his position he guides the seat development with respect to meet whiplash protection requirements in regulations and consumer tests.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Zopp studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt. He received his PhD in 2000 in the field of finite elements in acoustics. He then joined Adam Opel AG to work in the Vehicle Simulation Department. In the NVH group he analyzed vehicle vibration and vehicle acoustics with the FEM. Later, Mr. Zopp introduced the Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) in the development process of Opel to expand the detectable frequency range in the simulation. He was responsible for the global simulation methodology in the high frequency range in the GM group. Since 2011, Mr. Zopp served as Group Head of NVH simulation at Opel. Since 2013 he has been a professor at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences and lectures in the subjects finite elements, engineering mechanics, machine dynamics and NVH.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Jennewein studied mechanical engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern. He received his PhD in 1998 in the field of vibration technology. He then joined the Adam Opel AG in the Vehicle Simulation" department and worked in the NVH group on the analysis of vehicle vibration and vehicle acoustics using the FEM. Since 2001, Mr. Jennewein has been responsible as a group leader for all NVH simulation activity at Opel. He also led a multidisciplinary team for the metrological validation of the calculation procedure. Since 2011 he has been a professor at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt and lectures in the subjects of engineering mechanics, control and automotive engineering."

Silke Sommer studied Physics at the RWTH Aachen University and obtained her PhD degree at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology about modeling of the deformation and failure behaviour of spot welds. She has been working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg since 2000 in the field of damage and failure modeling of materials and joints for crash simulation. Since 2013 she has been a group leader for joining and joints.

Professor Harald Bachem has been in charge of teaching and research in vehicle safety at the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences since 2011. Prior to joining the university he held various management positions in industry where he was in charge of development and testing of vehicle safety functions. His last management position was head of cab body development at MAN Truck & Bus AG. Prof. Bachem is chairman of the Wolfsburg Institute for Research, Development and Technology Transfer e. V.

Timo Baumgärtner studied process engineering at the FH Mannheim. Since 1997 he has worked in various development functions in the automotive sector. Throughout his professional career, he worked intensively on ergonomics, vehicle safety, manufacturing and assembly processes of plastic components for car interiors. He has worked at OEMs as well as for tier 1 and 2 suppliers. Currently he is working at csi entwicklungstechnik GmbH. Here he is responsible for projects of a sports car manufacturer in the interior area (Cockpit, center consoles, door panels, greenhouse, etc.).

Dr. André Backes studied Mathematics at the University of Duisburg. From 2000 to 2006 he was a researcher at the Institute for Mathematics at the Humboldt University in Berlin. His PhD studies at the chair for Numerical Mathematics introduced him to the field of CAE. Since 2006 he works at TECOSIM GmbH and among other topics specialized in NVH. In the area of Virtual Benchmarking he helped developing the TECOSIM-owned process TEC|BENCH where also the Python language was used. In current research projects he investigates the use of Python-based methods for data analysis and machine learning in the CAE process. Since 2020 he has been working at TECOSIM Stuttgart.

Dr. Thomas Weber has been working in the field of high-speed cameras for over 20 years. After studying computer science, he started at the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in 1987, where he earned his doctorate in the area of process chain optimization and logistics. He then managed various optimization and logistics projects in full vehicle development. Via a group-wide optimization project in the area of vehicle safety, he found his home in the field of high-speed cameras more than 20 years ago. He was responsible for projects concerning the development of high-speed cameras, their accessories and control software. He designs and leads national and international projects in vehicle development with high speed cameras. A characteristic of his work is the optimization of the overall process for smooth and efficient operation of the entire system. Thus, he successfully implements projects in the safety centers of well-known suppliers and automotive manufacturers.

Volker Sander has been head of the Vehicle Safety Department of ADAC, which includes active safety, passive safety and accident research, since 2010. Before that, from 1999-2007 he was in charge of the construction of ADAC’s crash test lab as a team manager. From 2007-2010 he led the Passive Safety Department of ADAC. At Euro NCAP he is a member of the Board of Directors and chairman of the frontal impact working group. In addition to that he is member of the side impact working group, the technical working group and the ratings group of Euro NCAP. He is also lecturer for vehicle safety at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich.

Karin Brolin has worked in the field of impact biomechanics throughout her career. Brolin earned her Ph.D. in 2002 at the Royal Institute of Technology, and since then she has worked in both academia and industry on the topic of human body injury mechanisms and tolerances. For ten years she led a research group focusing on human body simulations for traffic safety and injury prevention, as Professor in Computational Impact Biomechanics at Chalmers University of Technology. Since, 2019 Dr. Brolin works as an independent consultant and researcher.

Sandro Hübner studied mechanical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden. After completing his studies he worked as an engineer in the FEM laboratory of Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences. From 2003 he worked as a CAE engineer for occupant safety at EASi Engineering GmbH. In 2006, he moved to EDAG Engineering GmbH as a CAE engineer for vehicle safety and has been project manager for vehicle safety and CAE since 2013.

Dr. Gerd Müller has been working at the department automotive technology of the Technical University of Berlin since 2007. From 2007 to 2015 he was a research assistant. Since 2015 he has been a senior engineer of the same department. His research focuses on vehicle safety and friction coefficient estimation. Dr. Müller gives the lecture Fundamentals of Automotive Engineering" and conducts parts of the integrated course "Driver Assistance Systems and Active Safety"."

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Jung studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University Darmstadt and promoted in the field of fatigue and finite element analysis at the Institute of Materials Science at the TU Darmstadt. At Adam Opel AG, he initially worked as a development engineer in the analysis department and introduced the fatigue life analysis in virtual vehicle development. Subsequently, he took over the management of the simulation and test methodology in the central durability laboratory. Since 2005 he has been a university professor for lightweight design and durability as well as construction and FE methods at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) at Friedberg Campus. In the field of research, he is at the forefront of the Competence Center for Automotive, Mobility and Materials Research (AutoM). He also heads the TransMIT Center for Lightweight Design and Durability of TransMIT Gesellschaft für Technologietransfer mbH, Giessen.

Dr. Andreas Kuhn studied Technical Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Vienna. After his dissertation on the simulation of special satellite formations for the European Space Agency, he began his professional career in crash simulation at BMW. After further years as a consultant for stochastic simulation at EASI Engineering GmbH (today carhs), he founded ANDATA in 2004, where he is responsible for development and research as managing partner. Since 2009 he has also been co-owner of Automotive Safety Technologies GmbH in Gaimersheim. His professional interests are founded in effective and efficient development, validation and assessment methods for complex, safety-critical systems. In particular, he has been working for more than 20 years on the development and combined application of methods from the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, advanced simulation methods, scenario-based approaches and according process models in the virtual development of vehicles and autonomous robots. His current activities are the development and implementation of cooperative, networked, automated driving strategies for effective traffic automation.

Michael Weyde, is a forensic expert for road traffic accidents. He studied mechanical engineering at the TFH Berlin until 1995. After completing his studies, he initially worked as a research assistant for Prof. Dr. Rau (TU Berlin) and was responsible for the successful introduction of accident data storage in the fleet of Berlin police department until 1998. Since then he runs his own engineering office for accident reconstruction in Berlin and reconstructs traffic accidents in which there is a connection with criminal offenses mainly on behalf of prosecutors, police and. Since 2004, Michael Weyde has been publicly appointed and sworn in by the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry as an expert in road traffic accidents and in the field of evaluation of accident data storage systems. In 2009, Michael Weyde received his doctorate on the reconstruction of motorcycle collisions in cross traffic with a car. In addition, Michael Weyde is working as a lecturer at the HTW Dresden, where he lectures on numerical accident reconstruction. Within the framework of this teaching activity, a biofidel dummy has also been developed over the past 8 years, which serves as a surrogate for pedestrians and cyclists in forensic full-scale crash tests.

Kambiz Kayvantash has a PhD from University GHS of Essen, Germany, and an executive MBA from HEC, Paris, France. In the past he has occupied various technical and managerial positions both in academia and industry (University of Essen, MECALOG, ALTAIR, Cranfield University/Cranfield Impact Centre, CIVITEC, CADLM/ École spéciale des travaux publics. He is currently the CTO of CADLM and develops Artificial Intelligence based solutions for predictive, real-time industrial applications such as Autonomous Vehicle, Crash and Safety, Health Monitoring, etc.

Dr. Bartosz Górecki is the founder and CEO of QuickerSim. He has graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology, studied Computational Engineering Science at RWTH Aachen, received his PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics. He attended HPC courses at supercomputing centres in Stuttgart, Munich and Bologna. In 2015 he founded QuickerSim – a company that develops Q-Bat – designed for 3-D accurate thermal simulation of automotive battery packs.

Martin Benedikt is affiliated at the Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH since 2008. He studied Telematics and holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering where he investigated numerical algorithms for Co-Simulation. He is certified auditor for quality management systems. At the center he leads the Research Group on “Co-Simulation & Software”, manages developments w.r.t. Virtual Validation and acts as Digital Innovation Manager. Since 2022 he represents the technical coordinator of the center’s subsidiary (SETLabs Research GmbH) located in Munich. In 2023 he initiated a new working group “Modeling & Simulation SPICE” at iNTACS e.v. for development of a process reference and assessment model, in-line with Automotive SPICE.

Dr. techn. Roland Hinterhölzl has been heading the Professorship Composite Materials and the study degree program Lightweight Design and Composite Materials" at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria since 2016. From 2010 to 2016 he was head of the numerical simulation department of the Institute for Carbon Composites at the Technical University of Munich. The focus of his work is on process simulation and structural analysis for the automotive and aviation industries. Dr. Hinterhölzl received his doctorate in 2000 at the University of Innsbruck on the simulation of the time-dependent behavior of composite materials, after he had spent several months at the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin and CRREL (USA). Subsequently, he developed innovative composite components at the aerospace supplier FACC AG and headed the structural analysis department."

Udo Steininger earned his diploma in Nuclear Physics in 1986 and began working in nuclear safety research with a nuclear power plant operator. Since 1991, he has been with TÜV SÜD, working in various fields including reactor safety supervision, railroad control and safety technology, and general road vehicle safety. In 2005, he shifted his focus to the safety of automated driving. In 2024, he co-founded TESACO GmbH, where he serves as Managing Director. TESACO's mission is to provide technical and regulatory support for the development and operation of vehicles and systems for connected cooperative automated mobility.

Philipp Rosenberger is co-founder and CEO of Persival GmbH, which supports sensor manufacturers and OEMs in the specification, development and validation of perception sensor models. He finished his PhD thesis on Metrics for Specification, Validation, and Uncertainty Prediction for Credibility in Simulation of Active Perception Sensor Systems" at the Institute of Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt. In the European project "ENABLE-S3" he led the work package for simulation and stimulation and in the German project "PEGASUS" he was responsible for the development and validation of sensor models. Recently, he was involved in the German projects "SET Level" and "Verification & Validation Methods" to continue his work on model development and validation. He is a founding member and part of the Change Control Board of the ASAM OSI standard. Together with his research group at TUDa FZD, he founded the PerCollECT initiative to collect and provide perception sensor cause-effect chains in a tree-like ontology. Furthermore, he is an active contributor to the open source perception sensor models of the asc(s e.V. - ENVITED Open Source Model & Simulation Library."

Heiko Haupt started his career in the area of system support / airbag development at Autoliv. He later took on international service and training tasks for a 3D printer manufacturer and worked as a Scrum Master in software development. Since 2021, he has been building up the Training division at MESSRING and has headed the Technical Communication group since 2023. In this role, he trains customers, sales partners and employees in the use of crash test equipment.

Franz Holzinger is a master car body technician with many years of experience in prototype construction and accident repairs. Additional training as a vehicle expert followed in 2017. From 2018, his field of activity shifted towards technical training. He trains freelance for well-known OEMs in the field of accident repairs. He also teaches technical mathematics and physics at vocational schools in Munich and Stuttgart. Employed by MESSRING since 2022, he conducts user training for customers and employees.

Christian Radt began his career in the automotive industry at Opel Automobile GmbH after graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering from RWTH Aachen University and starting his career in the paper industry. He worked there for 18 years at the international development center in Rüsselsheim. With different focuses ranging from drive technology and supplier qualification for selected validation tests to GM's specification system, Mr. Radt built up a broad knowledge of complete vehicle technology. Since mid-2019, he has been utilizing his self-motivation and willingness to learn at EDAG Engineering GmbH in Fulda in the field of homologation. In the special role of an independent engineering service provider, Mr. Radt supervises very different international vehicle projects. Markets, vehicle class, number of units and role distribution vary. Customers range from traditional OEMs to new OEMs. From the assessment of concept studies for approvability to internal and external consulting for in-house complete vehicle projects. In contrast to traditional OEMs, it is often a matter of finding a creative solution for special cases or demonstrating which changes to the product could lead to approvability. This is particularly true for vehicle modifications and technological innovations. It is important to Mr. Radt to spread awareness of the legal conformity of motor vehicles within his company, as this is the only way to implement legal requirements into products in a responsible and timely manner. The basic seminar and other modules, which combine the theory and practice of homologation from an independent point of view, were developed from these tasks.

Joachim Peest studied Mechatronical Engineering at the Leibniz University Hannover, focussing on automation and control systems engineering. He has been working in passive safety since 2011 in different functions, starting as a test- and project-engineer, and later as a requirement- and process-developer. Since 2017, he has been working at BMW AG as a specialist in the side-crash-development of various vehicle projects.

Thomas Dittus has worked in passive safety for over 25 years. After studying mechanical engineering at DHBW, he began his career in automotive development at Mercedes-Benz in 2000. He worked on various projects, primarily focusing on restraint systems. Since 2006, he has been in charge of passive safety at Porsche, where he has held various engineering and management positions and been responsible for several safety functions and car projects. Since 2019, he has managed projects on rear impact, pedestrian protection, seat-, belt-, child-restraint anchorages as well as free motion headform tests (FMVSS 201U) with his team.

BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH assists the Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute in preparing and conducting dynamic vehicle tests relating to active safety for Euro NCAP assessments, as well as for research and development projects. The lectures and practical sessions will be presented by experienced staff members of BGS.