Ted Straten graduated from the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands with a master’s in mechanical engineering, specialising in combustion engines. Ted started his career developing medium-speed diesel engines for ship propulsion and power plants at Stork-Wärtsilä Diesel in the Netherlands. He continued in advanced engineering at DAF Trucks in the Netherlands within the engine development depart­ment and subsequently led the development team for engine emission control systems for European and North American applications. Today at BOSAL in Belgium, he is the Vice President of Global Sales.

Thomas Koerfer holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Aachen (RWTH Aachen). He has more than 24 years of professional experience in diesel engine development in several positions. In October 2014, he was promoted to group vice president of passenger car diesel engines at FEV GmbH.

Dr. Cedric Rouaud began his professional career in 2000 at Groupe Renault as a re­search engineer, while fulfilling his doctorate diploma in the University of Poitiers. Over­all, he spent eight years at Groupe Renault working as a research engineer and project leader. In 2008, he joined Ricardo as a principal engineer responsible for thermal management and waste heat recovery systems development. Since 2011, he has been a chief engineer in the engine product group of Ricardo. He is also a technical expert in thermal management and waste heat recovery systems for conventional and electrified powertrain in vehicles. During his career, he has managed and developed many proj­ects, including: development of technologies for reducing CO2 emissions in gasoline and diesel engines, thermal management of hybrid electric vehicles, development of exhaust heat recovery systems for passenger cars, HDD, railway, thermo-hydraulic simulations, thermal management of twin-turbocharged gasoline and diesel engines, simulations and tests, powertrain and vehicle tests.

Carloandrea Malvicino, who graduated in physics at the University of Turin, spent 25 years at Centro Ricerche Fiat on thermal system innovation and technologies to improve the efficiency of automotive systems. He is now lead­ing the CO2 emissions reduction strategies at the Department of the Vehicle Safety and Regulation Compliance of FCA Italy S.p.A. and is also co-chair of the ACEA’s eco innovation task force. In addition, Carloandrea is a leading au­thor in the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Technical Options Committee (RTOC) of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and author of several international patents papers in the domain of thermal systems and fuel consumption and CO2 emission reduction.

Jesse is currently the Head of Product & Solution Development at AMTB. Received degree as a chemical engineer with a master's in Automotive Engineering from Parana University in Brazil. Working in Automotive Industry since 1997, working in different companies from mining until car manufactures during all these years. From the beginning of the supply chain until the end, Jesse has a complete view of the different process steps. Starting at Renault, passing by ArcelorMittal, Gestamp, Aperam, and JWP consulting, Jesse always dealt with new developments and new vehicle launches.

Firstly, joined ArcelorMittal in 2005 as Technical Customer support. After some years, he was appointed as responsible for AHSS family grades development in Mercosur. After a short break in 2012, he re-joined the group in 2019 to lead new developments in ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks in Europe.

Kevin is a product and solution development engineer in ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks, Product Development. He got his master’s degree as Mechanical Engineer within mechanical and energetical from Valenciennes University, ENSIAME, FRANCE -2013. From 2013 to 2014 he joined DAIMLER, Sindelfingen in the frame of a Diploma of Technological Researches (ENSIAME, FRANCE). He worked in R&D department, as support for the numerical modeling of structural bonding. In 2014, he joined the  ArcelorMittal group as R&D Engineer. He was in charge of technical support for AMTB. He had for main responsibilities the development, nesting optimization, and forming simulation of Laser Welding Blank solutions. After more than 5 years spent in R&D, he crossed the bridge beginning of 2020, to join AMTB Europe as a Product Development Engineer.

Petrica Dulgheru joined BOSAL ECS in 2014 as an emissions engineer working on emissions related innovations. Previously, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Universite Libre de Bruxelles with Prof. N. Kruse studying performance and durability of automotive exhaust catalysts. Before that, he worked briefly for the European Commission in DG ENTERPRISE (2010) and as a teaching assistant in University College Dublin (2007-2011). Petrica received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from University of Bucharest (2006) and PhD in heterogeneous catalysis from University College Dublin (2011).

Dr. Yasir is a material manager at Faurecia (A global automotive components supplier). He is based in Germany and responsible for the material roadmap, supplier developments, and qualification of new materials. He is working in the field of automotive for last 14 years with a primary focus on materials. He received his Ph.D. in Corrosion Engineering from the University of Leoben, Austria and an MBA degree from the Professional School of Business & Technology, Germany. Muhammad has several scientific publications, awarded patents, and keynote lectures at international conferences.

Carlo Locci graduated in mechanical engineering in 2009. He went to Paris in 2010 to carry out a PhD on the numerical simulation of flameless com­bustion at the French Institute of Petroleum. In 2014, he extended his experience in academia with a postdoc at the French National Scientific Research Center for a project in collaboration with Solvay. Since October 2015, he’s been working for Siemens PLM as an application specialist for powertrain and aftertreatment.

Cristian Taibi holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano. He joined General Motors in 2007, and since then he has developed diagnostic for an in-cylinder pressure sensor, particulate filter, lean NOx trap and exhaust gas sensors. Later he has been appointed Global Controls Technical Specialist for Diesel Particulate after-treatment, having the responsibility of development of DPF control and diagnostic functions. In 2020 he joined Punch Torino after the acquisition of the Research Center from General Motors. His experience on soot sensors and DPF diagnostics goes back to 2009.

Peter Lakin is the president of ACOMPANI, a consulting company that helps to bring new technologies to the market. He has over 20 years of experience on the management boards of several large automotive companies and as the President of the INSEAD AAF Auto + Mobility Club, he has built an extensive relationship network across the mobility sector.  He has been an advisor to the European Parliament on vehicle emissions and he has written several articles on the future of mobility. Peter Lakin is a chartered engineer with an MBA from INSEAD in France.

Scott Drennan is the Director of Aftertreatment Applications at Convergent Science. He previously worked for Reaction Design helping engine companies take advantage of autonomous meshing CFD for more accurate predictions of aftertreatment system performance. Mr. Drennan has also worked as a Gas Turbine Product Line Leader at the Electric Power Research Institute and as an R&D Manager at Coen Burner Company. He received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Irvine.