SIP-adus Workshop 2019

Welcome Speech

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  TAKEMOTO Naokazu

  Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office
  Japan

Speaker

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  KUZUMAKI Seigo

  SIP-adus Program Director
  Cabinet Office
  Japan

  Seigo Kuzumaki is Fellow at Advanced R&D and Engineering Company of TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION. He also works as a Chief Professional Engineer of vehicle safety. He received "Special award of appreciation from U.S. Government" in ESV 2007. Since 2016, He is a Program Director for SIP (Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program) 'Automated driving systems' at Cabinet Office, Government of Japan.

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  Harold W. Martin III

  Director
  National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
  USA

  Harold "Stormy" Martin is the Director of the U.S. National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, in Washington, D.C. A member of the Senior Executive Service from the Department of Transportation, Mr. Martin leads a team of senior government advisors in the operation of the National Coordination Office, established by Presidential policy to facilitate coordination and problem resolution on the Global Positioning System (GPS) and related programs, requirements, budgets and policies across the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, and other U.S. Agencies.
  Mr. Martin is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. His past assignments included command and leadership positions from squadron level to the Pentagon and he served as the Director of Operations for GPS during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Mr. Martin has over 30 years of experience in GPS, its augmentations, space-based systems conducting communications and intelligence missions, and other aerospace systems. He holds a Bachelor's degree in mathematics from Purdue University, a Master's degree in space operations from Webster University, a Master's degree in military operational art and science from Air University, and is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute.

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  Ludger Rogge

  Policy Officer
  Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
  European Commission
  Belgium

  Ludger Rogge is Policy Officer at the European Commission, Directorate General for Research and Innovation in Brussels/Belgium. He works in the unit for Future Urban and Mobility Systems and is since 2015 in charge of the EU research programme on Automated Road Transport. Previously he worked on the preparation of a European large-scale initiative on Rail Research (Shift2Rail) and on the European Green Vehicles Initiative, which is a Public Private Partnership for research and development on zero emission, safe and efficient road vehicles.

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  SUDO Akira

  Executive Director in charge of SIP/PRISM/ImPACT Council for Science, Technology and Innovation(CSTI), Cabinet Office
  Japan

  SUDO Akira is Executive Director in charge of SIP/PRISM/ImPACT Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI), Cabinet Office, Government of Japan since 2018. He is a fellow to Toshiba Corporation since 2017. He joined Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. (Currently Toshiba Corporation) in 1980. He was promoted to the Director, Power and Industrial System Research and Development Center and Chief Technology Executive in 2006. He became an Executive Officer, Corporate Vice President (Director, Corporate Research & Development Center) in 2008, and a Representative Executive Officer, Corporate Senior Executive Vice President (Technology and Innovation Division, Corporate Research & Development Center, Cooperate Software & Engineering Center) in 2013.

Moderator

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  Hajime Amano

  President and CEO
  ITS Japan
  Japan

  Mr. Amano joined Toyota Motor Corporation in 1982. He started his career as a factory automation engineer, developing industrial robots and operation management systems for manufacturing and logistics. Then he expanded his areas covering transportation. He participated in pioneering Electronic Road Pricing demonstration project in Singapore from 1993 to 1995 as project manager of a consortium. Since then, he has been involved in a variety of ITS projects both in Japan and overseas. He has been a member of the International Program Committee of ITS World Congress since 2002 and also a member of the Board of Directors since 2006. He assumed the position of President and CEO of ITS Japan in 2009. He has also been the Secretary General of ITS Asia-Pacific since 2009.

Speaker

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  Reinhold Friedrich

  Deputy Head of Division 512
  Electronics and Autonomous Driving
  Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  Germany

  Mr Friedrich is Deputy Head of Division 512 “Electronics and Autonomous Driving” at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). His responsibilities include research funding for innovation in electronic components and systems for autonomous electric vehicles as well as for the realization of automated driving functions.
  He holds a Diplom masters-level degree in Public Administration from the University of Konstanz (where he specialized in Technology Assessment and Science Policy). From 1985 he worked as a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO in Stuttgart. In May 1989 he joined the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology (BMFT, which later became the BMBF) as a project officer. He has been part of Division 512 since September 2012.

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  Takahiro Hirasawa

  Director of Automated Driving Technology
  Road Transport Bureau
  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
  Japan

  Mr. Hirasawa is Director Policy planning office for Automated Driving Technology, Engineering Policy Division, Road Transport Bureau, and in charge of planning for the safety of automated driving vehicles.
  He joined Ministry of Transport (MOT) in 1995. His recent career is as follows, Deputy-Director, Engineering Planning Division, Engineering and Safety Department, Road Transport Bureau, MLIT (2012-2014); Director, Vehicle Engineering and Safety Department, Kanto District Transport Bureau, MLIT (2014-2016); Director, Recall Enforcement Office, Type Approvals Division, Road Transport Bureau, MLIT (2016-2018)

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  Anne-Marie Idrac

  High Representative for Autonomous Driving Development Policy
  French Government
  France

  Anne-Marie IDRAC is France's High Representative for the Development of Autonomous Vehicles. She has a brilliant career in French public service, politics, and business. She devoted most of her career to environment, housing, town planning and mobility. She is former Minister of State for Transport (1995- 1997) and former Minister of State for Foreign Trade (2008- 2010). She is also former Chairperson and CEO of the Parisian public transportation company, RATP (2002-2006), and of the French national railways, SNCF (2006-2008). Currently, she is a Board member of Saint Gobain, Total, Bouygues, Air France KLM and Senior advisor to Suez and SIA Partners. Ms Idrac is a Commandeur in the French Ordre du Merite, and an Officer in the Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur.

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  Hiroshi Kakidachi

  Deputy Director
  National Strategy Office of Information and Communication Technology
  Japan

  Hiroshi Kakidachi is currently deputy director of the National Strategy Office of ICT, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan. He has participated in the Public-Private ITS Initiative/Roadmaps 2019, involving in the follow-up of the progress of the Charter for Improvement of Legal System and Environment for Automated Driving Systems. Prior to the position, he worked for a precision equipment manufacturer and began his career as an R&D engineer, developing new technologies for next-generation products as a Manager. Then, he worked in developing business strategy and planning for the company.

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  Keqiang Li

  Director, State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety & Energy
  School of Vehicle and Mobility
  Tsinghua University
  China

  Keqiang Li received his B.S. degree in Automotive Engineering from Tsinghua Univ. in 1985, M.S. degree in Automotive Engineering and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Chongqing Univ., in 1988 and 1995 respectively. He worked in Japanese and Germany automotive companies and academic institutions for many years including Visiting Professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and the University of Tokyo, Aachen University of technology (Germany), Research Fellow at National Traffic Safety & Environment Lab. (Japan) and Technical Center of Automotive Body, Isuzu Automobile Corp. (Japan).
  Currently, Dr. Li is the Professor of Automotive Engineering at Tsinghua University, and also the director of State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Engineering. His main research areas include automotive control system, driver assistance system, and networked dynamics and control. He is leading the national key project on ICVs (Intelligent and Connected Vehicles) in China. Dr. Li has authored about 200 journal/conference papers and is a co-inventor of over 80 patents in China and Japan. Dr. Li has served as fellow member of Society of Automotive Engineers of China, editorial boards of International J of Vehicle Autonomous Systems, Chairperson of Expert Committee of CAICV (China Industrial Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance for ICVs), and CTO of CICV (China ICV Research Institute Co., Ltd.). Dr. Li has been a recipient of “Changjiang Scholar Program Professor”, National Award for Technological Invention in China, etc.

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  Ludger Rogge

  Policy Officer
  Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
  European Commission
  Belgium

  Ludger Rogge is Policy Officer at the European Commission, Directorate General for Research and Innovation in Brussels/Belgium. He works in the unit for Future Urban and Mobility Systems and is since 2015 in charge of the EU research programme on Automated Road Transport. Previously he worked on the preparation of a European large-scale initiative on Rail Research (Shift2Rail) and on the European Green Vehicles Initiative, which is a Public Private Partnership for research and development on zero emission, safe and efficient road vehicles.

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  Martin Russ

  Managing Director
  AustriaTech Ltd.
  Austria

  Martin Russ became Managing Director of AustriaTech in 2011. AustriaTech is the “Mobility Transformation Agency” of the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation & Technology and it follows a long-term strategy towards sustainable transport– and mobility services and solutions, like Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Automated and Connected Mobility and e-mobility.
  Martin Russ studied Regional and Transportation Planning at Vienna Technical University. In addition, he acts as the general secretary of ITS Austria (the national multimodal mobility platform) and is member of the coordinating committee of European ITS Nationals.
  He is Chair of the TM 2.0 ERTICO Platform and in 2018, he was chairing the Organizing Committee of the European Transport Research Arena (TRA) in Vienna.

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  Harri Santamala

  CEO
  Sensible 4
  Finland

  Harri Santamala, "Mr. Robobus", CEO and co-founder of Sensible 4 - a company pioneering with all-season autonomous driving technologies. Harri is leading the company in development of market enabling software for autonomous driving. Recently Sensible 4 launched GACHA shuttle bus for all-weather conditions together with Japanese MUJI. Prior to Sensible 4 he was among the first to take automated buses to open-road conditions in 2016, as well as he built the whole Finnish road automation ecosystem, now determined to stabilize Finland's international role in the forming of the market. Deep know-how in high level automotive systems, integration and vehicle development. Before founding Sensible 4, Harri has been actively working towards enabling AV's in Finland as well as developing Electromobility. Harri has his BSc. in Automotive Engineering in 2006 and his MSc. in Machine design from Aalto University in 2010.

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  Steven Shladover

  Research Engineer (Retired)
  California PATH Program
  University of California, Berkeley
  USA

  Dr. Steven Shladover has been researching road vehicle automation systems since 1973, beginning with his masters and doctoral theses at M.I.T. He was the Program Manager, Mobility at the California PATH Program of the Institute of Transportation Studies of the University of California at Berkeley until his retirement in November 2017. He led PATH's pioneering research on automated highway systems, including its participation in the National Automated Highway Systems Consortium from 1994-98, and has continued research on fully and partially automated vehicle systems since then. This work has included definition of operating concepts, modeling of automated system operations and benefits, and design, development and testing of full-scale prototype vehicle systems. His target applications have included cooperative adaptive cruise control, automated truck platoons, automated buses and fully-automated vehicles in an automated highway system.
  Dr. Shladover joined the PATH Program in 1989, after eleven years at Systems Control, Inc. and Systems Control Technology, Inc., where he led the company's efforts in transportation systems engineering and computer-aided control engineering software products. He chaired the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Intelligent Transportation Systems from 2004-2010, and the TRB Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation from 2013-2019. Dr. Shladover leads the U.S. delegation to ISO/TC204/WG14, which develops international standards for “vehicle-roadway warning and control systems”.

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  Yoshihiro Suda

  Professor, Advanced Mobility Research Center, Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) &
  Mobility Innovation Collaborative Research Organization (UTmobI)
  The University of Tokyo
  Japan

  Yoshihiro SUDA is Professor of Institute of Industrial Science (IIS). He graduated from The University of Tokyo, Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1982 and got Doctoral Degree in 1987. After working as Associate professor of Hosei University and Guest Associate Professor of Queen’s University at Kingson, Canada, he was former Director of Advanced Mobility Research Center and Chiba Experiment of Station of IIS. He is Guest Professor of Tongji University and Yanshan University at China. His research area is dynamics and control engineering, human-machine interface, and their applications to automobile and new generation mobility. He has conducted many industry-academia collaborative projects with automobile and railway industries, and developed many practical outputs such as automated platoon truck system. He is a board member of JSAE, ITS Japan and charged committee member of Japanese Governments. He hosted many international conferences.

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  Toshihiro Sugi

  Director
  Automated Driving Planning Office
  National Police Agency
  Japan

  Mr. Sugi joined National Police Agency (NPA) in Japan after graduation from Waseda University, and has been engaged in making policies on traffic management more than a decade.
  He also has been coping with international affairs. He worked at the Embassy of Japan in the Middle Eastern country as a consul from 1998 to 2001, and was engaged in international cooperation as the Assistant Director of International Affairs Division in NPA from 2005 to 2007.
  He took office as the Director of Automated Driving planning Office at NPA in June of 2017.

Moderator

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  Masayuki Kawamoto

  Professor
  University of Tsukuba
  Japan

  Masayuki (Mark) Kawamoto owns 35 years experience in TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION as engineer, researcher, R&D manager and corporate R&D portfolio manager in Electronic Control and Information Systems for vehicle safety and environment. In 2015 Mark started his career as a Professor at University of Tsukuba in Japan. Prof. Kawamoto‘s research interests include Automation in Public Transport, First/Last Mile Mobility and Mobility Society Systems. He recently expanded his activity toward Agricultural Mobility Automation. Mark is the co-chair of Business promotion Working Group in Automated Driving project with 2nd phase Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program in Japan.

Speaker

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  Katsuya Abe

  Director
  ITS Policy and Program Office, Road Bureau
  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
  Japan

  Katsuya ABE graduated as a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), University of Maryland, USA; Master of Business Administration (MBA), Imperial College, University of London, UK; and a Master of Engineering (MEng), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. He is currently Director of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) policy and program office, Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Government of Japan. Major duties are to (1) make policies, manage several demo-type projects and coordinate standards with other stakeholders, in order to achieve the automated vehicle society and to (2) make policies, and lead R&D, in collaboration with private companies in order to develop and promote Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) systems connecting vehicles with road infrastructure. He is proud of being 27 years as a dedicated badminton player, having attained the level of the first grade player of Iai-do (the Japanese martial arts focusing on the draw cut), and having master of a French horn player.

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  Nadège Faul

  Project Manager
  VEDECOM
  France

  Nadege FAUL, 55, has a 24 years’ experience as a senior executive in the automotive industry, at PSA group (1990-2014). She is graduated from Neoma Business School and joined PSA Group in 1990 after a first experience in the banking sector. After a career in the international commercial divisions on the group, she specialized in the development of services and customer experience. In 2011, she created the New Mobility Services division for PSA group and managed the strategic platform that ended up with the creation of the Connected Services and New mobility Business Unit in 2014. She then joined VEDECOM as Project Manager, where she has been leading research projects targeting the development and experimentation of automated mobility systems and services, and their integration in the cities’ transport networks and infrastructure. She is focusing on the technologic and socio-economic challenges of Connected Collaborative and Automated Mobility in urban and peri-urban areas, for the sake of safer and more intelligent cities. She is coordinating several large scale FOT projects for VEDECOM (Paris Saclay Autonomous Lab, SAM), and has an active role in the France V?hicules Autonomes program, as well as in several collaborative projects for the introduction of automated vehicles in the public transport. She is also contributing to several European projects (ESPRIT, CoExist, CARTRE, ARCADE).

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  Chin Kian Keong

  Chief Engineer, Road & Traffic
  Land Transport Authority
  Singapore

  An engineer by training, Dr Chin Kian Keong has been with the Land Transport Authority since its founding in 1995. Over the years, he had been involved in the development of various road and traffic management systems. These include the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system and various Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) to better manage traffic safety and efficiency. The future of transport, including the role of automated vehicles, also occupies him. He became a Group Director in 2007 and is now the Chief Engineer, Road & Traffic. He has presented and published papers at many conferences and technical journals over the past years, and had lectured at the local universities' academic programs in transportation.

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  Randell H. Iwasaki

  Executive Director
  Contra Costa Transportation
  USA

  Randell "Randy" Iwasaki is the Executive Director of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA). Iwasaki was appointed by the CCTA Board on April 16, 2010. In his role as Executive Director, he administers the one-half percent sales tax program. The Authority is also the Congestion Management Agency, so he makes recommendations on how state and federal transportation funds will be used in Contra Costa. He created GoMentum Station the largest secure autonomous/connected vehicle proving grounds in the US. He continues to work with Silicon Valley companies to provide innovative solutions to congestion relief.
  Prior to his appointment as Executive Director, Iwasaki was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger Prior to his appointment as Executive Director, Iwasaki was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger in August 2009 as Director of the California Department of Transportation. He was in charge of the operation of the California state transportation system, including more than 50,000 lane miles of state highway, intercity passenger rail, and more than 250 general aviation airports. He oversaw an annual budget of almost $14 billion and a staff of more than 22,000 people.

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  Elizabeth Machek

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
  United States Department of Transportation
  USA

  Elizabeth (Eli) Machek is a Community Planner in the Technology Innovation and Policy Division of the U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. Ms. Machek's current portfolio focuses on automation policy and research program analysis; she has experience in transportation planning, parking management, and accessibility.
  Ms. Machek was selected as a member of the 14th class of Maureen and Mike Mansfield Fellows, spending a year embedded in the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism; local government offices; and Tokyo Metro. She holds a Master in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  Masato Minakata

  Grand Master
  Vehicle Safety Planning R&D and Engineering Management Div.
  Advanced R&D and Engineering company
  TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
  Japan

  Masato Minakata is a member of International Corporation WG ,SIP-adus and also the secretary of FOT planning TF,SIP-adus.　Start automotive industry career in Toyota Motor Co.,Japan (1986- Electronics Engineering Div. ), and work for Toyota Technical Center, U.S.A. (2006-2008 Electronics System Div.). Since 2016, Vehicle Safety Planning, R&D and Engineering Management Div. in Toyota Motor Co.,Japan as Grand Master.

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  Kenji Ueki

  Director
  ITS and Autonomous Driving Promotion Office
  Automobile Division Manufacturing Industries Bureau
  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
  Japan

  Kenji Ueki joined Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in 1999 and has worked for various policy domains such as technological innovation, regulatory reform and regional development in METI or other departments of the government of Japan. This July, he is appointed as Director of ITS and Autonomous Driving Promotion Office, Automobile Division Manufacturing Industries Bureau, in METI and also Sub-Leader for SIP-adus in Cabinet Office. He holds the Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Moderator

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  Satoshi Kitazaki

  Director
  Automotive Human Factors Research Center
  AIST
  Japan

  Dr. Kitazaki received his Bachelor's degree and Master's degree of engineering from Kyoto University Japan in 1983 and 1985 respectively, and Ph.D. from the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Southampton, UK in 1995. He had been working for Nissan Motor as a human factors engineer from 1985 till 2012. His research and development in Nissan included human vibration and ride comfort, car sickness, seating ergonomics, fatigued driving, human machine interfaces, and driver support systems. Between 2012 and 2015, Dr. Kitazaki was a professor in Neurology, University of Iowa, US, where he conducted research for safety of older drivers and drivers with medical problems, and also human factors in automated driving. He has been working in AIST as the first Director of Automotive Human Factors Research Center since April 1st 2015. The vision of his Research Center is to establish human-centered methodologies to design vehicles to be safe, comfortable and enjoyable for all drivers. The researchers are conducting research in three main fields; support of older drivers, human factors in automated driving and driving pleasure based on their core competencies, which are integrative approaches to understanding of drivers using behavioral, cognitive, neurological and physiological measures. Dr. Kitazaki also has been the leader of SIP-adus Human Factors research project which started in 2016 as a three-year project by a consortium with two universities and a supplier.

Speaker

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  Klaus Bengler

  Professor
  Chair of Ergonomics
  Technical University of Munich
  Germany

  Klaus Bengler graduated in psychology at the University of Regensburg in 1991 and received his Doctorate in 1994 in cooperation with BMW. After his diploma he was active on topics of software ergonomics and evaluation of human-machine interfaces. He investigated the influence of additional tasks on driving performance in several studies within EMMIS EU project and in contract with BMW. Multifunctional steering wheels, touchscreens and ACC-functionality are examples for the topics of these investigation.
  In 1997 he joined BMW. From several projects he is experienced with experimental knowledge and experience with different kind of driving simulators and field trials. At BMW he was responsible for the HMI project of the MOTIV programm a national follow on programm of PROMETHEUS. He was work package leader in an actual EU project Speechdat Car, dealing with voice recognition in vehicles. Within BMW Research and Technology he was responsible for projects on HMI research.
  He was active as a subprojectleader for subproject 2 “Evaluation und Methodology” within the EU funded integrated project AIDE. He is active member of ISO TC22 SC13 WG8 ?Road vehicles - Ergonomic aspects of transport information and control systems“ and chairman of the German delegation.
  Since May 2009 he is leader of the Institute of Ergonomics at Technical University Munich which is active in research areas like digital human modeling, human robot cooperation, driver assistance, automated driving and human reliability. Among intensive industrial cooperation the Institute is engaged in the funded Projects DH-Ergo on Digital Human Modeling and ECOMOVE on anticipative driving and H-Mode or D3COS on highly automated and cooperative driving. He is project leader in the German research initiative UR:BAN that investigates the potential of driver assistance and active safety systems in the urban area.

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  Joanne Harbluk

  Human Factors Specialist
  Human Factors & Crash Avoidance Research
  Transport Canada
  Canada

  Dr Joanne L. Harbluk is a Human Factors Specialist with the Human Factors and Crash Avoidance Division of Motor Vehicle Safety at Transport Canada. She investigates human-vehicle interaction with the goal of improving safety and her work is focused on the human factors of driver interactions with automated driving systems. Current topics include test methods, interface design and appropriate trust in automation. She has participated in EU projects, as the Canadian site lead (HASTE) and as a Human Factors advisor (XCYCLE), in international collaborative research projects supporting the development of ISO Human Factors standards and in other collaborative research projects contributing to the development of guidelines, standards and regulations. Joanne is a Canadian Expert to ISO TC22 SC39 WG8 (Road vehicles ? Human Machine Interface) where current work addresses Human Performance & State in the Context of Automated Driving as well as External Communication for ADS. She participated in several committees in the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving program and the Canadian Naturalistic Driving Study and continues her involvement as a member of the Data Oversight Committee for SHRP 2 Data. She participates on the Scientific Coordinating Committee for International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces (AUTO-UI) as well as several Transportation Research Board Committees. She received her MA and Ph.D. degrees in cognitive psychology from Western University. Joanne is an adjunct research professor in the Psychology Department at Carleton University in Ottawa Canada, and is an associate member of that university’s Centre for Applied Cognitive Research. Prior to joining Transport Canada, she was a Fogarty International Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, NIAAA Laboratory of Clinical Studies, Cognitive Neurosciences Section in Bethesda Maryland, USA.

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  David Yang

  Executive Director
  AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
  USA

  Since October 2016, Dr. C. Y. David Yang is the Executive Director of AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and he oversees the day-to-day operations of this non-profit research and education organization. Previously, he was with U.S. Department of Transportation.
  Dr. Yang has co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, and government reports on subjects related to traffic safety, operations, planning, and Intelligent Transportation Systems. An ITE Journal article he co-authored won Institute of Transportation Engineers' 2015 Traffic Engineering Council Best Paper Award. He is an associate editor for the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology.
  Dr. Yang attended Purdue University and received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in the field of civil engineering. In April 2018, he was honored with the Civil Engineering Alumni Achievement Award from Purdue University.

Moderator

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  Shigeru Uehara

  Chairman of Japan-Auto-ISAC
  Project General Manager
  Vehicle Network System Development Dept.
  TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
  Japan

  Shigeru UEHARA has established and launched J-Auto-ISAC in JAMA, Jan. 2017.
  and has been contributing for the level-up of Vehicle cyber security of the Automotive industry in JAPAN.
  He consistently has been engaging in Vehicle electronics system designing and evaluating
  since joined TOYOTA Motor Corporation in 1982 after graduating University
  Basically, He is an In-Vehicle-LAN system design engineer
  designed the first TOYOTA's door multiplex network system in 1992,
  and also designed TOYOTA BEAN (Body Electronics Area Network) in 1997.
  Former director of Electronics design area of TOYOTA Motor Europe 2009-11.

Speaker

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  Chris Clark

  Senior Manager Embedded Ecosystems
  Synopsys
  USA

  Chris is a twenty-three-year veteran of the Information Technology world who uses his experience in automotive systems, embedded device testing, and cyber security practices to help automotive organizations effectively integrate meaningful security solutions into their environments. Chris holds a Masters in Cyber Security from the University of Maryland University College as well as having held numerous certifications throughout his career. Chris has worn many hats, including roles as Project Manager, Product Manager, Data Center Operations Manager, Director of Information Systems, hospital system CIO, and Security Evangelist. Chris also participates with Standards bodies to ensure effective security requirements are included in the development of future Standards. Chris currently is focusing on helping customers in the automotive field to minimize their cybersecurity risks by engaging and sharing his knowledge and experiences in the hopes of building a more cyber resilient future.

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  Ingo Dassow

  Director
  Cyber Risk
  Deloitte
  Germany

  Ingo Dassow is member of the Deloitte's Risk Advisory practice in Germany based in Berlin. He is the Automotive Cybersecurity lead in EMEA. In this role he serves several German OEMs with implementation suppport for Cybersecurity management systems. In overall 21 years of Consulting, he gained expertise in the automotive sector in the area of Security Governance and has built methods and tools for vulnerability testing in vehicle E/E architectures. His actual focus topics are automotive threat intel and fleet SIEM.

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  Tsutomu Matsumoto

  Professor
  Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences
  Yokohama National University
  Japan

  Tsutomu Matsumoto is a professor of Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University and directing the Research Unit for Information and Physical Security at the Institute of Advanced Sciences. He is also the Director of Cyber Physical Security Research Center (CPSEC) at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). He received Doctor of Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1986. Starting from Cryptography in the early 80's, he has opened up the field of security measuring for logical and physical security mechanisms. Currently he is interested in research and education of Embedded Security Systems such as IoT Devices, Cryptographic Hardware, In-vehicle Networks, Instrumentation and Control Security, Tamper Resistance, Biometrics, Artifact-metrics, and Countermeasure against Cyber-Physical Attacks. He is serving as the chair of the Japanese National Body for ISO/TC68 (Financial Services) and the Cryptography Research and Evaluation Committees (CRYPTREC) and as an associate member of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ). He was a director of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) and the chair of the IEICE Technical Committees on Information Security, Biometrics, and Hardware Security. He received the IEICE Achievement Award, the DoCoMo Mobile Science Award, the Culture of Information Security Award, the MEXT Prize for Science and Technology, and the Fuji Sankei Business Eye Award.

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  Rob Shein

  Senior Manager
  PwC
  USA

  Rob Shein is a Senior Manager at PwC Japan with nearly 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, ranging from industrial control systems, military applications of both offensive and defensive cyber measures, and Internet of Things (IoT) security. Most recently, his focus has been almost entirely upon IoT in general and automotive security in particular, having managed and participated in projects in both North America and Japan.
  Mr. Shein got his start in cybersecurity with penetration testing back in the 1990s. From there he continued with network security and red team engagements, before shifting his focus from finding problems to solving and eventually preventing them. For nearly a decade his career remained split between improving security of the US power grid and supporting elements of the US cyber warfare community. After that, his focus changed to automotive security and IoT in general.

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  Paul Wooderson

  Cybersecurity Principal Engineer & Team Leader
  HORIBA MIRA
  UK

  Paul Wooderson is Cybersecurity Principal Engineer and leads the cybersecurity team in HORIBA MIRA’s Vehicle Resilience department. He holds a MEng degree in Electronic Engineering and is a Chartered Engineer with 18 years’ experience in embedded systems security in the automotive and previously smartcard domains. Paul's experience includes cybersecurity engineering research, consultancy, penetration testing and security certification. He is a UK Expert to the international committees developing ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity engineering and ISO 24089 software updates, and the UNECE task force for cybersecurity and over-the-air updates. Paul also led the UK funded 5StarS project, which recently completed development of a cybersecurity assurance framework and consumer rating system for connected and autonomous vehicles. Paul has contributed to the development of industry security standards in the areas of V2X communications and Common Criteria certification. He is author/co-author of publications on side channel attacks and automotive cybersecurity engineering.

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  Masashi Yamasaki

  Global security Officer
  MDI&IT Division
  Mazda Motor Corporation
  Japan

  I belong to MDI & IT-Division and are promoting the enhancement of product & corporate security from a global perspective. .
  I am also active in industry groups such as JAMA / JASPAR / JSAE in the WG on cyber security and software updates.
  •JAMA (J-Auto ISAC WG, OTA issue extraction WG)
  •JasPar (Security Promotion WG, OTA Technology WG)
  •JSAE (CyberSecurity couse Planning Committee & Software Update Subcommittee)
  •ISO: TC22 / SC32 / WG12 (ISO24089 formulation WG)
  •Auto ISAC: Board menber
  Apr.1986 Joined Mazda Motor Corporation
  Oct.2004 Chassis Development Department Manager
  Apr.2007 Vehicle System Development Department ECU Development Gr Manager
  Jun.2010 General Manager,Electronic Development Department
  Apr.2015 Deputy General Manager,Integrated Control System Development Division
  Apr.2019 MDI&IT Division Chief Examiner(Global Security Officer)
  •Participating activities

Moderator

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  Satoshi Taniguchi

  Group Manager
  Control System Safety Group
  Advanced R&D and Engineering Company
  TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
  Japan

  Satoshi Taniguchi received his Ph. M. in electric engineering from University of Osaka in 2006.
  He has been working for Toyota Motor Corporation as an engineer of chassis control and ADAS/AD field since 2006.
  His research and development in Toyota includes functional safety and AD project management and now he is responsible for control system safety group manager in R&D division.
  He was appointed as a chair for JAMA automated driving safety assurance WG and lead of safety assurance international cooperation program for the 2nd phase of SIP-adus in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

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  Emmanuel Arnoux

  ADS Validation Expert – Renault Testing Division
  ADS Validation WG Pilot – PFA
  France

  Emmanuel Arnoux, PhD and engineer from Ecole Centrale de Lyon began his career at University of Lyon for Renault on mechatronic suspension systems.  He then joined Renault Chassis and ADAS research team in 2003, and led this team from 2007 to 2013. Then he joined the AD and ADAS design department where he was assigned Chassis and ADS Simulation Expert in 2015. Since 2019, he integrated Renault Vehicle Testing Division as Chassis and ADS Validation and Testing Expert. Emmanuel Arnoux is also Pilot of a working group on ADS Validation for the PFA ( French Automotive Platform ).

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  Michelle Chaka

  Program Director
  VTTI
  USA

  Michelle Chaka joined Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) in 2017. She is working to expand its regional support and create new research opportunities that continue to advance transportation safety. One of her focus areas is NHTSA’s FMVSS Considerations for Vehicles with Automated Driving Systems project where she serves as a co-PI. She is also the vice-chair of VTTI’s Automated Mobility Partnership (AMP) program. Prior to coming to VTTI, Mrs. Chaka worked at Ford Motor Company. During her twenty years at Ford, she held a variety of positions centered on vehicle safety. Most recently she managed the Automotive Safety Office’s Advance Rulemaking and Strategy department where she led the development and delivery of Ford’s corporate safety strategies and policies. In this role, she worked with government agencies and other safety organizations to help enhance motor vehicle safety in areas ranging from crashworthiness, cyber security and automated driving systems. Mrs. Chaka started in Ford’s Body Engineering and then spent several years in the Crash Safety department where she led the occupant development for the F-150 and the overall safety attribute for the Fusion. During her time at Ford, she was fortunate to help deliver major safety initiatives for Ford and the larger safety community. Some recent examples include the creation of the Auto-ISAC and the Automatic Emergency Braking Memorandum of Understanding. She has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Michigan State University and an Automotive Engineering Master’s degree from University of Michigan.

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  Hideo Inoue

  Professor
  Chair of Department of Vehicle System Engineering
  Director of Advanced Vehicle Research Institute
  Kanagawa Institute of Technology (KAIT)
  Japan

  Professor Hideo Inoue joined Kanagawa Institute of Technology (KAIT) in 2016. He is working to create an advaned vehicle technologies into CASE era as a chair of Depertment of Vehicle System Engineering. One of his focus is to establish a Validation Platform of Automated Driving systems and ADAS using virtual simulation of verified sensor models. He is now a project leader of DIVPTM (Driving Intelligence Validation Platform) consorcium of one of the 2nd phase programs of SIP-adus from 2018 till 2020. His additional academic experiences are, “Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) from 2014 to Present”, and “Project Manager, Japan Science and Technology (JST) Agency’s S-innovation Project “Autonomous Driving System to Enhance Safer and Secured Traffic Society for Elderly Drivers” to enhace automotive safety performance from 2011 to Present.
  He graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the Waseda University in 1978. He had been working for Toyota Motor Corporation from 1978 till 2016 as an engineer of vehicle control systems like of vehicle dynamics, active safety, ADAS and made a lot of effort to diffuse them to the market, such as, VSC (ESC), PCS (Pre-Collision Safety system). Since 2004 he was rsponsible for huge integrated vehicle systems of ADAS, integrated safety, energy management, ITS, etc. as an General Manager in Integrate System Engineering Division. He recieved some awards, “The US Government Award for Special Appreciation for contributions to the development and popularization of safety technology, awarded by the National Highway in ESV 2009“.

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  Fabrizio Minarini

  Senior Expert Vehicle Safety
  Sustainable Transport
  European Commission Joint Research Centre
  Italy

  Fabrizio Minarini has a 25 years work experience with the European Commission. He is a transport economist that in the years specialized in vehicle safety technologies in particular Driver Assistance Systems. Fabrizio worked more than 10 years in this field handling project funding and project management in Framework programs 5; 6 and 7 where he was in charge of the Intelligent Car Initiative of the European Commission. After other 10 years of work in the field of people and administrative management, in December 2018 Fabrizio came back to research into Vehicle Safety, ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles at the JRC in Ispra Italy, where he is Senior expert responsible for the development of a program on vehicle safety research and compliance testing.

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  Hang Sun

  Director of Division Ⅴ
  Auto Standardization Research Institute
  CATARC
  China

  Sun Hang graduated from Peking University with a master of science and he is working in Auto Standardization Research Institute of CATARC, he is the director of division Ⅴ responsible for Intelligent and Connected Vehicle(ICV) standards development, and contact secretary of subcommittee 34 under NTCAS(SAC/TC114). He is responsible for national and industrial ICV standards setting and relevant test technology researching, including advanced driver assistance system, autonomous driving vehicle, automotive cybersecurity and connected functions and applications. He has been participating in making China's ICV standard system guideline, ADAS standards roadmap, standards development, and other policies in relevant to ICV technology for years. He is the registered expert of ISO/TC22/SC32/WG9 for automated/autonomous vehicle test scenarios, WG11 for cybersecurity, and SC31/WG6 for Extended vehicle/Remote diagnostics. He is also one of the representatives of China involved in UN/WP.29 GRVA affairs.

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  Adrian Zlocki

  Head of Automated Driving Department
  Automated Driving
  fka GmbH
  Germany

  Dr.-Ing. Adrian Zlocki studied automotive engineering at the RWTH-Aachen University (Technical University Aachen). During his studies he stayed abroad for one research semester at the POSTECH University in Pohang, South-Korea. Since 2004 he has been employed as a Scientific Engineer at the ADAS department of the Institut fuer Kraftfahrzeuge der RWTH Aachen University (ika), the Institute for Automotive Engineering. Between 2007 and 2010 he lead a research group in the field of ADAS development and assessment at ika. He is currently head of fka’s Automated Driving department. He holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from RWTH Aachen University.

Moderator

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  Satoru Nakajo

  Visiting Researcher
  The University of Tokyo
  Japan

  Satoru Nakajo　the University of Tokyo
  Center for Spatial Information Science
  Japan
  Visiting Researcher from 2017
  Project Associate Professor from 2012 to 2017
  Convenor for ISO/TC204/ SWG3.3 Location Referencing
  A member of SIP-adus
  2012: Ph.D from the University of Tokyo
  2017: MBA from McGill university

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  Katsuya Abe

  Director
  ITS Policy and Program Office, Road Bureau
  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
  Japan

  Katsuya ABE graduated as a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), University of Maryland, USA; Master of Business Administration (MBA), Imperial College, University of London, UK; and a Master of Engineering (MEng), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. He is currently Director of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) policy and program office, Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Government of Japan. Major duties are to (1) make policies, manage several demo-type projects and coordinate standards with other stakeholders, in order to achieve the automated vehicle society and to (2) make policies, and lead R&D, in collaboration with private companies in order to develop and promote Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) systems connecting vehicles with road infrastructure. He is proud of being 27 years as a dedicated badminton player, having attained the level of the first grade player of Iai-do (the Japanese martial arts focusing on the draw cut), and having master of a French horn player.

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  Hiroyuki Inahata

  President
  Dynamic Map Platform Co.,Ltd.
  Japan

  Apr.1980 Join Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, KamakuraWorks
  Oct.2003 Manager, Advanced Satellite System Development Center, Kamakura Works
  Apr.2004 Manager, Information Satellite System Dept., Kamakura Works
  Apr.2007 Deputy General Manager, Kamakura Works
  Apr.2008 General Manager, Space Systems Division, Headquater
  Apr.2015 President, Mitsubishi Space Software Co., Ltd.
  Jun.2019 President, Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd.

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  Jean-Charles Pandazis

  ADASIS & SENSORIS coordinator
  ERTICO
  Belgium

  Joined ERTICO in 2009. He holds Master degrees in Electrical Engineering from the EPFL in Lausanne and Georgia Tech in Atlanta. He built his career at Bosch Corporate Research with focus on predictive navigation. At ERTICO he developed many activities related to digital maps and advanced driver assistance systems. Currently he is responsible for Clean Mobility as well as for overall ERTICO platforms' coordination. He is also from their launch the coordinator of the industry-driven platforms ADASIS and SENSORIS.

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  Christopher T.Thibodeau

  CEO & President
  Ushr

  Chris Thibodeau is CEO and President of Ushr.  Mr. Thibodeau has over 30 years automotive experience and 5 U.S. patents. Chris has held various product development leadership positions over the past 30 years in the following product areas: Chassis Electronics (ABS), Powertrain-Speed Control Electronics, Infotainment Systems, Digital Audio Receivers (SDARS, HD Radio, DAB), Voice/Telematics Modules, and Body Electronics. Prior to Ushr, Chris was Vice President and General Manager of Infotainment for the Americas at Harman International. Before Harman, Thibodeau held executive leadership roles at General Motors - Director (Product Development - Global Electrical Systems), Ford Motor Company (Manager-Global User Interface, Connectivity, Strategy and Planning), and at Visteon (Associate Director, Discovery Product Segment - Product Development). Chris holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lawrence Institute of Technology and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Management from Wayne State University (Ford EMMP program).

Moderator

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  Norifumi Ogawa

  Technical Research Dept. R&D Technical Administration Div.
  Mazda Motor Corporation
  Japan

  Mr. Norifumi Ogawa joined Mazda Motor Corporation in 1984 and had been working in the Electronics development department for Multimedia and Navigation engineering. In 2005 he had been dispatched to Mazda Motor Europa, R&D center as deputy general manager and had been responsible for vehicle research. In 2009, he returned to Japan and managed Advanced Driver Assistance System engineering. Since 2015, he has been working for ITS research in the Technical Research department in Tokyo.

Speaker

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  Kevin P. Dopart

  Program Manager
  ITS Joint Program Office
  U.S. Department of Transportation
  USA

  Kevin is the USDOT's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office's Program Manager for Vehicle Safety and Automation. His research program aims to enable safe, efficient, and equitable integration of automated vehicles into the transportation system. Previously, Kevin worked for Noblis, Inc. and the (now defunct) Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and began his career flying P-3 Orion aircraft worldwide for a U.S. Navy oceanographic research squadron.

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  Christian Rousseau

  Executive Expert
  Corporate Strategy and Business development
  RENAULT
  France

  Working at Renault, Christian Rousseau has been, since 2013 Executive Expert Leader in the Corporate Strategy, Plan and Business Development Division, leading the Strategic Domain Mobility and transport systems, in charge to propose corporate strategy and plan in order to meet customers mobility needs and transportation evolution for further vehicle definition (product and services) and business development. Since 2015, he is also in charge of the Connected and Automated Driving global Eco-system development. Before, he has been working for 25 years in the fields of Research, Advanced Engineering, and Development of Automotive Electronic and 10 more years in the field of worldwide technical information, customer care at the After Sales Division and then Warranty Cost Reduction Corporate Plan leader at the Quality Division. He is also member of several EU organization such as the Eu ITS advisory Committee, the C2C consortium, ACEA, EUCAR, ERTRAC and vice chair of the ERTICO Board.
  Christian hold a PhD from Polytechnic Grenoble in Solid State Physics.

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  Kodo Shu

  Director，Industry Strategy & Regulation
  Standardization & Industry Development Department
  Corporate Strategy
  Huawei Technologies Japan K.K.
  Japan

  Dr. Kodo Shu is now responsible for the standardization and industry alliance, strategy and regulation work at Huawei Japan. He has been involved in various topics such as 5G, ITS, Artificial Intelligence and Industrial IoT since he joined Huawei. Prior to his work with Huawei, Shu has been working on 3GPP-related standardization and also spectrum regulation work in Nokia and Microsoft.